Crunchwrap used $4-5, it’s almost $9 now… For what?
They’re testing how hard they can squeeze their customer base and still profit. Prices will continue to increase as long as people pay.
Fast food has been hit hard by the enshitification. More expensive and doesn’t even taste good anymore because they use even shittier ingredients than they used to. The only reason people still bother is typically lack of time to cook.
You can make most fast food items at home if you have the time. It will be cheaper and taste better.
You can get better food for cheaper at a local restaurant nowadays. Maybe not a fancy place but your local taco joint or diner.
A burger worth half a damn (in both taste and portion) in Burger King will cost me nearly as much as a smash burger with jalapeño aioli and loaded fries from a local burger joint. Pizza Hut/Domino’s is the same, there’s a proper italian dining place less than 50m from my place, prices are comparable but the taste just isn’t there for Pizza Hut or Domino’s.
I’m a very stingy person but that price difference is not worth the difference in quality.
Wait until you learn in certain parts of the world they’re eating authentic tacos for only 70 cent
Everything is artificially inflated by 1.7x to 2.4x ever since covid. The inflation you are seeing is not real inflation but rather manufactured by those in high-up positions at most fortune-500 companies.