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Ages ago I was in USA and prices for Big Mac were much lower as here.

So I'm wondering what a Big Mac is costing around the globe.

In Holland it is 2.95 Euro (about $4.21).

Between 2.95 and 3.00 euros. (almost $5.00)

$1.50 in Texas 3.50 if i get the meal and 4.00 if i super size it.

$1.50 in Texas 3.50 if i get the meal and 4.00 if i super size it.

Why is it so cheap in USA? You pay $4,21 here for just an ordinary Big Mac, no meal, no super size.

*shrugs* I never get a Big Mac, I go for hamburger meals generally. Which go for about €5.35($7.51). It's well established that EVERYTHING in Ireland is more expensive. Seriously, go up North and most things are about 30% cheaper, taking exchange rates into account.

Why is it so cheap in USA?

Maybe because McDonald's is a US fast food chain.

I found this, oddly enough, in Wiki.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index

Why is it so cheap in USA? You pay $4,21 here for just an ordinary Big Mac, no meal, no super size.

most food is cheaper in the US by a large margin, something to do with how much we subsidies our agricultural industry.
when i was in Guatemala the McDonald there had Big Macs on sale for 1 Qz ( about 14 cents US) but that was a store opening sale.

Maybe because McDonald's is a US fast food chain.

I don't think so. We have our own hamburger chain stores as well. They have more or less the same price as McDonalds.

I know that labor in USA is cheaper, but they pay those McDonald people here almost nothing too. And it’s not that labor is 3 or 4 times cheaper in USA.

Maybe it's pure economics. The price of a product isn't depended by the cost, but by the amount people are willing to pay for.

I don't think so. We have our own hamburger chain stores as well. They have more or less the same price as McDonalds.

I know that labor in USA is cheaper, but they pay those McDonald people here almost nothing too. And it’s not that labor is 3 or 4 times cheaper in USA.

Maybe it's pure economics. The price of a product isn't depended by the cost, but by the amount people are willing to pay for.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index

the price of bigness in general is its corrisponding diminishment of the kind of strainge wonderful interestingness that sanity, let alone gratification, to a much greater degree then most people seem willing to realize, or have been brainwashed out of being awaire of, for the sake of conning them into perusit of sybolic as opposed to real value.

what is the price of the degree of dominance of the fast food industry? that has a lot of implications whole scholarly tomes have been written examining. needless to say, it isn't making the kind of world we all have to live in a more wonderful place.

most food is cheaper in the US by a large margin, something to do with how much we subsidies our agricultural industry.
when i was in Guatemala the McDonald there had Big Macs on sale for 1 Qz ( about 14 cents US) but that was a store opening sale.

Yes, I know. In the beginning 90ties, I was in NY and had a dinner with 3 people in a restaurant on top of the WTC.

We ordered 3 bloody maries (disgusting, yuk) and 3 serious plates. The food was rather good, but the price... $50 for three people. In Europe you would have paid $100 for each person at such location. And the food would be not excellent as well.

No idea...you couldn't pay me to eat one.

Eternal damnation

No idea...you couldn't pay me to eat one.

Indeed. It's one disgusting burger. I tried it once and I thought I was going to vomit my insides out.

Ages ago I was in USA and prices for Big Mac were much lower as here.

So I'm wondering what a Big Mac is costing around the globe.

In Holland it is 2.95 Euro (about $4.21).

Yup, over here it's 2.95 as well :)

Indeed. It's one disgusting burger. I tried it once and I thought I was going to vomit my insides out.


I like it. But I don't eat it often. After eating one, you feel like you will live 5 minutes less.

Whopper > Big Mac.

End of story.

Whopper > Big Mac.

End of story.

This is indisputable.

I like it. But I don't eat it often. After eating one, you feel like you will live 5 minutes less.

I bet it makes you feel like your arteries are being clogged by bad cholesterol.

Nevertheless, I do not know why a Big Mac costs less in the US.

I bet it makes you feel like your arteries are being clogged by bad cholesterol.

