$18 BIG MAC COMBO?! Super-Sized Fast Food Prices Off The Charts 

The Dollar Store is now $1.25. I’m no economist, but I’m pretty sure that is a 25% increase.

If anyone pays 18 dollars for a Big Mac.... they deserve it.

Yes, the prices of fast food have risen. But at least the quality of that food has also gotten significantly worse.

$18 and it’s still 80% fake meat

McDonald's Corp blaming franchise owners for raising prices is a bit disingenuous. The corporation charges the franchise owners rent on the ground they're building is built on and Corp are raising the rent.

first good info i've heard in a while. STOP BUYING FAST FOOD

Subway used to be the "go to" for me and my three sons following a weeknight little league game. But, when four six inch sandwiches, chips, and drinks set me back nearly $50, we had to cross Subway off the list.

Lower budget chains saw what Five Guys was doing and assumed their customer base would just accept high quality pricing for low quality food.

Did you know you could save thousands by making your own samich?

“2020 supply chain issues” No. 2020 = printed an insane about of money. That’s why we have inflation

Go to a local restaurant. They're better, and now likely cheaper.

It’s blatant corporate greed at this point

Never doubt Bri’s ability to tie Gaza into literally every segment.

I haven't eaten any fast food so far this year, and I couldn't be happier about it.

Just more reason to avoid fast food.

Not the Big Mac you wanted, but the Big Mac you voted for... 😆

Stopped eating out for the most part …cooking at home

The silver lining is that now real food costs the same as fast food! The rusty lining is of course that now sh!te "food" costs the same as real food.

99¢ 4 pc nugget? Try $2.69. thanks Joe 😑

Blame the Federal Reserve, period.

Strange BJG doesn't mention wage increase... 🤔

I didn’t think that Bri could find a way to bring Gaza into this conversation, but I stand corrected

Isn't this a good thing as it will be less fast food eaten? A healthier america?

If fast food prices are no longer significantly lower than going to a sit-down restaurant, are they betting that people will continue coming there for just the addictive taste bud explosion of fast food?

No one can deny inflation. it's not something you can lie about.

When I was working in NYC in the 1990s, my co-workers and I all brought lunch from home unless the company was treating us for some event. A lot of times it was just leftovers from dinner the night before that we ate as a group in a conference room and cleaned up after. Even in some places with a corporate cafeteria run by Mariott, I brought my own food. It's just a cultural habit.

Crazy, they brought up "Super Size Me," And one day later, the creator of that documentary died of cancer... RIP Morgan Spurlock...

I used to pay $11 for my favorite salad at sweet greens, that includes the add-ons that I like. Now it’s closer to $15.

Sure am glad i dont smoke herb anymore 😂.

The pandemic didn't cause price spikes. It was shutting down so many businesses and letting the supply chain fall apart. And all the free money.

It used to be a treat to take your kids thru the drive thru. We are a joyless society now.

This is what happens, when you force McDonalds to pay $20/hour. Now the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds, can't afford McDonalds.

McDonalds on I-5 in Northern California: $14.99 for a Big Mac Meal. This isn't isolated to a few stores.

Weird, I feel like Ron Paul has been warning us that this would happen if the government kept printing and spending at astronomical rates...

For $18... I'm going to a Buffet

The economy has nothing to do with why I don’t buy fast food lol

If we go to a restaurant they want you to tip. Not worth it.

Prices are set by supply and demand. Companies will charge as much as people prove themselves willing and able to pay. These higher prices are the consequence of printing trillions and trillions of dollars in a couple of years. Fortunately, nobody is forced to buy or eat fast food. It's possible to feed yourself for 5 bucks a day with staples like rice, beans, eggs, chicken, milk, potatoes, etc. Way cheaper and way healthier.

I miss the $5 footlong. It is now the $15 footlong. VOTE JILL STEIN 2024!

I had no idea people ate this much fast food.

Last year, I had a chicken sandwich, no fries, and a medium drink from McDonald’s, and it cost me $12.

