Why Fast Food Has Gotten So Expensive 

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Fast food used to be quick and cheap, now it's slow and expensive.. how 🤣

Refusal to buy is always the consumers' best weapon.

It's deeply concerning to see the cost of living increase, especially in necessities like food. The shift from fast food being a budget-friendly option to becoming unaffordable signals more significant economic issues.

After months of complaining about “McDonalds and Taco Bell are so expensive now..” it finally clicked! I will no longer go to these trash places. I’ve been going to these “restaurants” ever since I could remember. But the time has come to change old bad habits to new better ones. So long taco hell and McPuke. People are paying more for shittier food and shittier service from over worker employees.

It’s amazing how countless videos point out the problem, but no one knows or offers a solution.

Only in America is it both expensive to eat healthy and eat unhealthy food.

Now at this point preparing food at home is not just cheaper but also healthier which gives another reason why we should stop eating those useless dishes

$18+ for fast food? Here in Norway, one of the most expensive countries on earth, I can get a full dinner plus coffee for that price in most cafes. Here at Fauske in Northern Norway, the cafe we visit the most (at the railroad station), have dinners starting at around $14, and the food is excellent. And $7 for coffee, is roughly double compared to just about any cafe, restaurant or gas station here, and even that is expensive, imo. Btw, here in Europe we don't have these massive chains taking over everything. Everywhere, from the smallest villages to the largest cities, you'll have no problem finding cozy restaurants that doesn't belong to any chain at all. And thank God for that !!!

0:20 it's actually more suprising that someone can order 3 filet-o-trashes

If there are so many job openings, then why the fuck is every place I apply at say "sorry, we aren't hiring at the moment"

The fact that even though McDonald is expensive it never fills my stomach but only that one dish that my mother cooks is wayy enough to make me endure hunger for 12 hours with ease

i've cut that garbage a good while ago, but they'll keep making profits by targeting the younger and the less self aware. The dramatic things are the supermarkets, they too are becoming unaffordable. In some supermarket chains buying food is becoming more expensive than eating out.

Here in Europe, fast food chains got so expensive it's basically never an option anymore. I can go to quality Thai or Ramen places and get a full meal plus a side and its still cheaper than Burger King or McDonalds. This is insane! But on the good side, its helpful that the highly processed/unhealthy food outoptioned itself as a choice. Making decisions was never easier.😂

Society is doomed. 🤦‍♂️

20 dollar minimum, are you insane

The issue isn't increase in minimum wages, these companies can most definitely afford them, they are just disgustingly selfish and want to maintain insane amounts of retained profits at the expense of consumers.

The McDonalds Cheeseburger tripled in price in the past 10 years here

Me & my moms cooking of Spaghetti 🍝 taste way better than from a restaurant. That's why never assume the quality of food base on the price. Me making fries using an Air Fryer tastd much crispier than Fast Food Restaurants deep Fryer that uses oil

I think the real question is: who the hell buys filet o' fish? Over here in europe it's gotten pretty expensive too and honestly nowadays if I want a burger it's cheaper to just make it myself and sometimes even faster than waiting in line for one

My wife and I dont eat much, it had been a while so treated ourselves to maccas last week. We're in NZ and my medium big Mac combo and her medium cheese burger combo with chicken nuggets came to almost $40!!! I live near a sit down restaurant with cheaper and better quality burgers.

The problem with mandated minimum wages is that by far not every business is worth the increased labor compensation, particularly low-margin enterprises relying on hordes of low-skilled workforce. Differential application of the minimum wage could mend the situation, but that will demand even more red tape and exception loops that have to be administered and the already existing exceptions are siring controversies.

In Costa Rica a combo is like $25 that’s like 12k colones absolutely insane. Now they think eating this trash is gourmet or something

When I thought about how bad I'd feel after eating my favorite fastfood, the craving went away. That's how I stopped McDees, and the rest followed soon after.

