Superstore prices?Inflation has doubled the costs of eating fast food (2024)

Fastfood has long been a staple in the American diets because it is or was so cheap.

Not so much anymore.

In the past five years, the prices for popular menu articles have been atNecklaces such as McDonald'sAnd Taco Bell has risen dramatically.Fast menu prices online tracker prices.

RestaurantinflationIn general, it has been considerably, although very tamer for comparison, with eating prices since 2019 since 2019 since 2019.

"My resolution of the new year is to start with lunches instead of getting fast food every day because it is now so ridiculously expensive," a Reddit user proclaimed earlier this year.

Between 2019 and 2024, the price of an order of a medium -sized fries has more than doubled from $ 1.79 to $ 4.79, and the price of a Big Mac meal is according to Tracker from $ 5.99 to $ 12.69goneFastfoodmenuprijzen.com.

If the fear of the consumer occurs, the sale of fast food when customers look elsewhere after practical meals.

"On almost all major markets, traffic in the industry is slower",McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski told analysts last month.

In response, McDonald's recently announced that it added a value of the $ 5 value and Wendy was at a breakfast of $ 3.

Customers can also find offers in FastFood apps that companies have rolled out as loyalty programs;Some offer low prices or free items for registration.

"We know how much it means for our customers when McDonald's meaningful value offers and it communicates through national advertisem*nts," said McDonald's US in a statement."It's true since our beginning and never more important than today."

Subway, Chipotle and Taco Bell did not respond to a request for commentary on higher prices.

Fastfood leaders point to increased wages and higher costs for ingredients as the cause of higher Drive-Thru accounts in recent years.

McDonald's says that the restaurant's profit margins have returned to the level of 2019, just like the price that McDonald's pays for hamburgers, muffins and packages fall to pre-pandemic level.

Taco Bell has been able to sell moreCrunchwraps, and keep the profit fluid, despite higher prices for many menu items.Cirka, one third of the recent transactions on Taco Bell, now contains an item of the $ 3-under-hour.

"You see that some consumers fall into the industry with a low income," said David Gibbs, CEO of Yum!Burn that Taco Bell, KFC and other chains have.

Gibbs told investors earlier this month that KFC has now 'fought'.

"We know how we can bring this brand to life to make contact with consumers around the world, and we have to do better in the US"

Chipotle is convinced that the "healthy high -quality ingredients" will continue to attract customers, even when the bowls and burritos surpass $ 10.

"While the consumer absorbs and finds out how they want to balance their budget, we think Chipotle will stay in the budget," said CFO John Hartung last month.

Prices at Dairy Queen, based in Bloomington.Minn., Have not risen so much in recent years, according to archived menus, although different markets have different prices, largely based on wages.

"You have to adjust the prices when the input costs rise," said the international CEO of Dairy Queen Troy Bader in a recent interview. "

- Brooks Johnson for Minneapolis Star Tribune