743
submitted 6 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount.

Roberts, 38, now only gets fast food "as a rare treat," he told CBS MoneyWatch. "Nothing has made me cook at home more than fast-food prices."

Roberts is hardly alone. Many consumers are expressing frustration at the surge in fast-food prices, which are starting to scare off budget-conscious customers.

A January poll by consulting firm Revenue Management Solutions found that about 25% of people who make under $50,000 were cutting back on fast food, pointing to cost as a concern.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] reddig33@lemmy.world 276 points 6 months ago

If you can eat at a nicer place for the same amount of money, why would you eat at McDonald’s?

[-] BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 103 points 6 months ago

I would rather spend that money on a local burger joint. Give me a single named joint with a generic paper bag with grease stains on the outside.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 84 points 6 months ago

Unfortunately, so many local burger joints have a "flagship" burger featuring a Sysco patty, cheese, lettuce, tomato, and onion for $17, sides extra.

[-] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 56 points 6 months ago

I know a Sysco burger when I see one. Normal burgers aren't chode cylinders; Sysco burgers have goddamn right angles. They taste like they're about 40% gristle. It's basically just the "technically beef" parts of dollar store dog food pressed into the vague shape of a burger patty. The paper that separates the frozen turd patties is better, both in terms of flavor and nutrition. Fuck Sysco burgers. If Sysco reads this and doesn't like what I have to say, they can go fuck themselves until their asshole is as fucked up as a Sysco burger eater's asshole 93 minutes after their shitty lunch.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 30 points 6 months ago

Sysco has variety in their products. I just checked and they apparently have 128 different beef patty SKUs: https://shop.sysco.com/app/catalog?q=beef+patty&BUSINESS_CENTER_ID=syy_cust_tax_meatseafood&ITEM_GROUP_ID=syy_cust_tax_meat

Though I'm sure a lot of them are just variations on leanness and package size. Point is, unless you're going to a specialty place, any restaurant is going to be buying Sysco patties (or at best, Sysco ground beef packs and hand-formed into patties) but the nicer restaurants are going to be using the better choices, and the shitty places are going to be using the cheapest ground beef formed into a cylinder and frozen.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 20 points 6 months ago

I am honored to have inspired content like this!

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 16 points 6 months ago

I feel very lucky to have no idea what you're talking about, and that scares me

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 12 points 6 months ago

Sysco supplies a lot of restaurants with food, all kinds of places. But they have also optimized and helped with Enshitification by having restaurants mold their menu on the offerings of Sysco.

What ends up happening is every Mexican, Burger, and pretty much everything else that buys from Sysco tastes exactly the same. Mexican food is especially obvious.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I'm not sure this is an enshitification thing. That should have a degree of hostility with users. This is plain ol' low-quality product (made easy)

[-] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

I chose to label it that way since all these places that had to make their own food are just making the same, tasteless meals.

I go to a mom and pop Mexican place and it’s the same shitty salsa, chips, and menu options. Same with burgers and so many others. I just need to learn to cook better quick meals.

[-] spongebue@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That just means it's shitty and common (due to its ease) though. Please don't let enshitification lose its meaning like the word "literally" did - we've got a good thing going there.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 6 months ago

Bowling alley food. It's food, but really it's just there so they can claim they serve food.

Spoilers:

Sysco provides a lot of restaurant ingredients/premade food. Your chili from fancy restaurant might just be the same damn thing from Wendy's, the dollar store, and the niche "homemade" food cart.

They might decorate it a bit differently once they open the bag.

This isn't a good or bad thing. It's how you can order fries in Maine and California, and they still taste the same. But also why some restaurants, side dishes taste the damn same.

[-] Wanderer@lemm.ee 8 points 6 months ago

Anything where you can get a burger bun that doesn't taste like it full of sugar is worth it over anything else.

The bread quality in america is the lowest of the low.

load more comments (29 replies)
this post was submitted on 12 May 2024
743 points (98.3% liked)

News

23320 readers
3125 users here now

Welcome to the News community!

Rules:

1. Be civil


Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.


2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.


Obvious right or left wing sources will be removed at the mods discretion. We have an actively updated blocklist, which you can see here: https://lemmy.world/post/2246130 if you feel like any website is missing, contact the mods. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted seperately but not to the post body.


3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.


Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.


4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source.


Posts which titles don’t match the source won’t be removed, but the autoMod will notify you, and if your title misrepresents the original article, the post will be deleted. If the site changed their headline, the bot might still contact you, just ignore it, we won’t delete your post.


5. Only recent news is allowed.


Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.


6. All posts must be news articles.


No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials or celebrity gossip is allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis.


7. No duplicate posts.


If a source you used was already posted by someone else, the autoMod will leave a message. Please remove your post if the autoMod is correct. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.


8. Misinformation is prohibited.


Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.


9. No link shorteners.


The auto mod will contact you if a link shortener is detected, please delete your post if they are right.


10. Don't copy entire article in your post body


For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS