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?
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.
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.
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.