Economy

426 readers

51 users here now

Lemmy Community for economy, business, politics, stocks, bonds, product releases, IPOs, advice, news, investment, videos, predictions, government, money, politics, debate, current trends and more.

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

McDonald's Stock Tumbles as US Investigates Quarter Pounder's Link to E. Coli Outbreak (www.investopedia.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

8 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Haven't they always been tenth pound patties?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

I see a lot of people saying it has always been that size. I cannot find official documentation.

I’m comparing that photo to this, which is what mine looked exactly like: https://www.reddit.com/r/shrinkflation/comments/15imuxv/grand_big_mac_super_thin_meat/#lightbox

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You can see it in their pricing, if the big Mac contained more than 1/5lb of meat it would throw off the value of the other menu items.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I totally follow you there. I don’t disagree with you.

All I am relying on is my personal experience with Big Macs, which used to be a lot.

These new ones are not as thick as they used to be. Different beef cooks differently, different fat percentages for example.

Also, I guarantee all those frozen patties do not weigh the same. Even if they can convince regulators that they average out to the advertised weight.