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		McDonald's July sales were the worst in nine years as people finally give up trying to buy a burger that looks like the picture (reuters.com)		27
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justneal		2012-08-10 12:56:17 PM

as long as they keep selling hot fries, and they must be hot, i'll see them every month or so

Smeggy Smurf		2012-08-10 01:03:49 PM

I"d like to blame Alton Brown but alas the lardass populace won't learn to cook

gunther_bumpass		2012-08-10 01:12:48 PM

Ha ha! The food never looks like the picture! That's so true!

wildcardjack		2012-08-10 01:46:42 PM

I'm doing my part by eating at Sonic.

Kurmudgeon		2012-08-10 02:00:51 PM

They just opened a new Mexican place in the same plaza where McDonalds is locally.
/sorry Ronald

HotIgneous Intruder		2012-08-10 02:03:39 PM

Finally figuring out that McDonald's food isn't really food.

JRoo		2012-08-10 02:03:56 PM

Maybe the economy has improved enough that people can afford to eat something other than re-textured barf shaped into a patty.

Funbags		2012-08-10 02:05:54 PM

Take heart, Farkettes...

swaxhog		2012-08-10 02:06:23 PM

Kurmudgeon: They just opened a new Mexican place in the same plaza where McDonalds is locally.
/sorry Ronald

mmm, carne de burro.

BKITU		2012-08-10 02:39:04 PM

swaxhog: mmm, carne de burro.

So long as it's asada or adobado or mole, I don't give a shiat if it's post-menopausal jackal.

TheOtherGuy		2012-08-10 02:41:01 PM

Man, if you can't make money selling $1 cheeseburgers, something is very, very wrong. I don't care if they're good, or small, or unhealthy. One. Dollar. Cheese. Burger. If there's no demand either we're all totally destitute or terminally depressed.

good_2_go		2012-08-10 02:57:22 PM

It's not just McDonalds

ModernPrimitive01		2012-08-10 03:15:34 PM

it's probably because all the fat people are now focused on Chik Fil A

Genju		2012-08-10 03:32:17 PM

xsarien		2012-08-10 04:27:28 PM

downstairs		2012-08-10 04:35:02 PM

Competition.

www.blogcdn.com

wrenchboy		2012-08-10 04:45:06 PM

Maybe cuz their food is getting overpriced compared to smaller diners? I can get a very good greek burger, fries and bottomless pop for what a "value combo' costs at Mickey Dees. Including the tip.

Not to mention a Reuban sammich combo. or roast turkey.

Now I am getting hungry.

natazha		2012-08-10 05:32:29 PM

TheOtherGuy: Man, if you can't make money selling $1 cheeseburgers, something is very, very wrong. I don't care if they're good, or small, or unhealthy. One. Dollar. Cheese. Burger. If there's no demand either we're all totally destitute or terminally depressed.

I doubt that's the problem. More likely, people who were getting the Big Macs are ordering from the dollar menu.

I'm old enough to remember when the McDouble was the BIG burger. Still buy them. We hit Five Guys when we want a really good burger. MD is fuel.

Soup4Bonnie		2012-08-10 05:32:34 PM

wrenchboy: I can get a very good greek burger, fries and bottomless ~~pop~~ soda for what a "value combo' costs at Mickey Dees.

12349876		2012-08-10 06:35:51 PM

wrenchboy		2012-08-10 06:37:40 PM

Soup4Bonnie: wrenchboy: I can get a very good greek burger, fries and bottomless pop soda for what a "value combo' costs at Mickey Dees.

soda rots your teef

Ed Willy		2012-08-10 09:05:04 PM

Farkers: WAAAAHH! My $1 burger doesn't look like the picture!

McDonalds responds by increasing visual look of burgers

Farkers: WAAAAHH! It takes several minutes to get my burger! What ever happened to fast food?

Huck And Molly Ziegler		2012-08-11 02:45:22 AM

FTFA: "a signal that a weakening global economy is taking a bite out of mainstream diners' discretionary spending."

I'm taking this as proof that the big-business arse-kissers just make up their rationalizations and explanations. Back when recession hit, did not McDonald's sales arrow rise and "they" said it was because people saw it as a good, cheap, available meal?

Now all of a sudden McD's is "discretionary"? I mean, for ME it certainly is, because I hardly ever eat there. But for lots of others who don't know the fundamentals of nutrition ...

ItsMyNameYouCantHaveIt		2012-08-11 03:13:38 PM

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Take heart, Farkettes...

Nope, I would still do sexy things to Anne Hatheway. Over and over again.

ko_kyi		2012-08-11 09:57:42 PM

The root of the issue is that McDonalds is now expensive enough that better options are available for the same price (Chipoltle, Subway, etc. not to mention regular deli options.