If McDonald's doubled their wages but raised prices, would it make you more or less likely to go?

[reformist2]

I have to say, I think I would go more often! I'm not a fast-food person, maybe like one or two times a month, but the goodwill generated by a voluntary move to increase wages would definitely make me think better of the place, and make me more inclined to go there.

If enough of us did this, it could turn the fundamental economic concept of pricing and supply/demand on its head!

[ejpoeta]

1. I avoid mcdonalds. their food makes me ill. Though we do go once in awhile.

It's like you forget. Then you eat there and your stomache starts getting sick. I wouldn't feel so bad about going there on the rare occasion that I do.

[warrant46]

53. Greasy Gut Bombs

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gut%20bomb

From The Urban Dictionary "Gut Bomb"

A usually very tasty super-sized fast food or greasy spoon diner food item that, when ingested, immediately explodes in your gut, decimating your stomach lining. The item usually has a very short (but painful) residence time in your digestive tract before performing a rapid exit to the outside world, and being released back into the wild (e.g., the toilet).

[reformist2]

65. Please people - please don't hijack the thread! LOL

We all know how gross and greasy it is, but there are some of us who like it from time to time. This thread is about people who go there, not an opportunity to soapbox about how gross it is and how nobody should go there!

[ejpoeta]

110. i was not soapboxing. i was stating that i don't go there because i get sick when i do.

that is not a soapbox. that says nothing about anyone else but myself and why i do not go there much now. and why i probably would not go there more if the workers were paid a decent wage.

[reformist2]

115. Sorry. I just replied to you because you were near the top and wanted people to see my post. :)

[Logical]

121. I hate the DU food police. Arrogant! n-t

[Tikki]

70. McHeartburn....

also, can't eat that stuff...



Tikki

[liberal N proud]

2. It's not just McDonald's

Buger King, Chicken for Jesus and all of them do the same thing.

Minimum Wage Hikes Do Not Cause Inflation

This fear of inflation from the minimum wage is not based on any reasonable description of how these minimum wage hikes will likely impact businesses, or the economy more generally. The potential impact of minimum wage hikes on the overall price level is simply too small to have any appreciable impact on inflation.

One way to assess the threat of inflation posed by a minimum wage hike is to estimate directly how much it could raise businesses’ costs. This would give us a sense of what the potential impact of a minimum wage hike would be on prices, assuming businesses would pass these costs onto their consumers. Of course, there are other ways firms can adjust, aside from raising prices. For example, employers may experience some labor-cost savings as their higher wages lower turnover rates and motivate greater worker productivity. But for the sake of simplicity, let’s assume that firms pass the entire cost increase from a minimum wage hike to consumers.

Past research on how business costs rise with minimum wage hikes indicates that a 10-percent minimum wage hike can be expected to produce a cost increase for the average business of less than one-tenth of one percent of their sales revenue. This cost figure includes three components. First, mandated raises: the raises employers must give their workers to meet the new wage floor. Second, “ripple-effect” raises: the raises employers give some workers to put their pay rates a bit above the new minimum in order to preserve the same wage hierarchy before and after minimum wage hike. And third, the higher payroll taxes employers must pay on their now-larger wage bill. If the average businesses wanted to completely cover the cost increase from a 10-percent minimum wage hike through higher prices, they would need to raise their prices by less than 0.1 percent.[1]A price increase of this size amounts to marking up a $100 price tag to $100.10.

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/14050-minimum-wage-hikes-do-not-cause-inflation

[Kingofalldems]

3. More

I bet they could keep prices the same and still profit.

[bemildred]

4. I don't eat there, except under duress, nothing is going to change that. nt

[DinahMoeHum]

5. I still wouldn't eat their crap (too many nutrition issues). . .

. . .but I am for workers there getting a living wage.