Trust me. Mcdonals forgot their palce. A fking meal for 7 quid? A burger with chips? Beat of going to those burger merchants around here with caravans. Regardless. Hope they keep putting prices up, people will start realising it simply isnt worth it and start eating healthy again

I don't eat fast food, never really did... only in a pinch while traveling every blue moon or so. But I specifically remember that in 2020, when people were pushing for $15 wages an hour, I commented this would cause prices to sky rocket and make it unaffordable, AND people will lode their jobs. Do you want to make minimum wage, or do you want no job...? Because that's where we are heading with this BS. Then, after $15, inflation was on the brink, and NOW, they are pushing for 20 to 25$$ an hour! I even said they would end up firing actual human beings and make it ALL automated with robots. People called me every name in the book, tried to bully me on here, called me every ist, ism, and phobe too. "You are a rac!st p0s," was said to me ALOT! I feel vindicated, but it is upsetting because I knew this horrible outcome would come with my vindication. CAUSING the lower class to suffer much more. People need to start thinking logically again and stop running on pure emotion and delusional thinking. Far too many people are brainwashed AF, walking around wanting to just find/pick/start a fight with anyone that disagrees with them. These people are making my brain SMOOTH AF, bro.

This is basically the issue with capitalism as a whole: big corporations are incentivized to offer a great service at an insanely good price to drive out the local competition. Once that local competition is gone, raise the prices because there's nobody else to compete. We've seen this happen IN LITERALLY EVERY SINGLE ECONOMIC SECTOR, from video games to movies (blockbuster-netflix anybody?), and it's never going to change.

Funny how this came out 1 hour after Penquinz0 making a video on fast food fries.

But according to my TV, the economy is better than ever!

FJB and his entire administration and everyone alive that voted for him too.

At first I thought this was a local phenomenon (I live in Italy and prices are increasing even here) but this appear to be a problem of the whole industry

Moon puts out great content.

You need to do a video about canada man... its in a looot of trouble. Way more than our fast food being too expensive

Food prices are up across the board (and that is a crisis!) but cooking at home is the most affordable way to feed yourself and your family. And that doesn't mean buying frozen meals or meal subscription service trash. Go to the grocery stores and buy real food and learn how to cook. Yes, you will still be hurt by the current cost of living crisis, but not as bad as the people who eat out a lot or buy garbage pre-made food.

Last time I went to McDonald's it was $31 for 2 burger meals. $31! I used to be able to get like 20-25 double cheeseburgers for that price!

I live in Georgia and I'm a doordash driver but the traffic is so sometimes devious 😭

Brazilian customers: "First time? LMAO" American customers: "Yeah!"

A Red Bull 8.4 oz can is now 2.99$. Not to long ago they were like 1.89. Used to be able to get 3 for $6 a few months ago.

Thank you for this. We NEED TO KNOW! AND NEVER FORGET!

I work at chick fil an and an American came by that was away from the US for about 1.5 years. He couldn’t believe how high prices have become.

Bro always makes these videos sound like it’s the end of the world

I got a Jollibee ad before, mid & after watching this 😂😂😂

because dealers always jack up the price after their customers are hooked

"I did that!" ~JB

Japan has this exact same problem, with Don Quijote, Sukiya, Daiso, and other chain stores dominating the country

This video was more about dollar stores than fast food.

Medium coffee with milk, 6€ ;-; they are the only once with decafe coffee where I live so I do it max once per month.

This is why minimum wage needs to be passed on the company NOT the customer. Governments need to be better. We need this problem to stop otherwise the economy will actually crash. There are way better ways to cost cut like firing and lowering higherup wages.

My wife and I shop at expensive chain grocery stores like Meijer and Buehler's because we hate the experience of shopping in places like Walmart and Marc's. We pay more for the same thing because the decor, clientele, and service are better, even though the products themselves are identical. There are independent, mom-and-pop shops in our area, usually owned by Amish and Mennonite families, but those are too expensive. As for fast food, that stuff is garbage. My wife eats it a lot because her job requires her to drive to her patients' houses, but I'll eat that crap only once or twice per month.

