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submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount.

Roberts, 38, now only gets fast food "as a rare treat," he told CBS MoneyWatch. "Nothing has made me cook at home more than fast-food prices."

Roberts is hardly alone. Many consumers are expressing frustration at the surge in fast-food prices, which are starting to scare off budget-conscious customers.

A January poll by consulting firm Revenue Management Solutions found that about 25% of people who make under $50,000 were cutting back on fast food, pointing to cost as a concern.

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[-] guyrocket@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago
[-] BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

And eat WHAT? something healthy that grows in the dirt with toilet water?

[-] Remmock@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

I get the reference, but as an actual suggestion it’s a little thoughtless.

[-] FirstCircle@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago

"The whole conceit was that you were getting some OK-level of food ..."

Don't be conceited. And cook your own food at home. You're welcome.

[-] Aceticon@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

The health conscious me, it sounds like a good thing if for very wrong reasons.

[-] coffee_with_cream@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

My behavior has changed completely. Stay in and make stuff from scratch with my friends instead of going out

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[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Let’s all just start making our own food at home and having friends and family over.

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[-] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Well Subway, just about the only place you can get healthy fast food, only raised their prices 39%, in comparison with Popeyes and Jimmy Johns, whose prices rose 82% and 62%, respectively.

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[-] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

A big Mac is like 11 bucks right now. The fuk.

[-] Tryptaminev@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Boycotting McDonalds and KFC over their support for the genocide in Gaza is a good idea anyways. Unless you want to feel like eating the meat of little children.

[-] Soulg@sh.itjust.works 7 points 11 months ago

Boycotting is fine but trying to say you're eating the children is psychotic

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[-] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 11 months ago

Unrelated but a colleague of mine actually thinks that McD burgers are made out of human children's meat lol

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