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石油价格在跌,消费者市场在猥琐,合同订单不断减少;
这个时候,麦当劳竟然还涨价!什么世道阿
不信,请看彭博咨讯报道
McDonald’s Boosts Double Cheeseburger Price on Costs
价格从1刀上升到1.19刀,不过,有关人士怀疑麦当劳是否有权利干涉特许经营商的价格决定,相关人士预期,Double Cheeseburger 价格会上升到1.39 甚至是 1.49 刀
理由很简单:成本上升
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原文节选:
Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- McDonald’s Corp. will increase the price of its $1 double cheeseburger to $1.19 in December to cover rising costs, ending the sandwich’s run as the top-selling item on the six-year-old dollar menu.
The world’s biggest restaurant company will replace the double cheeseburger with the McDouble. The new sandwich consists of two beef patties and a single slice of cheese, or one slice less than the double, Greg Watson, McDonald’s vice president of U.S. marketing, said today in a telephone interview.
Restaurant operators spend about 6 cents on a slice of cheese, an expense that emerged as the focus of franchisees’ pressure on McDonald’s to raise dollar-menu prices for the first time. Chief Executive Officer Jim Skinner and Chief Operating Officer Ralph Alvarez met with franchisee leaders last month as part of efforts to cover higher costs while preventing customers from switching to rivals’ cheaper burgers.
The price of cheese was “part of the driving factor that said we need to be smart about the changes and find a solution that’s going to keep our customers happy as well as make sure our owner-operators are financially sound,” Watson said. “This solution allows us to strike that balance.”
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The dollar menu, which consists of eight items that generate about 14 percent of McDonald’s sales, helped third- quarter profit exceed analysts’ estimates. In addition, consumers stretched by higher food costs bought chicken sandwiches, small orders of French fries and other $1 items during October when U.S. comparable-store sales climbed 5.3 percent, faster than some analysts expected.
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“McDonald’s has no authority to tell franchisees what to charge for the double cheese,” Adams said in a Nov. 11 telephone interview. “A lot of people are going to $1.39 to $1.49.” |
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