The fast in fast food now refers to your contact less payment methods

Hen the cost of fuel goes up, everything goes up.

Self-Reliance is a virtue. Everyone should start planting something if they are able even if its just a tiny box garden while people who actually have access to land have no excuse whatsoever.

Another place worth mentioning is Subway. Subway for many years had more chains than any restaurant in the world. Yes more chains than even McDonald's. At least in my area and here's the thing I remember growing up in the '90s I don't think they were really that many subways in my area but at some point like in the late 2000s they just rose up and just soared and popularity maybe having to do with that $5 footlong thing that was going on at the time, but now a lot of those subways at Rose up have actually shut down as well. We still have some here and there and it's still pretty common but I kid you not they were literally everywhere and now a lot of them are gone..

These are the prices in finland like the prices of 2 large fries are 7.90€ (8.52$), 2 chicken burgers 4.0€ (4.31$), 20 nuggets 10.95€ (11.81$) so in total 22.85€ (24.64$)

Why should you need a smartphone and apps to get lower prices? I'm part of an older generation that grew up before smartphones and the internet. I still have a flip-phone. Too bad, so sad. I guess I won't eat their overpriced garbage anymore. I started ordering from a local catering service. They delivery your week's worth of food to your house, for around $80-$120.

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I used to go to fast food places multiple times a week, but now, I ONLY go to Tim Horton's twice a week.

its crazy i remember when mcdonalds superize was like 250 now its 450 for a medium fries that is barely halfway full. Even frozen fries are like 7 bucks a bag its insane

increasing real estate prices and rents are also definitely a big factor that are overlooked in this video.

I stopped going to Mcdonalds around 3 years ago when a medium meal now over $10 is more than what a large meal used to be also $4.50 for a half cup of Mcflurry is a robbery

It's becoming a problem in the uk. But it's even worse in supermarkets

This is the moment every1 will fallow Plankton teaching stealing the the Mc Donalds secret formula

for a english speaker.. thought youll talking about how it effects the uk aswell.. it costs almost £20 for french fries milkshake and a chicken burger..

I'm so happy my mom taught me how to cook quick, affordable meals that taste good. I gave up fast food years ago. I haven't stepped food inside of a McDonald's in over 10 years.

Bidenomics

Its crazy. A Ice Cream was 1€ in 2018, now in 2024 we are at 1,99€.

I get why there’s a labor shortage for fast food. I worked at a DQ for three years and had a position in assistant management; the impossible labor standards and guilt tripping they held everyone to in order to meet monetary goals was completely unacceptable. Fast food chains push people too hard and are an industry that treats them too lowly. When I moved back for summer from college, I was straight up in telling my parents that I was either finding a retail job or not working at all. I refuse to do fast food again at all, you’ll have to put my life on the line first.

"Bidenomics"

For 18 dollars you can find pretty much in every big city sth else to eat. There's at least a dozen restaurants in every medium sized city with Mediterranean cuisine for example which is not only infinitely healthier than fast food but also much tastier. So i don't see any reason anyone should be spending that much to eat fast food anymore.

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fast food always been pretty spiky cost in AUS, now its insane

Whats funny is that portillos or anything higher quality fast food places is the same price as a mcdonalds meal.

Nobody wants to work at fast food places because they treat you terribly and you have to deal with rude customers all day if you've worked retail yk

As a brit thst moved to Canada, i will say that what you described as the average American town is also the same as the average Canadian town, especially in the west. Everything is s chain. Very little local businesses left especially in the food industry. Every tlwyn looks the same snd each has zero identity. Bigger towns and cities have terrible or non existent public transportation and the whole town is pretty much umwalkable. The small supermarket like Spar or Co-Op does not exist ln North America. Instead it is replaced by convieience stores like 7/11 or Circle K, that sell nothing but garbage food. They may as well give you insulin when you enter because if you buy anything, at their over inflated prices, you will probably end up with diabetes some time shortly afterwards. And thats if you lucky to have a convience store anywhere near you, especially within walking distance to where you live. There are literally whole suburbs that have zero stores anywhere near them. People have to drive everywhere, but then they ask themselves why they are obese.

