The average price of a fast food restaurant burger in the second quarter of 2024 was $8.41, up 16 percent over the past five years. At McDonald’s, even, the average Big Mac was $5.29, up 21 percent over the same period. In general, it’s not looking great for the long-term future of burgers as a cheap food, given that the price of beef is harder to bring down and keep under control than the price of, say, poultry, one reason that everyone started taking chicken sandwiches actually seriously and our nation was plunged into a ceaseless Chicken Sandwich War.
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