• flying_monkies@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I’m not, but I also don’t think you understand, why it would still be necessary to raise prices on their food to pay a good bit higher wage.

    You’re right, I definitely don’t understand.

    $163/month, globally for all employees, does absolutely nothing for a person (and yeah, that’s sarcasm, when I was working equivalent level jobs, about another $.80/hour after taxes would have been nice) and isn’t an example of the company going for profits over employees. Besides, we’re only talking about California getting the price increase right? I mean they’re not going to look at raising prices everywhere. So… Let’s look at the state.

    According to the this website a Big Mac in California, on average is $5.89.

    Average starting rate in California appears to be $16-18/hour for crew members according to generic "mcdonalds hiring search followed by a city name… So, we’ll call it $17/hour to start? Makes sense that they’d need to raise the prices.

    Not a big fan of McDonald’s, I wonder how that’s going to affect me at the equivalent fast food place in the same state that I like: In-n-Out.

    According to this site there was already a price hike in 2023 on the cost of the double-double by 24%, guess it’s only going to get worse. $4.90 for that Big-Mac equivalent of a double-double. Huh, this is going to suck.

    Starting pay at In-n-Out for a crew member is, let me see… The In-n-Out employment page shows the starting pay for crew members is $19.75/hr at any store I select.

    So, two chains in the same state selling, pretty much the same product, doing the same work with an average pay differential of $2.75/hour.

    You’re absolutely right, McD’s really does need to bump the price.

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      1 year ago

      A double double is not the same as a big mac, a double cheeseburger is probably closer and its 2.97 in California. And probably 10 cents more to add lettuce. It is true that the dd is a bit bigger but not twice as much, and not as big as the double qpc. Mcdonalds is trash anyway.

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        1 year ago

        A double double is not the same as a big mac

        Really, let’s see… If I remember the commercial correctly:

        Big Mac:

        Two all beef patties
        Special Sauce (1000 Island dressing)
        Lettuce
        Cheese
        Pickles
        Onions
        on a sesame seed bun

        Double Double:

        Two beef patties
        1000 Island dressing (special sauce)
        Lettuce
        Cheese
        Onions (raw by default, grilled on request)
        Toasted Bun

        You’re absolutely correct. The difference between the two is staggering. I didn’t realize sesame seeds and the extra piece of bun they stick in the middle of a Big Mac costs that much more.

        Pickles, well, you can say “double-double with pickles” and they’ll put them on at no extra cost. I suggest not making the mistake of saying “extra pickles” vs. “add pickles”. They take it as a challenge.