By Squirrellygirl

January 25, 2011 1:28 PM | Link to this

I told you all that food prices would skyrocket. It depends how far McDonalds raises their prices. I depend a lot on fast food because I’m too tired to cook after working all day 5 days a week. I will tell you that I will go where it is cheaper…taco bell is cheap, and sometimes Arby’s has some good specials…As long as there is competition out there, we should be okay. But I’d worry about the Administration getting together with supermarkets like Walmart, etc…they could put the smaller guys out of business, and then our prices will skyrocket—I think this is Obama’s favorite word, Skyrocket. He used it when he was planning on increasing regulations and making energy prices SKYROCKET, which kind of makes me angry. Why would our prez want to raise consumer prices on energy? Is he trying to kill his chances for being reelected?

By xxx

January 25, 2011 2:25 PM | Link to this

I really noticed this past week how much food prices have gone up at Kroger. I don’t know where this will all end, but I see no good coming to this country as long as the current administration is at the helm. For the first time in my long life, I’m starting to think that I’ll be living pay check to pay check and not saving a darn thing anymore.

By your mama

January 25, 2011 3:10 PM | Link to this

s-girl, you need a better diet, woman! Try NOT EATING MEAT like 1 or 2 days a week. See the difference. Then research how your meat is factory farmed into submission and pumped full of growth hormone and antibiotics. It’s big business agriculture that moves prices around and keeps the small farmer on the low pole

By Skyrockets in Flight

January 25, 2011 3:18 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t feed my dog McDonalds. If I did he would be overweight, brainwashed and always beggin’ for a toy.

By harrykoontz

January 25, 2011 3:45 PM | Link to this

I stopped eating McDonalds whent he surving sizes shrank and then they changed their fries. To much money for to little food. Did I mention their food taste like chit!

By dale

January 25, 2011 3:55 PM | Link to this

People think Mr Obama, has more power than he has . The reason Mc Donalds is raising its prices is because the price of gasoline is going up . When gasoline goes up it goes through the system.

By Common Sense

January 25, 2011 4:07 PM | Link to this

They could charge a penny at McDonalds and I wouldn’t eat that crap. And Sgirl, you do know that there are alternatives to fast food. Like making meals in advance and freezing them to reheat later and there’s always the old standby crock pot. Put something in it before you leave and it’s done when you get home. I work long hrs and do this and it works out well. Stay away from the fast food and live longer.

By TJ

January 25, 2011 4:39 PM | Link to this

I hate to tell you all, but McDonalds is NOT food. It is chemically processed, hormone filled junk. Food prices seem to be rising everywhere, and it seems to reflect fuel costs, and also the freezing cold that has killed the crop supply in the south.

By Ohiogal

January 25, 2011 4:52 PM | Link to this

Food prices - and other things - are rising now because of A) the Fed deflating the value of the US Dollar by printing new money to monetize the debt and B) by people on the stock markets putting their money into commodities, which causes a “supply and demand” effect to kick in and C) crop failures in Russia, India and Africa, which is stressing the corn/wheat/rice supplies globally. Transportation costs are just a component of what is happening. Its not the single reason why food prices (and other things) are going up up up.

By Sid

January 25, 2011 5:28 PM | Link to this

If they were to close McDonalds any time in the near future let alone raise prices the DDN would have to tell me before I would know it! They leave a lot to be desired.

By raiel

January 25, 2011 6:04 PM | Link to this

I don’t even like McDonald’s.

By Jim Ashby

January 25, 2011 6:07 PM | Link to this

If McDonalds does raise prices. Why don’t they give seniors a discount because we’re the ones that bring our grandchildren.

By raiel

January 25, 2011 6:09 PM | Link to this

I don’t even like McDonald’s.

By SHE

January 25, 2011 7:23 PM | Link to this

I read a news article about Taco Bell meat not being meat. Then Mcdonalds meat is something that can withstand a lifetime sitting outside. They add price for tomatoes,lettuce,and other condiments. Why bother. I will never go there if they were giving away food. I can trust Wendy’s knowing that is fresh product and fresh meat. At least knowing whats in the meat.

