McDonald's, $MCD, to launch $5 meal deal to lure low-income diners, Bloomberg News reports
A PICKLE?! In this economy?!
Its just a banana, Michael, how much could it cost, five dollars?
There's always money in the banana stand!
The funny thing is this joke is just a couple years (months?) away from no longer making sense.
The quote is actually $10 dollars and a banana is like $.25 still
why?
Because a banana will actually cost $5
wow, im slow lol
Slow down, high speed. Every convenience store around me sells bananas around 2 for a dollar. We are a long way from a five dollar banana.
Give Biden the 2nd term chance. At 5% annual inflation price would double every 72/5 = 14.4 years
Okay pedant, it was a tongue in cheek comment to highlight the crazy rate of inflation that groceries have seen lately. But be happy that you get two whole bananas for a dollar, for now.
Small fry and a raw cucumber then! Pickling is an up charge 😂
…3 slices…tops
Relish packet
What can a pickle cost Michael, 5 dollars?
It's just the bun of the sandwich.
But for 8$ you can "upsize" to a burger.
Supper-sizing to an actual meal
The meal is what would have been $3 4 years ago.
McDouble/McChicken/4 piece nugget, med fry, med drink
WAIT. You could have gotten all that 4 years ago?
Things were so cheap before the apocalypse
Huh McDonald’s having a 5 dollar meal, like their McDouble used to be? They’re about to sell Happy Meals to adults.
Ketchup.
In the app, 2 McDoubles are 3.99 and a daily deal of any size French fry for 1.49. So 3.50 already gets a McDouble and fry. Add drink for a dollar and still under $5
It is incredibly stupid to force people to use apps. It generally isn't difficult, but it is highly annoying having to pull out my phone and browse for deals when I pull into a fast food place instead of just ordering from the menu. Fast food convenience was basically removed.
I love it. I can be at Costco and know I'm stopping by McD on the way home. Order it while in the parking lot at Costco. then give McD a 4 digit code when i pull up to the drive thru. Super convenient and fast. Plus I can save my favorites like a plain cheeseburger with just meat, cheese, and bun, no salt for my kids and know it won't be messed up or that i have to repeat the order.
You park, open app, order, they bring you food. Pretty convenient and easy.
You forgot the part about them stealing your data.
I don’t really give a shit about them stealing my data
Probably just the McDouble meal but half the size 😂
The McHalf, yes.
Shrinkflation, McHalf is only a quarter of McDouble
McBroke
Woah look at Mr fancy over here with his extra pickle next you’re gonna tell me you get a ketchup packet with it!
Oh hello. You're optimistic. I sense youth. If the trend holds, this might be closer to small fries on layaway
I wish I had youth. Also wish I could afford the large fries.
Avocado burger with a tarragon infused aioli, sweet potato fries with toasted pistachio crumbs, and a Mexican Coca Cola with cane sugar.
Oh trust it
It will be some offensively small shit.
Still somehow way more calories than you need but doesn't fill you up
Small fries and a pickle easily $14
Small fry.
Fify
Small frY (1 piece)
Probably a hamburger, fries and a drink ie a happy meal without the toy and box.
3 Fries and a ketchup.
I use the McDonald's app... Here in CO, you can get free large fries with any $2 purchase. A spicy McChicken is only $1.89, and a drink is $1.39... So it's just a little over $3.50 after tax for a meal. I've been doing it for years.
Maaaaybe you could do a McChicken, small fries, apple pie? All for one dollar each? Like a dollar menu
Holy shit this is GENIUS some call McD’s
$1.50 would make that a $5 meal. Maybe they would for a $1.50 menu option. Mix and match.
Maaaaybe you'll think of me, when you are all alone.
When I'm not playing solitaire.
I don't think people trust McChickens anymore since that guy jacked off with one.
That makes me buy em in 3’s
Lure in low income?
Their entire business model since inception was low-cost, affordable food.
It's the people with "regular" income who are refusing to pay their ridiculous prices.
Very good point! Their entire model has changed/evolved… Even their entertaining clown, supporting cosplay characters and colorful lobbies have gone the way of the Happy Meal prize.
Is it just me or did the scenery turn more modern and industrial with zero kid friendly stuff.
They thought they were becoming a high end restaurant with a premium coffee shop. But that's not what we wanted out of them.
Classic corporate Ho-to-Housewife behavior and we are not having any of it
They raised prices during the pandemic because low income earners didn't have much else to spend on. Now that they do again, mcDicks missed its profit
Ah yes, the 1/8 of a cheeseburger and 1 chicken nugget.
…and just pour the coke in my hands…
Just waterfall me a few gulps, that’ll do.
Get in line and drink from the tap
Jr McGangBang
A sesame seed and a slice of pickle
2 fries and a Coke.
