There's a BIG Problem With Fast Food

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  • čas přidán 30. 04. 2024
  • Today I tried out McDonald's Bacon Cajun Ranch McCrispy Chicken Sandwich - the non-deluxe version. Unfortunately there was a problem with the sandwich that stems from an even bigger problem plaguing the entire fast food industry - consistency, or lack thereof.
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  • @TheReportOfTheWeek
    @TheReportOfTheWeek  Před měsícem +176

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    • @joshua.recovers
      @joshua.recovers Před měsícem +2

      I think this sandwich, and the delux, is pretty good! The price isn't too bad for the quality. I'll probably get it once more. ❤

    • @zoebella314
      @zoebella314 Před měsícem +3

      Hmm Sir, I really needed a review on the filet-O-fish today. Lol I hope you're feeling well John? You brighten up so many ppls days. So dapper and handsome 💗🤍

    • @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation
      @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation Před měsícem +6

      Start Ordering/reviewing Full Service Restaurant [order a carryOut meal ] Dennys/Chili's/RedLobster, like places. Mex/Ital.Chinese etc places too and Local resturants as well. 🍱🍱🍱🍱

    • @TheSunchaserElMalo
      @TheSunchaserElMalo Před měsícem +2

      No more reviews in the car anymore? Food is more fresh that way.

    • @HYEpower
      @HYEpower Před měsícem +2

      Report of the week, I have a specialty burger I got at McDonald's I wish you to review. It's a regular hamburger only the buns are the Big Mac top bun and the Big Mac bottom bun. It must be wrapped like the hamburger flattening the Big Mac bun a little aswell as adding the grease. It is amazing, I got this when my McDonald's ran out of hamburger buns so they used Big Mac buns. I have video of the hamburger in my shorts videos section.

  • @schmingbeefin4473
    @schmingbeefin4473 Před měsícem +864

    Fast food went from "easy and affordable", to "your order will never be correct and it will be highly expensive".

    • @sev3896
      @sev3896 Před měsícem +15

      The problem with humanity

    • @whizziethewise2924
      @whizziethewise2924 Před 24 dny +1

      @@sev3896 is humanity itself

    • @purplered-eq5of
      @purplered-eq5of Před 24 dny +1

      Fax

    • @aaronlandry3934
      @aaronlandry3934 Před 24 dny +6

      And they’ll be out of half of their menu

    • @5persondude
      @5persondude Před 22 dny +10

      “C’mon bro you gotta have sympathy for fast food workers bro they’re so oppressed. They don’t get to sit on their phones 24/7 *_and_* they’re expected to make food for customers! And they only get paid $20/hr, that’s basically slave labor! They need our sympathy” 🤓

  • @jfncho
    @jfncho Před měsícem +3896

    Being a cheapskate has been the healthiest choice ive ever made. Now that fast food is so expensive i cook most of my meals nowadays.

    • @tooruoikawa8985
      @tooruoikawa8985 Před měsícem +382

      It use to be us cheapskates bought fast food because it was affordable and easy, it’s the exact opposite now.

    • @PJL7095
      @PJL7095 Před měsícem +45

      I just know where the deals are each day of the week.

    • @themollerz
      @themollerz Před měsícem

      @@PJL7095 The best deal is going on youtube and learning how to cook healthy easy food.

    • @SpeccyHorace
      @SpeccyHorace Před měsícem

      ​​@@tooruoikawa8985Is this something that's particularly happening in the States? Here (UK) if I open the Just Eat delivery app and look at Burger King I can order a bundle of 2 whoppers, 2 kids burgers, 2 large and 2 small fries and 9 chilli cheese bites for what I believe works out around $27 which seems decent value to me.

    • @adamgreenhill110
      @adamgreenhill110 Před měsícem +204

      Thanks fast food, for saving our health by out-pricing real food

  • @stevee8318
    @stevee8318 Před měsícem +415

    McDonald's prices have literally doubled over the past five years. Absolute lunacy.

    • @timweb1510
      @timweb1510 Před měsícem +33

      Fjb

    • @gotavora
      @gotavora Před měsícem +16

      Solution: no more fast food. It is garbage food anyway.

    • @Grushdevah
      @Grushdevah Před měsícem +4

      They charge as much as Chick-fil-A at this point.

    • @jakeleisure8326
      @jakeleisure8326 Před měsícem +16

      ​@@timweb1510How much did Trump add to the deficit again?

    • @tuphdc8779
      @tuphdc8779 Před měsícem

      no one cares

  • @kennylauderdale_en
    @kennylauderdale_en Před měsícem +266

    Just had a burger & it tasted like a shoe. I actually laughed about it. For a split second I was transported into a Looney Tune. I never thought in my ENTIRE life that was a real thing that could happen. RIP fast food. You use to be a thing once.

    • @hippieduck
      @hippieduck Před měsícem +10

      I'm sorry to hear about the shoe burger. What a kicker.
      Makes me happy you're still a thing. Your recent video is *chef's kiss*.

    • @thomxgrima
      @thomxgrima Před měsícem +9

      Can't believe I found a Kenny Lauderdale comment on a reviewbrah video, though to be fair I don't usually look too far in the comments lol. Sorry to hear about the burg though

    • @CorporateSycophant
      @CorporateSycophant Před měsícem +7

      What kind of shoe?

    • @theeccentrictripper3863
      @theeccentrictripper3863 Před měsícem +6

      A wild Kenny appears, based! Also disgusting, goddamn I miss being able to go in and get a McDouble for $1.08 after tax and know it was gonna be delicious. When they document our decline they'll use the decreasing speed and quality of the food as a barometer of its acceleration.

    • @meepk633
      @meepk633 Před měsícem +2

      @@theeccentrictripper3863 I personally don't tie the value of my life to the whim of exploitative corporations and the quantity of fat blobs I can pack into my arteries, but I understand if you feel differently.

  • @canaldecasta
    @canaldecasta Před měsícem +2176

    It's not fast, nor cheap nor food.

    • @Xrider6
      @Xrider6 Před měsícem +64

      The word of the lord. Amen.

    • @brockkickass8927
      @brockkickass8927 Před měsícem +36

      A McDonald's near me that I stopped visiting about a year ago decided that every order would be made when ordered. Meaning you have to "Pull up " every time. Slow is an understatement. They made the decision to never go back for me when they brought out my order 10 minutes later and it was wrong, they repeated this 4 times on this one visit.

    • @cpjcf
      @cpjcf Před měsícem +39

      Well its definitely cheap. Just not for consumers.

    • @ionymous6733
      @ionymous6733 Před měsícem +11

      chicken, burger bun, bacon, pickles, condiments. That's not food to you?

    • @KaiserMattTygore927
      @KaiserMattTygore927 Před měsícem +5

      It's the Holy Roman Empire of the food world.

  • @Draanor
    @Draanor Před měsícem +1617

    The problem with fast food is they're trying to sell you a $3 sandwich for $8. They expect you to pay near sit down restaurant prices for a sloppily put together, cheap as possible ingredients sandwich. We're watching the demise of fast food in real time.

    • @jhathaway8026
      @jhathaway8026 Před měsícem +70

      They make incredible profits. Fast food isn't going anywhere

    • @jhoughjr1
      @jhoughjr1 Před měsícem +41

      I remeber when the cheese wasnt cold.

    • @YaWantTaters
      @YaWantTaters Před měsícem +55

      @@jhathaway8026 Not on me, they don't.
      Yes they are going. DOWN and I'm laughing last.

    • @jhathaway8026
      @jhathaway8026 Před měsícem +7

      @@YaWantTaters too many investment portfolios depend on their success. I'm not going to be laughing about it.

    • @YaWantTaters
      @YaWantTaters Před měsícem

      @@jhathaway8026 I feel you my guy. It's too easy to misplace trust.

  • @Flowmada
    @Flowmada Před měsícem +172

    COVID is over. Supply chain shortages are over. The problem is trillion dollar food corporations determined that during COVID they could inflate prices to make more profit. And now, they refuse to lose profit. The same reason California going to $20 minimum wage has caused prices to increase significantly. The solution? Stop paying high prices for low quality food. Or at least pay less than what you typically do. Hurt the CEOs that get $100+ million dollar Christmas bonuses while 100+ of the workers in their restaurants struggle paycheck to paycheck. Fast food places went from only making their employees suffer with low wages to making customers suffer high prices. If enough of us change, the situation will change.

    • @RisingJake
      @RisingJake Před 18 dny +12

      Fractional reserve banking is also one of the chief culprits. Since the "Federal" Reserve was established in 1913, the American dollar has lost 97% of its value.

