Fast food chains are starting to price themselves out of their biggest market (which is folks who aren't well off).
I go there now and order a meal with 2 burgers, a fry, and a coke. It's almost $6 with tax. That same meal was less than a dollar when I was a kid. And around $3 in 2000.
I went to Wendys and got the Single meal with a large chili...it's almost $8. Used to be $4 and change.
I'm thinking, if you are a family on a budget with kids...and you wanted to take them to McDonalds for a "treat" once a week...you're looking at spending more money than you can afford anymore.
It's just too much money for people on low incomes to afford to eat there much anymore.
It's like candy and a soda at a convenience store.
I go in and get a candy bar and a coke...it's over $3!!! That same combo was 20 cents when I was a kid, and I would get 5 cents back when I brought the bottle back to the store.
How the fuck do kids afford to even get some candy these days?
I can still remember gathering up a dollar in change and going to the local convenience store and buying 100 tootsie rolls. lol
These days they put a dozen of them in a bag and sell it for $1.29...for fucking "penny candy".