{"id":2246400,"date":"2024-05-16T19:43:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T23:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-customers-left-frustrated-as-new-5-deal-comes-with-major-catch\/"},"modified":"2024-05-16T19:48:55","modified_gmt":"2024-05-16T23:48:55","slug":"mcdonalds-customers-left-frustrated-as-new-5-deal-comes-with-major-catch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-customers-left-frustrated-as-new-5-deal-comes-with-major-catch\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s $5 Deal Leaves Customers Frustrated due to Big Catch"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcdonalds-customers-left-frustrated-as-new-5-deal-comes-with-major-catch%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2246400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>McDonald&#8217;s faces challenges in President Biden&#8217;s economy, offering\u200b a \u2062$5 meal deal\u2063 to\u200d alleviate rising\u200b prices. \u200dSome\u200c customers\u2062 are upset about the deal&#8217;s short duration and select availability due to \u200blocation costs. Despite criticisms,\u2064 McDonald&#8217;s CEO emphasizes \u2062affordability amid economic struggles. Other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/states-new-fast-food-law-will-deliver-a-devastating-financial-blow-group-warns\/\" title=\"Group warns that the state's new fast-food law will cause significant financial damage.\">fast-food \u200bchains<\/a> are also raising \u2064prices\u200b to cope with\u2064 economic\u2063 pressures. McDonald&#8217;s responds to\u200b economic \u200dchallenges \u200bunder President Biden by introducing a $5\u2064 meal deal to combat \u2064price increases. However, customers express frustration over \u200cthe deal&#8217;s limited time and select availability \u200bdue to location costs.\u2062 Despite backlash, McDonald&#8217;s CEO stresses\u200c the importance of affordability during economic hardships.\u2063 Similarly,\u200b other fast-food chains are raising prices in response to economic pressures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<header> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/news\/\">  News <\/a>   <span> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/%20\"><span>Warner Todd Huston<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 16, 2024 at 3:26pm <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s, the world\u2019s biggest fast food company, is reeling under President Joe Biden\u2019s economy and is trying to give customers a break on rising prices.<\/p>\n<p>But the reveal of one new meal deal on Wednesday is leaving customers fuming over a major catch.<\/p>\n<p>The chain has been hiking prices across the country due to inflation, but most especially in California where the Democrat legislature recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-utopia-new-california-law-terminate-500000-jobs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed<\/a> a new $20 minimum wage, for some \u2014 and not all \u2014 fast food places, including McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>But with the wage hike comes higher operating costs, something that spurred McDonald\u2019s to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcdonalds-menu-prices-surged-100-past-decade-according-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raise prices<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the popular fast food joint was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcdonalds-25-deal-angers-customers-shows-damage-californias-20-minimum-wage-fast-food-industry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stung<\/a> by reports that at least one location in California had charged more than $25 for a 40-piece Chicken McNugget meal. The deal included the chicken and two large fries, but no drinks.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the chain nicknamed Micky D\u2019s will introduce a new $5 meal deal this summer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/hospitality\/mcdonalds-value-meal-fast-food-7444a704\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reported Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The new deals will feature a McDouble or McChicken, fries, a drink and four McNuggets.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur sales and guest-count momentum has slowed considerably,\u201d a McDonald\u2019s owner said in an email sent to fellow operators last week leading up to franchisee votes on whether to back the deal. \u201cThe fact is that we\u2019ve lost our momentum and we need to get it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The announced deal has not been a hit with all customers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\">\n<p>Will you buy this meal from McDonald&#8217;s?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While many are excited over the deal, others are a bit vexed over the fast food giant\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n<p>The $5 deal comes with a major catch, that some hungry customers are not happy with \u2014 the meal deal is only set to run for a month starting on June 25.<\/p>\n<p>But the short period for the promotion is not all.<\/p>\n<p>The company has allowed locations with higher operating costs and higher labor to opt out of the deal, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/yourmoney\/article-13422267\/McDonalds-fans-left-fuming-new-5-deal-comes-major-catch-despite-fast-food-chains-billions-profits.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.K. Daily Mail<\/a>. So, not every location will even have the $5 meal offer, and likely right where customers would need the price break the most.<\/p>\n<p>Other would-be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wendys-mcdonalds-shock-customers-time-limit-eating-inside-rules-reason\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McDonald\u2019s<\/a> customers have also taken note of the big profits that the fast food joint reported recently. Last year, for instance, McDonald\u2019s reported a corporate profit of $14.5 billion, according to the Daily Mail.<\/p>\n<p>The profit margin sent one social media user to blast the chain, saying, \u201cIt looks more like corporate greed to me. McDonalds profits are also up almost double. And their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-experts-split-on-stock-market-trajectory\/\" title=\"Wall Street Experts Split on Stock Market Trajectory\">net profit margin<\/a> has gone from 20 percent to 33 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another wrote, \u201cMcDonalds gross profit for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-patrol-has-seized-more-fentanyl-so-far-this-than-in-all-of-2020-as-overdoses-surge\/\" title=\"Border Patrol Has Seized More Fentanyl So Far This Than In All Of 2020 As Overdoses Surge\">twelve months ending<\/a> in 2023 was $14.5 billion\u2026 maybe if they lowered the cost of their food, people would eat there again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another reason customers are raising eyebrows is that the promotion is being paid for in part by its drink provider, Coke, which is kicking in $4.6 million. So, the meal deal program isn\u2019t even being footed entirely by McDonald\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the criticism, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcdonalds-makes-big-change-costs-rise-will-remove-popular-free-option-meals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McDonald\u2019s<\/a> CEO Chris Kempczinski insisted that \u201caffordability\u201d is the company\u2019s top concern as the economy continues to spiral down the drain.