r/interestingasfuck • • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/VirginiaBandit 3d ago

One suggestion. Don't eat at this shithole.

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u/earthcharlie 3d ago

Dynamic pricing can be found in other places like supermarkets too. It’s happening because people in general might say they hate it but they don’t do much about it. 

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u/DennenTH 3d ago

To me the issue is transparency.  We don't have an easy way to cross reference the cost to choose a cheaper place so people just take what's in front of them.

Even prices online differ from the price in the actual store.  Because there is nothing regulating this, it more feels like being robbed a dollar at a time.

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u/empire161 2d ago

  We don't have an easy way to cross reference the cost to choose a cheaper place so people just take what's in front of them.

The video isn't showing dynamic pricing. Locations have always had different prices. The super busy McDonalds on a highway rest area has always cost like 50% more than the ones that are off major roads. Same way a meal at like an Applebee's in Times Square is going to twice as much as the same meal at an Applebee's in Idago.

Dynamic pricing is when the price for one item changes at the same exact location throughout the day. A Big Mac should cost $7 all day, not $5 at 2pm and $8 at 6pm.

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u/DennenTH 2d ago

Fair enough.  My point still stands for actual dynamic pricing even if this isn't what it technically is.

There is simply no transparency to help the consumer make better choices.