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Democrats knock McDonald’s over worth will increase

Editorial Board Published October 22, 2024
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A bunch of Democratic senators knocked McDonald’s over its worth will increase and its “dominant market position” as the biggest fast-food chain throughout the nation.

In a letter despatched to McDonald’s management, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Ron Wyden (Ore.) demanded President and CEO Chris Kempczinski clarify the chain’s pricing they are saying is larger than it needs to be, accounting for inflation.

“While McDonald’s is not the only fast food restaurant that has increased prices significantly in recent years, its dominant market position as the largest fast food chain in the United States has an outsize impact on American consumers,” the senators mentioned in an announcement. “While working families are trying to make ends meet, McDonald’s and its corporate counterparts have continued to grow their profits.”

“Since the COVID-19 pandemic, fast food prices have consistently outpaced inflation, and since 2020, overall inflation has increased by 20 percent, while McDonald’s has increased its menu prices for several items substantially more,” the senators mentioned.

The senators mentioned McDonald’s internet revenue rose by 79 p.c — almost $8.5 billion — between 2020 and 2023.

“Corporate profits must not come at the expense of people’s ability to put food on the table,” the senators mentioned. “As we seek to investigate and understand the increased consumer costs in the economy, we hope McDonald’s will help us to understand why its prices have risen so high.”

In an announcement to The Hill, McDonald’s mentioned the corporate and its franchisees are “committed to keeping prices affordable” and criticized the senators’ letter.

“This letter demonstrates a lack of understanding of our franchise business model and contains contortions of facts and many inaccuracies,” the corporate mentioned. “Take the components of the $5 Meal Deal with McChicken, for example – which would have cost 15 percent more in 2020 than they do today. That’s the opposite of price gouging.”

McDonald’s mentioned it can reply to the letter from the Democrats and can proceed to “show up for our customers” within the meantime.

The letter follows one other political McDonald’s occasion.

Former President Trump visited a Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Sunday and labored the drive-thru window and french fry station in a marketing campaign stunt and an try and hit at Vice President Harris’s previous employment on the institution.

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