“Even though we’re pushing through pricing, the consumer is tolerating it well,” he said in October analyst call.

normal way to talk about ‘fellow’ human beings

  • FabledAepitaph@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    It’s easy to tolerate price increases on products when you don’t buy that product. The thing that concerns me though, is that if people stop buying McDonald’s and instead buy canned beans… is my chili going to get more expensive because McDonald’s wants 3 dollar hash browns? I’m pretty sure the answer is yes.

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      They won’t tho. If these people could just buy other things they would have already imo. I stopped going to McD’s when their prices got to high for me. That’s why they’re making a big stink about it, because they still want McD’s but don’t want to pay so much.

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        11 months ago

        No Macdonalds is making a stink because it’s now cheaper to make foods at home for their core demographic -poor people. The article says they will drop some food prices accordingly.

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      Pro tip, if you have access to a stove and several hours of free time to spare for cooking-- dry beans are super cheap!

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        An InstantPot (or other pressure cooker) can cut that time down quite a bit. I set mine on 40 minutes, but it takes a little while to get up to temp/pressure at the start and at least 15 minutes to slow/natural release the pressure at the end.

        Still, dry beans to food in about an hour is great! Also much easier to control your sodium intake, it that’s a concern.

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          Not sure what I would do or how I made it before I got my Instant pot. Amazing little kitchen gadget.

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        Getting an Instant Pot was my game changer for dry beans.