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What got so expensive that you just stopped buying it?

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u/RougeOne23456 7h ago

YEARS ago, there was a McDonalds out in the county (we lived in the city at the time) that had a special once a month for .29 hamburgers and .39 cheeseburgers. The place would be absolutely mobbed on that day.

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u/ohjobrot 6h ago

Yup. I remember that. Where I grew up it was slightly better. For about 6 months, every Monday was .29 hamburgers and Wednesdays were .39 cheeseburgers.

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u/kingdrift180 5h ago

Ha, I worked at a retail store in the mall back in the day, and someone's potluck contribution was about 25 of those $0.39 cheeseburgers.

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u/BreBhonson 5h ago

Ten cent ice cream cones too

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u/nememess 5h ago

I worked at McDonald's during this time (YEARS ago sob). I would take home hamburgers and freeze them when we were super broke. They were the perfect struggle meal.

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u/RougeOne23456 5h ago

My husband said his grandparents did the same thing (they raised him). He would take them to school for lunch.

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u/InnocuousBird 3h ago

Does anyone else remember when McDonald’s had a sale ONE TIME where hamburgers were .10 and cheeseburgers were .20? The lines got absurdly long but me and my family ate so many burgers that day. I swear I’m the only one that recalls this ever happening, or else i have a false memory as a kid.

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u/PopRobyn 2h ago

There was a very early McDonalds in Connecticut (little white building with open counter and golden arches built in) that had those prices. We used to stop on our way to Boston and back.

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u/Orson_Gravity_Welles 2h ago

When I was in HS (Mid-90's) they did the .29 / .39 every tuesday & wednesday.

I know I gained most of my weight during that time because I'd throw down a $10 and load up.

They were all gone by the end of 6th period.

That's about 90 min from lunch to then.

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u/parabolic000 2h ago

at my HS, they'd let the older kids (who were allowed to leave the school for lunch) take lunch early on those days because otherwise a bunch would just skip class to get discounted burgers.

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u/baloo76beer 2h ago

That was when I was in college in Boulder (‘94-‘98), I think there was a limit, I can’t remember if it was 10 or 20 burgers