teachercd Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 The fast food thread on chicken got me thinking... I think I remember a cheeseburger being 69 cents when I was "a kid". Anyone else remember? Quote Link to comment
Pedro Guerrero Posted September 21, 2017 Share Posted September 21, 2017 I remember they would run a special every once in a blue moon where you could get like .10 hamburgers and .15 cheeseburgers. They didn't do it very often and that could have also just been the McDonalds in my town. 1 Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 22, 2017 Author Share Posted September 22, 2017 On 9/21/2017 at 0:27 PM, Pedro Guerrero said: I remember they would run a special every once in a blue moon where you could get like .10 hamburgers and .15 cheeseburgers. They didn't do it very often and that could have also just been the McDonalds in my town. Yeah, it was like a throwback day! Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 Here's a McD menu from 1970. I would've been about 7. By my best recollection, I remember 29 cent hamburgers and that wasn't single day throwback pricing. I don't believe Columbus had a McDonalds before about 1975. They had those Styrofoam clamshell boxes, white for Quarter Pounder, yellow for Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese and I think the Big Mac was some gold/tan color. 2 Quote Link to comment
ColoradoHusk Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 In Omaha, I think it was around 49 cents for a hamburger, and 59 cents for a cheeseburger when I was a kid. I do remember being in high school, and we stopped at McDonald's for some lunch before going swimming at this old rock quarry in Ashland. McDonald's had a special on their cheeseburgers so I bought 8 of them to eat throughout the day. Yes, I was kind of a fat kid. Quote Link to comment
BIGREDIOWAN Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 This isn't fair, Knapp can't answer this question because McD's wasn't around when he was a kid! 1 Quote Link to comment
B.B. Hemingway Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 6 minutes ago, BIGREDIOWAN said: This isn't fair, Knapp can't answer this question because McD's wasn't around when he was a kid! Beat me to the Knapp joke, damn it. If we raise that minimum wage to $15/hr we'll be paying double whatever they are now. 1 Quote Link to comment
The Dude Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I dunno. My parents always paid. 1 Quote Link to comment
CheeseHusker Posted September 25, 2017 Share Posted September 25, 2017 I remember when they would do .39 and .49 as special prices, but I don't remember what the normal prices were. This would have been maybe mid to late 80s. I also remember it was a big deal when they had double cheeseburgers; they weren't a permanent item for a long time. The quarter pounders in the styrofoam boxes used to be the best things ever. Now they're just overcooked hunks of dried up meat in burnt buns. Honestly, it's impossible to get fast food anymore that isn't horribly overcooked. Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Oh man! The styrofoam! Also, how has there not been a post in here AGAINST McDonalds...I mean I thought for sure there would be one of those! 1 Quote Link to comment
JJ Husker Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 McDonalds and some of the other big fast food hamburger chains are a huge driving force behind food safety and humane animal handling concerns. These are good things that the big packers would skimp on if their biggest customers weren't forcing it on them. So say what you will about companies like Mickey D's but not everything about them is bad. I think if I was shoveling out millions of burgers a year that I'd way over cook them too. E. coli, listeria and a few of the others are no joking matter. Having said that, I still take my chances on medium to med well burgers from time to time. They taste so much better and something has to kill ya eventually....right? Quote Link to comment
teachercd Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 42 minutes ago, El Diaco said: McDonalds and some of the other big fast food hamburger chains are a huge driving force behind food safety and humane animal handling concerns. These are good things that the big packers would skimp on if their biggest customers weren't forcing it on them. So say what you will about companies like Mickey D's but not everything about them is bad. I think if I was shoveling out millions of burgers a year that I'd way over cook them too. E. coli, listeria and a few of the others are no joking matter. Having said that, I still take my chances on medium to med well burgers from time to time. They taste so much better and something has to kill ya eventually....right? This will sound insane but I have a buddy that orders a cheeseburger with no cheese (from McD's) to get is super fresh and a bit let cooked. Quote Link to comment
MLB 51 Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 3 hours ago, teachercd said: Oh man! The styrofoam! Also, how has there not been a post in here AGAINST McDonalds...I mean I thought for sure there would be one of those! I use like the McDLT when it was in the Styrofoam container. Also, I remember when hamburgers were .20 cents. Quote Link to comment
huKSer Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 This was from when I was 7 years old Quote Link to comment
admo Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 On 9/25/2017 at 2:09 PM, El Diaco said: Here's a McD menu from 1970. I would've been about 7. By my best recollection, I remember 29 cent hamburgers and that wasn't single day throwback pricing. I don't believe Columbus had a McDonalds before about 1975. They had those Styrofoam clamshell boxes, white for Quarter Pounder, yellow for Quarter Pounder w/ Cheese and I think the Big Mac was some gold/tan color. I don't care if those things are turtle or bait, but the filet-o-fish are awesome. And WAAY too pricey anymore. Quote Link to comment
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