"DK" <intrceptor@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> krw wrote:
>> In article <4877650e$0$2933$ec3e2dad@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>> kilikini1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>>> Dave wrote:
>>>> What makes you think that they aren't allowed to charge customers
>>>> more? They are allowed to set their prices to whatever they feel like
>>>> charging their customers. And, their customers are free to eat
>>>> there, or not. Simple, huh?
>>>>
>>> Actually, that's why fast food places don't put prices on their
>>> websites. Prices fluctuate around the country depending upon how much
a
>>> specific establishment has to pay for what gets brought in. For
>>> instance.... My former local McD's charged $.99 for a fish sandwich.
I
>>> took a trip to Arizona and was stunned that the local McD's there
>>> charged $2.99 for the same sandwich! It was nothing different - the
>>> fish patty, half a slab of american cheese, tons of tartar sauce
(which
>>> I promply removed), and the "wonder" bun. For $2.99 I would have
hoped
>>> for some lettuce or a better bun, at least.
>>
>> The difference in price is more the ABILITY to charge, rather than the
>> cost of the product. Food prices vary all over the country but have
>> little to do with the cost of the item or trans****tation (plot prices
vs
>> distance and you won't get any sort of a linear or even monotonic
>> function).
>>
>>> But menus vary between fast food restaurants around the country, as
>>> well. In Hawaii, McD's serves ****tuguese sausage and rice breakfast
>>> plates, chicken katsu, or fish plate lunches with rice and macaroni
>>> salad and I've also heard that up in Maine, McD's serves a lobster
roll.
>>
>> Why should this surprise anyone?
>>
>
> Ever looked at the menu board at a McD's in the air****t? They can
charge
> whatever they want and the line is still very long.
>
> -dk
Why would one drive to air****t to eat at McDonalds? Am I missing
something?
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