So, McDonald's is rolling out more "value" meals? Give me a break. Are people actually falling for this?
Let's be real: "Extra Value Meal" is just marketing BS for "we're charging you slightly less for a bunch of stuff you don't need." They throw in a small coffee or a medium drink and suddenly it's a deal? I can get coffee cheaper literally anywhere else. And don't even get me started on the hash browns – tiny, greasy pucks of disappointment.
And a $2 McCrispy on National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day? Oh, how generous. It's like they're doing us a favor by charging us less for one day out of the year. What about the other 364 days when they're raking in profits hand over fist?
They claim these changes are to "retain its position as one of America’s favorite fast food chains." Translate that: "Our sales are tanking because people are finally realizing how overpriced and unhealthy our food is, so we need to trick them into coming back." McDonalds adds more Extra Value Meals to its menu for limited time
And what's with this Buffalo Ranch obsession? Buffalo Ranch Sauce, Buffalo Ranch Snack Wrap, Bacon Buffalo Ranch McCrispy Sandwich… It's like they threw a dart at a flavor combination and decided to build an entire menu around it.
"Cool, creamy, buttermilk ranch, blended with garlicky, oniony, tangy buffalo sauce," they say. Sounds more like a recipe for heartburn to me. I bet it all tastes the same anyway. Everything at McDonalds does.
I'm not even going to dignify the CHIPS AHOY! Frappé with a response.
Look, I get it. Fast food is convenient. It's cheap (supposedly). It's there. But at what cost? We're talking about processed garbage that's slowly killing us, and they're trying to distract us with "value" meals and limited-time offers.
And don't even get me started on the penny shortage. Rounding cash transactions? Seriously? Is this what we've come to? A nation so obsessed with convenience that we can't even handle pennies anymore? Maybe if they weren't charging us an arm and a leg for a Big Mac, people would have more pennies to spend.
Oh, and I saw they brought back the Boo Buckets. Those things are hideous.
McDonald's monitors "customer feedback, sales performance, and operational logistics." No shit, Sherlock. What they should be monitoring is the long-term health consequences of their food and the ethical implications of their business practices. But offcourse, that would require them to actually care about something other than their bottom line. Which they don't.