    • @davidkeetz
      @davidkeetz Před 17 dny

      yup. It's a massive group-think disaster that almost every single Fortune 500 CEO has fallen victim to. They ALL re-jiggered their 5 year budgets immediately after covid to budget in the insane artificially inflated profits that they made during that year. It blew my mind to sit and listen to these guys stand there and tell people with a straight face in 2022 that they had to lay off more people because "we're losing money compared to last year" when most of them were still making more money than they were in 2019 .......and ALL of them are doing it and I guarantee if you sat each of one of them down and made them give you a real reason why they decided to do that, they'd tell you it was the "standard practice" being employed by all the other fortune 500s and competitors. Group insanity at its finest. I'm really looking forward to the books that will be written about this specific phenomenon 20 years down the road when new adults are able to view what happened through an objective lens and understand how utterly stupid the leaders of the largest corporations in the world have been over the past three years.

    • @egomaniac247
      @egomaniac247 Před 14 dny +3

      I’m in agreement that u gotta hurt them in the pocket book but …..no ceos are getting a 100 million bonus

    • @hankkingsley9183
      @hankkingsley9183 Před 14 dny +2

      In case you didn't notice grocery store prices also went up, along with shrinkflation....you want to eat for less money you will have to move into a national forest and learn how to process a deer

    • @bh4462
      @bh4462 Před 14 dny +5

      @@hankkingsley9183 Grocery store prices are up, but it's nothing compared to fast food prices rising.

  • @user-qg2gy5lg4g
    @user-qg2gy5lg4g Před měsícem +119

    I think Fast food chains have taken for granted that Customers want "new gourmet items." That they're menus have become too large and standardization has become too difficult. I remember when the 'Southern Style Chicken Sandwich' came out with McDonald's years ago, it was because Popeye's released their chicken sandwich, and it was such a hit everyone thought "let's make the same product in our menu." It flooded the industry to extremely varying results. I think fast food, especially McDonald's, is long overdue to return to how it began, with very standard "assembly-line like" procedures. I think that's the best way to return to consistency.

    • @EarthNeedsHeroes
      @EarthNeedsHeroes Před měsícem +20

      There's something to be said for a simple plan executed well.

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 Před měsícem +29

      That's exactly where the problem lies. Places like Chick Fil-A and In-n-Out Burger that have like 5 things on the menu are doing just fine.

    • @zackarhino17
      @zackarhino17 Před měsícem +4

      Yeah, it's not like they employ sous-chefs

    • @circlesnare3671
      @circlesnare3671 Před měsícem +4

      it’s still mostly “assembly line”, speaking as someone who managed a mcd’s 2013-2023.. besides a sauce, ingredient or bread, everything has the same ingredients. I will say if you get a chicken filet/fish theres a good chance they will have reset the quality-hold timer on the patty trays once or twice during slower hours..

    • @ffwast
      @ffwast Před měsícem +2

      It's still like that, they need to return to being cheap because the quality sure is.

  • @nevereverr
    @nevereverr Před měsícem +2057

    Its literally being sold at higher rates than sit-down places and for 100x worse quality

    • @LetsGetitBoah
      @LetsGetitBoah Před měsícem +79

      Yup, it's crazy how high the prices have gotten.

    • @thespooner3906
      @thespooner3906 Před měsícem +139

      and McDonalds just complained about how consumers aren't spending more :/
      it's insane to me how they think they can charge MORE for a subpar product and expect people to flock to it

    • @Spearra
      @Spearra Před měsícem +60

      ​@@thespooner3906Fr. It's simple supply vs demand. A better product for cheaper at sit down restaurants? Just go to the sit down restaurant lol.

    • @mage1439
      @mage1439 Před měsícem +53

      @@Spearra For the price of eating at McDonald's, I can go to a Chinese place and eat all I want, and it is incredible. And they have the best fish I've ever eaten.

    • @amethonys2798
      @amethonys2798 Před měsícem +11

      ​@@Spearra hell depending on the place you can probably order to-go and not even have to sit down at the establishment.

  • @abefrohman81
    @abefrohman81 Před měsícem +1928

    Of course there's a problem. It's trash being sold at higher prices than actual food.

    • @-Jozef
      @-Jozef Před měsícem +53

      This. Too bad the cheaper food actually used to taste better. Idk if it’s just me, but I’ve been preferring BK, to McDonalds recently. It’s just every time I go to BK, it’s fresh (mine specifically) and my McDonalds is always soggy or stale.

    • @TacosCanned
      @TacosCanned Před měsícem +9

      @@GarbagePlateROC Same 😢

    • @scarecrow_1775
      @scarecrow_1775 Před měsícem +10

      And it's all Biden's fault. Give me Trump or Obama, please.

    • @justinjohnson4023
      @justinjohnson4023 Před měsícem +1

      but it’s fast yum

    • @independentthinker8930
      @independentthinker8930 Před měsícem +6

      ​@@-Jozefyes, BK dresses sandwiches much better.

  • @Anne_Onymous
    @Anne_Onymous Před měsícem +29

    Standards for everything in America have gone down. Fast food gets smaller and worse quality, but the price keeps increasing (10x faster than inflation). Yet people keep paying for it.

    • @jamessimo
      @jamessimo Před 19 dny +4

      And, they do everything to cut costs like removing humans from the registers, closing toilets so they don’t have to clean and pay for them etc…

    • @Hotdogwateryum
      @Hotdogwateryum Před 56 minutami

      Americans love chains and hate cooking so no surprises

  • @joesmo3722
    @joesmo3722 Před měsícem +59

    I’ve never seen someone bite a burger so timidly

    • @Coloradomineraldealer
      @Coloradomineraldealer Před měsícem +5

      Was thinking the same 😂

    • @neanam
      @neanam Před 28 dny +2

      Bwhahaha 😂😂😂

    • @AtlantaAndroid
      @AtlantaAndroid Před 5 dny

      Your comment is hilarious because everyone else is talking about the economy and politics.

  • @3drage
    @3drage Před měsícem +769

    Imagine a gambling machine where you put in $10 90% of the time it spits out a turd. 10% of the time you get $5 back. That's the state of fast food right now.

  • @JigglesJingle
    @JigglesJingle Před měsícem +973

    My wallet is running on empty. Fast food is no longer affordable.

    • @lpotts75
      @lpotts75 Před měsícem +7

      😂

    • @GANGHOONYT
      @GANGHOONYT Před měsícem +1

      😮😂

    • @mikes7446
      @mikes7446 Před měsícem +8

      And they hardly give you processed crap.

    • @mikes7446
      @mikes7446 Před měsícem +2

      Order a burrito from taco hell and it’s a tortilla burrito

    • @JigglesJingle
      @JigglesJingle Před měsícem

      @@mikes7446 Legit! Taco Bell has got so stingy it'll be my first year not having it.

  • @varelasensei
    @varelasensei Před měsícem +87

    Today, I was craving Mcdonalds for lunch. I thought about going, but I realized I'd be spending at least $15 for a burger with fries. Not only that, but I'd waste time driving there and waiting for the food and driving back. I figured it would take me less time to put pasta in a pot, boil it, and then add sauce/cheese/condiments as I please.
    Not only did I save $13 (a pack of tricolor pasta is $2) but I also ended up with more food, because it serves 2-3 people comfortably. And I didn't even have to leave home.
    Even going to my local cafe or family run restaurant is a better alternative, I'm paying the same amount anyways!
    Fast food industry is done.

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem +6

      Beef stews are super easy to make too and can freeze the rest. Rice on the side as a extra goes good too so the main stew lasts even longer. Or some fresh bread rolls or baguette along with it.
      One pot usually lasts me for 4-5 meals.
      Or just buy potatoes and onions, cut the potatoes, soak them in water, long fry them on not the higest heat. Take out let them cool and then high fry them for short time for extra crisp.
      Or just do it in one go so its simpler.
      Take grounded up beef and pork, roll them into cevapcici or into round Frikadelles, then fry them in pan. Throw the sliced onions on top of the fries, a lil bit freerange mayonnaise or whatever you like on it and some other sauce for the meat and you got a great cheap super filling dish and got cevapcici or frikadellen left to eat another day.
      I also usually add some lettuce when I got any

    • @maxalberts2003
      @maxalberts2003 Před 24 dny +3

      @@AbuHajarAlBugatti I do a lot of crock pot and skillet cooking. It makes my apartment smell wonderful and I know every ingredient in my food. It lasts me sometimes for a week--longer if I freeze some.

    • @pphead9960
      @pphead9960 Před 18 dny +4

      I realized the other day that instead of paying $15 or more at McDonald’s for a bigmac I could just go to an actual hamburger place and get a real burger and fries for the same price. Sure it’s still expensive but at least I’ll know the food will actually be good.

