McDonalds has a multinational presence, along with taking regional pricing into account (meaning the prices of food items differ and adjusted based on GDP per capita), like a Big Mac is $6 before tax while the same is $2 in another country.

The menu is different by country (certain menu items are only available in that region, like how Japan has burgers with teriyaki sauce or rice buns) along with the menu being around ¥1500 for a tray while the same is $40 in the US.

I mean, have you tried McDonalds overseas? If so, is it cheaper when you consider regional pricing and what item do you wish was available at US McDonalds but only remains in that country? Is McDonalds in other countries better or worse?

  • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
    5·
    14 hours ago

    Everything did. I don’t know about where you are, but here the cost of going for food in a pub or restaurant is so expensive that McDonalds is still the cheapest option.

      • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
        4·
        9 hours ago

        Totally agree. I was talking about eating out. But you’re bang on. We hardly go out to eat anymore. Pre-covid it was normal we’d go out one a week. Not it’s only time when we’re away from home and want to treat ourselves.

      • Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.ukEnglish
        1·
        9 hours ago

        Totally agree. And when we’re feeling lazy we get some frozen, shove in the oven, type food. I know it’s not great but really it’s no different to fast food but cheaper.

    • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
      3·
      14 hours ago

      This is not quite the case where I am. Restaurants/pubs prices went up by like a dollar or two per sitting, while fast food went up by like 50%, to the point where if you’ve got the time a restaurant is as cheap or cheaper than the fast food option.

      • CADmonkey@lemmy.world
        2·
        9 hours ago

        I have seen that myself. It costs about the same for a sit-down place as fast food costs, but you get bigger portions and better food.

      • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        14 hours ago

        I havent seen that. Here in the PNW, even formerly cheap sit-down restaurants have doubled their prices in the last few years. Red Robin’s used to have burgers and bottomless fries for $9.99 and now those burgers are smaller “tavern style” and the fry portion is smaller and they want $18 for it.