Heard at a fast-food worker's strike:
"Mickey D, what's the deal? Pay me more than a Happy Meal"

[kentauros]

6. Given the choice between fast food and a grocery store,

I'll pick the latter every time. The choice for pre-made meals is greater, and especially if you want to go a la carte, and do so in a healthy way. Speed in a grocery store can be as fast as fast food, especially if you know the store and where to go.

And most groceries pay their employees better than fast food establishments

[City Lights]

7. I haven't eaten at McDonald's in decades.

Nothing they do will change that.

[Egalitarian Thug]

8. In-N-Out already pays much more than any of the other corporate waste merchants,

yet they serve both much better food and charge much less for it.

And no, I can't eat any of their swill as I've lost resistance to the chemicals that they use and it makes me sick.

[B2G]

37. They don't charge less n't

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

54. Actually they charge basically the same price

Which I consider to be less since their quality is so much better.

[B2G]

72. Wish they were on the East coast :-(

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

88. Me too, had my first burger last week in Cali and it was awesome

Everything was so fresh, even the fries, it was great!

But now I'm back east with no in-n-out (burgers anyway)

[Egalitarian Thug]

91. Anything like a double-double at BK or McD is over four bucks.

In-N-Out charges less than three (although I believe they are raising their price to $3.20.

[usGovOwesUs3Trillion]

55. Their store managers average 100k a year

Best fast food burgers anywhere.

[emsimon33]

106. Actually, when someone wants a fast burger, I (a vegan) take them to In-N-Out

While they have nothing I can eat, I trust their food more than I trust other fast food burger places and I believe that their workers are better compensated than most.

[Egalitarian Thug]

119. You don't eat fries? n/t

[emsimon33]

123. No fried food

To my knowledge, there is no nutritive value in French fries.

[Egalitarian Thug]

125. Thanks. No nutrition to speak of, but they are tasty. (Maybe the ketchup?)

[Scuba]

9. I use their urinals often, and still would!

[warrprayer]

21. ROTFLMAO

we have a winner!

[Scuba]

24. Those golden arches stand for something, you know.

[warrprayer]

28. make me know it!

[peace13]

31. Yes McPotties are handy! n/t

[reformist2]

78. Don't you feel obligated to at least buy coffee for the service?

They make great rest areas on long trips, but I'd feel funny using them like that.

[Scuba]

80. Nope, my taxes pay for the road to their place, their sewage disposal, police and fire ...

... protection, healthcare for their employees, etc. My conscience is clear.

[reformist2]

90. Hmm, by those standards, you'd be entitled to use everyone's bathroom!

[Scuba]

94. No, CostCo pays their own freight, as do other companies and individuals.

[A Little Weird]

10. I would be more likely to go

I know it's healthier to eat home-made food but I often find that I don't have the time or energy and end up getting fast food - especially for lunch. McDonalds is usually my last choice but I would go there more often if they treated their workers better.

[edhopper]

11. McDonalds also makes me sick

I eat occasionally at Five Guys, which makes real burgers and fries and not chemical factory products like McD.
I think they pay slightly above mim wage.
I would still go there if they paid more and the prices raised 5% (which seems to be the increase needed)

[newfie11]

12. No I don't eat their crappy food

[michreject]

13. Haven't been to one in 30+ years

Or any ff joint.

[tularetom]

14. I wouldn't go there under any circumstances but if other fast food joints did

I would be more likely to patronize them.

[MrSlayer]

15. No. I don't eat McDonald's ever for any reason.

Nor do I eat at any of those places. They sell poison.

[rurallib]

16. We avoid McDonald's. At others we seldom check prices

so I doubt it would stop us.
Actually I would probably be more likely to go to a place if I knew they raised prices specifically to raise wages.

[Quantess]

17. I'm the wrong person to ask because I haven't eaten ANY fast food in several years

with the exception of McDonald's coffee.

I have never in my life been a regular consumer of fast food, but it has plummeted to never. Nothing's going to change that.

