AP Spotlight McDonald’s $5 meal coming in June to counter customers’ beef with high prices. Here’s what you get DEE-ANN DURBIN Associated Press May 17, 2024 May 17, 2024 Updated Apr 8, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save McDonald’s plans to introduce a $5 meal deal in the U.S. next month to counter slowing sales and customers’ frustration with high prices.kAm%96 562= H@F=5 =6E 4FDE@>6CD 86E 2 7@FC\A:646 |4}F886E[ D>2== 7C:6D[ 2 D>2== 5C:?< 2?5 6:E96C 2 |4s@F3=6 3FC86C @C 2 |4r9:4<6? D2?5H:49 7@C Sd :? >@DE 2C62D[ 244@C5:?8 E@ 2 A6CD@? 72>:=:2C H:E9 E96 562= H9@ H2D?’E 2FE9@C:K65 E@ 5:D4FDD :ED 56E2:=D]k^Am kAm%96 >@?E9=@?8 562= :D D4965F=65 E@ 368:? yF?6 ad 2?5 H:== 36 25G6CE:D65 ?2E:@?2==J] $@>6 DE@C6D H:E9 9:896C 4@DED[ =:<6 E9@D6 :? r2=:7@C?:2 @C w2H2::[ >2J 492C86 >@C6[ E96 A6CD@? 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Target to lower prices on about 5,000 basic goods as inflation sends customers scrounging for deals Target plans on cutting prices on consumer basics ranging from diapers to milk with Americans paying closer attention to their spending as inf…
Fast-food prices have skyrocketed. Here's a look at how much they've climbed Fast food has long been a staple of American diets because it is — or was — so inexpensive.
McDonald’s: $18 Big Mac meal an ‘exception,’ promises more deals are coming That viral $18 burger? A whopper of an exaggeration, McDonald’s insists.
