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Lol, would be a good profit opportunity if we had the Star Trek transporter room.

Cheaper because they don't have baby burger/Captagon ghetto rages busting up half their shops.

Patrick says

Lol, would be a good profit opportunity if we had the Star Trek transporter room.

If you had a transporter you would have a replicator,
Picard "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot"

The Big Mac is more expensive in the USA considering even in traditionally "cheap cost of living areas" like the Florida panhandle, the starting wage at fast food restaurants is $15 an hour. Also commercial rents have gone up a lot in the Florida panhandle.

The cost of business has increased a lot, as evidenced by the overall inflation rate increasing about 25% since spring of 2022.

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I think it has more to do with the beef. Importing it would be more expensive than paying $15/hr (I don't agree with $15/hr). I think the cheaper countries use local cows and they're poorly cared for. Land cost less for them to graze. Basically cheap/shitty beef.

Go to Costa Rica and get some ground beef. It's pure trash. There's also more demand for fast food in the states versus many other countries. Basic supply and demand. Plus better, more expensive beef/cows here.

My MIL just got McDonalds for my kids and I'm pissed about it. I don't know if I'll ever eat fast food again with Arby's being the exception. Don't know why, I just like their food. But that's maybe once per year.

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Back in the mid 1980's the average hourly rate was $5 for service workers in South Florida. And also that was the price for a burger meal at Dirty Moe's.

I think also a burger meal at a sit down restaurant is the same as starting hourly wage for service workers (~$15) in South Florida.

I saw at Burger King on Thomas Drive this week that a Whopper regular meal is $10.99 (and Double Whopper is $12.99); same type of fast food restaurant pays $15 an hour for starting wage.

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This is why we need physical silver coins as currency once again.

Patrick says

This is why we need physical silver coins as currency once again.

I agree Patrick.

Three silver quarters (0.54 ounces of troy silver) will always equal at least a Double Whopper meal.

With productivity and innovation gains, perhaps it will only take two silver quarters to purchase a Double Whopper meal.

McDonalds has kiosks to order food which eventually should help to reduce labor costs, and hopefully those savings get passed on to the consumer.

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Patrick says

This is why we need physical silver coins as currency once again.

What would stop McD from charging different amount of silver coins for the same meal in different locations? Not to mention that anyone who visited McD or BK overseas knows that the meal is not the same. For example in Australia everything was smaller, condiments were extra, etc.

Taiwan is closer to the Emu supply.

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

Wonder if the OP started a business exporting Big Macs to Switzerland and is now rolling in dough like a pig.

Eric Holder says

Wonder if the OP started a business exporting Big Macs to Switzerland and is now rolling in dough like a pig.

Maybe a guy in Tawain beat him to it.

AmericanKulak says

Taiwan is closer to the Emu supply.

AD says

With productivity and innovation gains, perhaps it will only take two silver quarters to purchase a Double Whopper meal.

Sadly, as I just posted, all productivity and innovation gains since 1971 have gone to the top, not to the workers:

https://patrick.net/post/1383443/2025-02-01-ai-goal-to-kill-human-race-karen?start=1#comment-2163870

But maybe if Trump can really expel the 20 million or so criminal aliens, wages will rise and the cost of a house will fall.

Trump has stopped the trend towards globohomo and eat ze bugs for now. There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth. If someone can take up the mantle for the next 15-20 years, then I think we'll be safely out of the woods.

In the meantime, China is going to demographically and very soon after economically collapse. I don't think there will be a unified China in 25 years.

The rest of Asia is fucked with the possible exception of India and Pakistan. India is seriously in trouble with some provinces having 60/40 male/female because of sex selective abortion. The Muslims rape women and marry 11-year-old cousins as they please and sell their surplus daughters as sex slaves, so they don't care.

Europe, with the exception of France, is demographically fucked. So is Australia.

The only continents that will keep on chugging are Africa and the Americas.

stereotomy says

In the meantime, China is going to demographically and very soon after economically collapse. I don't think there will be a unified China in 25 years.

Last night on Coast to Coast AM was an expert in demographics Ken Gronbach who said the same.

He also explained how Levis Strauss jeans saw major decreases in revenue in late 1990s as the baby boomers clothing trends were changing. Levis Strauss did not seek to appeal to younger generations like Generation X.

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AD says

as the baby boomers clothing trends were changing

Levi's jeans kept shrinking as the boomers aged, a serious product flaw.