[Pelican]

18. Less...

Also, everyone proclaiming their disdain for fast food reminded me of this fine fellow...

http://www.theonion.com/articles/area-man-constantly-mentioning-he-doesnt-own-a-tel,429/

CHAPEL HILL, NC–Area resident Jonathan Green does not own a television, a fact he repeatedly points out to friends, family, and coworkers–as well as to his mailman, neighborhood convenience-store clerks, and the man who cleans the hallways in his apartment building. Jonathan Green, who tells as many people as possible that he is "fully weaned off the glass teat."

"I, personally, would rather spend my time doing something useful than watch television," Green told a random woman Monday at the Suds 'N' Duds Laundromat, noticing the establishment's wall-mounted TV. "I don't even own one."

According to Melinda Elkins, a coworker of Green's at The Frame Job, a Chapel Hill picture-frame shop, Green steers the conversation toward television whenever possible, just so he can mention not owning one.

"A few days ago, [store manager] Annette [Haig] was saying her new contacts were bothering her," Elkins said. "The second she said that, I knew Jonathan would pounce. He was like, 'I didn't know you had contacts, Annette. Are your eyes bad? That a shame. I'm really lucky to have almost perfect vision. I'm guessing it's because I don't watch TV. In fact, I don't even own one."

[Kingofalldems]

27. Well of course it's less.

[Pelican]

52. Economics...

What's the deal with that?

[hobbit709]

19. Haven't been in a McD's in 25 years and I'm not about to start no matter what.

The food tastes like crap. Until they do something about that, forget it.

[warrprayer]

20. I had breakfast at corporate Tiffanys

... this morning. A slight hike in prices wouldn't make much diff in my going there.

[RebelOne]

22. Wouldn't make any difference to me. I never go there anyway. n/t

[1-Old-Man]

23. I would not poison myself because the poisoner pays well.

[GreenStormCloud]

25. Less.

I almost never go there as it is. Higher prices would be a greater barrier. Face it, lots of folks aren't rich enough to laugh at higher prices.

[Lee-Lee]

26. Less

Double the price and I can go to a sit down place and get a far better burger for the same money. I would rather budget an extra 15 minutes of my time to eat a better burger or the same money.

[peace13]

29. I don't eat there....pink slime! n/t

[lynne]

30. I enjoy their grilled chicken ceasar salad -

- and find it convenient to pick one up on the way to work. Right now I'm paying about $5. for it. The salad is something I'd eat elsewhere but I pick it up at McDonald's as it's close to my work and it is within my price range.

It depends on how high the prices go. If they increase by 10%, then no problem. By 25%, then there might be an issue. I have to make sure that whatever I'm buying fits into what I can comfortably spend based on my part-time work hours and there's not much wiggle-room.

At 25% I'd be bringing a sandwich from home. A shame, too, as I enjoy that salad. And the yogurt parfait, too.

[reformist2]

34. OK, that's interesting to hear. Maybe customers are more price sensitive than I thought.

When I go, I usually do coffee and the dollar menu items (I'm a cheapskate), so I'd have no problem paying $1.25 for a McDouble cheeseburger and $1.75 for coffee.

But if the meal you like went from $8 to $10, I can see that adding up over time.

[reformist2]

32. This is being hijacked into a "McDonald's is crap food" thread, LOL

I guess what I was really wondering was this: If fast-food restaurant ____________ (insert one that you actually go to) were to raise their prices, but also raised the wages of their employees, would the higher prices make you go less, or would the higher wages make you go more?

[Thinkingabout]

33. I don't think raising the wages would increase the cost of their menu by a lot, i have dined there

And other restaurants which pays minimal wages.

[B2G]

36. How do you figure?

Doubling your expenses will cause the cost of your product to rise *significantly*.

Their target customer base would not be able to afford it.

[uponit7771]

45. OR..cause the margins to slim or .. they stop paying their C levels 13;2oi1nj23 4o;123n dollars

[Thinkingabout]

98. Overhead in buildings and property will not need to double, insurance etc will be the same, does not

Have an influence on menu items, there are many more items which does not depend on wages to determine. Over the years their prices have increased over the years and there are customers who still frequent the restaurant.

