{"id":2253363,"date":"2024-05-26T11:57:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burger-king-rolling-out-killer-new-5-value-meal-rivaling-mcdonalds-as-they-compete-for-customers\/"},"modified":"2024-05-26T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-26T15:58:59","slug":"burger-king-rolling-out-killer-new-5-value-meal-rivaling-mcdonalds-as-they-compete-for-customers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/burger-king-rolling-out-killer-new-5-value-meal-rivaling-mcdonalds-as-they-compete-for-customers\/","title":{"rendered":"Burger King Launches Attractive $5 Value Meal, Battling McDonald&#8217;s for Customer Loyalty"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fburger-king-rolling-out-killer-new-5-value-meal-rivaling-mcdonalds-as-they-compete-for-customers%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=2253363&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>Fast-food chains, after pricing their offerings beyond the reach of many customers, are now vying for buyers with enticing value meals. McDonald&#8217;s, in an \u2062effort to retain\u2064 its customers, announced a limited $5 value meal promo, soon after which \u200dBurger King declared its intention to compete with its\u2063 own\u200d value\u2064 deal. This &#8220;Your Way Meal&#8221; would\u200b also be worth $5 and offers a variety of choices \u200bto consumers. The increasing costs of fast \u200cfood have led 78% of respondents\u2063 in a\u200c Lending Tree survey,\u2063 of a sample size of 2000 people, to regard it as a luxury. Rising prices, attributed to the mounting\u200d costs of wages and food\u2063 production, have particularly stung low-income customers. Amid this, the average American family is reported to be paying $1,069 more per month for the same goods\u200b and services than three years prior, underlining the impact of inflation.  <\/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\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <span>   By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/%20\"><span>Jack Davis<\/span><\/a> <\/span> <span>   May 26, 2024 at 7:25am <\/span> <\/span>  <\/header>\n<section>\n<p>Having priced themselves beyond the reach of many consumers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bold-fiscal-policy-matters-yellen-says-biden-spending-agenda-is-meant-to-cut-inequality\/\" title=\"\u2018Bold Fiscal Policy Matters\u2019: Yellen Says Biden Spending Agenda Is Meant To Cut \u2018Inequality\u2019\">fast-food chains<\/a> are now hoping to dazzle consumers with value meals.<\/p>\n<p>Days after McDonald\u2019s \u2014 struggling to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mcdonalds-offering-free-nuggets-inflation-makes-prices-skyrocket-get\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keep its customers<\/a> \u2014 said it would have a limited $5 value meal promotion that would kick off in late June at select outlets, Burger King announced it would duel with its rival by speeding up its own value-purchase plans, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/burger-king-release-5-value-meal-compete-mcdonalds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox Business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBurger King is accelerating its value offers after three quarters of leading the industry in value traffic. We are bringing back our $5 Your Way Meal as agreed upon with our franchisees back in April,\u201d the chain said in a statement, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/food\/2024\/05\/24\/burger-king-5-dollar-value-meal\/73838070007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201c78% of consumers now consider fast food to be a \u2018luxury\u2019 purchase due to how expensive the meals have become.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a Bidenomics miracle.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHgkYy8TqK\">https:\/\/t.co\/mHgkYy8TqK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Peter St Onge, Ph.D. (@profstonge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/profstonge\/status\/1794432205445374148?\">May 25, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The $5 Your Way Meal allows customers to choose from among three sandwiches in addition to chicken nuggets, fries and a drink.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRegardless of [McDonald\u2019s] plans, we are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roger-stone-the-hispanic-shift-to-the-gop-and-why-democrats-should-be-terrified\/\" title=\"Roger Stone: The Hispanic Shift To The GOP\u2013 And Why Democrats Should Be Terrified\">moving full speed ahead<\/a> with our own plans to launch our own $5 value meal before they do \u2212 and run it for several months,\u201d an internal memo from President Tom Curtis said, according to a report Thursday in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-05-23\/burger-king-launching-5-value-meal-to-one-up-mcdonald-s?sref=P6Q0mxvj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/customers-furious-disgusting-act-mcdonalds-worker-handling-fries-totally-shocked\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burger King<\/a> has since confirmed the memo is accurate, USA Today reported.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Bloomberg nor USA Today provided a start date for the Burger King promotion, but Bloomberg reported the deal will be available before the planned June 25 start date for the McDonald\u2019s $5 promotion and last for several months.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy\u2019s has its sights on the breakfast market with its $3 combo meal, which includes an egg sandwich and potatoes.