Well, they only shrank due to shrinkflation. In addition, they cost more than the bigger ones they used to make. So, really, they’re just planning on gouging us even more
Well they paid business insider for this advert. Remember you take shit product and you market the shit out of it is the business model most of the time.
So they’ll reintroduce the old size with a larger price tag now that they shrank the others while keeping them priced the same. More of a reason to stay away
Current real wages are similar to that 2019 number.
Still terrible when you consider it took 50 years for real wages to just effectively tread water though. The economy grew a ton over that time period. Means all the increased value didn’t make it’s way into more wages. So on average people make a little more than in the 1980s even considering increased cost of living, but they should be making much more even than that.
That’s wages weighted to the cost of living. That’s what you’re looking at in the chart I posted. You can find the same chart from many other sources. And yes it absolutely includes housing costs not just tvs. Even includes services too. Anything people spend money on to live, and in the proportions they spend money on it. If people aren’t spending very much on tvs it becomes a smaller part of the measure and is weighted less.
Part of the reason you see the jump in real wages in the 2008 recession on that chart is related to the crash in housing prices. If things are proportionally costing more in relation to wages then the line goes downward, if things are proportionally cheaper compared to wages, then it goes upwards. It crashed in the 1980s, was flat for many years as wages and cost of living both were increasing at about the same rate in the 90s so no real gains. It was only recently we even caught up to where we used to be in the 70s. The commenter above you said our wages are lower than they were in the 1980s, that’s just totally untrue. If they said 1970s they’d be closer to reality since we’re hovering near that number.
Wages not weighted to the cost of living would look more like this and basically almost always be going up. I can’t find a chart of wages not weighted to that over the exact same time period though but you get the picture.
Not disagreeing at all with you on minimum wage, you’re absolutely correct. These are average wages across the whole economy (or non supervisory wages or something but close enough). If you plotted real minimum wage vs where we used to be it’s waaaayyy lower now. It’s nowhere near kept up with increased cost of living (certainly federal, not sure if any state has increased theirs enough to compensate).
If you’re interested in more on how the cpi works or what is or isn’t included and some of the arguments both ways, I found this to be an interesting read that summarizes a lot of the controversies about the cpi figures well.
I was going to make a crack about them inventing a time machine to get Big Macs from like 20 years ago, but I actually kind of wish they’d bring back the angus 1/3rd pounder, those burgers were great.
I need quality over quantity. It’s one of the reasons I rarely go to Olive garden nowadays. If I want fast food Italian, I’ll go pickup on olive garden.
If I want a nice dining experience. I go to a local Italian restaurant I know of. (same price, half the food, 10x better quality)
Most of the time I find myself having to season anything I pick up from olive garden.
Implying they would be giving up their famous “quality” now? You need a certain quantity for quality. The burgers now are so small, with such paper thin meat, that the proportions and texture are all wrong. The value proposition is terrible either on quality or quantity.
The refresh includes having thicker bun bases to preserve heat, pieces of onion poured directly onto some of the patties as they cook, and adding more sauce to Big Macs,
Oh sure, just what they needed… More bread and sauce. Fucking gross
Big Mac sucks. They’re mostly buns and they use tiny patties from cheeseburger. It’s basically double cheeseburger but with 3 thick ass buns with sauce. Why the fuck do people like those?
McDouble like a Mac. I discovered it when I had no money, but even now that they have closed the gap (they charge for the sauce and lettuce and probably an assembly fee because why not) I order a McDouble like a Mac over a Mac everytime. What’s this garbage middle bun for?
I used to get big Mac’s with the QP patties, it costs more but McDonald’s hasn’t been a budget meal since I was a child anyway. Honestly though ever since that chef on tiktok posted his version of the Mac sauce, I’ve been making them at home. Haven’t been to McDonald’s all year because of that
A mcdouble isn’t that big, but somehow I feel like I am going to explode after eating just 1 of them motherfuckers. I can’t imagine them being more filling. Other burger joints don’t get me feeling like I over ate with just 1 burger and a small fry the way McDonald’s does.
…customers want "larger, high-quality burgers that fill you up."customers want “larger, high-quality burgers that fill you up.”
Bigger burgers. High-quality burgers. Not more meat. More meat is easy, just add more meat. This is going to be some kind of filler, or a mix of “beef” and ground beans.
Is that necessarily a bad thing? Sure their motives aren’t great but if it tastes fine who cares. Probably healthier for you and definitely better for cows & the environment.
The fact that the big mac - their ‘iconic’ burger - patty only covers 2/3 of the bun it’s paired with… the fuck took so long to realize their shit is small af?
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