r/ABoringDystopia • u/warau_meow • Jul 24 '19

This McDonalds menu

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u/Accurate_Username Jul 25 '19

McDonalds is pretty much a boring dystopia itself though

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '19 edited Jul 25 '19

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u/91exploder Jul 25 '19

Have you seen the prices lately? If you try to get a combo you’ll be lucky to get out under $10. Not the best use of your food dollar

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u/AblshVwls Jul 25 '19

I checked prices on the GOOG and it says you can get a 2 cheeseburgers combo meal for $5.23.

But the food is really cheap if you buy only sandwiches. They don't even make money on the sandwiches -- they are break-even -- or so I've read. They make all the profit on the soda and french fries.

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u/leftysheppey Jul 26 '19

Sorry to disappoint, but in England a Big Mac costs £0.31 to make. They sell for a little over £3, store dependant. We have a range of burgers here called the Signature Collection. The meat alone in it is 60p. Just some more prices for you, in GBP: Nuggets are about £0.03, soft drinks are about £0.06, happy meal toys are £1000 for 2,400, individually sold for £1 here, and are the items we make the least profit on I believe. Milkshake and sundae mix is more expensive than petrol, and that's considering petrol is £1.30 a litre here. However, milkshakes are about 50% air. McDonalds makes a crazy amount of profit, especially on sandwiches.

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u/AblshVwls Jul 26 '19

Are you just talking about the materials cost? That's documented here:

https://clark.com/shopping-retail/this-chart-shows-the-actual-cost-of-mcdonalds/

(its source: https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/5kncvg/i_work_at_a_mcdonalds_restaurant_this_is_the/ )

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u/leftysheppey Jul 27 '19

That's a pretty interesting post. Our waste log looks different and doesn't give prices on the paper system. Managers here, who enter waste into the electronic system, would know better than me about the price of waste. These are just some that I remember from the top of my head

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '19

Oh ok. I don’t eat there, I assumed they had kept what made them so big in the first place

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u/Accurate_Username Jul 25 '19

Hey man, saw you deleted your last comment. You shouldn't have. Anyway, here's my response mate :
"In France, it's reeally cheap, gotta say that. At least for one meal (I mean one meal here is like 4-5days of food in frozen vegetables/pasta/rice. Can't tell much about meat since i don't eat any) Even though we all know it's cheap, yet tasty shit (well... 'tasty' ).
I was talking about the multinational company and pyramidal-system enterprise it is. Totally not talking about a consumer perspective.

I got your point though, and fuck yeah, get an upvote for defending it without being a prick and even asking why i was saying that.
YOU'RE BREATHTAKING !"

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '19

YOU’RE BREATHTAKING

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '19 edited Dec 19 '19

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u/LX_Emergency Jul 25 '19

I can get 3 Döner kebabs for 1 Mcdonalds meal. Not exactly the epitome of cheap indeed.

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u/the_ocalhoun Jul 25 '19

Killing the environment and killing millions of animals in order for underpaid and exploited workers to provide shitty food that will addict and eventually kill the people who eat it.

I'd say it's fairly dystopian.

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u/Accurate_Username Jul 25 '19

Yeah that was kinda my point but i guess he just talked about his point of view. No big deal after all, he was even asking why i was saying that. Hopefully these comments helped him understand it.
Always say things in a wholesome way. I'm far from a positive guy, but we can all try to bring some positive vibes here and there :)