    • @katkong281
      @katkong281 Před 14 dny

      I paid less than $3 for a McDouble and fries yesterday. If you're smart you'll use the app and take advantage of the deals

  • @breebw
    @breebw Před měsícem +76

    "Premier" is some lettuce and tomato. What a time to be alive.
    I recall our local McD's ran out of lettuce and was using cabbage.

    • @annehaight9963
      @annehaight9963 Před měsícem +9

      Excuse me did you say C A B B A G E? On a burger?

    • @Annoyed_Human
      @Annoyed_Human Před měsícem +1

      ​@annehaight9963 lolololol! I jus woke the neighbors laughing

    • @RK-cj4oc
      @RK-cj4oc Před 23 dny

      Sorrym but as someone whose first language is not english. What is the difference between cabbage and lettuce?

    • @annehaight9963
      @annehaight9963 Před 23 dny +2

      @@RK-cj4oc
      Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is closely related to broccoli, cauliflower, bok choy and several other plants. It has a more bitter taste than lettuce and is commonly used with tangy sauces and dressings. Eaten both raw and cooked in many countries. Holds its shape well even when cooked.
      Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is milder tasting and generally a bit sweeter than cabbage. Most commonly eaten raw in salads and as a sandwich topping or a cool accompaniment to meat/rice dishes. If cooked, it turns limp and tasteless.
      That said, raw cabbage when used in cole slaw is a nice topping on a fish or seafood sandwich. Just not usually a burger.

    • @joea.9969
      @joea.9969 Před 19 dny

      @@RK-cj4ocraw lettuce wont give you gas

  • @LQ2DARESQ
    @LQ2DARESQ Před měsícem +790

    McDonald’s is out of their mind. $5 for fries? No thanks, I’m out. Cooking at home is a way better option than it’s ever been with these ridiculous fast food prices.

    • @misschris325
      @misschris325 Před měsícem +20

      I render lard and enjoy fries much more this way:)

    • @TheLawCoyoteTLC
      @TheLawCoyoteTLC Před měsícem +17

      I got 2 snausage mc yackin and a snausage biscuit for $12. It used to cost $4

    • @J7pat7
      @J7pat7 Před měsícem +34

      The quality isn't even good many times. They are lukewarm , soggy , greasy. They should be hot with a crisp on the outside.

    • @jhoughjr1
      @jhoughjr1 Před měsícem +11

      I got fries last night and it wasnt even a handful.

    • @emailuser8668
      @emailuser8668 Před měsícem

      Skip the fries and soda at McDonald's, BK, Wendy's and other fast food places to save on cost. Fries and soda are nothing special worth an extra $5-8.

  • @daveUK1066
    @daveUK1066 Před měsícem +609

    It's gone full 180 on what it was built on , Speed and affordability, now it's Neither

    • @howisthis8849
      @howisthis8849 Před měsícem +4

      its no longer fast food, its just food if you can even call it that

    • @enlargedquack
      @enlargedquack Před měsícem +13

      Turns out that when you pay workers minimum wage in an economy where minimum wage isn’t a survivable income the quality of workers goes down. There’s the explanation for consistency and speed. As for affordability, that’s where delusional corporate comes into play.

    • @bmxfreakxyo
      @bmxfreakxyo Před měsícem +4

      @@enlargedquackor maybe paying them $20 an hour forces them to raise prices in addition to inflation.

    • @enlargedquack
      @enlargedquack Před měsícem +13

      @@bmxfreakxyo And that’s an excuse to start making people work 3+ jobs to keep their heads just barely above water? Just saying, if you want quality workers you need quality pay. Once that’s gone, your standards have to go down.

    • @hxhdfjifzirstc894
      @hxhdfjifzirstc894 Před měsícem +2

      Yep, the last time I went to Taco Bell, it took 25 minutes from ordering, to get to the window, to pay.
      I told them, either give it to me for free, or I'm never coming back. I refused to pay and left, on principle.
      There's no excuse for a 25 minute wait time at Taco Bell. The only point of eating there is when you're in a huge hurry.

  • @jason2mate
    @jason2mate Před měsícem +31

    The worst part is the prices skyrocketing while the quality and consistency both go plummeting, and it's just not a sustainable practice as far as I can tell.

    • @annehaight9963
      @annehaight9963 Před měsícem +2

      The market is ripe for someone to take the initiative and absolutely murder the competition by offering, oh, the menu they had 10 years ago, prices and all.

    • @jason2mate
      @jason2mate Před měsícem

      @@annehaight9963 i don't think they can quite hit 10 years ago, since there is still actual inflation, but yeah it should be around there anyway, honestly think Automation will be key to this, or at least i hope so.

  • @JanLarson
    @JanLarson Před měsícem +37

    One would think that anytime a fast food manager saw Review Brah show up at his store he would call all hands on deck to produce an item that is perfectly constructed.

    • @Jack_Stafford
      @Jack_Stafford Před měsícem +16

      I'm sure he uses door dash or has someone else order so he can be sure he gets a real experience.
      Or imagine him in a baseball cap sunglasses and without his hair slicked back t-shirt and a jeans, they wouldn't even know it was him!

    • @joea.9969
      @joea.9969 Před 19 dny +1

      @@Jack_Staffordyes I’ve heard him say he does

    • @sorcesscores5366
      @sorcesscores5366 Před 16 dny +2

      Imagine being a cashier at McDonald’s and some dude wearing a three piece suit strolls in.

    • @joea.9969
      @joea.9969 Před 15 dny

      @@sorcesscores5366 i mean it happens. People going to businesses, church or funerals still stop places for food.

  • @BenHeckHacks
    @BenHeckHacks Před měsícem +587

    The problem is the quality has been going down for decades, and now it's gone up 50% in price in 2 years.

    • @lostone9700
      @lostone9700 Před měsícem +25

      Your money has lost value.

    • @mattgring
      @mattgring Před měsícem +1

      Ha! Fancy seeing you here.

    • @AhPook
      @AhPook Před měsícem +43

      @@lostone9700 No, corporations are just price gouging us.

    • @riskvideos
      @riskvideos Před měsícem +25

      Thank you bidenomics

    • @JT-bc5cd
      @JT-bc5cd Před měsícem

      @@AhPookdo you have any idea how Fiat currency works? You need realize how the Federal Reserve and US Treasury work in conjunction to inflate the money supply which causes price increases on anything.
      So yes, the Government, by increasing the money supply to fuel their insatiable lust for spending (see power) has indeed caused every dollar to lose its value.

  • @misterjaxon2559
    @misterjaxon2559 Před měsícem +217

    A very close friend of mine was in the restaurant business for about 40 years. Not fast food, but steakhouses, Italian restaurants and the like. He was often hired to analyse underperforming restaurants and help them improve. Many, many times he would talk to them about the importance of consistency. Eating can be a very personal sort of experience. People will be set for a particular meal. Their mouths are ready for it. If they like the chicken parmesan, they want the product that made them enjoy it the first time they had it. They have (generally) cleaned up, driven across town and are prepared to pay good money for that particular experience. You have to provide it. The public can be very fickle. You can serve up a great meal time after time, but if they have a single lousy experience they are ready to take their money elsewhere. Happens all the time. Having a good recipe is only the first step. You now need venders that provide consistent ingredients and your staff must be trained to produce the product consistently, every time, even when it's busy or you are short-handed.

    • @ryansharrett6864
      @ryansharrett6864 Před měsícem +8

      Well send....

    • @TacosAreLife.
      @TacosAreLife. Před měsícem +3

      I agree

    • @technopong
      @technopong Před měsícem +3

      Absolutely! 👍

    • @classicrockonly
      @classicrockonly Před 27 dny +2

      Yep. My time and money is valuable. Eating out is paying for an experience. If I wanted good chicken parm I’d make it at home. I know I can make it better than most restaurants. If I’m paying top dollar, I want it all to be good

  • @johnnyrocket7129
    @johnnyrocket7129 Před měsícem +18

    Eating at home now. Fast food is out. They aren’t getting those prices from me.

  • @darrenXparker
    @darrenXparker Před měsícem +27

    Moving to a rural town with no fast food places was originally an issue, no longer. Just about everywhere has gone downhill dramatically.

    • @kfcnyancat
      @kfcnyancat Před 25 dny

      One of my big qualms with rural areas is that a lot of them only have fast food in terms of restaurants.

  • @garnetgoldandglory7249
    @garnetgoldandglory7249 Před měsícem +371

    Ive actually stopped eating fast food cause i cant afford it. And with my poverty, im now eatng much healthier and feel great!!!

    • @thomasmoroney1079
      @thomasmoroney1079 Před měsícem +5

      👍

    • @MA_808
      @MA_808 Před měsícem +30

      Bidenomics

    • @RB-.-
      @RB-.- Před měsícem +6

      November

    • @michaelmahabir213
      @michaelmahabir213 Před měsícem +8

      Same here. It’s healthier to avoid fast food and eat healthy food.