Literally...two fries, not two packages of fries
Only the fries that fall out of the sleeve.
You get a French fry, a fork, and a napkin.
Napkin only at select stores
They asked me to round up the other day. 1 combo was $10.15, I think that’s enough!
Not going back
Fast food in general. I cook what I eat and go out restaurants for the experience. I'm healthier and have more money in my pocket.
They raised their prices more then any other chain. Take your business someplace else.
Has Burger King done that as much? I periodically remember they exist
Burger King raised prices by 55%. McDonalds by 100% over the same period.
I didn't expect an exact answer. Thanks! I'll probably parrot that fact somewhere.
Lol is this a Fucking Joke? McDonalds already had a $1 menu. Wtf. Who are they hiring and paying exorbitant salaries for stupid ideas? Isn’t “don’t reinvent the wheel”’ free advice?
Just pay 7.99 monthly for your wheelz subscription lol
lmao, I'm not a "low income diner", I make over 250k a year, but I'm not spending more than 5 dollars on a meal at mcdonalds...
Do you drive a BMW?
No, why would I waste my money on a BMW?
250k in LA is not really what it sounds like it is, lol.
Move to Indiana and live like a king.
Downside to your plan is living in Indiana, though.
Most these companies have caught on to remote workers moving to the Midwest and adjust salaries accordingly. My sister lives in MI but works for a CA company remotely. She is not making California money.
Maybe at some point, but can’t really move away without salary inevitably falling, lol.
Fortunately, house here is all paid off so I’m sitting pretty well, but 20 dollar drinks at an LA bar are no joke lol.
So you're bragging about making 250K and then somehow saying you're poor in the same breath?
Where did I saw I was poor? Here's what I said:
I'm not a "low income diner"
Thus, I'm not poor.
No, why would I waste my money on a BMW?
I wouldn't purchase a BMW because I don't want to waste my money, not because I'm poor.
I would recommend trying to read what was said, vs what you wanted to hear.
Income vs wealth
Typical Reddit poor: if you're not rich, you're poor.
But you said it yourself “I’m not low income, I make over 250k. The post it’s towards you bc you’re still not considered low income. You are above.
What does that have to do with anything...? You think just because people make money, they are just going to blow it on everything they see? That would make ya a high-income poorbrain.
Lol they do go on to say they pay 20$ for drinks, so🤷♂️
I'm not low income, but nice cars are generally a waste of money. Maybe if I was making millions and it really didn't matter, but even at 250k, a BMW isn't a trivial notion to purchase.
im def tempted by a lexus though. -100k on a good year with a 200k miles honda civic.
I’ve been looking for a good EV, but I think I’d spend 60k max.
Current car is a Chevy sonic I’ve owned for 8 years, and love the longevity.
Ive driven a tesla before, its an exelent car; But i'm just scared of their busines practices. Having to pay for a whole battery when one cell blows up and that whole damn thing costing more than the car is a major deal braker for me.
I’ve been looking at the leaf, it looks pretty nice.
Yeah, I was going to get a Tesla early on but I didn’t want to spend the 100k it was 7-ish years ago
The ones near me have buy one get one free double cheeseburger/6 pc nuggets, for $3.59 plus tax.
Since I'm not a fat ass, that plus a water (free) is plenty of food.
I remember in college, mcdouble was a life saver
Isn't this what the whole point of fucking McDonalds is?
To have inexpensive food for people on the go or in a rush?
Bring back the dollar menu dummies. When they got rid of it thats when ppl started complaining. A mc chicken is now 3.49 wtf.
Let’s call it ‘the meal that has value.’
charging 5 bucks for 2 dollars worth of crap....great idea
Low-income obesity.
Dollar menu is now five dollar menu deal
Cup of water, toothpick and a napkin.
Probably made of Soylent Green
Perfect compliment for all the people living in tents on the street
Remember when San Francisco was cleaned up overnight for Xi? You ever think where all those people disappeared to? 😮
Made out of leftovers
Did they forget that’s what they’re supposed to be? They literally forgot their origins and think they discovered some genius sales tactic
So about $12 Canadian
Damn if the meat quality is pretty bad at $12 imagine what it will be at $5!
"Lets just move some pricing around, offer our same great product at a lower cost and recover our growth in the next year when consumer confidence is restored."
Mcdonalds CEO
"Nah fam, lets just give them a burger with 2 buns and say it's a value meal"
Nah,
F*CK your McSympathy meal, y’all raised prices and squeezed people out
That’s why I’m riding for Taco Bell, y’all forgot where you came from.
3 mc chickens a fry and a drink. No Less.
I think Burger King has 2 small Whopper jr. Combo for $10
on Wednesdays
Shit MCD has deals all the time. I’ve been wearing out the bogo dbl cheeseburger
Yo money green
yeah, it's probably got less food in it than a happy meal, and no toy.
