Unhappy Meal! Furious McDonald’s customers slam fast food chain for charging ‘crazy’ $16 for burger, fries and soda: ‘It’s not affordable anymore’

• Christopher Olive took to TikTok to precise his frustration after being charged $16 for a ‘completely happy meal’
• Customers stated the burger big is now not handy or affordable for many
• McDonald’s reported a 14 p.c improve in income to $6.69 billion Monday 

A McDonald’s buyer was left livid after being charged $16 for a burger, fries, and soda – as others declare fast-food chain is now not affordable for bizarre Americans.

Christopher Olive, an influencer with greater than 400,000 followers, took to TikTok to precise his frustration after being charged $16 for a ‘completely happy meal.’

‘So, I perceive there is a labor scarcity, wage will increase, and various different components,’ Olive from Idaho might be heard saying within the video. ‘But $16? $16 for a burger, a big fry, and a drink? It’s simply loopy!’

The video, initially posted in December final 12 months, has gone viral once more after McDonald’s reported a 14 p.c improve in income to $6.69 billion on Monday.

Customers voiced their anger within the feedback beneath Olive’s publish, expressing their disappointment that the burger big is now not handy or affordable for many.

One wrote: ‘Companies know they will get these costs now so that they’ll by no means return. doesn’t matter who’s in workplace.’

Another agreed: ‘They may simply eat these prices however they know folks will nonetheless pay.’

Someone else added: ‘It’s formally not handy or affordable anymore.’ 

Some social media customers, however, stepped ahead to defend the fast-food chain.  

‘Bro ordered the costliest meal they’ve and acted shocked,’ one wrote. 

Multiple customers additionally instructed Olive use McDonald’s cellular app: ‘Download the app. You can actually eat McDonald’s for beneath $6 each time.’ 

The video has gained greater than 600 1000’s of views, 31.6 1000’s of likes with 1000’s of feedback and shared. 

Olive is not the one one being annoyed by the price of McDonald’s meals, as one other buyer,  Anne Arroyo, from Ohio, raged over the food chain’s ‘out-of-hand’ value will increase just lately. 

She confirmed that though the fast food restaurant marketed a ‘greenback menu’, each merchandise was priced above $1.

In her video, which has up to now amassed over 300,000 views, she furiously vented in opposition to McDonald’s for permitting its costs to ‘get out of hand.’ 

‘McDonald’s has a greenback menu proper now and not using a single merchandise that prices $1,’ she stated within the video that confirmed a close-up of the food accessible for buy. 

Soft drinks and iced tea have been priced at $1.29, whereas iced espresso and frozen drinks have been $2. 

Although customers aren’t loving the brand new modifications. these menu hikes might have helped the corporate’s income.

McDonald’s income rose 14 per cent to $6.69 billion, forward of the $6.56 billion Wall Street forecast. Net revenue – which included a $26 million cost for a restructuring introduced final spring – rose 17 per cent to $2.3 billion.

The Chicago-based firm earned $3.17 per share for the quarter, additionally beating forecasts of $3.00. Shares rose 1 per cent.

McDonald’s stated its U.S. visitors fell barely within the third quarter because it noticed fewer visits from customers with annual incomes of $45,000 or much less.

The chain is pumping the brakes on larger costs and focusing extra on worth meals after seeing a drop-off in visits by some customers.

McDonald’s was accused of ‘greedflation’ – the apply of cashing in on headlines about inflation by boosting costs greater than obligatory.

In the primary three months of 2023, McDonald’s noticed its income shoot as much as $3.314 billion, up by 8.64 per cent from the identical interval final 12 months. 

Some 8.4 per cent of its progress was attributed to larger menu costs.

According to the Big Mac Index by the Economist, the value of the McDonald’s staple has shot up by 125 p.c since 1996. And within the final two years alone, it has soared by 6 per cent.