    • @j.a.1785
      @j.a.1785 Před měsícem +33

      ​@@MA_808corporate and shareholder greed.

  • @CactusbIah
    @CactusbIah Před měsícem +381

    Unhealthy, inconsistent, and now unaffordable. Time for more home-cooked meals.

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 Před měsícem +6

      A few years back I started buying all of the stuff you need to make "fast food" at home - burger and chicken patties, buns, fries, etc... and keeping it in the freezer. It's all available at the grocery store and it's generally better quality than what you'd get eating out. Takes a bit of work and it's not great if you don't have a deep fryer, but still better and way cheaper than going through the drive-thru.

    • @endymallorn
      @endymallorn Před měsícem +6

      @@Raskolnikov70It can be even cheaper if you get a chest freezer and go another step up the chain. Buy ground beef and a ring mold, and the ring mold will pay for itself in just a few meals (less if you also use it for eggs, pancakes, etc). Buy chicken on the bone, carve the breasts off yourself, and if you don’t like any other part of a fried chicken, throw it in a pressure cooker with water, spices ,and vegetables, and make a hearty chicken stew. Then bury the bones and the veggie off cuts in your yard (or a planter if you don’t have a yard), and you’ve created natural fertilizer.
      Keep moving up the chain as far as you have time and space to afford. The real cost of eating out is paying for labor.

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 Před měsícem +9

      @@endymallorn All that stuff is great if you've got the time. Thing about fast food is people equate eating it with convenience - grab a sack of chow and you don't have to prep or cook or do dishes. Having pre-made stuff from the store is barely more work than getting in your car and going through a drive-thru, probably faster if you don't live in a big city. I know people who are full-time homemakers who do all that crafty stuff like bake bread, make stock, garden, etc... and it's so much healthier than any of that, but they've got the time to do it.

    • @Spearra
      @Spearra Před měsícem +1

      ​@@Raskolnikov70Yep, can relate. I can kinda cook but time can be very limited right now. I've just been spamming Plenny Bars. Those are just $3 USD meal bars.
      Still not super cheap but it's better than paying next to $15 for the food equivalent of Russian roulette 😅

    • @nevadanate4957
      @nevadanate4957 Před měsícem +1

      @@Raskolnikov70 Some of that frozen stuff is ok. Like those boxed dino nuggets and there are lots of options for home fries. The problem is out of the oven they're not really as good as fast food imo. They're probably just as good if you have a deep fryer, but that can be a hassle.

  • @russellanderson6874
    @russellanderson6874 Před měsícem +9

    I feel you bro! I literally backed out of a drive through today. (Jack in the box). They wanted almost 15 bucks for a burger combo!!! There is no way I’m paying 15 bucks for a burger from any fast food establishment.

    • @jovis6995
      @jovis6995 Před 26 dny

      You have the time to type a CZcams comment but didn't bother to look up the prices of an item you wanted online prior to entering the drive through? Not being confrontational, just confused with this.

  • @happytownesvanzandt
    @happytownesvanzandt Před měsícem +48

    I had a negative experience with the quality of the food at CFA one time and fired off an email to them. Within a few days I received a gift card in the mail with a letter of apology. It actually meant a lot and I went back, used the gift card, but then kept going back. Customer service is so important. Stopped patronizing Wendy's because my local one had terrible service- waited in the drive thru once for 25 minutes when there were only 3 cars total there.

    • @madcow8114
      @madcow8114 Před měsícem +9

      Wendy's has the most ghetto staff. I haven't been there in 15 years. Paid for my order at window 1, lady didn't tell me to pull up to window 2. They kept looking at me sitting there. And finally a guy at window 2 holds my food bag out the drive-thru window 🙄 Also another visit they left the plastic on my son's cheese

    • @happytownesvanzandt
      @happytownesvanzandt Před měsícem +2

      @@madcow8114 Yeah- done with them. Has been over a year, and I do not miss it. They were so slow they routinely would need to have you pull up and park for the food. And my orders were always small. Get decent customer service pretty reliably at Starbucks and CFA.

    • @timweb1510
      @timweb1510 Před měsícem +1

      Wendy’s is garbage and always has rude people working there

    • @murph31221
      @murph31221 Před měsícem +10

      I wasn't sure if it was just my Wendy's or all of them but I refuse to go there too. The last time I went they told me to pull in to a parking spot, then I waited there for a half hour, pulled back to the speaker to ask where my order was, and was angrily told that they had just gone out to bring it to me but since I wasn't there they gave it to someone else. Then I waited another 20 minutes to actually get my food. Never again

    • @tinternabbess
      @tinternabbess Před měsícem +1

      @@murph31221 Not just you! I stopped going there totally. A couple years ago I would go there and order the fish sandwich when they carried it. Had to ALWAYS park and then wait for a long time. Then there were other issues. The staff worker at the window once never even exchanged one single word with me- no Hello or your welcome. Total silence. Then once the guy disappeared with my credit card towards the back of the store. Kept it for minutes. Sketchy af.

  • @NabiscoAmerican
    @NabiscoAmerican Před měsícem +274

    let fast food companes rot a long with the auto industry with these $70k half ton trucks

    • @mikes.4136
      @mikes.4136 Před měsícem +30

      I agree with you on both counts.

    • @glenmoss02
      @glenmoss02 Před měsícem +22

      But... but, they're too big to fail! 😂

    • @Kitty-dl4zh
      @Kitty-dl4zh Před měsícem +5

      Modern pickup trucks weigh like 3-6 tons.

    • @tomblass7962
      @tomblass7962 Před měsícem +16

      Big agree, they’re both going off the rails and it’s both their own faults

    • @YaWantTaters
      @YaWantTaters Před měsícem +2

      I opt for an alternative other than Nabisco, now, because there's no longer egg in the chocolate chippers.

  • @keff5984
    @keff5984 Před měsícem +486

    These sandwiches are 10 fucking dollars near me in a MCOL area. What a conplete joke.

    • @_Al00f_
      @_Al00f_ Před měsícem +36

      I just wanted a spicy chicken sandwich from Wendy's and that thing came up to around $11! JUST FOR THE SANDWICH,N

    • @balls7586
      @balls7586 Před měsícem +2

      @@_Al00f_that's a whole meal at chick fil a

    • @ap9141
      @ap9141 Před měsícem +58

      BIDENOMICS!!!

    • @MdnightWnd
      @MdnightWnd Před měsícem

      @@ap9141 lmao yeah Biden is sitting in his house cooking up ways to make your sammich cost more. Ridiculous dude. Stuff costs more EVERYWHERE

    • @charlesmcmasters
      @charlesmcmasters Před měsícem +6

      I think the only place that has been consistently good, imho, is Jimmy Johns. Every sandwich tastes the same as the ones I have eaten previously. And that Caprise Salami sandwich, literally the best and most flavorful cold sandwich I have gotten anywhere. Of course, its apples to oranges since the only thing the actually cook is the bread, but at least its consistent. As far as prices go, a vast amount of fast food is out of reach for me. I just can't justify spending $25-30 for 2 of us, and thats with splitting a large fries. Not for fast food. Its redunkulus! As a side note - I haven't watched in awhile, I hope the main man is doing ok. He looks like he lost weight, which doesn't seem like that would be possible as skinny as he has always been. And while he is always a bit pale, much like our spaceship Moon, he looked even more so. Not a jab at him, but honestly concerned for him ❤

  • @MichaelB769
    @MichaelB769 Před měsícem +7

    I adore Chicken McNuggets, but far too often I’ve been served room-temperature, stale, hard nuggets. I discovered that you can specify ‘fresh’ whatever you’re ordering. You’ll have to wait, but it’s absolutely worth it. I only ask for fresh McNuggets now and life is better.

  • @davidkeetz
    @davidkeetz Před měsícem +27

    I'm telling you - we need a food advertising law stating that ONLY real food purchased for the purpose of eating from the establishment being advertised can be used for advertising photos. We create some third party entity that ALL food vendors must utilize for their advertising photos - that entity then goes and procures at random a sample of the item they want to advertise and they photograph it. Of course it would all be high end photography and the company is allowed to "fluff" the item as needed but can ONLY work with what was handed to them. No glue, no epoxy - can't add anything to it. They then turn their photos over to the company to use in their advertisements and if it looks abysmal, they can contract the company to go try again. After a few rounds of spending 100k for an awful photo of their garbage product, I guarantee that most restaurants will start enforcing quality standards.

    • @emilymschoener9193
      @emilymschoener9193 Před měsícem +2

      I agree that we need massive advertising legislation in the food industry.