[B2G]

99. Price increases over the years is not the same

as sudden, sharp increases due to doubling their payroll expense.

[Thinkingabout]

120. Hey, you don't understand

[sabbat hunter]

35. I don't go now

why would that change. The stuff they serve is crap.

[NYC Liberal]

38. I don't go there often because I usually feel sick afterwards

Increasing wages wouldn't change that.

[Spider Jerusalem]

39. they'd have to change their menu on top of that and start serving real food...so, no more likely.

[Greybnk48]

40. Double their wages and cut CEO salaries, NOT raise prices!

Then I would go in for an occasional happy meal with my grandson.

[Puzzledtraveller]

41. I only go if I forgot to pack a lunch

I can only afford two items on Dollar menu, I get a plain mcdouble and small fry, comes to $2.32 here. I would probably just not go if prices went up.

[Capt. Obvious]

42. Dare I say it would have no effect on how much it makes me go

I'll be in the bathroom just as much.

[Champion Jack]

43. Their food is still shit

So no, I wouldn't go there

[Orrex]

44. I like McDonalds for one reason and one reason only

The predicatable parade of knee-jerk disgust any time the establishment is mentioned is hugely entertaining.

Ronald McDonald himself could cure cancer and elminate the deficit, and the first reply would be "their food sucks."


This pleases me greatly.

[1-Old-Man]

48. Their food does suck, but their restrooms are clean, so I stop there to piss when I'm on the road.

[HarveyDarkey]

67. Same here

Those are the only times I've been in one in over 20 years.

[Pelican]

73. Ever been to the McDonalds in Yerington, NV?

Nastiest public bathroom in a restaurant I've seen in America...

[mountain grammy]

46. McDonalds was a fun, cheap novelty for a long time..

45 cents for a three course meal.. burger, fries and shake. That was back in the sixties when the closest McD's was 10 miles out on the highway and most Americans weren't fat. Now, we have corporate fast food on every corner with drive thru's so we don't even have to get out of our cars.
Sometimes I think it's impossible for us to get out from under the thumb of corporate America. People used to get crazy about government fluoridating the water but no concern at all about our corporate fast food nation and how we got here.

[jmowreader]

47. Most fast food customers are extremely price sensitive

The reason the Hardees Ripoff Burgers are no longer on the McDonalds menu, is the price. McDs customers didn't want to pay that much for a burger, and anyone who really wanted such a sandwich could and did head to Hardees or Carls Jr.(OTOH, the fake Big Mac Hardees created to retaliate against McD for ripping them off is very good.)

McDonalds used to sell a double cheeseburger on its dollar menu. When food prices went up so did the price of this burger...and it died.

There are mass-market chains (McD and Burger King), midrange chains (Hardees/Carls Jr and Wendys), high-end chains (Five Guys) and casual dining restaurants (the Bennigans-style places). If McD prices itself into the midrange it will die even if it brings its food into the midrange because people expect McD food at McD prices rather than Wendys food in McD wrappers.

I only eat their food about once a month unless they have McRibs so them raising prices wouldn't bother me, but a lot of people would stop going.

If Mc

[reformist2]

50. What kind of changes are we talking in terms of customers? 10% variations?

I think it should be kept in mind that just because these restaurants make certain actions (e.g., removing an item from the dollar menu) doesn't mean they weren't profitable - it just means they weren't maximizing profits, at least according to their models.

It seems to me that if they would only relax their insistence on maximizing profit, they could do a lot more for both their workers and customers and still maintain a decent profit.

[Xyzse]

49. I'd probably go more

Especially if it means it goes to their employees. Still, they have to improve their food as well.

[Avalux]

51. NO. The food is crap. n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

56. No

I haven't eaten at a McDonalds since I was diagnose with Ankylosing Spondylitis in July 2009. There is nothing of core nutritional value or with healing (non toxic no antibiotics whole food) properties on their menu.

