To me, McDonald's has been the same as its always been, in terms of taste of their regular items, and their prices are probably in line with inflation. And you can actually eat "healthy" there, their Southwest Chicken Salad with grilled is something like 500 calories and is actually REALLY good.
They need to get better or cheaper... I can't think of a chain that has worse food and their prices aren't correspondingly low.
Their food is terrible, and now costs more than it is worth. It used to be McDonalds was a cheap alternative. But now they cost nearly as much as premium fast food joints. Why would I go to McDonalds? And how small can they make their patties? What are they down to, 1/16th of a pound?
Out of 20 fast food burger joints. McDonalds ranked 20th, right behind Burger King.
the new white meat mcnuggets suck ballz. give me the unknown chicken parts dark meat nuggets any day.
oh and their old apple pies too.
man when i was a kid i used to love their fried cherry pies. then most place only started carrying apple. and then they switched from fried pies to that baked stuff that sits there all day
IMHO, Wendy's salads are way better.
Their prices have gone up too high relative to their quality. I can eat at Five Guys at get a heartier burger and meal for around the same price.
They were...until they removed the good ones and made the remaining ones smaller.
This is exactly the argument I made to people when talking about this article. These premium fast food joints offer a better product for not much more money. Five Guys is tasty for being a fast food joint. I go to McDonalds and have regret after the first bite. Barely get out of the place without my stomach feeling like I ate rocks. The price difference isnt much.
Burger King beats the pants off McDonalds.
Only reason to go to McD now is for their Honor Competitor's Coupons policy. Burger King comes out with new coupons every month which are usable there. I can use a buy one big king get one free for a buy one get one Big Mac at McD. I have to special order them though to take out the middle bun. That adds nothing to the burger at all for me.
This is exactly the argument I made to people when talking about this article. These premium fast food joints offer a better product for not much more money. Five Guys is tasty for being a fast food joint. I go to McDonalds and have regret after the first bite. Barely get out of the place without my stomach feeling like I ate rocks. The price difference isnt much.
Just arguing cheap, a regular burger (the two patty version is regular), regular fries and regular drink at five guys around me will run you about 14 dollars. I dont consider five guys to be cheap. I mean, if you get a little hamburger its like 3.69, what i usually get, but if you want a little cheeseburger its like 4.39, to throw on a piece of american cheese!
I do find it strange all the people in this thread who complain that it isnt as cheap as it used to be, as if they never heard of inflation. And that the quality has gone down - no it hasn't, it sucked just the same when you were in high school and college, you just didnt care. If anything, McDonalds, like Budweiser, are some of the best companies in the world at controllong everything about their production of their product. Sure its shitty, but it is consistently shitty.
6 - I see McDonald's similar to RadioShack in which the perception as this is a dated company (look and taste) stuck in the 80's thinking the consumer is still stuck in that time frame in which they are not... Consumers are moving on to the competition and there is really nothing a dinosaur brand can do to change consumer preferences.
Just arguing cheap, a regular burger (the two patty version is regular), regular fries and regular drink at five guys around me will run you about 14 dollars. I dont consider five guys to be cheap. I mean, if you get a little hamburger its like 3.69, what i usually get, but if you want a little cheeseburger its like 4.39, to throw on a piece of american cheese!
I do find it strange all the people in this thread who complain that it isnt as cheap as it used to be, as if they never heard of inflation. And that the quality has gone down - no it hasn't, it sucked just the same when you were in high school and college, you just didnt care. If anything, McDonalds, like Budweiser, are some of the best companies in the world at controllong everything about their production of their product. Sure its shitty, but it is consistently shitty.