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Epic Economist, 8/21/26
"Fast Food Got Too Greedy…
Now America Is Boycotting"
"Twenty Americans held up their fast food receipts on camera and did the math out loud. A Chick-fil-A combo that cost $6.66 ten years ago rings up at $17. Two burgers, two fries and two shakes at Five Guys: $70, and "never again." One plain waffle at Waffle House: $5.20. Nineteen dollars for six tacos. Seven dollars for a quesadilla at Taco Bell - the place that used to be the cheap hack. Thirty pieces of Popeyes for a watch party: almost $200, and that was with the app deals. Then the smaller cuts that add up. Being charged extra for a single sauce. The kiosk quietly pricing a dollar higher than the counter. The same burrito sold in three sizes, so the one you used to order becomes the small. An order that costs $23 today and cost $13 in 2014. Eight pieces and rice for $15. A man who has eaten at Five Guys exactly twice in his life because of what it costs. And then the part the earnings calls are actually about: people quitting. Deleting DoorDash and counting the weeks. Four months clean. Three weeks clean. Cooking at home and saying so on camera. McDonald's wondering out loud why sales are down while the receipts in this video answer the question. Nobody is narrating inflation statistics at you here. These are people reading their own receipts, in their own cars, in their own kitchens, doing the arithmetic that turns a habit into a boycott."
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