The crazy thing is I went to get a fruit salad, and it was $15 now, and I was at the supermarket .

Taco Bell is the one that is too expensive

Fast food skyrocketing prices lately is mostly wage driven.

Cost of goods and labor skyrocketed. Plus lease rates.

I can't remember the last time I ate fast food. I make my own, which is cheaper and much more healthier

Kinda feel as though people who are having to cut fast food out of their lives and it's a large impact are probably not going to be going grocery shopping for the healthiest foods either

Apparently corporations weren’t greedy before 2019. Interesting take Bri.

Here in Silicon Valley the Big Mac meal's been around $18 for the past year, maybe longer.

According to Reuters - that Starbucks in Ireland did NOT rebrand to “Vista coffee” to sell Starbucks coffee. That was just a viral post that was wrong…. Do us all a favor - don’t just share something because you want it to be true. That cheapens the power of social media.

When I was a kid our school had hamburger Fridays so you could bring 50 cents to school and they would get McDonald's hamburgers for the kids that paid. I would bring a dollar and 2 slices of cheese from home and make mine cheeseburgers😊

McDonalds should require customers to make a reservation to dine inside.

CANNOT agree with Bree on this one when the prices in grocery stores are gouging us almost just as badly. WE NEED TO REGULATE OR OTHERWISE REIGN IN THESE OUT OF CONTROL FOOD COSTS.

Russia ditched American junk food

Thank Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the Democrats in Congress.

What Robbie sees as manipulative is 😅. The rest of us saw Macdonald's as manipulative.

A burger with fries at the BK by me is $12 to $15. At the diner by me a burger with fries and soup is $15

BJG talking about seed oils... confirmed that she is right wing now 😂😂😂

LOL, Fast food making the healthier options look affordable, a better option now. No more excuses for choosing fast food over real food.

It was never great but it was cheap. Now it's still not great, smaller and yet more expensive. Why would anyone want that. Make it big and inexpensive, the people will return. All this nanny state bs about regulating personal choice is just authoritarianism

What's fast food? there's no such thing anymore. When it takes 20 minutes to get a breakfast sandwich and a coffee at McDonald's, there's no such thing as fast food anymore.

I keep saying this over and over again, but it bears repeating. We are paying people that work at these restaurants way way way too much. We have to stop increasing the minimum wage. If you pay people that work at these restaurants more, of course, the food is going to be more expensive! I remember when the minimum wage was more like seven dollars, and that is more affordable for everyone.

A blessing in disguise is how I see it.

It’s because of Biden 🤣🤣..It’s okay to say it..

Hope EBT food stamps benefit skyrocket too for US Americans

McDonald's profits. 2019 11.1 Billion. 2023. 14.5 Billion. They raised the prices and profits went up, no reason to lower the prices as customers are paying them.

i thought wars and sanctions caused all this craziness. when did that start?????

Fast food prices(mcds, bk, subway, starbuks & kfc) in thailand have increased at max 20%. But when I was in america in april. It was cheaper for me to go to a full service restaurant than to go to any fast food, so I chose mexican restaurant over taco bell, Pub burger instead of McD's.

Fast food prices have gone through the roof, that's no mirage. Way more than the "official" inflation figures.

Nothing to do with wages. Bidennomics

Yes. McDonalds has gotten so expensive, we go there much less. $5 for a med coke and their smallest burger

Maybe just stop eating junk food... Once a month, no more. I prefer a dairy queen blizzard myself. Start eating actual healthy food and watch your entire perception of reality change. "You are what you eat."

Welcome to the USA 😢! Harris, don't care 😭😭;she got the money 💰😮

So, Bri notes the effect of supply issues on prices...gee Bri, who shut down the economy for covid and caused those supply issues? ..the Democrats!

FJB

I just ate at a fancy restaurant and had a huge 1/2 lb fancy burger with sweet potato fries for 19 dollars!!