    • @bruhice6058
      @bruhice6058 Před měsícem +4

      This sounds like a terrible idea

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 Před měsícem +3

      @@bruhice6058it’s a good idea but it’s unrealistic

    • @hidalgobc
      @hidalgobc Před 26 dny

      Or make em put a big disclaimer on the bottom that it isn't real, like they do for "herbal supplements"

    • @davidkeetz
      @davidkeetz Před 17 dny

      @@bruhice6058 you're just in the pocket of big hamburger....sent out to quell the public. haha. I still think it's a great idea. It would immediately start making food companies focus on the quality management AND it wouldn't add any cost to your burger......if anything it might decrease the cost because now these companies can't be spending massive amounts of money on these marketing people to create designer representations of their food out of silicone. Just money to their internal marketing department to make flyers out of the photos that the photography agency sends to them.

  • @FearMonarch
    @FearMonarch Před měsícem +241

    Homie throwing critical hits at the whole fast food industry and not even raising his voice, the power levels off the charts

  • @William1866
    @William1866 Před měsícem +179

    I don't always eat McDonalds, but when I do, I get into my time machine and go back when they had the dollar menu.

    • @BARONvonSmacktard
      @BARONvonSmacktard Před měsícem

      Go further, back to the 70s or earlier, pay less than a dollar for most items, and get the *good* stuff, as well.

    • @onlysilv
      @onlysilv Před měsícem +8

      Will never be back until it returns.

    • @IsaiahAmos017
      @IsaiahAmos017 Před měsícem +12

      What's a dollar menu grandpappy

    • @jacksquatt6082
      @jacksquatt6082 Před měsícem +4

      You know who doesn't need a time machine? Sam's club, for their hot dogs.

    • @skiderrunner
      @skiderrunner Před měsícem +1

      I want my meal super sized dammit!

  • @beccastenholm8236
    @beccastenholm8236 Před měsícem +62

    i cannot concentrate when you have literally $140 worth of woodwick candles just chillin’ behind you

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem +5

      „Bababab mcdonalds ripping the customer off with artificially high prices for cheap products!!“
      Also :
      „Omg super overpriced average candles costing a few cents to produce omg omg“
      Americans just dont learn

    • @krusher181
      @krusher181 Před měsícem +7

      @@AbuHajarAlBugattiwhat country do people not buy into rampant consumerism? Weirdly xenophobic take
      Also could be sponsored…

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem +4

      @@krusher181 i just see hypocrisy. These candles take 30-70 cents a candle to produce

    • @blazingstar9638
      @blazingstar9638 Před měsícem +3

      He just wants us to feel comfortable and cozy

    • @blazingstar9638
      @blazingstar9638 Před měsícem +1

      @@krusher181yeah true it probably is sponsored

  • @leakingjar6801
    @leakingjar6801 Před měsícem +7

    had me sitting on the edge of my seat when you said if you are wondering why my bites looked awkward? Me thinking .....his fangs got in the way of the fluffy bread :P

  • @benjiross1
    @benjiross1 Před měsícem +654

    The big problem with fast food is that it was supposed to be affordable but now while the price of the ingredients are still low the price passed along to consumers is way too high for them to afford.

    • @LetsGetitBoah
      @LetsGetitBoah Před měsícem

      It's because the wages were forced to go up by leftist idiots who promised it wouldn't affect prices.

    • @EricAdamsonMI
      @EricAdamsonMI Před měsícem +3

      Who cares whether it's affordable? Fast food can be eaten, but it's not food.

    • @astrozombie1505
      @astrozombie1505 Před měsícem +43

      You hit the nail on the head! I can eat at an amazing Mexican restaurant in my town for the same price as Taco Bells crap they call Mexican food.

    • @maertsaidaem2106
      @maertsaidaem2106 Před měsícem +7

      Which ingredients are still low?

    • @jamesmichaelfrank
      @jamesmichaelfrank Před měsícem +20

      The ingredient prices are
      Through The Roof !
      Thank your president .

  • @tuinhoofd1923
    @tuinhoofd1923 Před měsícem +98

    It's not just that I can't afford fast food anymore, I can't afford the growing inconsistency, I've had way too many times (mcdonald's especially) where I've had missing food, small portions or just really bad food.
    I'd spend that money if I knew what I was getting, but more and more it feels like a gamble

    • @mikeg2491
      @mikeg2491 Před měsícem +9

      Bingo the one thing you could trust about McDonald’s is whether you’re in Iowa or Alaska, it’s going to be cooked the same, taste the same, it’s familiarity. It’s not like that anymore nor is it as fast coming out.

    • @joeconti2396
      @joeconti2396 Před měsícem +4

      Both McDonalds that I used to frequent have recently served me nothing but cold dried up crap that I literally couldn't eat because it was so bad. Last time I gave up and swore them off completely. Threw the burger out after not even a full bite and went n got sushi instead.

    • @jhoughjr1
      @jhoughjr1 Před měsícem +3

      Been a gamble to me forever. No matter how many raises they get they just cant follow the rules

  • @fboehlke
    @fboehlke Před 21 dnem +2

    Thank your for your honest review. McDonald’s has become so expensive these days, it’s unreal. I can feed my family of 5 at Wendy’s for a little over $20 with better quality food than we get at McDonald’s for closer to $40. It’s sad.

  • @mmersino7363
    @mmersino7363 Před měsícem +3

    A lot of comments here say they don’t eat fast food anymore, for different reasons. But here we all are living vicariously through Report of the Week

  • @archiveacc3248
    @archiveacc3248 Před měsícem +106

    Fast food used to be: fast, cheap, large portions and bad quality. Now it's slow, expensive, small portions and somehow even worse quality. The premises on which fast food was built are completely gone, which is why everyone is ditching it.
    I can't even remember the last time I had something fried. The only fast food I get is 50% off papa johns pizzas based on baseball scores lol

    • @justinwhite2725
      @justinwhite2725 Před měsícem +7

      Convenience is their only savings grace. North Americans are conditioned to grab fast food instead of cooking at home. That behaviour is shifting in the recession.

    • @WelshPolitoProject
      @WelshPolitoProject Před 26 dny +1

      Love when my team throws 10 strikeouts 😂

    • @archiveacc3248
      @archiveacc3248 Před 26 dny

      @@WelshPolitoProject mine is 6 runs lol

    • @trahnettilhcs
      @trahnettilhcs Před 24 dny

      DBACKS50 baby

  • @ricanhavoc215
    @ricanhavoc215 Před měsícem +216

    Fast foods quality is at an all time low while having the highest prices ever 🤦🏻

    • @Natediggetydog
      @Natediggetydog Před měsícem +5

      Subway is still good and also reasonably priced, at least in my area. Only paid $9 for a nice loaded up footlong sub the other day. It tasted better, was cheaper, and was more filling than any meal on the menu at any of the big fast food chains

    • @kidjeff4304
      @kidjeff4304 Před měsícem

      Subway app is great. Lots of BOGOs.

    • @mutoneon
      @mutoneon Před měsícem +9

      @@Natediggetydog Nobody takes a Subway fan seriously, Nate. Just sayin'.

    • @niceguy1774
      @niceguy1774 Před měsícem +2

      I prefer Subway to McDonald's, Burger King etc, but Subway is not a fast food chain.

    • @GlycerinZ
      @GlycerinZ Před měsícem

      @@Natediggetydog 9 dolla foot long!

  • @HughMann-cg2dy
    @HughMann-cg2dy Před měsícem +4

    The quality of fast food has been rapidly dropping for years, while the prices are going up to laughable levels.
    At this point it just feels like a joke to ask for $7+ dollars for a greasy tiny burger that you could just as easily get in a restaurant with sides.

  • @vinnieboombatzmd3508
    @vinnieboombatzmd3508 Před 25 dny +8

    Fast food service shifted from a focus on quality control to getting the order out as fast as possible a long time ago. The priority is all about speed. Additionally, it's so hard to get workers and keep them now that managers are reluctant to push them to improve when they don't perform up to standards because they'll just quit if you ask anything beyond minimal effort from them.
    When I worked at Burger King as a teen a long time ago, our managers would tell us to stop and look at what we were about to serve. Ask yourself "Would you be satisfied if you were served this food if you ordered it with your own money?" Basically, put yourself in the customer's shoes. That was good policy.

    • @realleon2328
      @realleon2328 Před 18 dny +2

      On the other hand, workers are being payed less to work in an incredibly high-stress enviornment with an even larger menu than ever. Even in regards to the labor, its still a structural problem since people arent being payed enough for their care to be worth it

  • @DanielThorne
    @DanielThorne Před měsícem +69

    quality of food keeps decreasing while prices increase

  • @NabiscoAmerican
    @NabiscoAmerican Před měsícem +172

    you know he's ballin when there's $100 worth of unlit wood wick candles on the table

    • @calebsmith9917
      @calebsmith9917 Před měsícem +47

      I respect that despite how much money he’s making off CZcams, he hasn’t changed his personality one bit. He’s stayed true to himself the whole way

    • @PJL7095
      @PJL7095 Před měsícem +21

      The dude’s a playboy.

