Fast Food Now a Luxury, Says 78% of Americans | LendingTree
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3 in 4 Americans typically eat fast food at least once a week, but the majority are eating it less due to rising prices, according to a LendingTree survey.
  • happybadger [he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Fast food has been so ratfucked over the past few years that it wouldn't be worth it if they hadn't increased prices by 30%+ to match a sit-down restaurant's. When you get a fraction of the food and it's worse, a fast food restaurant adds nothing. Even the convenience is meaningless now that I can order online from most places and it's ready by the time I get there.

    • pingveno@lemmy.ml
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      6 months ago

      Actually, yes. Part of the reason that fast food was so inexpensive was that fast food workers were criminally underpaid. Wages are up because of a combination of a tighter labor market and improved minimum wage laws. I've always been in favor of this, but in talking to restaurant owners I understood that they would have to pass increased labor costs on to their customers.

      Continuing supply chain disruption from COVID-19 seem to also be a contributing factor, but I'm not sure what a recovery there will look like.