Nevertheless, I do not know why a Big Mac costs less in the US.

Once, I saw a movie, 'The Yes men' (nothing to do with the recent Danny Wallace film) and they showed a slideshow to some students, explaining a new concept about recreating hamburgers from feces. They showed a procedure with a 10 times iteration.

Maybe it was not funny, but real :)

I found their slideshow:

http://www.theyesmen.org/hamburger/presentation.ppt#53

Hilarious!!!

Indeed. It's one disgusting burger. I tried it once and I thought I was going to vomit my insides out.

There must be some kind of vomiting fetish.

Oh wait..I'm remembering 2 Girls 1 Cup...:D

Do we calculate the cost of Big Macs to include obesity-related medical expenses?

Do we calculate the cost of Big Macs to include obesity-related medical expenses?

Pfft, I've worked at McDonald's since I was 15. I am now going on 21, ( I still work there was a shift manager a few days a week for some extra cash ) and I was a bit overweight BEFORE I started working there, and I ate stuff there regularly, never gained a bit of extra weight because of it, the people who I worked with at least, never gained a huge amount from it.

Its called not eating 5 a day and then sitting at home all day and doing nothing. Hey there ya go, problem solved.

But anyway, around here. 3.39 for just a big mac. And 5.71 for a meal.

I never go into McDonald's. Oh the shame, against my anarchist angsty teenaged self. Once I bought a cheese burger there. Didn't really taste good, or like anything.

I don't know what a Big Mac is here in Norway, I know an average Extra Value Meal is around $20 US.

Knowing what goes into a big mac (gherkins) I wouldn't eat one.

There must be some kind of vomiting fetish.

Oh wait..I'm remembering 2 Girls 1 Cup...:D

Please! Gods! That video makes my stomach churn and my bile rises.:(

£3.50 in the UK for a big mac meal. Of course, everythings more expensive here. :(

R$14.95 for a big mac meal, which at the current exchange rate of 1 USD = R$ 2,50 is R$14.95 too much! (USD 5.98)

You can buy a local sandwich here in Rio Grande do Sul, called a Bauru - but different to a Bauru in São Paulo or Rio, which consists of real steak with ham, cheese , tomato, lettuce, mayo etc for R$10.00.

My question is how does McD stay in business here?

R$14.95 for a big mac meal, which at the current exchange rate of 1 USD = R$ 2,50 is R$14.95 too much! (USD 5.98)

You can buy a local sandwich here in Rio Grande do Sul, called a Bauru - but different to a Bauru in São Paulo or Rio, which consists of real steak with ham, cheese , tomato, lettuce, mayo etc for R$10.00.

My question is how does McD stay in business here?

Commercial pressure and the fact that sometimes you can find it easier than a place with a decent Bauru or a Coxinha or something.

33.5 Rubble
Equivlent to 3.41 Us Dollar

I've never been to mcdonalds, any good?

I've never been to mcdonalds, any good?

only if you want your food in 1 minute.

Why is it so cheap in USA? You pay $4,21 here for just an ordinary Big Mac, no meal, no super size.

most food is cheaper in the US by a large margin, something to do with how much we subsidies our agricultural industry.

The Europeans subsidize their agricultural industry a great deal as well. I think it probably has more to do with the fact that most European countries have heavier consumption taxes(VAT and sales) than the US.

I've never been to mcdonalds, any good?

well bad things are

Artery Clogging!
Unhealthy!
Lots of Things are Fried!
Lots of Grease!
If you squezed all the grease from one Meal into a Cup and Drink it you Instantly Get a Heart Attack/Stroke/Seizure!

The Europeans subsidize their agricultural industry a great deal as well. I think it probably has more to do with the fact that most European countries have heavier consumption taxes(VAT and sales) than the US.

We don't have a VAT (except for Michigan). most of our states have sales tax which while at a lower rate has a cascade (tax is applied each time item is sold so buns and burgers patties are taxed when McDonald's buys them then the entire burger is also taxed when the consumer buys them)effect coming to roughly the same amount.

