Thursday, 17 July 2025

McDonald’s Steep Sales Drop Blamed On Tariffs, Not Their Gourmet Priced Burgers or Crime

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Ah, the boogey man Mr. Tariff strikes again!

The latest “victim” is McDonald’s.

They posted a 3.6% drop in U.S. same-store sales in Q1.

CEO Chris Kempczinski blamed “heightened anxiety” over tariffs and economic uncertainty.

Everyone is sitting at home in the corner of their room, chewing on their nails rather than on a Big Mac, worried about Mr. Tariff?

I find that hard to believe.

He says it’s the worst U.S. decline since the pandemic shutdown.

Well, I wonder if something else is at play.

Oh, I don’t know, how about the menu prices skyrocketing from 2014 to 2024. You know, 2024, the year BEFORE the tariffs.

And people are having money issues, and getting smarter about eating right, so naturally they’re going to shy away from McDonald’s.

Not to mention the increased chances of mugging and crime that goes on at those locations.

So what’s the real excuse now?

Why aren’t people paying gourmet prices for their burgers?

Good thing everyone’s income has doubled since 2014, right?

Yes…it’s all because of “inflation” and “tariffs”…  Or is that just a cover to price gouge and get away with it?

100%, eh? That’s quite the increase.

CBS News reports:

McDonald’s, a stalwart American fast food chain, posted a steep sales drop at U.S. restaurants in its first quarter earnings report Thursday, citing economic uncertainty and diminished consumer sentiment.

“Heightened anxiety” about the economy, driven largely by tariffs, is weighing on lower-income Americans, McDonald’s CEO Chris Kempczinski said on the call.

The burger chain’s same-store sales in the U.S. declined 3.6% in the first quarter, reflecting economic pressures weighing on low- and middle-income consumers in particular, McDonald’s said on its earnings call. That marks the biggest U.S. decline for the company since the COVID-19 pandemic forced stores to close nationwide.

Kempczinski added that traffic to U.S. restaurants fell more sharply than the company had anticipated, and that “we’re not immune to the volatility in the industry or the pressures that our consumers are facing.”

President Trump’s sweeping tariff agenda has stoked widespread uncertainty among businesses and consumers alike. Many companies are pulling back on growth and expansion, and delaying placing orders for goods manufactured overseas, as a result of the uncertainty caused by evolving rates, and the on-again, off-again status of U.S. trade policy.

These prices will come back. It’s not hard to do once the problem of the Federal Reserve is dealt with.

 

Until then, you might want to avoid McDonald’s.

Oh, and if you want McDonald’s to fully cook your meat, that might cost extra.

Pardon this guy’s French:

So you can either have raw food delivered or you can go get it yourself and witness a deadly fight or an arrest.

The choices is yours and yours alone.

I wonder why people aren’t going to McDonald’s anymore?

If only we knew why people aren’t going there anymore.

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport.

View the original article here.


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