<\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s is far from alone in slamming up against the wall of falling affordability.<\/p>\n<p>The Journal added that fast-food traffic declined another 3.5 percent between January and March compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Starbucks, Jack in the Box and Wendy\u2019s also reported economic pressures causing them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/burger-king-n-others-raise-prices-significantly-2-days-californias-20-minimum-wage-kicks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">raise prices<\/a>. These other companies are looking to launch their own meal deals to keep up with the competition.<\/p>\n<p>But struggling customers are feeling the pinch.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Mail, prices have soared since 2014. Back then, a McDouble was $1.19 on average and today it is $3.19, a medium fries was $1.59 whereas now it sits at $3.79, and a Quarter Pounder with cheese meal deal went from $5.39 to $11.99.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>A Note from Our Deputy Managing Editor:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>I heard a chilling comment the other day: \u201cWe don\u2019t even know if an election will be held in 2024.\u201d <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>That wasn\u2019t said by a conspiracy theorist or a doomsday prophet. No, former U.S. national security advisor Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn said that to the founder of The Western Journal, Floyd Brown.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Gen. Flynn\u2019s warning means that the 2024 election is the most important election for every single living American. If we lose this one to the wealthy elites who hate us, hate God, and hate what America stands for, we can only assume that 248 years of American history and the values we hold dear to our hearts may soon vanish.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The end game is here, and as Benjamin Franklin said, \u201cWe must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>All of this means that <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>without you<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>, it\u2019s over. We have the platform, the journalists, and the experience to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-rises-as-he-promises-hes-only-begun-to-fight-put-on-full-armor-of-god-to-fight-the-left\/\" title=\"DeSantis Rises As He Promises He\u2019s \u2018Only Begun To Fight\u2019: \u2018Put On Full Armor Of God\u2019 To Fight The Left\">fight back hard<\/a>, but Big Tech is strangling us through advertising blacklists, shadow bans, and algorithms. Did you know that we\u2019ve been blacklisted by 90% of advertisers? Without direct support from you, our readers, we can\u2019t continue the fight.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Can we count on <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>your support<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>? It may not seem like much, but a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Western Journal Membership<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> can make all the difference in the world because when you support us directly, you cut Big Tech out of the picture. They lose control. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>A monthly Western Journal Membership costs less than one coffee and breakfast sandwich each month, and it gets you access to ALL of our content \u2014 news, commentary, and premium articles. You\u2019ll experience a radically reduced number of ads, and most importantly you will be vitally supporting the fight for America\u2019s soul in 2024.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>We are literally counting on you because without our members, The Western Journal would cease to exist. Will you <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>join us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span> in the fight? <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Sincerely,<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Josh Manning<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Deputy Managing Editor<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Western Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-43\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/igcolonel\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-43\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-43\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-43\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-43\" onclick=\"if( typeof grecaptcha=='undefined' ) { let cap_s=document.createElement( 'script' ); cap_s.src='https:\/\/www.google.com\/recaptcha\/api.js?render=6LeJFcsUAAAAAPsIEqvB1EebWbZfqRUe6ebMpGy7'; document.body.appendChild( cap_s ); }\">Contact<\/label><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/byron-donalds-takes-shot-at-host-of-the-view-dares-panel-to-invite-him-on-as-a-guest\/\" title=\"Byron Donalds Takes Shot at Host of 'The View,' Dares Panel to Invite Him On as a Guest\">writing career penning articles<\/a> about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. Follow him on Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Warner Todd Huston has been writing editorials and news since 2001 but started his writing career penning articles about U.S. history back in the early 1990s. Huston has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business Network, CNN and several local Chicago news programs to discuss the issues of the day. Additionally, he is a regular guest on radio programs from coast to coast. Huston has also been a Breitbart News contributor since 2009. Warner works out of the Chicago area, a place he calls a &#8220;target-rich environment&#8221; for political news. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On May 16, 2024, at 3:26 pm, McDonald&#8217;s, facing challenges in President Joe Biden&#8217;s economy, aims to ease price increases for customers. However, a recent meal deal unveiling has customers outraged due to a significant downside<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":2246401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MacDonalds-Logo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2246400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MacDonalds-Logo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2246400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2246400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2246401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2246400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2246400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2246400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}