Ten cheeseburgers (I microwave them later for snacks) at MCD cost me about eleven dollars a few years ago, now it is about eighteen dollars.
%% THAT maybe a blessing in disguise; robo flippers never get sick+ never unionize. I stopped in MCD , auto shopping in a next door state, ordered a hamburger.[I asked can i get a hamburger for breakfast,LOL?? Yes you can, it takes a few minutes.]
And you know what really sux about this? Even if inflation drops back down to 2%, and the commodity input prices drop to pre-pandemic levels...They will never lower the price on the menu. They will just be eating up that extra margin, WHICH WILL COME post-inflation. When was the last time anyone has seen a drop in regular every-day menu prices? Like, never. Instead they pass them off as limited-time discounts. Once that temporary discount wears off, people then think that back to the higher prices is the new normal.