It’s basically a happy meal… 4 piece nugget was the idea being tossed around or a McDouble
Recession has arrived
You mean they are selling a Wendy’s Biggie Bag?
Yay.
Isn't that more????
McSlider, 2 fries and a sip of coke 😂
I'm 32 and I remember getting 3,000 calories from the dollar menu for under $5.
Wendy’s is doing $5 meals on Doordash.
“Low-income diners”…. You mean the majority of the world?
i heard it was mcdouble, 4 piece chicken nugget, a fries, and a drink. Kinda destroys the I'm not going to fast food cause its so expensive now narrative thats been locked in everytime i open reddit on anything fastfood related
Anyone notice the nuggets have gotten smaller?
Ah yes $5 for a fry
Hear me out. 3 Mchickens for 5$. Call it the 3/5th compromise.😋
Not good enough
Yay they’re bringing the dollar menu back
6 French fries, 2 burnt nuggets they dig out of the bottom of the fryer, and a small cup of tepid water?
£2.99 happy meal wasn’t that long ago
4 years ago a McChicken would cost me 1.50. Now it costs like 3.59. Prices are out of control.
“McDonald’s comes up with bullshit sale items that aren’t worth $5 and used to be cheaper, but hey, it’s for the poor!”…
I thought McDonald's was what low-income people ate already though lol
4 Chicken nuggets fries and a small drink, this will be one of the meals I bet
You’ll get 10 fries and mini cheeseburger smaller than White Castle
Wendy's is way ahead here. 4$ meal deal.
Could always bring back the dollar menu....
Who are they usually luring, middle class diners?
They’ve had the $5 meal deal in the app for a bit
I get any breakfast sandwich for $2 in the mornings and a large caramel ice coffee around 2pm everyday for $1 on the app…… makes my day!
Get a lot more if they divest.
They’ll give you a napkin and two ice cubes for $5
How can you have McDonald’s in low income neighborhoods, but charge $20?
I mean two McDoubles is $3.50 where I am
If there was one company that would be a net benefit to the world by going under, it is this one. That food is taking years of people's lives
Too late assholes. You have gouging people w/ your garbage food and stacked sooo much fkn cash.I've boycotted all fast food and will order one pizza a week for the fam. Fk Mac d , fk Ray Kroc. Badadadadta I'm rubbin it.
Oh, so you can make things cheaper
Luring people to get diabetes and heart disease should be illegal.
All their meals should be under $5. You're eating overprocessed food. If it wasn't for salt, wouldn't have any flavor.
i can't eat there anymore. my body literally gets sick from the toxicity from the processed food additives or something they did differently. i use to eat there a lot and out of nowhere im allergic to it
$5 meal to be the size of your hand.
McDonald's should entirely be a low income restaurant. Anything else loses the plot.
Its not even a good deal lol
You know how bat shit this headline would be in 2019 lol
3 Fries and a Ketchup
Shit that’s what it used to be lol
It's a month-long promotion, that's it - not a long-term thing.
Still can't beat Wendy's.
So a happy meal?
But don’t worry, inflation isn’t hitting record highs
I just got a delicious breakfast burrito and a side of rice and beans for $13 at a local Mexican restaurant. Fuck paying $11+ for a shitty McDonald's combo meal
I'm not using an app to save money on mc bullshit I've just decided that clown has gotten to big for his britches and now I go to chipotle $10.70 I get a massive bowl of food all fresh with actual food and somehow it takes less time than McDonald's. There's absolutely no reason to eat at McDonald's if it's not fast and cheap.
Funny McD's is advertising to low income folks now. Finally Ruth's Cris Steakhouse will get their clientele back!
What a great time to stop eating this shit.
They showed their hand. Greed beyond belief, they turned on their customer base. I stopped eating there, I encourage all to do the same. Fuck em.
"Lure low-income diners?" Isn't that supposed to be McDonald's entire demographic?
So there gonna get rid of the three fiddy meal and bring 5 biggie bucks over time...I think idk ask friday
So there gonna get rid of the three fiddy meal and bring 5 biggie bucks over time...I think idk ask friday
Wasn’t this the 99 cent menu like ten years ago?
Am i crazy to assume that whatever they offer will be insulting and cheap as shit?
Happy Meal without a toy
There is so much better food to eat than McDonald's. Like I get the craze like 30 years ago. But today it's literally the shittiest food you could possibly eat. It's not even real food.
Remember $5 footlongs?
But at least we don't have mean tweets.
This has to be satire because Subway stopped the 5 dollar footlong deal after the Fogel indictment since all their marketing on that deal was synonymous with Jared Fogel the now convicted child rapist
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What’s the meal? Small fries and a pickle?