• Pika@sh.itjust.works
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      10 months ago

      This is more than just Wendy’s, fast food in general is through the roof now. McDonald’s was known for years for its dollar menu, they no longer have a dollar menu it’s a $1 $2 $3 menu and the only thing on there that is a dollar is sauces. Fast food restaurants are doing a damn good job at pricing themselves out of the market. I can’t remember the last time I went to your typical fast food joint, it’s almost always more cost effective to go to a place that offers carryout and just order it ahead. My current go to has been Domino’s, I can spend $18 dollars for two burgers a large fry and a drink or I can spend $18 getting 2 pizzas or 1 pizza and cheesy bread or for $4 for more for two pizzas, a thing of chicken and a 2 Liter soda,

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        10 months ago

        Best fast food places right now is local no name street food places, me and my homies go to such places, cheap and tasty as fuck

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        There’s a hole-in-the-wall taqueria near my work that for less than $4 will nab me two gigantic legit-mexican-street-food style tacos.

        Haven’t gone to fast food in ages - shit’s too expensive. At this point I’m probably around 30% taco.

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    10 months ago

    Dave Thomas is sitting up in Hamburger Heaven ready to beat some mfers with a spatula over these shenanigans

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      10 months ago

      Pretty sure this whole thing is a Wendy’s ad campaign. I’d bet my life savings they get a bunch of sales from it.

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    10 months ago

    They issued a statement, they don’t plan on a price surge sysyem but they are thinking about some kind of smart way to change offers based on availability throughout the day. So if anything it’s the inverse of price surges.

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    10 months ago

    Nonono, you’re looking at this wrong. The lunch price is the BASE price! That means that any time other than lunch you’re actually getting a discount!

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      10 months ago

      If they actually did this and discounted on off hours I might be more sold on it. Not for eating at lunch time, but for getting $0.50 large fries at 11pm.

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        They’ll do that, and then they’ll raise base prices. So it’ll be $3 large fries after 11PM, but $7 at noon. This is clear to see a mile away, it’s just a phased in cash grab.

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      10 months ago

      Exactly! Fast food is junk food, which keeps people addicted but makes them feel like shit, when they feel like shit they have shitty behavior, they litter fast food trash outdoors, they disrespect the fast food employees, and the employees don’t earn enough money, and their employers won’t pay them a living wage, while increasing the cost of the food, so customers are angry & don’t want to be customers anymore. fast food is going to die.

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    10 months ago

    Massive step back for Wendy’s in my eyes who, while they still served unhealthy fast food, I always thought of as the good one.