Corporate America may be bumping up against the limit of its power to keep raising prices as consumers in some markets cry uncle.

“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call.

normal way to talk about ‘fellow’ human beings

  • m-p{3}A
    9·
    10 months ago

    While McD is gouging their customers hard, I’m still considering restaurants as a luxury.

    I’ll do my hashbrowns in the toaster-oven in the morning and make myself a “McMuffin” at home for dirt-cheap.

    Like any other businesses you won’t make them change their price unless their cashflow is impacted. Want to send a clear message? Stop going, and you may end up not coming back later because you’ll see all the money you wasted. Or at least make it a rare treat, not a habit.

    • oxjox@lemmy.mlEnglish
      8·
      10 months ago

      Restaurants have always been a luxury.

      People don’t realize how good we have it. Eating out isn’t supposed to be normal. Fast food like soda and pizza and burgers and snacks are all supposed to be an occasional treat because they don’t positively contribute nutritionally to our diets. Eating at a restaurant is supposed to be a treat because it’s more expensive and luxurious to have someone purchase and prepare and serve the food to you.

      If you don’t have the time to make food for yourself, something is wrong. It may not be your fault but it should be your priority to figure out a solution. Consuming calories and sleeping are the two primary things that permit our bodies to function. Our lives should revolve around these things. Because they literally do.

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      10 months ago

      OP on another thread got buried for saying that. LOL, another poster pointed out the obesity epidemic. Not seeing the connection. 🤷🏻‍♂️

      Americans, let’s face it: We’ve been a spoiled country for a long time. Do you know what the number one health risk in America is? Obesity. They say we’re in the middle of an obesity epidemic. An epidemic like it is polio. Like we’ll be telling our grand kids about it one day. The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004. “How’d you get through it grandpa?” “Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere.”

      Nobody knows why we’re getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle. I’ll sit at a drive thru. I’ll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter. Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large. You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There’s room in the back. Take it! Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It’s only three more cents.