McDonalds needs a dig out

vectorvictor

Popular choices including thai chicken nuggets and twisty fries have increased by 50cent or more.

The reason , as confirmed by an unmotivated employee is that "everything costs more after 1st January"

A business under pressure?
Opportunistic?
Simon Harris secret attempt to relieve the pressure on the HSE?

Church on Tuesday

It's garbage anyways.

Large Big Mac was pretty good though.

Gaillimh1976

VAT rate up 4.5%

Min wage up 50 cent

Both going to be passed on to the customer in some form

sgthighway

VAT is going up for that industry. Local chipper has a sign up about it. Rate was 9%.

mloc123

sgthighway wrote: »

VAT is going up for that industry. Local chipper has a sign up about it. Rate was 9%.

Bet they didn't drop the prices when it was reduced to start...

punisher5112

But sure the prices were always high in the 1st place.

vectorvictor

mloc123 wrote: »

Bet they didn't drop the prices when it was reduced to start...

As a point of reference Chicken Nuggets are 25% more expensive today than they were yesterday. Not sure a 4.5% vat increase supports that or a min wage increase given their volumes.

It's still crap food for pennies but seizing a new year to up prices seems a little rich

Junkyard Tom

Collect acorns in the autumn when there's an abundance and eat the fucking things in the winter when there's a shortage of food.

greencap

Try the Chinese.

See if they can make you a cheap knock-off version.

vectorvictor

greencap wrote: »

Try the Chinese.

See if they can make you a cheap knock-off version.

I don't want to be contributing to reducing the rat population

Well, isn't now the opportune time to give up shíte food, fatties?

It's only right that there's some form of fat tax given that these people are going to be a greater burden on our health system. In contrast, there should be low taxes on healthy foods or drinks.

Ohmeha

mloc123 wrote: »

Bet they didn't drop the prices when it was reduced to start...

I do remember McDonalds briefly passing on some of the VAT reduction in 2011 but of course their prices bounced back up soon enough

Never forget

https://www.thejournal.ie/many-businesses-not-passing-on-vat-reduction-report-185399-Jul2011/

odyssey06

Deleted User wrote: »

Well, isn't now the opportune time to give up shíte food, fatties?
It's only right that there's some form of fat tax given that these people are going to be a greater burden on our health system. In contrast, there should be low taxes on healthy foods or drinks.

Given the number of cigarettes sold in the Dail bar, we can only hope our TDs die first.

If MacDonalds were that unhealthy, and all you care about is money, then drop the taxes on them. Save the state billions in pensions and benefits and what not. Our health service is a burden on itself with its incomptence. It's only good at killing people.

BBDBB

Drink was taken

McDonalds was open

whats a man supposed to do?

RocketRaccoon

Deleted User wrote: »

Well, isn't now the opportune time to give up sh food, fatties?

It's only right that there's some form of fat tax given that these people are going to be a greater burden on our health system. In contrast, there should be low taxes on healthy foods or drinks.

I'm a big fat **** and for my 35+ years I have yet to be a burden on the health system. I'd say in my life I have been to the doctor 5 times and none of the visits were for anything related to weight.

endacl

Terrible news. This means that my annual McDonaldks spend next year will increase by exactly the same amount as my total McDonald’s spend for last year!

Water John

On the other side they screwed down on staff numbers and let some go just prior to Christmas.

BBDBB

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

I'm a big fat **** and for my 35+ years I have yet to be a burden on the health system. I'd say in my life I have been to the doctor 5 times and none of the visits were for anything related to weight.

Stalking????!!!!!!!:eek::eek::eek:

bazz26

vectorvictor wrote: »

As a point of reference Chicken Nuggets are 25% more expensive today than they were yesterday. Not sure a 4.5% vat increase supports that or a min wage increase given their volumes.

It's still crap food for pennies but seizing a new year to up prices seems a little rich

I'd say that 4.5% is still higher than the chicken content in their nuggets.

Guy:Incognito

Water John wrote: »

On the other side they screwed down on staff numbers and let some go just prior to Christmas.

Who are "they" ? All the individual franchisees? Did they collectively decide to cut staff numbers?

Guy:Incognito

bazz26 wrote: »

I'd say that 4.5% is still higher than the chicken content in their nuggets.

Sure sue them so. Should be an open and shut case. Cant see it being hard to prove it's less than the 100% breast meat they are claiming.

Franz Von Peppercorn

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

Sure sue them so. Should be an open and shut case. Cant see it being hard to prove it's less than the 100% breast meat they are claiming.

100% of the chicken is chicken is probably what they are claiming.

Guy:Incognito

Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »

100% of the chicken is chicken is probably what they are claiming.

From the UK site "100% chicken breast meat in a deliciously crispy coating,"

Homer

Just like the nearly annual increase on cigarettes this will really only affect the poor and uneducated, that make junk food a staple part of their diet. They will find the money from somewhere I’m sure to feed their habit.

Always Tired

My local Supermac's put every meal/burger/pizza up by 1.00 in December. Guess they didn't want to wait to January when it's slow and wanted to tack it on during the holiday rush when people spend willy nilly anyway.

I think takeaways have gotten way too expensive and while I will still splurge on a Starbucks now and then I'm not paying the guts of a tenner for fast food garbage greasy muck

Homer

Homer wrote: »

They will find the money from somewhere I’m sure to feed their habit.

Obviously - the dole went up, too.













:P

KungPao

BBDBB wrote: »

Drink was taken

McDonalds was open

whats a man supposed to do?

Go home and have a nice cheese sandwich and a glass of milk, bound to hit the spot.

Mmmm.

Berserker

Homer wrote: »

Just like the nearly annual increase on cigarettes this will really only affect the poor and uneducated, that make junk food a staple part of their diet. They will find the money from somewhere I’m sure to feed their habit.

You think the poor are going to start engaging in illegal activities to fund their tobacco and fast food habits? I'd double the cost of cigarettes if I got into power. It's beyond a joke that people are still smoking cigarettes given the (well known) health implications.

Deebles McBeebles

Berserker wrote: »

You think the poor are going to start engaging in illegal activities to fund their tobacco and fast food habits? I'd double the cost of cigarettes if I got into power. It's beyond a joke that people are still smoking cigarettes given the (well known) health implications.

Thank f*ck your nanny-state loving ass will never get into power then.

sbsquarepants

Berserker wrote: »

You think the poor are going to start engaging in illegal activities to fund their tobacco and fast food habits? I'd double the cost of cigarettes if I got into power. It's beyond a joke that people are still smoking cigarettes given the (well known) health implications.

It's beyond a joke that people still play football - practically every player I know has knee problems. Do you think there should there be a football tax to cover the cost of all those ACL's and ankle sprains and so on?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Let them increase it ten-fold, makes no difference to me as I wouldn't eat or let my children eat that sh!te anyway.

saintsaltynuts

Church on Tuesday wrote: »

It's garbage anyways.

Large Big Mac was pretty good though.

I thought they we're savage.Should have left them on the menu.