    • @astrithr81
      @astrithr81 Před měsícem +14

      😂 i noticed that too, those aren't cheap!

    • @jpjp3873
      @jpjp3873 Před měsícem +16

      They’re his moms!😂

    • @michaelleech6295
      @michaelleech6295 Před měsícem +19

      ​@@jpjp3873nah man... They're your mom's candles 😉

  • @danmiddlekauff1023
    @danmiddlekauff1023 Před měsícem +2

    I love watching your content. You are getting close to the point. This is an issue with any food service industry of making menu options excessive like that. " McDonald's Bacon Cajun Ranch McCrispy Chicken Sandwich" with the upgrade option. You can never reasonably expect kitchen staff to hit that right. Those are just random words to somebody really.

  • @YellowKurt
    @YellowKurt Před měsícem +1

    Report, I'm really sorry about your experience. I completely agree about the consistency issue. Thank you for what you do sir.

  • @Che1seabluesdrogba11
    @Che1seabluesdrogba11 Před měsícem +108

    I hate how every new item from all Fast food has ranch in it

    • @CyanAblaze
      @CyanAblaze Před měsícem +9

      I vehemently hate it

    • @natejohn3398
      @natejohn3398 Před měsícem +5

      Yeah! Why would they put the most popular sauce on a fuckingsandwich?

    • @6Haunted-Days
      @6Haunted-Days Před měsícem +5

      Wow so it’s super hard to ask for no ranch? Unbelievable laziness.

    • @princenoreally
      @princenoreally Před měsícem

      ​@6Haunted-Days just not use to having ranch on a sandwich or a burger at a fast food restaurant so when it comes with ranch and usually those types of food don't it sucks

    • @jacksquatt6082
      @jacksquatt6082 Před měsícem +21

      Everything has ranch because it covers up bad quality meats. Everyone loves ranch, so you can hide your inferior food product under that flavor.

  • @ShawnxEdge
    @ShawnxEdge Před měsícem +55

    McDonalds and many other fast food establishments cost me 12-15 dollars now as compared to the 8-10 before Covid. Furthermore if I treat my family of 5 to McDonalds now costs about what a mid tier waiter service restaurant would cost.

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem +1

      >treat
      >mcdonalds
      Choose one

    • @dipfried3965
      @dipfried3965 Před měsícem

      when me and my family of 6 people eat out at mcds or taco bell its at leaste 60-70 dollars for us all

  • @DanielKieft-ju3ek
    @DanielKieft-ju3ek Před měsícem +1

    Great review brah look forward to many more great reviews

  • @itsme-qk2vb
    @itsme-qk2vb Před měsícem +2

    Wood wick candles in the background nice touch 👌

  • @mooms5762
    @mooms5762 Před měsícem +95

    I worked at McDonald’s for a few years and have eaten many crispy chicken sandwiches. These newer “crispies” that replaced the buttermilk crispy chicken are incredibly inconsistent. I’ve had good ones but I’ve also had ones full of fat or bones. Nearly all other fast food restaurants receive much better chicken cuts than these. People vote with their $ tho and as long as yall pay up they’ll keep feeding you this slop

    • @jettrooper101
      @jettrooper101 Před měsícem +6

      Thats why I like chicfila, super consistent. Popeyes has the same problem of inconsistency. I've never had a bad chicfila sandwhich, but I've had enough bad popeyes or mcdonalds that I just stopped getting them, even if popeyes at its best is better than chickfila.

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem +1

      @@jettrooper101why do you all just go to these shitty corporate chains designed to rip the customers off instead of going to some local small businesses? I got a family owned place a few minutes away where I can buy crispy chicken burger for 5 bucks. In a menu with fries, sauces and drink its 8,70. and its super tasty

    • @jettrooper101
      @jettrooper101 Před měsícem

      @@AbuHajarAlBugatti I mean I haven't been to popeyes in at least a year, and only chickfila once that I can remember in the past year. Honestly don't eat out often at all anymore, just too expensive.

    • @jakeleisure8326
      @jakeleisure8326 Před měsícem

      ​@AbuHajarAlBugatti These places do not exist where I live. I can go to fast food and eat a full meal for between $3-5. I go to a local shop? I'm paying over $15
      I'd love to support local businesses but I gotta pay rent and retire at SOME point

    • @annehaight9963
      @annehaight9963 Před měsícem

      @@jettrooper101
      Popeye's is a lousy experience even when the food is good. Surly employees. Takes forever to make the food (there's nothing "fast" about it). Their sides are terrible anyway. But when the chicken starts getting sketchy, I'm out.

  • @ohlawd6763
    @ohlawd6763 Před měsícem +49

    You know its bad when Taco Bell, a place that used to be known for its "cheap but crap" food, isnt even cheap anymore
    (I personally always liked TBell more than other fast food places)

    • @ps3beatswii
      @ps3beatswii Před měsícem +9

      The only way to get "cheap" fast food anymore is using the apps. Taco bell still has a cheap box but it's still a dollar more than it was pre-plague.

    • @jhoughjr1
      @jhoughjr1 Před měsícem +1

      Their new cantina chicken is pretty good.

    • @lewie5913
      @lewie5913 Před měsícem

      Seems cheap to me. Happy hour $1 drinks and $1 value menu plus app gives you free stuff.

    • @nickmoss2046
      @nickmoss2046 Před měsícem +3

      I knew it was over when my TB order hit $12.50.

  • @gemstonegynoid7475
    @gemstonegynoid7475 Před měsícem +4

    I used to work at mcd. I always made sure to follow instructions and put the spicy sauce on both buns when making spicy mccrispy. But afterwards sometimes when i order one they either only give one side or forget the spicy sauce. I always have to tell them extra sauce.

  • @arianadavis8841
    @arianadavis8841 Před měsícem +1

    Well said, as always. Great summary of just how I feel too!

  • @thefloatingcontinent9897
    @thefloatingcontinent9897 Před měsícem +47

    Stop. Buying. Fast. Food
    Commodities are always priced as high as people will pay. If people keep paying it you raise prices or lower quality until people stop paying for it.
    There is no impetus for a company to NOT do this.

    • @SpeakerTerenus
      @SpeakerTerenus Před měsícem +17

      You're preachin to a country that values convenience above all other aspects of life.

    • @niceguy1774
      @niceguy1774 Před měsícem +2

      So in other words, there isn't anything dubious or "unfair!" about any of this.
      A good or service is only worth what someone (whom you can find) is willing to pay for it.
      Not one cent more.

  • @bowlerdave9347
    @bowlerdave9347 Před měsícem +220

    This is hilarious. Right as Mr. Brah said, "There is a reason this time and it's not a good reason either.", here came a commercial break from McDonald's pushing this same sandwich. Read the room McDonald's. Not the time.

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Před měsícem +15

      imagine still seeing ads on youtube

    • @kyokokirigiri100
      @kyokokirigiri100 Před měsícem +5

      yeah wtf who doesn't have uBlock lmao

    • @unconcernedcitizen4092
      @unconcernedcitizen4092 Před měsícem +12

      @@kyokokirigiri100 People who like to support the creators they watch.

    • @bowlerdave9347
      @bowlerdave9347 Před měsícem

      Well when you use your work computer to watch CZcams during lunch and when slow but IT has blocked you from installing anything you do the best you can with what you got

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Před měsícem

      @@unconcernedcitizen4092 Hey genius some of us have Premium. Keep working hard maybe one day you can afford it too

  • @bigtime69420
    @bigtime69420 Před měsícem +3

    I mean even 20 years ago me and my family thought fast food was overpriced for the quality, back when a double cheeseburger was only $1, it really should’ve only been 50 cents.. I think people are just now realizing how garbage fast food is now that they hit their breaking point for price. Still taste just as shitty as it always has to me.

  • @mikeyeah8891
    @mikeyeah8891 Před měsícem

    I love that you listened to your viewers in the previous videos and left in some of the eating in there. 👌

  • @jimb1283
    @jimb1283 Před měsícem +50

    Spot on sir. They are charging restaurant prices now as well. When it was cheap it was more acceptable, no longer.

