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Cake day: June 13th, 2023

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  • A double double is not the same as a big mac

    Really, let’s see… If I remember the commercial correctly:

    Big Mac:

    Two all beef patties
    Special Sauce (1000 Island dressing)
    Lettuce
    Cheese
    Pickles
    Onions
    on a sesame seed bun

    Double Double:

    Two beef patties
    1000 Island dressing (special sauce)
    Lettuce
    Cheese
    Onions (raw by default, grilled on request)
    Toasted Bun

    You’re absolutely correct. The difference between the two is staggering. I didn’t realize sesame seeds and the extra piece of bun they stick in the middle of a Big Mac costs that much more.

    Pickles, well, you can say “double-double with pickles” and they’ll put them on at no extra cost. I suggest not making the mistake of saying “extra pickles” vs. “add pickles”. They take it as a challenge.


  • I’m not, but I also don’t think you understand, why it would still be necessary to raise prices on their food to pay a good bit higher wage.

    You’re right, I definitely don’t understand.

    $163/month, globally for all employees, does absolutely nothing for a person (and yeah, that’s sarcasm, when I was working equivalent level jobs, about another $.80/hour after taxes would have been nice) and isn’t an example of the company going for profits over employees. Besides, we’re only talking about California getting the price increase right? I mean they’re not going to look at raising prices everywhere. So… Let’s look at the state.

    According to the this website a Big Mac in California, on average is $5.89.

    Average starting rate in California appears to be $16-18/hour for crew members according to generic "mcdonalds hiring search followed by a city name… So, we’ll call it $17/hour to start? Makes sense that they’d need to raise the prices.

    Not a big fan of McDonald’s, I wonder how that’s going to affect me at the equivalent fast food place in the same state that I like: In-n-Out.

    According to this site there was already a price hike in 2023 on the cost of the double-double by 24%, guess it’s only going to get worse. $4.90 for that Big-Mac equivalent of a double-double. Huh, this is going to suck.

    Starting pay at In-n-Out for a crew member is, let me see… The In-n-Out employment page shows the starting pay for crew members is $19.75/hr at any store I select.

    So, two chains in the same state selling, pretty much the same product, doing the same work with an average pay differential of $2.75/hour.

    You’re absolutely right, McD’s really does need to bump the price.