[WinkyDink]

57. Don't eat beef. No.

[alc]

58. depends on the price raise

At one point I only bought big macs when there was a $2 deal. I recently paid almost $4 but rarely get them any more even though I still like them as much and a long time ago had one for lunch once or twice a week (when they were always under $2).

I've seen a wide range of estimates on price increases and feel pretty confident that both ends are exaggerated (or at lest pulled out of the asses of people with different agendas). There is a lot more to employee cost than hourly rate. So you can't simply divide that by the items sold in an hour. The actual cost depends on many things such as training costs which depends on turnover and on employee efficiency. Will those be better with double wages? Probably yes on both. Definitely yes on both if McDonalds is paying 2x any competitors. Less so if they are still paying the minimum wage and everyone else is too.

[HarveyDarkey]

59. I haven't eaten at a McDonalds in over 20 years

not about to start now.

[GalaxyHunter]

60. I don't like to eat there as it is, but it would make me go even less.

If I have to pay more for a shitty burger, I'd rather go to a sit down restaurant and get something that taste good.

[AndyA]

61. I only eat at McDonald's when I'm on the road and there are no other options.

If McDonald's did the right thing and started paying their employees a living wage, I might go more often just to support the company, since they did the right thing.

They really should improve their menu with healthier options--veggie burgers and things like that.

[lawwolf]

108. They have tried that over the years

And they have always been spectacular flops. As society changes though, maybe it is time for them to try it again.

[AndyA]

109. After all the negative publicity, it's probably time for a new outlook

Pay employees a living wage, which will make them happier in their jobs. Customer service will improve, and lots of people who normally don't frequent McDonald's might give it a try.

With that, they could roll out new menu items and perhaps spruce up the restaurants a bit. Healthier choices--and more of them--not just a couple, would be an improvement.

When I think of McDonald's, I think of dirty restaurants, slow service, unhealthy food made with zero care, unhappy employees who are overworked and underpaid...not much incentive to go there.

[MotherPetrie]

62. When I have the rare yen for McD's, price is of no concern, so I'm in favor of

raising prices to enable employees to be paid a doubled wage.

[PowerToThePeople]

63. It depends how much they raise prices

I rarely go McDs now. But I used to when I worked near one. Free internet got me there. I mostly ate from the dollar menu. I think my total price was just under 5$ for two sandwiches, small fry, and large drink.

It certainly isn't healthy, I could tell when I had eaten more than a couple days in a row there.

But, they only reason I would eat there is cheap food. If I can get a 5$ subway (healthier) why would I pay more or even the same for McDs gut bombs?

[Iggo]

64. I'm over fifty. Once every couple of months is enough, if not too much.

[laundry_queen]

66. I'd pay $0.68 more for a big mac if it meant $15/hr for workers

That's what they figure the price raise would be on CNN. 68 cents more.

Although I don't eat Big Macs, they make me sick. But I'll eat a quarter pounder. Or a cheeseburger. And I'd pay a few cents more if it meant living wages for everyone.

Can you believe it? 68 FUCKING CENTS.

BTW - McDonalds is one of the only fast food places I eat at - I had a friend who worked in the meat rendering plant that supplied McDonalds and that's the only fast food place he eats at too - he said they are meticulous with their meat.

But, geez, 68 cents. Not triple the price, not double the price. 68 fucking cents.

[closeupready]

81. They are meticulous about their meat, but most just enjoy bashing them

and their food as being "shit" and "McCrap" so nobody here will hear of it. LOL (Which is fine with me since they are clearly a Republican-leaning organization.)

But yeah, I eat there sometimes. I actually like most of their items, though as with others, I can't eat too much of it. I think it has less to do with the hamburger and more to do with whatever it is they put into the buns.

[tridim]

68. 10 years ago I used to get the Big Mac meal for $2.99.. Today it's $6.39.

