“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call.

normal way to talk about ‘fellow’ human beings

  • Crass Spektakel@lemmy.world
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    Fun fact: In Germany, the big US fast food companies are in a constant price war. They hand out vouchers at least once a week and offer big discounts online and in their apps. Because if they didn’t their restaurants would be utterly empty. For the price of €12 for a Big Mac menu, I can go straight to a pretty good restaurant and have a Schnitzel with French Fries, a salad and a beer.

    Some prices:

    -The Croatian canteen in our town hall serves good Balkan cuisine from €5. A glass of tap water for €0.50. And it is a nice place, not looking like a canteen at all. Tips are included in these prices.

    -I have a ton of vouchers of 50% voucher for Chicken McNuggets, Big Macs and Salads. I don’t visit McDonalds too often as they require to order from a needless complicated touch screen but when I do I sometimes take a voucher “Two Big Macs for €5”.

    -a company I work for sometimes orders the “business menu” from Burger King which is something like “20 burgers of your choice and 2kg of fries” for €70. As the boss often invites his worker I am just happy with whatever I get.

    -the local furniture store offers 50% vouchers for a a complete fish dish on Friday for €5.

    -they also offer Chinese and German Food often at 50% vouchers. And every day they have some cheap East European soup dishes like Borscht, Flaczki, Gulasch and so on for €3-4 and it is alway a HUGE amount of food.

    Seriously, if you open your eyes you would be surprised how many really cheap and great restaurants are around.

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      It feels like the days of 5EUR döner are in the past now. I see for 7 or 8 EUR sometimes.

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      9 months ago

      And to be honest, before I buy a burger for €5 I buy a Kebab or Shawarma which beat every burger in taste and amount of food.

      Compared to a BK or McD’s burger then yeah absolutely. But compared to burgers in general? Much closer call. If you haven’t had a really good cheeseburger, then you’re really missing out.

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      It’s kind of the same here price wise. But people in the US tend not to care and love the convenience of fast food or are just stuck to a brand. Some of the lines I see at places here are nuts.

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      And to be honest, before I buy a burger for €5 I buy a Kebab or Shawarma which beat every burger in taste and amount of food

      Man, I miss doner kababs so much. I haven’t quite found anything similar back stateside.