A Connecticut McDonalds charging $7.29 for an egg mcmuffin. Not a meal

againstthegrain said:
The Mc D's location is 165 Round Hill Road Fairfield CT in the service plaza on Interstate 95.

US route 95 runs from the CA-US border in Idaho south through OR, NV, CA, and AZ to the MX border.
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I assumed you meant ID. Confusing, talking about a
MaC in CT when you live in ID. I have travelled I 95, that is what caught my eye.
 

McDonald's franchises set their own prices. When overhead is high (more expensive real estate) they charge more - just like gas stations near on and offramps charge more than those a mile away. Their franchisees are probably greedier, as well.

McDs (and other FF franchises) in airports also charge more than those a couple of miles down the road.

I almost never eat FF anymore. Expensive, unhealthy, and it doesn't taste all that good. If a craving hit, I could make a better, cheaper, fresher Egg McMuffin at home.
 

Don M. said:
Sounds like a "local" issue. I stopped by a local McDonalds a few days ago, after an early doctor appt., and got a Sausage/Egg McMuffin and a senior coffee for $3.
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That's a great deal because most promotions, discounts would be $5 around here. I get prices can vary by location but still.

I've noticed in the past not just recent times that many fast food places wouldn't honor or have the promotions advertised and/or location a mile away. Same for some prices. I see that with some supermarket chains as well where they have different stuff and prices in the same county.
 
againstthegrain said:
^^^I lived less than 10 miles from I95 and about 30 miles from the location in the OP. And US Route 95 was the main N-S route through Moscow, ID were I attended school.
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What does Moscow do in the U.S? Or have you already captured it? I know, it's a lame joke. But I just couldn't resist.
 
againstthegrain said:
The story in the OP is clickbait, not most or even many people's reality.
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Probably not going forward but since Mc D's inception popularity as a brand really grew.


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chic said:
I've never had an egg McMuffin. Am I missing something here guys??

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Not really. The "egg" is just an egg on a muffin with a miserable sheet of "cheese" made from ingredients that a hog wouldn't eat.

For $7.99 I can buy a dozen eggs and a pack of sourdough muffins. For another 4 bucks I could buy a pack of cheese slices(prefer Swiss). I could make 6 faux Mcmuffins, using 2 eggs each and 2 slices of Swiss.
 
I saw something about this on the news. Ridiculous prices and their customers are not happy.

@hollydolly Usually didn't get burgers at Burger King, but several years ago, my husband and I were coming back from vacation, stopped at a rest stop on the New Jersey parkway and had the best burgers we've ever had from the Burger King there. We stopped there again another time...burger still good but not as good as the first. Neither was dry.
 
It's been quite a while since I've spent much time in fast-foot places. One thing people here at SF may know about, but I don't, is: are these franchises affected sometimes by diminished wholesale stocks of certain staples (like eggs)?

It's well known that a tremendous amount of food is transported over longish distances. But, for instance, I have no idea about eggs. In my part of the world, the regional poultry industry is swept by a wave of avian flu from time to time, and operations' birds are all then killed by the operators. So I wonder if regional shortages could affect the supply/price aspect of running a ff franchise?

(I'm grateful that in my immediate area we have a lot of home-scale egg production, and friends & neighbors trade with one another.)
 
JBR said:
It's been quite a while since I've spent much time in fast-foot places. One thing people here at SF may know about, but I don't, is: are these franchises affected sometimes by diminished wholesale stocks of certain staples (like eggs)?

It's well known that a tremendous amount of food is transported over longish distances. But, for instance, I have no idea about eggs. In my part of the world, the regional poultry industry is swept by a wave of avian flu from time to time, and operations' birds are all then killed by the operators. So I wonder if regional shortages could affect the supply/price aspect of running a ff franchise?

(I'm grateful that in my immediate area we have a lot of home-scale egg production, and friends & neighbors trade with one.
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OneEyedDiva said:
I saw something about this on the news. Ridiculous prices and their customers are not happy.

@hollydolly Usually didn't get burgers at Burger King, but several years ago, my husband and I were coming back from vacation, stopped at a rest stop on the New Jersey parkway and had the best burgers we've ever had from the Burger King there. We stopped there again another time...burger still good but not as good as the first. Neither was dry.
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My last few times going to Washington, D.C. on I - 76, I stopped at a Roy Rogers fast food place in a service Plaza. Delicious burgers.
 
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