How much higher are McDonald's prices going to go?

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 16:03

How much higher are McDonald's prices going to go?

The theoretical answer is “as high as people will pay”.

And so the answer is still the same as the theoretical one, except with tons of analysis behind the pricing decisions.

The amount of data collected, all the way down to timestamps between sales and order completion, is incredible. Why sell a Big Mac for $4 if someone will pay $5? They will raise prices until the sales rates drop (or show a trend toward maybe dropping… for example consumers buy fewer add-on products like cookies or French fries etc)

Why do women stubbornly refuse to let men lead, even though they are attracted to the man, and the man both loves and desires them? Why do they get angry and blame the man when he gets fed up and walks away, when it's entirely their own fault?

The actual answer gets into some pretty high tech “big data” analysis of new product sales, existing repeat sales, promotional sales, seasonal product sales and regional variations…

McDonalds is in business to make money, making cheap burgers is just the means to that goal.