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Rising Burger Prices Show Worrying Trend

By epitaph   Follow   Fri, 21 Dec 2012, 3:37am   829 views   14 comments
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http://seekingalpha.com/article/1071571-the-big-mac-and-your-financial-health-rising-burger-prices-show-a-worrying-trend

I think we all here at patnet understand that the CPI is a sham, but this helps put it in numbers, at least a little.

Big Mac inflation has outpaced CPI inflation by a little under 1.5%. What really gets me though is that the Big Mac probably is made of cheaper ingredients than it was years ago.

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1. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 247 threads 4,704 comments

   1   6:56am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (4)   Dislike (1)   epitaph says probably Probably? I shudder to think what they used to replace "Pinkslime" with, after they got busted for that.

2. elliemae Follow Befriend (25) 413 threads 6,979 comments Saint George, UT elliemae's website

   2   7:04am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (3)   Pink slime is to "food" as "corn sugar" is to sugar. no wonder we're all sick

3. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 170 threads 4,186 comments Premium

   3   7:20am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (7)   Dislike (1)   Protected   Pink slime was replaced by having the illegals who work at the factory take a smoke break by sitting at the edge of the meat vats and taking a shit in them. Since the factories charge for the loo, they get this 'fortifying emulsifier' for free and the illegals get to crap for free on work time. Win-win.

4. New Renter Follow Befriend (3) 13 threads 2,206 comments San Jose, CA Premium

   4   7:33am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike (1)   Protected   There's always kangaroo meat. And roadkill. And slightly expired Chinese prisoner organs. All kinds of wonderful things can fall into a meat grinder.

5. Goran_K Follow Befriend (4) 25 threads 1,518 comments Laguna Beach, CA Premium

   5   7:42am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich says Pink slime was replaced by having the illegals who work at the factory take a smoke break by sitting at the edge of the meat vats and taking a shit in them. Since the factories charge for the loo, they get this 'fortifying emulsifier' for free and the illegals get to crap for free on work time. Win-win. Man that's so wrong but I can stop reading. lol

6. epitaph Follow Befriend (3) 5 threads 172 comments

   6   9:17am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Didn't even know what pinkslim was, but after a quick google search you forever ruined McDonald's for me.

7. Peter P Follow Befriend (4) 117 threads 17,655 comments Premium

   7   10:44am Fri 21 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (2)   Dislike   Protected   I only eat burger at a steak house. I only eat burger medium to at most medium-well.

8. APOCALYPSEFUCK is Shostakovich Follow Befriend (28) 170 threads 4,186 comments Premium

   8   2:30am Sat 22 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike (1)   Protected   I also heard that McDos installed screens on the drains of their crappers at outlets to capture customer turds and recycle them as burger filler. Huge savings over the pink slime they once had to actually buy.

9. errc Follow Befriend (7) 29 threads 1,211 comments 31 male Premium

   9   4:44am Sat 22 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike (1)   Protected   I read where some franchisers were going green, recycling human cadavers from the morgue into the "cheeseburgers"

10. Quigley Follow Befriend (6) 17 threads 520 comments Huntington Beach, CA

    10   9:57am Sat 22 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike (1)   errc says I read where some franchisers were going green, recycling human cadavers from the morgue into the "cheeseburgers" Ah, would that be for the bacon cheeseburgers? Let me get some Long pig in it!

11. AverageBear Follow Befriend (1) 12 threads 334 comments Boston, MA

    11   4:16am Sun 23 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (1)   Dislike   All you guys have it wrong. Think Soylent Green.... Full Disclosure: VERY long MCD, am a sucker for their fries twice a month.. VIVA McRIB!!!

12. everything Follow Befriend (2) 3 threads 547 comments Madison, WI

    12   7:08am Sun 23 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike   Slowly inflation creeps up on you. Still, it shows how hungry people really are in this nation when they'll eat at McDonalds. Persons who have spent long periods of time in countries where "mad cow disease" is found are not eligible to donate. This requirement is related to concerns about variant Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (vCJD). Learn more about vCJD and blood donation. You don't have to travel to find mad cow, we had it right here in the U.S., it's from cannabilism. Now, with the shortage of grass and drought I'm sure they'll be doing it again, you just grind up the dead cow and feed it back to the cow again. That's an inherent problem with a "for profit model", who ultimately sacrifices so that the profit can be made? YEP, you poor suckers that are sitting at the bottom portion of the TOP of the food chain.

13. CaptainShuddup Follow Befriend (1) 247 threads 4,704 comments

    13   7:44am Mon 31 Dec 2012   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like (3)   Dislike (1)   We demonize hamburgers but in other countries it's actually a sensible meal. Hamburgers are demonized not because of their high fat content, truth is a hamburger made from lean ground beef, with ketcup and mustard but no mayo, along with an assortment of veggie toppings, is a healthy meal. We listen way to much to Gay, Vegan Peta terrorists in this country, with alternate agendas than they claim. They should go to Peru and pull their shit and see what it gets them. Go to Malaysia where McDonald's has a VIP drive through, for concierges of high ranking government and diplomat officials.

14. AverageBear Follow Befriend (1) 12 threads 334 comments Boston, MA

    14   6:10pm Sun 6 Jan 2013   Share   Quote   Permalink   Like   Dislike   CaptainShuddup says Go to Malaysia where McDonald's has a VIP drive through, for concierges of high ranking government and diplomat officials. ------------------------ What 2nd or 3rd world VIP could resist McDonald's fries? Nobody can resist their fries. The sound of those fry-o-laters is the same sound of my quarterly dividend payment landing in my account, which increases (faster than inflation) every year.