r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/Theplaidiator 12d ago

Seems it’s had the effect of making everybody want drive thru/to go instead of eating in, instead

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u/RichEvans4Ever 12d ago

That’s literally the point. If everyone’s in the drive-thru or taking their order to-go, then they can service more customers that way.

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u/Ok-Donut-8856 12d ago

The thing is they have less customers than they did in the 2000s

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u/bmwill 11d ago

That's why they 5x'd the prices.

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u/Vsx 11d ago

Yeah it's a game to them. If you can 2x the price and keep 70% of your customers it's worth it short term and they only care about short term. Most people I know who are fast food eaters still go even with the insane prices. A lot of people are actually spending even more to have it delivered to them.