McDonald will increase the price of this article for the first time in decades
The company is the cut of a long-standing grant program, so that customers will pay the note.
McDonalds Recently announced several internal changes to its relationships with franchisees. And while most of them will not affect you, we will certainly have an impact the price of one of McDonald's most popular menu offers:Happy Meal.
The company stated that it would cut a long-standing grant program for Happy, which franchiseed have awarded an additional $ 300 per month to keep meals of popular children as cheap as possible, according toInternal business community. Without the program,Happy Meals' prices probably have been going on for the first time since decades, and change is likely to come into effect from January 1. (In touch:McDonald's makes these 8 major upgrades.)
This is the last of a series of advertisements that transfer additional costs to McDonald franchisees, and operators arenot happy. Many of them spoke of frustration on the announcement, the reportsInternal business community, With one of them indicating "Covid is in progress, and they are worried about taking our Happy Meal grant? This is not something that families want America. They want a value Happy Meal price. »
The Fast Food giant commented on the news by stating that franchised locations set their own prices for each menu item, which implies that they could still keep the prices of even meals even and "eat" the additional costs. same. However, an operator says dissatisfied with the idea: "If this McDonald does not want to eat, why should I? So it seems that the extra cost will be felt by the customers instead.
There is no secret secret that the McDonald franchisees, which exploit 95% of brand locations in the United States, do not always see eyes in the eyes with business leaders. For example, the operators had been dismayed to have to serve all day breakfast for years, claiming their process is slower and they are less profitable because of the full day menu extended. And while McDonald finally listened and indefinitelyput an end to the day breakfast all In the middle of the pandemic, it seems that tensions are still high that the company's leadership has announced that it will beCut several business contribution programs in the coming year.
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