How much higher are McDonald's prices going to go?
Last Updated: 02.07.2025 01:15
The theoretical answer is “as high as people will pay”.
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…
And so the answer is still the same as the theoretical one, except with tons of analysis behind the pricing decisions.
McDonalds is in business to make money, making cheap burgers is just the means to that goal.
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)