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Fast-food chains battle for low-income diners with summer value meals ***Better headline: Fast food restaurants scratch head when customers don’t want to pay higher prices for shitty food. (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/aboringdystopia

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Right? "Local spots have better quality, better prices and better interactions" ™

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Fast food used to be cheaper because of economies of scale. Can McDonald's really be paying more for the ingredients and labor to make a big mac meal than a steakhouse pays for a 6 oz steak with two sides?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Probably not more for wages or ingredients, but more for CEOs and need to appease stock holders so their behavior will be different than a small shop, no matter what the scale