In my country (not US) when the boycott reached it peak most those restaurants made discounts and special offers at that month. to the point where people who did not agree on the boycott made a slogan that roughly translate to - there is those who boycott and those who get a great deal. (assuming McDonald food is great) that price increase shouldn't be from the boycott.

Robby, No one gains weight eating broccoli, don’t be silly.

I live in Denmark and here a big mac menu costs 11.5 US dollars and the Americans have a disposable income which is about twice as high as in Denmark

In n out still keeping their prices way lower as they always have. True practitioners of Christian values.

No Bri, as it has been pointed out to you thousands of times, it was not the pandemic that cause it, it was the POLICIES!!!!!!! DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND THAT?????

From the US of A here. I stopped eating fast food during the pandemic as the entire industry was clearly wanting to phase to a drive thru only model. Even after Covid these restaurants have maintained they want no one inside their lobbies. I was shocked this past week when I had to travel and I stopped at a Wendy's. I ordered two Jr. Cheeseburgers and a drink, and the total was 12 dollars. I stopped at an Arby's and got two limited time only wraps (the sale) and a small fry, it was nearly 14 dollars. These are not big items, these are more moderate snack items. I couldn't imagine if you bought the meal. My coworker mentioned last week a Burger King Whopper meal is nearly 14 bucks. So I hope the industry melts down. It will be better for America, and Global Warming because there will be less SUVs lined up idling for 20-30 mins.

This month alone T-mobile increased the rates for each phone line for your account. My storage unit that I use raised their rates by $25 each month this month as well. There are couple others this month but the point is, this is real and is happening fast. For lower income families, our budgets are becoming more and more unrealistic.

Ceo salaries and bonuses completely support the need for those prices...

the only thing I ever eat at McDonalds is their choc chop cookies. 1.5 years ago a 3 pack was $1.60 -1.80. The last time I went (around Feb) I paid over $3 for the same 3 pack. I have no intention of buying those cookies ever again. I can get 12 similar style cookies for the same price at the grocery store.

Does the migrant factor contribute to food proce increases???? Suppjy snd Demand

That was the whole premise of the Super Size Me. He would only order a meal but when they asked, "would you like to Super Size it"? He would always say yes.

The Hill used to be somewhat in the middle, but now you cant even say the word " Inflation " is bizarre to me but yet you say people cant afford food costs.

Here in the RTP NC region, my nearest McD's has the Big Mac Meal (Combo) for about $9 (medium sized. And the large is $9.). Prices have gone up, but in the places with the huge price jump, there's a reason. MW, taxes and higher COL.

The line that prices are related to supply disruptions doesn't hold up anymore as the world is fully normal again. There are other things at play, such as minimum wage increases in many states. You can argue the merit of those policies but it's economically ignorant to ignore that the cost of labor factoring into pricing.

I went to a Mcdonalds at noon on a weekday and not a single car in the drive thru, 3 years ago there would have been a line, my thought is fast food wants to cut their food purchases in half, cut their staff in half, but make the same amount of profit by doubling or tripling the prices

Less people eating fast food affects the profitability of an individual location. Said location increases prices to compensate for lost revenue thereby further driving away customers.

Just keep dancing around the real reason. The federal reserve is to blame as they doubled the money supply. Why is this not being discussed and everything becomes a partisan issue???

This is BS. Big Mac combo in Honolulu Hawaii is $10.19 Hawaii has one of the highest cost of living in the country.

FUNNY.... The Blue Ribbon Burger is $18 at RED ROBIN and I think I'd rather EAT there!

This is your daily reminder that over half of recent inflation is due to corporate PROFITS. Not wages. Raise wages and lower profits will solve sooooo many problems in this country but unfortunately capitalism makes us prioritize profits over everything else

So, i guess this had NOTHING to do with all that legislation around the country to raise minimum wages. Lol😂

Yep…we used to frequent Burger King because of its 2 for $10 Impossible (Vegan) whopper. They discontinued it, we cook at home more. 🤷🏽‍♀️

HAHAHAHAHA!!! EFF MCDONALDS!!!

Inflation is 100% govt spending.