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[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

McDonald's is expensive now.

A double cheeseburger was a dollar a few years ago, sure. But it's almost that much for a single nugget these days.

A hash brown is 3.50 at the one by my office.

[–] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looked it up:

McDonald's double cheeseburger hasn't been a dollar for over 15 years (started in 2002, and in 2008, the McDouble replaced it, which had one fewer slice of cheese). And the McDouble itself stopped being a dollar in 2013, over a decade ago. Bit more than "a few years ago"--I think Covid screwed up everyone's perception of time more than usual, lol.

That said, I get lunch at work several times a week at Wendy's and always pay less than $5, not too bad all things considered imo.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Wendy's is still a pretty good deal. A cup of chili and some nuggets ain't a bad price.