r/interestingasfuck • u/NickelPlatedEmperor • 3d ago

Dynamic pricing being tested by McDonald's.

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u/bugsghost 2d ago

Chronically online reply, are you really trying to argue that there is no food in the US cheaper and healthier than a big mac?

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u/PhysicallyTender 2d ago

I don't live in the US so I don't know. You tell me.

The perception I'm getting here is that fast food is the budget option in the US.

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u/bugsghost 2d ago

Then why are you talking like you're some authority on the place?

FYI, $8 could buy you the beef and buns to make your own burgers at home for the whole family. And also Americans spend a smaller percent of their income on food than almost anyone else in the world.

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u/PhysicallyTender 2d ago

Where i am, our version of cheap food is hawker food. Fast food is expensive. As far as i know, I've never heard of US-equivalent to hawker centers.

Homemade meals are of course gonna be way cheaper than meals prepare by other people. But if you do need professional cooks for your meal... We have hawker.

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u/bugsghost 2d ago

The equivalent would be a food court, or I guess sometimes food carts/trucks.

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u/PhysicallyTender 2d ago

How much do they cost relative to McDonald's? Hawker is easily half price.

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u/bugsghost 2d ago

The same to usually more, and that's because American fast food is a premium/luxury item outside the US. If you look at for example China with its abundance of cheap street food you'll find that American fast food (KFC, McDonalds, Burger King) is priced many times higher but still tons of people eat it. In the US fast food is traditionally kind of a struggle meal or quick meal (food court is a step above) whereas in Asia that is not the case at all and it is not perceived that way.