<\/p>\n<p>Luring consumers has become necessary after price hikes sent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chart-shows-change-household-net-worth-biden-par-trump-years-adjusting-inflation-undoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">inflation-battered buyers<\/a> seeking other options.<\/p>\n<p>A non-scientific survey by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lendingtree.com\/debt-consolidation\/fast-food-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lending Tree<\/a> found that 78 percent of the 2,000 people responding said they regard fast food as a \u201cluxury.\u201d The survey said 62 percent of those responding said they are cutting back on fast food purchases.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maciverinstitute.com\/2024\/05\/the-scourge-of-fast-food-inflation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">commentary piece<\/a>, Thursday,\u00a0Dan O\u2019Donnell, a <a href=\"https:\/\/newstalk1130.iheart.com\/featured\/common-sense-central\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">talk-show host<\/a> and columnist at the conservative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maciverinstitute.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacIver Institute<\/a> in Madison, Wisconsin, wrote that prices on items such as Big Macs have risen more than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chart-shows-change-household-net-worth-biden-par-trump-years-adjusting-inflation-undoes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">200 percent<\/a> in less than five years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not, as the White House has repeatedly insisted, the result of price gouging, but rather the shockingly high cost of wages and food production for restaurants like McDonald\u2019s and Taco Bell,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell noted that low-income fast-food customers are hit particularly hard by the increases, which come on topof hikes in the costs of other food, energy and rent.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fast food price increases since Joe Biden came into office. It isn\u2019t your imagination, fast food is insanely more expensive than it used to be. This is Bidenomics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/m2ZFDOAgX4\">pic.twitter.com\/m2ZFDOAgX4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1792914192170700909?\">May 21, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAll told, the average American family is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/economy\/high-inflation-costing-americans-extra-1k-month\">paying $1,069 more per<\/a> month for the same goods and services it was just three years ago. That\u2019s $246.69 every week or $35.24 every single day, and it represents the most insidious form of taxation in existence because of how regressive it is,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>After noting that few Americans believe they can afford to retire, O\u2019Donnell added, \u201cReally, though, how could they even be thinking that far in advance when affording dinner for their kids has become such an ordeal?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen even fast food is slipping out of reach, it\u2019s clear that America\u2019s inflation problem is now a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-alleged-biden-official-tries-to-block-ted-cruz-from-taking-photos-inside-cbp-facility\/\" title=\"WATCH: Alleged Biden Official Tries To Block Ted Cruz From Taking Photos Inside CBP Facility\">full-blown crisis<\/a>,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><b><i>An Important Message from Our Staff:<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>In just a few months, the world is going to change forever. 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Together, we really can save the country.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Thank you for your support!<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span>P.S. <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><i><span>Please stand with us<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>!<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"author-info-44685\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/author\/russdavis\/\">  <\/a> <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><label for=\"summary-tab-radio-44685\">Summary<\/label><label for=\"more-info-tab-radio-44685\">More<span> Biographical Information<\/span><\/label><label for=\"posts-tab-radio-44685\">Recent<span> Posts<\/span><\/label><label for=\"contact-tab-radio-44685\" 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>Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>  Jack Davis is a freelance writer who joined The Western Journal in July 2015 and chronicled the campaign that saw President Donald Trump elected. Since then, he has written extensively for The Western Journal on the Trump administration as well as foreign policy and military issues. <br \/> Jack can be reached at jackwritings1@gmail.com. <\/p>\n<p>  Location <\/p>\n<p>  New York City <\/p>\n<p>  Languages Spoken <\/p>\n<p>  English <\/p>\n<p>  Topics of Expertise <\/p>\n<p>  Politics, Foreign Policy, Military &#038; Defense Issues <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast-food chains, having previously alienated many customers with steep prices, are now aiming to attract them with value meals. 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