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What are those signs? (lemmy.wtf)

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[–] CodexArcanum 17 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Well, the 1/3 also had to compete with the double-quarter (aka, half pound, but two patties), which is bigger and feels significantly more substantial as well.

It doesn't help that any place I saw selling them (let's be real here, this is about McD's) was offering an expensive and fancy 1/3rd burger (deluxe bacon, southwest ranch style, Asian sensation with real gold flake, etc) against the old reliable (cheap) quarter-pounder. Perceived value is everything.

Also, we're bad at math, lol

[–] cowfodder 9 points 5 months ago (10 children)

A&W had a 1/3lb burger that was cheaper than McDonald's quarter pounder. Nothing fancy about it, just people are bad at math.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (9 children)

A&W was such a cool thing before McDonald's and the other franchises killed them off.

[–] cowfodder 2 points 5 months ago

They're still around in some parts of the country, but quality is not nearly what it was.

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