I already stopped going because the prices have more than doubled while wages stagnated.

[Brother Buzz]

69. McDonald's could double wages and lower their prices

Offering a living wage would attract competent employees that could multitask; they could reduce their crew from, say, twenty, to six like the independently owned drive-in two blocks from my house, and they make real milkshakes.

I'll return to McDonald's when they introduce a quality hot dog.

[pipi_k]

71. Neither...

no more or less likely, actually.

I avoid the place whenever I can. Maybe eat there two or three times a year, if that.

[KamaAina]

74. More

but it'd still be McDonald's.

[closeupready]

75. More likely, of course.

People who are struggling, though, or who are unemployed - they may answer differently.

But as for me, yes, I would def go more.

[dionysus]

76. not really. the only time i eat that stuff is at the rest stops on long road trips

[Squinch]

77. I know it's awful for you, but I actually love the food. I avoid it now, but would go more

if they increased wages and prices.

[4Q2u2]

79. False Premise

That is the false premise that we have to dismiss. It is not either or. CEO's and top executives want you to think like that so they can continue to enrich themselves at unreasonable levels. Pay can go up without prices going up. Short term profit margin can be scaled back on compensation and pay. The good will it produces should in the long term keep profits flowing for a longer time frame.

Someone also mentioned that this would amount to a 68 cent increase in the Big Mac. I would say most would pay that.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/12/mcdonalds-ceo-pay_n_3070833.html

[ileus]

82. I never eat there...I also don't own a TV.

[msanthrope]

112. There's an article for you in post # 18. nt

[Morning Dew]

83. The same either way.

I wind up at MickeyD's on occasion, it's never my first pick.

This would have been fun as a poll.

[DainBramaged]

84. The rare occasion I go is for the fish sandwich 2 for 1 special

which hapens once in a blue moon

[MrNJ]

85. Currently there's 0 chance I will eat at McD

If they raised prices, the chance of me eating there will double.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

86. Not a big McD fan but keeping with the thought of this thread...

... I am dropping my Sams Club membership and going to Costco.....

[reformist2]

100. Yayayay!

[UglyGreed]

87. I read that the cost

of a Big Mac would go up 68 cents. Even though I can't even stand the smell of the special sauce but it would not stop my wife from buying one. It's a lousy 68 cents, let be real here, I rather have the workers be able to live a decent life and afford a burger at a good hamburger joint themselves.

[arely staircase]

89. yes, although there are very few thing I like at McDonald's

fries are obviouly good, the new chicken wraps and the salads are OK. But even in this podunk town I can go to three or four mom and pop joints to get a way better burger.

[spin]

92. No. But I haven't been in a McDonald's in at least 10 years. And I believe I got sick...

the last time from the greasy food.

[nadinbrzezinski]

93. I am still allergic to their food...so no

[murielm99]

95. The only thing I like there are the smoothies

and the coffee. I have gotten those when someone else drove through. I haven't eaten their food in almost twenty years. I have had Wendy's a couple of times in the last year.

[Vashta Nerada]

96. I still wouldn't eat that crap.

[Buns_of_Fire]

97. It's the franchisee's option, isn't it?

So long as the parent corporation is getting their monthly license fees and the like, I wouldn't think that they would care much about what the employees of any specific franchise are getting paid.

I'm not defending or deriding McDonald's or their food, I just wonder if they're being blamed for something that perhaps they have no control over.

[reformist2]

101. A rough tally indicates 20% would go more often, 10% less, and 70% say the food there is crap! LOL

[Drunken Irishman]

102. I'd still go. McDonald's, though, can be cheap...

As a kid in college, who's always balancing finances, McDonald's sometime was the only fast food I could afford (after Little Caesars) - mostly because it was cheap and I could stock up. What I mean by that is I can hit up a McDonald's, order six or so cheeseburgers and a couple large fries and have it all come in under $10. Then I'd have dinner, maybe a snack later and some lunch for the next day. Not healthy, but when you're on a budget, that isn't a priority.