  • @FleXxTheFuture
    @FleXxTheFuture Před měsícem +39

    Problem is your paying TWICE as much for SMALLER proportion of food. You add an extra beef patty call it a double then make the original size smaller. A regular Mac is the same size as a McDouble

    • @TheBfutgreg
      @TheBfutgreg Před měsícem +1

      Big Mac's been the same size as the McDouble since its inception, two 1/10 lb patties, the bun? No idea

  • @miamiamia888
    @miamiamia888 Před měsícem

    Refreshing to visit this channel again. Sending hugs

  • @KloppTube
    @KloppTube Před měsícem +1

    Cutting costs on quality while not increasing wages creates bad product and understandably apathetic workers

  • @-Jozef
    @-Jozef Před měsícem +192

    This guy is going down in yt history, the sophistication he brings to fast food reviews is just gold.

    • @davidburke709
      @davidburke709 Před měsícem +12

      He is a National Treasure!

    • @mmersino7363
      @mmersino7363 Před měsícem +2

      Solid gold.

    • @msmadmax420
      @msmadmax420 Před měsícem

      how? he can barely chew and has the nerve to review food....i bet it would take him a half hour to finish the sandwich at the rate hes going.

    • @awsheit
      @awsheit Před měsícem +1

      He's reincarnated from the 19th century

  • @mallowtonmouse
    @mallowtonmouse Před měsícem +25

    They're skimping on the packaging now too? Christ

  • @explore_with_em_x
    @explore_with_em_x Před měsícem +2

    I’m not a fan of McDonald’s but my daughter loves it. So once a week she gets a happy meal. (She eats super healthy every other day). When she eats I get a small McFlurry and every week it’s different. Runny, icy, bland, sweet, soft, hard. Lots of topping, no topping. It’s always different. It’s ice cream. How can ice cream be different every week?

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem

      I wouldnt raise my daughter to grow up being used to eating additive and chemically ridden low quality overpriced garbage every week. Fries in mcdonals usa have 26 ingredients. Here in germany its Potato, Oil, Salt thats its.
      Its poison

  • @pittviper2243
    @pittviper2243 Před měsícem +1

    as much as i wanna go to my local fast food restaurants the quality it has gotten so bad i cant justify the high prices they now demand

  • @summaryjudgment
    @summaryjudgment Před měsícem +37

    You didn't hear about McDonald's new release?
    It's called the $18 Big Mac.

    • @SimRacingVeteran
      @SimRacingVeteran Před měsícem +6

      25% less big and costs 25% more.

    • @timweb1510
      @timweb1510 Před měsícem

      Democrats destroyed this country

    • @ignskeletons
      @ignskeletons Před měsícem +8

      $18 Big Mac 💀 no wonder the Hamburgler has to steal burgers to survive cuz no one can afford them.

    • @annehaight9963
      @annehaight9963 Před měsícem +1

      I laughed aloud when I read that. Corporate suits really think that's the problem. That there aren't enough giant, ridiculous sandwiches. No, you fools. Just make the menu you made 10 years ago.

  • @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation
    @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation Před měsícem +37

    Your Better Off going to a Full Service Restaurant [order a carryOut meal ] for near the same Price as a UnhappyMeal at Any Fast Food Place .

    • @Raskolnikov70
      @Raskolnikov70 Před měsícem

      That never used to be the case. Dine-in places were the ones that were inconsistent, while you could always depend on McD's to make the same food the same way every time.

    • @primprim6965
      @primprim6965 Před měsícem +2

      If I ever eat out, this is all I do now. I go to my local Indian, Mexican or Italian place and order takeout. Fast, tasty and not much more expensive than going to a fastfood place

  • @ShaneC2788
    @ShaneC2788 Před měsícem +1

    Agree with you. Hope fastfood places see this. It's gone too expensive and as you say standard has dropped. They will lose customers.

  • @galadis123
    @galadis123 Před měsícem +1

    Review brah... you look dapper than ever. bless your heart and your trend setting

  • @PJL7095
    @PJL7095 Před měsícem +49

    4:55 food camera shove
    6:03 bite #1
    6:27 awkward bite #2
    7:18 explaining awkward bite
    8:43 still explaining awkward
    Bite

    • @WallyTony
      @WallyTony Před měsícem +2

      Thank you for the stamps

  • @JamesTaylor-ir4ou
    @JamesTaylor-ir4ou Před měsícem +86

    Prices x2, quality -x2. Bright side is I don't eat fast food anymore for the most part.

    • @_Al00f_
      @_Al00f_ Před měsícem

      Well that's good because It's a rip off. Doesn't even taste as good as it did 5 years ago And they've reduced the size of the meal. Zaxbys is probably the most obvious example of shrinkflation I've ever seen in my life.

    • @stephen627
      @stephen627 Před měsícem

      $2 for two cookies I hear too.

    • @Travybear1989
      @Travybear1989 Před měsícem

      Sometimes I go to Taco Bell and order a single taco or bean burrito and then I head to the sauce area and grab like 15 of each sauce and I don't have to buy taco sauce anymore lol.

    • @yemo34
      @yemo34 Před měsícem +3

      There are days I can buy a steak dinner for as much as some fast food meals cost.

    • @Spearra
      @Spearra Před měsícem +2

      ​@@yemo34That's the craziest part of it to me. The things I can buy for the same price and possibly cheaper, is A LOT. Probably triple the quality and consistency too lmao

  • @johncoppinger2241
    @johncoppinger2241 Před měsícem

    I'm sure this will be lost in the mass of comments you receive. But I just want to say it is always comforting to hear your intro. You're amazing, keep on keeping on

  • @L_87
    @L_87 Před měsícem +1

    I just spent over 18$ on a medium meal and a double cheeseburger at McDonald’s. It’s completely insane now

  • @jamesv5802
    @jamesv5802 Před měsícem +14

    Fast food is too expensive. My Thai place serves high quality meals for 13 dollars with a lot of food and fresh veggies etc.

    • @AbuHajarAlBugatti
      @AbuHajarAlBugatti Před měsícem +1

      My Vietnamese place who also makes pizza is the only one not on apps and been here for 30 years. Still takes 8 bucks for a huge dish of fried noodles with chicken and veggies that fills 2 plates. Fantastic place

  • @RafiYacoubian
    @RafiYacoubian Před měsícem +52

    I lived in LA for 30 years. The only fast food place that’s been consistent is in and out and that’s probably because they only serve basically one item.

    • @ps3beatswii
      @ps3beatswii Před měsícem +7

      Five guys basically serves one item but is twice as expensive. I wish in n out would expand eastward. We need salvation from corporate greed.

    • @GEN_X_
      @GEN_X_ Před měsícem +16

      @@ps3beatswii You just contradicted yourself. If In-N-Out did national expansion then they would become too large and corporate and would lose quality control. If you ever watched any documentaries on In-N-Out this is the EXACT reason they do not expand.

    • @GEN_X_
      @GEN_X_ Před měsícem +6

      Incorrect. If In-N-Out did national expansion like their competitors, then they would become too large and corporate and would lose quality control. If you ever watched any documentaries on In-N-Out this is the EXACT reason they do not expand and are consistent.

    • @ddevenba6r288
      @ddevenba6r288 Před měsícem +3

      Too late , In N Out already raised there prices almost double. And they already expanded - ever been to an In n Out in Norcal or TX. Definitely not the same consistency as an In N Out in SoCal..

    • @GEN_X_
      @GEN_X_ Před měsícem

      @@ddevenba6r288 In-N-Out has not expanded away from West Coast and Southwest. They have zero plans to expand into a national corporation hence what i already said and what they stated themselves in documentaries about the business. Prices raised from inflation. Thats it.

  • @ScanFan_Ed
    @ScanFan_Ed Před měsícem +2

    Every place has gotten expensive, however McDonalds has really spiked their prices. Seems like their franchisees are getting greedy. It is going to cost them in the long run.

  • @hanniballecter4283
    @hanniballecter4283 Před měsícem

    What's interesting is that the prices at my local liquor store have gone down a bit, like a couple of dollars on a lot of bottles.

  • @coattails8756
    @coattails8756 Před měsícem +13

    There were similar problems decades ago when I was flipping McDonald's burgers. They had to use sub-par produce and manually cut out the bad pieces. They literally had to throw out anything left under the heat lamps too long and the manager had to log the waste so no one could take home free food. If no McLean patties were available you were encouraged to use an overcooked regular patty. If there wasn't any time to get anything done, workers would throw garbage into the waste disposal area from over the fence. The washer failed and there weren't any clean towels in the morning and someone removed all the tools, but you still had to open for breakfast. Someone clogged the toilet in the middle of the noon rush. Oh, you didn't notice the manager changed the schedule just after you left and that's all your damn fault. There's a new menu item and oops we didn't train you how to make that, but we're trying to serve afternoon customers and why aren't you wearing your uniform? If you show up again without your uniform to help save us in a pinch you shouldn't show up again.
    The mistakes happen and happen again. This isn't how food should be served and overcooked food (or under cooked) is the result. Or sometimes no service at all. Even three decades ago we were being pushed to the point where a 'bastille day' wouldn't be outlandish. So, yes, I am one of the many posters who've switched from fast food - or restaurants entirely, to cooking all my food at home. I refuse to support an otherwise respectful industry in it's incessant need to ruin good food and the workers who produce and serve that otherwise good food.