Moon, I'm really so happy that 3 filet-o-fish is that expensive cuz I hate fish so much.

It was interesting when I realized a local, mom-and-pop sit down restaurant with actually good food cost less than McDonald's slop.

Not only America, it's super expensive now in Europe aswell, only go with promotions no other way

this is why i make mcdonald's breakfast at home. you can work at a fast food learn how they do everything then quit rinse and repeat till you can make all fast food and be self reliant

In my country, they offering all kinds of promotions and offers (kfc, mcd etc.) because of the palestine / isreal war. Imagine food being dirt cheap only because a boycott is happening. We can truly see the real margins they operating on compared to normal prices. The only way to bring down prices is when they are forced. Nothing else.

If one of these would use quality ingredients with smaller portions I bet the would make bank.

It’s costs the same as going to a Applebees style restaurant and eating the special with water to drink. And way better for you!

What's cool is in response to this a lot of small towns, even in red America, have been starting community-owned grocery stores for themselves.

Moon this + inflation in Turkey (also Turkish lira downfall) you must see the prices... also the portions are much less then before.

A 2-toping person pan pizza, 4 boneless wings, and a 20oz soda is less than $10 after tax at Pizza Hurt RN. Gotta say, it’s one heck of a deal in these times. Not cheaper than cooking yourself, but if you just don’t feel like it.

I dont eat out often so i dont get shocked by restaurant prices. But I have eaten in these chains in other countries where i know wages and benefits are much better and dven recently in Canada, McDonald's was not this expensive. And am accounting for the change in currency. Also, i truly hope these communities accross the US can push their politicians to create policies to incentivice actual grocery stores to open up.

Meanwhile, I'm surrounded by local small businesses that serve locally sourced goods and foods.

mom and pop shops > chained resturants / shops

I honestly don’t know how Americans can have entire towns that do not have pedestrian routes. I’m not criticising citizens, just city planners.. I’m from a large town outside of Glasgow, Scotland, and you can literally NOT cross a single road from one side of town to the other, bridges and pavements along with parks and greenery everywhere, 8.3 square miles and I don’t have to cross a single road. Some US car built areas are disgusting tbh.

Dollar Tree giving bleach for 1.25 is still one of the greatest things.

I honestly can't remember the last time I touched a Macdonalds and I hope to keep it that way

last year I i didn't go to a single fast food restaurant. 0 times. I went to regular restaurants 6 times or so but that was for special occasions. Shit is getting rough.

Food prices over here i Scandinavia have skyrocketed also, would guess around 30% for fast food, i see less and less people walking in to those places these days. This will be normalised and everyone will forget about very soon, then they will raise it again and put less food in the packages, and sadly your salary will stay the same, its a clown world.

In my country, a cheeseburger is about 1.50$, fries roughly the same.

start learning to cook, and keep learning. current food prices are the lowest they will ever be

Years ago we popped into a wimpy and we had a meal and a drink and we never went back because we tought it was expensive. Now everybody putting there prices up and blaming it on the environment to the raw materials and what it cost down to labour cost add into it we should eat healthy as well people want to eat a meal and not made to feel bad about it

Dystopia, party of 8 billion

If everyone can start cooking at home as well as making their own cofeee, those companies will lower their prices but nope people wont wven try to do it like i do.

I as a college student, cook my own meals everyday for 2 years now, cheap and healthy, only took 15 min, in my rental room

Ahh... America. Here in Slovenia I walk across the street to a family owned restaurant, eat healthy food and pay a reasonable price. And if I want fast food, I go to turkish kebab guy, eat a kebab or something like that, and it is cheap, and also probably more organic and healthier than American "healthy" food.

It's absolutely not just in America. Everywhere in Europe it's unaffordable