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A damn quarter pounder $10

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by okeechobee, Apr 21, 2024.

  1. citygator

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    Say math isnt your thing without saying math isnt your thing. Well done.
     
  2. flgator2

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    How Much Is McDonald’s Quarter Pounder? - Fast Food Menu Prices
    McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Prices: Research Summary

    • The state with the most expensive Quarter Pounder is San Diego, California at $9.49, followed by Tucson, Arizona, and East Greenwich, Rhode Island at $8.39.
    • The cheapest you can get a Quarter Pounder is in Charlotte, North Carolina at only $5.15. ...
    • The average price of a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder is $6.65.
    I can't remember the last time I ate at McDonalds, it's been years
     
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  3. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Good find and you touched on a sensitive spot for me…you made it personal.
    I happened to eat McDonalds yesterday on the way to Hollywood studios lol. The kids were hungry and Disney food isn’t very good.
    I still feel like shit…oh and I bought a few single cheeseburgers for the kids that cost 3.49 each.
    I actually questioned the price too!
     
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  4. AzCatFan

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    $7.99 in Tucson will get you a Cheeseburger combo at In and Out, which is made with real meat and potatoes. No way I'd ever pay more for McDonald's.

    And inflation stinks. But we haven't had major inflation in over 40 years. But like the massive spikes in the late 70s and early 80s, things will eventually level off again, and people will get accustomed to the new price of things. Meanwhile, wages have been outpacing inflation now for about a year.
     
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  5. okeechobee

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    Hmmm... sounds like plenty of locations with a $10+ quarter pounder once taxes are added. And here's the kicker...some restaurants (including McD's) don't simply charge the state sales tax on your order. Many locales have added a "Covid tax" to the typical state sales tax. I'd be shocked if something like this didn't exist in San Diego, but even if not, that's a $10+ quarter pounder either way.
     
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  6. G8tas

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    So if someone doesn't eat a $10 hamburger they will starve. Got it
     
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  7. mdgator05

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    Ummm, no, sales tax is generally not 20-30%...

    And I am betting that you just made up your "Covid tax" thing, as I can't find evidence of a single locale adding a separate tax for Covid. Best I can figure out, there were a few individual restaurants that added surcharges during the Covid outbreak in 2020 to deal with the switch to entirely takeout food and issues with labor and such during that time, when restaurants struggled to get employees without much in the way of tips. However, it was not a tax nor something likely to be occurring 4 years later.
     
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  8. okeechobee

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    I must confess, I do admire the ballsy approach the Biden campaign is taking to this election. Campaigns that fail to adapt get left behind. Most would have thought a campaign slogan of "Pay up, bitch!" would come across as a little rough, but this is America. We lived through the Revolutionary and Civil wars, prohibition, the Great Depression, WW2. Give credit where it's due. Slogan is hitting home with a good 30 to 32 percent of Americans (depending on which poll you look at). Hats off to Mr. Biden for his "f*** it" approach. Wouldn't be my first choice, but if it works, who am I to... oh wait, it's not working. Nm.
     
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  9. gaterzfan

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    Haven’t been to MacDs in ages. However, pay $13 for a 6oz burger with cheddar, bacon, fried egg, lettuce, and tomato with a side order of coleslaw at Turtle Shack. Great view of the Atlantic and cold IPA on tap, too
     
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  10. okeechobee

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    How much did that cost when Trump was president?
     
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  11. gaterzfan

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    Probably $11-12 pre Covid.
     
  12. mikemcd810

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    Hot dog still $1.50 at Costco.
     
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  13. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Did you sign up an hour ago?
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  14. VAg8r1

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    Other than Alaska or Hawaii if there are locations in the US where a quarter pounder is priced at $10 plus they are most likely in California or New York and the last time I checked every poll for those states has Old Joe leading the defeated indicted former president by a significant margin.
     
  15. flgator2

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    I love IN and OUT. But I don't think the average Joe would agree with you
     
  16. philnotfil

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    So the OP is false?
     
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  17. AzCatFan

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  18. G8tas

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    U Haul rental still starts at only $19.95. Diamond Joe did that!
     
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  19. Gatorrick22

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    I can see food prices are a trigger point for all of you Leftists. I wonder why there is so much vitriol being espoused in this one thread about Quarter Pounders with cheese? I know... you have to protect Biden at all cost, becasue he's an EPIC FAILURE and has no plan to fix the crazy inflation that's gripping the U.S.A..
     
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  20. gatorchamps960608

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    A quarter pounder with cheese MEAL is under $10 before tax in the Orlando area.