33.5 Rubble
Equivlent to 3.41 Us Dollar

The recession must be hitting Bedrock hard.

We don't have a VAT (except for Michigan). most of our states have sales tax which while at a lower rate has a cascade (tax is applied each time item is sold so buns and burgers patties are taxed when McDonald's buys them then the entire burger is also taxed when the consumer buys them)effect coming to roughly the same amount.

Michigan doesn't have a VAT, only sales. We dropped it this year.

The recession must be hitting Bedrock hard.

Damn Right

Michigan doesn't have a VAT, only sales. We dropped it this year.

My apologies. Michigan is not a state i tend to keep up with.

$1.50 in Texas 3.50 if i get the meal and 4.00 if i super size it.

I think Greed is mistaken unless he lives in some Twighlight Zone county in Texas that has been untouched by price increases since 1975.

The recession must be hitting Bedrock hard.

Win!

I think Greed is mistaken unless he lives in some Twighlight Zone county in Texas that has been untouched by price increases since 1975.

where pray tell do you live ?Is it New york or California ???

i just bought one for lunch.( too rushed to cook)

So I'm wondering what a Big Mac is costing around the globe.
Slightly more expensive than the cost of powerhosing gristle off of bovine carcasses, making the offal into a patty, then adding what could generously be called 'bread', 'lettuce' and 'cheese'.

Indeed. It's one disgusting burger. I tried it once and I thought I was going to vomit my insides out.

I think it tastes pretty good!

where pray tell do you live ?Is it New york or California ???

i just bought one for lunch.( too rushed to cook)

The Big Mac Global to Local and World Pricing.


http://www.dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2008/el0809.html


According to this the average price is 2.99 in the US so your ghost town in Texas is somehow 60% below the average price nationally. Hence my skeptisicm.

The Big Mac Global to Local and World Pricing.


http://www.dallasfed.org/research/eclett/2008/el0809.html


According to this the average price is 2.99 in the US so your ghost town in Texas is somehow 60% below the average price nationally. Hence my skeptisicm.

not surprising i am in a town of 5,000 if you don't count the prisoners and college students. food is pretty cheap here.

I like the method of comparing song costs on itunes, personally. There are no shipping or manufacturing costs to consider.

not surprising i am in a town of 5,000 if you don't count the prisoners and college students. food is pretty cheap here.

from my above cited source: Even within the U.S., Big Mac prices show large disparities. The cheapest was $2.24, recorded in Adel, Ga., while the most expensive was $3.84, found in downtown Philadelphia (Table 2). By region, the average ranges from $2.77 in the South to $3.22 in the Northeast.

I suspect your confusing a double cheeseburger with a Big Mac or something.

from my above cited source: Even within the U.S., Big Mac prices show large disparities. The cheapest was $2.24, recorded in Adel, Ga., while the most expensive was $3.84, found in downtown Philadelphia (Table 2). By region, the average ranges from $2.77 in the South to $3.22 in the Northeast.

I suspect your confusing a double cheeseburger with a Big Mac or something.

*shrugs* it might just be the while we are exempt from property tax price. it just reopened after 5 years of being closed.

*shrugs* it might just be the while we are exempt from property tax price. it just reopened after 5 years of being closed.

Property tax does not even remotely consist of 60% of your expenses.

Property tax does not even remotely consist of 60% of your expenses.

well considering they are trying to reestablish market presence here since they are competing with a mom and pop burger joint, this is all conjecture since id dint ask if this was where they planned to keep the price or not.

Indeed. It's one disgusting burger. I tried it once and I thought I was going to vomit my insides out.

What? Nonsense. McDonald's is fucking good. Not as good as some sit down restaurants, but better than a lot of them. Plus the food is cheap and fast.

What's not to like about that?

Please! Gods! That video makes my stomach churn and my bile rises.:(

I just couldn't help laughing the whole way through, that video made my day.

I think a small meal is about AUD5.

Indeed. It's one disgusting burger. I tried it once and I thought I was going to vomit my insides out.
You want gross, try a McGriddle. The one with Bacon and Cheese made me wish I were dead.