To put that into context, if I went to Carl's Jr. and just got a combo meal (let's say, Double Western), it'd push $10 with far less food.

I'd keep going, though, because I do like their burgers.

[Scootaloo]

103. In theory, yes!

In practice, there's no McDonalds around my area, and the food is vile anyway

So as a principle, I'm more likely to do business with a buisiness that treats its employers well, but in this specific example, I don't give the place my business anyway

[DJ13]

104. Compared to many other national fast food chains their prices are already high

Most chains sell their marquee 1/4 pound burgers for $3 (+/-), McDonald's sells the Big Mac, which is only two 1/10th of a pound patties, for > $4.

Ingredient costs should make it a lot cheaper than the competition's marquee burgers.

They must be making higher margins than the other chains already.

[emsimon33]

105. I would probably go in support but more healthy alternatives without GMOs would make me a regular

I do support companies that pay a fair wage over those who do not.

However, as a vegan, McDonalds would have to offer a GMO-free alternative (which I would be happy to pay a higher price) in order for me to become a regular: No vegan substitutes made from isolated soy protein, but real whole foods that are NOT GMO! In fact, I would love a fast food alternative that serves such food and I would be willing to pay at least double the regular cost for well paid employees with health insurance (a living wage and good health insurance, even for part-time workers) and real, non-GMO whole healthy food and organic, non-treated with chemicals to increase shelf-life potatoes! We need a Trader Joe's of fast food (I mean FAST and drive through--not Panera).

[lawwolf]

107. It would depend on how much they raised prices

With the rare exception of when I have a craving for a Big Mac the only time I go there is when I need something cheap and quick because I'm on the run (and their McDouble and Fries fit the bill). If it was no longer cheap compared to other places (Hardees, Burger King) where I think the cheeseburgers are better I would likely go to those other places in those circumstances.

[bhikkhu]

111. Much more likely

any fast food place that paid a living wage would be a place that I would want to see do well. As it is, I avoid them like the plague.

[msanthrope]

113. More likely. The dog loves one menu item. My 10 year old loves another single menu

item. I'll drink the coffee, if I can find nothing else.

[newcriminal]

114. more often

[MoonRiver]

116. Would make no difference cause I never eat that crap.

[bluestate10]

117. More likely. Prices for food there won't change much. But I would want the

price increases go to salaries and benefits, not into McDonald's profit.

[maui902]

118. Doubling wages would not affect my decision to go or not go

Historically, the only establishments I've refused to do business with are those that adopt policies that I cannot support, especially those who go public with their support of those policies. Example: my son loves Chick fil A, and we used to go there from time to time, but ever since they took the fairly public stand against gay rights, they've lost my business. But I can't support forcing a business to pay higher than minimum wage for their workers; the focus should be on creating a work force and work environment where businesses have to pay more to attract employees due to market conditions. That's what we've lost over the last three decades.

[WCGreen]

122. I just can't stomach any fast food anymore...

The closest I come to is a subway sandwich once and awhile...

[kalisto2010]

124. How can N & OUT Burger charge less for their Burgers..

And pay their workers a starting wage of 11.25 per hour? On top of they, they taste a lot better.

[DonCoquixote]

126. possibly

even though to be fair, I cannot stand Mcdonalds burgers.

[BainsBane]

127. Truthfully, I'm not going anyway

The food is disgusting.

[Blue_In_AK]

128. Personally, I wouldn't eat there more often,

although they really should pay their employees better. I just don't eat fast food.

[Union Scribe]

129. I would probably make a point to go there

I usually don't (I'm fat enough as it is lol) but if they decided to treat their workers with dignity I'm all for rewarding that in language a company can understand: $.

I'd love for what you're talking about to happen, where companies would en masse learn that being fair to their workers is good for their business as well as their employees.

[bravenak]

130. I would go on purpose.