  • @superheatedsaturnite
    @superheatedsaturnite Před měsícem +92

    You know whats crazy? I still see long lines at places like mcdonalds and such. The amount of time waiting in line could be spent cooking something much better at home

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl Před měsícem +30

      And that's why nothing will improve; people still keep throwing their money away on this absolute BS, so companies have no incentive to change or improve.

    • @Barfyman362.
      @Barfyman362. Před měsícem

      People are obese, addicted, and lazy.

    • @caseyjones3522
      @caseyjones3522 Před měsícem +6

      theres no cooking in the breakroom, NEET

    • @Natediggetydog
      @Natediggetydog Před měsícem +7

      @@caseyjones3522make it at home ahead of time and throw it in the fridge. What kind of break room doesn’t at least have a fridge and a microwave?

    • @dustyoldhat
      @dustyoldhat Před měsícem

      People lining up to pay their poor tax

  • @tropictiger2387
    @tropictiger2387 Před 4 dny

    I've noticed that the food is usually much worse nearer to the end of the month. It might be different in different places, but generally it's near the end of the month. I think what is happening is that we sometimes get the tail end of their supply schedule close to when they receive new ingredients.

  • @quantumplay6374
    @quantumplay6374 Před měsícem +1

    That intro is as hypnotic is ever. I love it!

  • @RICKISUGLY
    @RICKISUGLY Před měsícem +15

    When the McCrispy initially came out a few years ago, me and my friends on the west coast were raving about it, we were just so impressed with the pure quality of the chicken they were using. anyone i knew who lived elsewhere in the US didn’t share those sentiments, after a few months though me and my west coast friends noticed the chicken DIPPED in quality. I haven’t gotten a good once since, i wonder if they just have high quality batches for the first week of release and then go back to normal after or something cause its so disappointing

  • @SPBTheHuman
    @SPBTheHuman Před měsícem

    Unfortunately I have shared the same experience of inconsistency in food quality. Thanks for shining a light on it. Maybe, if we give enough pressure, these companies will start marketing on consistency and actually give it an effort. Great video. cheers! 🍻

  • @Lupi33z
    @Lupi33z Před měsícem +2

    Variable quality and morale of the workers in these establishments may be a factor. Consistency should be the bedrock of fast food franchise success. If they can't produce that then what is the point any more... may as well go to an off brand establishment or cook at home.

  • @raymiller1753
    @raymiller1753 Před měsícem +297

    Corporate greed disguised as inflation.

    • @porcelainthunder2213
      @porcelainthunder2213 Před měsícem +26

      Corporate greed is a lame reason. It’s not greed, it’s SURVIVAL. High ingredient costs, very high labor costs, packaging restrictions, and higher taxes cut into any profit they make. Margins in fast food are minimal, at best. It’s not corporate greed, it’s government and union greed.

    • @nunyabizznus2216
      @nunyabizznus2216 Před měsícem +22

      There's no inflation, the border is secure, everything is fine

    • @sweis12
      @sweis12 Před měsícem +55

      ​@porcelainthunder2213 listen to 2022 earnings calls and every company talking about " pricing power " that they have.

    • @VibnWavez
      @VibnWavez Před měsícem +13

      ​@@sweis12Pretty sure they're not at all interested in factual reality, but you're nice to try heh

    • @caseyjones3522
      @caseyjones3522 Před měsícem +9

      @@porcelainthunder2213 unions are very rare where i live. location please?

  • @nikevisor54
    @nikevisor54 Před měsícem +12

    It's been ridiculous for a while. I feel ashamed whenever I stop into a fast food joint because I know I'm throwing money away

  • @ummYeaShure
    @ummYeaShure Před měsícem +1

    Its amazing the difference in a properly cooked fast food meal, and one that is not. I look at nacho fries as an example, a fresh hot batch cooked to completion is so damn good! but I can't tell you how many times I've got them and they have been cold and undercooked. Time to stop eating fast food.

  • @genebob007
    @genebob007 Před měsícem

    Yep your spot on about consistency in the fast food business it increased prices and Just got worse!

  • @TrippyTigre
    @TrippyTigre Před měsícem +32

    My main problem is that fast food is no longer a cheaper option. McDonalds is still relatively cheap on the simple items, but I went to Wendy's yesterday and the burgers were 8-9$ on average for JUST THE BURGER. I could go to 5 Guys and get a much better burger or even Chili's and get a whole slew of side options cooked fresh! Fast food prices are ridiculous! At least it has me cooking at home a LOT more.

    • @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation
      @ZIGZAGBureauofInvestigation Před měsícem +4

      BurgerKing small hamburger used to cost $1.17 a few years ago Now is a $5 dollar ripoff. I can buy 1lb. of meat & make 8 better burgers in the same time it takes to drive to BK and back w/cold rubbery meal.

    • @lasskinn474
      @lasskinn474 Před měsícem +1

      how long can americans still blame them being hyper obese on poverty? is that trend dying out, how long can people spending 1000+ on fast food in a month can still pretend that they're poor and that it's not their fault?

    • @RT-qd8yl
      @RT-qd8yl Před měsícem +4

      @@lasskinn474 You do realize that fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats are substantially more expensive in supermarkets (or anywhere really) than processed junk foods, right? Many people want to eat healthy fresh options, but it's financially unrealistic even when cooking at home for yourself. That's why many people are skipping meals now or eating once every other day. It's a choice of either being able to eat every day but only being able to afford cheap unhealthy products, or eat fresh and healthy but only afford to eat one meal every day or two. Our biggest problem is the artificial inflation pushed by the food distributors. They pay farmers and actual producers next to nothing, jack up the price unreasonably high for the consumer, and keep all the profits.

    • @lasskinn474
      @lasskinn474 Před měsícem +2

      @@RT-qd8yl they're not? you ever go to a supermarket? like what the f man this is EXACTLY the thinking I was talking about where supposedly 1000+ dollars into fast food would be cheaper than buying food from walmart :D you ever see the price of fortified rice?
      edit: tv dinners too are more expensive than buying the parts that go into them, if you're not really bad at shopping. like really bad going to rich persons gourmet markets with 20x markup.

    • @ps3beatswii
      @ps3beatswii Před měsícem +1

      ​@@RT-qd8ylFor me, lack of time is also a factor.

  • @ruthlundy4497
    @ruthlundy4497 Před měsícem +14

    You're right , it is consistency and if it's sporadic then it's not positive plus the terrible price increases are hideous . Hang in there , we're with you .

  • @superky1e199
    @superky1e199 Před měsícem +1

    The woodwick candle flex in the background 🔥😂

  • @terribledog
    @terribledog Před měsícem +1

    I've had these exact same issues the couple of times I've tried these McCrispy sandwiches. Fast food in general has been an extreme gamble in what level of quality and competency in the food you'll be getting. For me, it simply isn't worth the waste of money it is unless I'm THAT desperate/lazy. If the quality of the ingredients continue dropping, if the staff continue being overworked and underpaid, and the price CONTINUES to go up; none of these businesses deserve your money.

  • @benm8503
    @benm8503 Před měsícem +85

    Bro is flexing $150 in candles on all of us 🙌

    • @sarahcrews2544
      @sarahcrews2544 Před měsícem +17

      You know his house smells nice

    • @jhathaway8026
      @jhathaway8026 Před měsícem +24

      Time to talk about the crazy candle prices.

    • @LessDevoid
      @LessDevoid Před měsícem

      ​@@jhathaway8026
      For real though. I used to be able to buy a large quality brandname candle for like $15 but now they're all starting at about $30. I've had some luck with bargain candles but those are really hit or miss when it comes to quality.

    • @MrDrManPerson
      @MrDrManPerson Před měsícem +5

      ​@@jhathaway8026Eh, those are giant fucking candles though. Look at those bottom tubs, that's a huge candle.

    • @strongbuckeye9108
      @strongbuckeye9108 Před měsícem +3

      Probably product placement based on how they are arranged

  • @stevenoberg4277
    @stevenoberg4277 Před měsícem +13

    While watching the video, there was a commercial for the Spicy McCrispy. Made me laugh.

  • @Crayzily
    @Crayzily Před měsícem +2

    4:08 medicine tomato 💊🍅

  • @libertyprime2013
    @libertyprime2013 Před měsícem +1

    When my wife and I eat out, we don’t do fast food. We’ll go to a family restaurant or a sit down chain