No idea.

3-5 euros?

If I want fast food I order a pizza or buy street food.

One thing I don't do is visit a large chain out to extort its workers and swindle its customers :tongue:

I can get a Big Mac for $2.20 in my city. Not that I ever eat the disgusting things. I eat...Subway, and that's about the only 'fast food' restaurant I eat at.

On its own its£2.19 I think.

In a meal, £3.50.

"mmmm mmm, This is a tasty burger"

I couldn't resist sorry. =P

Never tried it, also rarely go to McDonald's, but if my memory serves my correctly, it was about £2 something, so that's roughly 4 dollars.

I have no idea... last time I went to McDonalds I must have been around 6 or so.

IRC the Big Mac menu is about 4-5 € (100-125 Kc) here in Prague.
For that much money I can eat in pretty good restaurants a full meal (main course + beer). And I get to use tableware.

I see from the posted sources that it is about 3.6 $ for a Big Mac... Still, for 66 crowns I could get something tastier for lunch at the hospoda at the corner...

I honestly have no idea. It's probably been at least a decade since I've been to a Mcdonald's.

Big Mac prices fluent a lot around the globe.

For the situation in my country, I'm also surprised that still so many people enter McDonalds because it's rather expensive. If you order a more or less complete meal, including beverages then you'll have to pay 5€ or 6€ and even more.

For a little more (and even for the same price), you'll receive a real good meal in other places.

Do we calculate the cost of Big Macs to include obesity-related medical expenses?

Add $50/burger to the price every time you have more than one in a day, $25 for more than one a week, $10 for more than one a month.
Big Mac prices fluent a lot around the globe.
I think you mean "fluctuate".

I'm not sure it's a good measure. In 2006, in London, a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts cost the equivalent of 29 dollars US. No American in their right mind would pay that much for 12 donuts.

The price in the Washington DC area is around 4 dollars (and has been for some time).

A Big Mac is probably skewed in the same way.

In Morocco they ship in all the goodies from either France or the USA. So prices are just a bit higher than the US for a Big Mac. However the average wage is only 10% of the US average. McDonalds is considered a treat in Morocco much to my dismay.

You want gross, try a McGriddle. The one with Bacon and Cheese made me wish I were dead.

I've seen them and smelled them, and yes, on the list of gross McD's items, the Big Mac and the Mc Griddles are at the top.

What? Nonsense. McDonald's is fucking good. Not as good as some sit down restaurants, but better than a lot of them. Plus the food is cheap and fast.

What's not to like about that?

I happen to like McDonald's snack wraps and the cheeseburgers, but the Big Mac is nasty. There's no point in me trying to pretend it isn't.

I love McDonalds cheeseburgers. :D

I'm in Colorado, and the price of a Big Mac is around $3.50.

Though you have to keep in mind that's only 2.48 Euros, which wouldn't be nearly enough to buy one in any nation in the EU.

I honestly don't have the foggiest? A kebab would set you back around the £3.50 mark though!

So clearly the Big Mac exchange rates are a good indication of the chaos the Western financial systems are in, we need more focus to sell these products or our countries will sink into a Burger recession the likes of which have never been seen, since before the age of Ronald MacDonald.

I just couldn't help laughing the whole way through, that video made my day.

My gag reflex is far too tuned. My fiancé did laugh his ass off, but I couldn't sit through it. It made me puke.:(

I'm not sure it's a good measure. In 2006, in London, a dozen Krispy Kreme donuts cost the equivalent of 29 dollars US. No American in their right mind would pay that much for 12 donuts.

The price in the Washington DC area is around 4 dollars (and has been for some time).

A Big Mac is probably skewed in the same way.

No one in their right mind would pay money for Krispy Kreme donuts

I've seen them and smelled them, and yes, on the list of gross McD's items, the Big Mac and the Mc Griddles are at the top.

Pretty much everything on McDonald's menu I consider a "gross item," lol. It's cheap, but with quality considered, I still think it's a rip-off.