Many people believe it’s an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald’s menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines. (Narrator voice: It’s not.)
Now, almost a year after the post, a top McDonald’s executive wants to set the record straight. In a recent letter, Joe Erlinger, president of McDonald’s USA, said $18 for a Big Mac combo was the “exception” and not the norm across all 13,700 restaurants in the country.
The average price of a Big Mac in the US was $4.39 in 2019,” Erlinger said in his recent letter. “Despite a global pandemic and historic rises in supply chain costs, wages and other inflationary pressures in the years that followed, the average cost is now $5.29. That’s an increase of 21% (not 100%),” he added.
Some people have it as their only choice due to living in a food desert. Imagine how fucked up is that.
If I recall correctly, food deserts tend to be located in areas where poor and/or minorities are located.
In either case, it’s a self-fulfilling prophecy, since only the poor would remain in a food desert, if you have money, you have options.
I would say it’s more a of self-fulfilling curse.