What the hell happened to McDonald’s ?

[Painrelief]

Last night on the way home we popped into a Maccies drive thru . I haven’t been for months due to the Monday app deals being rubbish anyway the food was disgusting . The worst I’ve ever had from a McDonald’s , The filet o fish had blatantly been recooked as the fish had fries attached to the chewy as a boot batter and the cheese burger was from dinner time I think judging by how stale it was . My mate said hers the night before from her local one had been warmed up aswell …

But seriously the prices ?!! How can they justify it ! £2.19 for a mayo chicken or a cheese burger now (used to be 99p!) and the arch meal starts from £10.99 !!!
even the slush I had from a different maccies earlier in the day was just liquid and £3.19 !

McDonalds used to be a cheap and quick treat . How have the prices gone up so much and so quickly !!!

Do you still go to McDonald’s ? Has the standards dropped or something because I’ve never experienced such awful food .

Actually tbh you have made me think about my attitude to food! I forked out £18 in Mc Donald's for DS yet I shopped around for ages at easter for a leg of lamb for about the same price ( although I then also had to buy all the sides and pay the electricity bill)
It's cheap when you can buy a Happy meal for the kids but once they grow out of them it's really not cheap!

YANBU OP. We had Burger King delivery the other night and at nearly £40 for 4 of us, the food arrived very late and was cold. Will not be ordering from them again anytime soon!

You can buy a seed potato for 5p and then grow your own potatoes to make your own fries. It is just harder to do that when you are hungry on the M5.

That £14 isn't all of your costs though is it.
Time and money going to Aldi
Purchase of other food items to serve with lamb
Time and running costs of cooking
Time and running costs clearing up

Then add in other overheads, servers, packaging. The costs are phenomenal in any business and the prices are dirt cheap really.

Our local McD doesn’t have drive-through or parking either…

@Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice

my dd got 2 uniforms and one apron provided free when she started, she did have to buy safety shoes but they were given a link to a catering specialist that was cheap and you got 25% off on top with free delivery for being an employee. She got free food for each 6 hours she worked (so 2 meals for 8 hour shift) and they could have whatever they wanted even breakfast stuff out of hours, being veggie they would knock her up an egg for lunch. Pay was above minimum and higher than some other branches too, the franchise owner was quite hands on and pretty nice. Lots of perks including a discount card valid in many other businesses.

as a job for a youngster it was actually good, taught so many skills about the workplace and crucially they were fairly treated whereas independent hospitality can be like the wildwest for youngsters. They offered her an advanced apprenticeship including university funding but she turned it down (I know privileged kid didn’t realise she wouldn’t have had debt!)

I was waiting for a bus in my city centre and was hungry do popped into one of those kebab shop places and asked for a portion of chips. He got a couple of potatoes out and started chopping them! The chips were delicious! They were all uneven so crispy in some parts and soft in others!

OP, take your money elsewhere and vote with your feet.

My kids have a budget for McDonald's etc, there's no way I would let them pick a £15 meal! More like a £7 meal limit.

Which services was it? We’ve just been to a dire one- chewy hard over cooked Mccrispy with no lettuce, no Coke Zero of any brand, incorrect dips…

Never heard of that and all 3 of mine have had spells at working there. One of them to branch manager level

I guess one just needs to ignore the sexual abuse issue

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Agree and ask for chips with no salt - have to cook fresh.

I saw a grown man eating a happy meal, sat on a wall near McDonald's yesterday. Made me smile, fair play

My local maccy ds is still delicious. Standard stuff is always quick, things like veggie burgers you often have to wait, but at least it's always hot.

It does feel expensive if you're hoping for 90s prices, though! Motorway services are much more expensive than the standard places.

@Painreliefthe price has shocked me. We go once in a blue moon to eat usually after flight home or something as it’s quick and easy but we get a McFlurry every week after swimming and they seem to go up weekly!!!

as for quality there are strict rules as to how long food can sit before they have to throw it away. If you’ve had different service complain make them swap it out. I’ve driven round the drive through again as chips we’re cold - they immediately swap them out they don’t even question it

The macdonalds at eureka park in ashford is my go to, its always good. I went to another one in the same town and the fries were pale (i guess they did that thing where they lift the fries 30 seconds early as it was busy)

We Don't ever go to McDonald's and don't agree a burger for £2.19 is expensive . Factor in all the costs - staff , building , fuel to cook , the energy costs for the building , cost of the products etc , what do you think you are actually getting ? Basically cheap fodder .

And NIC uplift

And your feet stick to the floor! Spoons are cheap for a reason, the food is vile and the place is generally dirty! I’ve been to many spoons and they’re all the same!

It's always been crap food. Difference is it used to be cheap. So we'd do it e.g. at the services on a long drive.

Prices have gone up so much that we can no longer justify it, and we take sandwiches or buy M&S ones en route.

You can’t complain McDonalds is expensive then offer WingStop as a better alternative. I was floored by the costs in WingStop… £15+ for a one person meal and a drink was extra on top.

£2.19 is not expensive for a burger. People are so weird about Maccies- wanting a burger for a quid but also wanting a colourful, comfortable area to eat in, freshly made food for everyone, the exact ingredients that are your personal preference...

I’ve been amazed, recently, at their advertising - the current ‘I don’t even have to say its name’ breakfast ad makes the food look truly revolting. Dire. Like a microwaved meal from a rain station kiosk. It’s dripping in fat and looks congealed 🤢

Who passed that ad at the agency / head office?!

I expect you haven’t been to our local one… I have also been to other Spoons in London and they were just ordinary pubs - but cheaper.

I'd prefer them over McDonald's any day.