By Jack Lalanne

January 25, 2011 7:38 PM | Link to this

I wouldn’t pay LESS! Nasty, nasty, nasty ghetto food! A threat to the national defense! All those very obese Americans feed on this crap!

By larry green

January 25, 2011 8:11 PM | Link to this

got to love all the elitist comments about McDonald’s, but I guess if I had a big bank account and lots of time I would prefer home cooked foods, but real people eat what they can afford

By Bill

January 25, 2011 10:15 PM | Link to this

@William, using gay people as targets in a food discussion about McDonald’s is hate speech. Our country has had too many examples over the past 6 months that profoundly demonstrate the end result of vitriol.

By derwood

January 26, 2011 12:35 AM | Link to this

I don’t eat McDonalds at all anyway. Let them raise prices.. Why would someone go to McDonalds and get a soy burger when they can go some place like Five Guys and get a real beef burger with bacon for a couple bucks more?

By mott

January 26, 2011 1:59 AM | Link to this

I occasionally go to McD’s for an Egg McMuffin and coffee. Other than that, McD’s food is about the nastiest garbage on the planet. I wont eat it for free.

By nyc

January 26, 2011 3:25 AM | Link to this

i have stopped there to take a leak..but have never tried their food…i have always thought people that ate there also would eat out of my trash can

By Sassy

January 26, 2011 6:07 AM | Link to this

I am not a fan of Mickey D’s, food. But, I think folks will pay the higher price because it keeps them away from having to cook at home. The kids and grandkids love this place!

By Red

January 26, 2011 6:39 AM | Link to this

I hope everyone who is talking about other restaurants, realize that if they are chain restaurant, they get their food from a distributor. It is processed somewhere and packaged. If you care to see the beef from McD’s go to Findlay. That is where the plant is located at. I am pretty sure the only thing I saw there was beef. I agree there are healthier alternatives, but I would be wary of the big chain groceries as well.

By c'mon man

January 26, 2011 7:04 AM | Link to this

Every couple weeks when I get tired of brown bagging it, I go there and get a dbl cheese & small fries or 2 pies for a buck. I cant imagine eating that slop once or twice a day. Its low quality food.

By OAE1992

January 26, 2011 7:29 AM | Link to this

@ larry green I don’t have a big bank account and I don’t have lots of time, but I try not to eat at fast food places at all. We prefer home cooked meals for 3 main reasons…1) FAMILY time togther 2) healthier ingrediants and 3) cheaper, cheaper, cheaper. If McDonalds raises their prices our family will eat there less than we do now (which is about twice a month)

By Squirrellygirl

January 26, 2011 10:06 AM | Link to this

Dale, why do you think gas keeps going up? Under who’s watch was our dollar deflated, huh? Did you know that Obama predicted our energy prices would “skyrocket”? Why? Because of his increased regulations, because Obama won’t let US drill on our shores but will let other countries do it, and because corn is being used now for ethanol/cars and now instead there is a lack of it for feed for animals, so food is going up, the gas is going up (deflated dollar), everything but our pay checks is going up. Increased regulations, monetizing of our money to help pay off the inflated debt (remember that $1 trillion hc package Obama passed???), etc. Did you know that this administration didn’t even pass a budget last year, passed all kinds of job killing bills and increased federal spending, but they want to freeze it for the next five years? I don’t believe Obama. I don’t believe he’ll hold to the freeze. And where are all those jobs we paid for? If we could cut the department of education (what do they do anyway?), cut the extra newly created federal agencies, cut the money going to special interest groups (like community organizations, communist organizations). Cut the freaking hc bill. It costs too much, Americans don’t want it, and it’s killing jobs. Employers won’t hire people when they have to pay more for hc insurance.

By Mookie Fraggle

January 26, 2011 10:09 AM | Link to this

Swill.

By Squirrellygirl

January 26, 2011 10:16 AM | Link to this

McDonalds is not my first pick for fast food, neither. I go there for breakfast sometimes, but even their coffee isn’t very good. I don’t think the quality of their food is the best so I will pick Wendy’s or Arby’s or even Taco Bell over McD’s. Don’t think you’ll be saving money in the near future because we are all going to pay for what this Administration has done to us. I don’t believe anything Obama says. From the moment he took control of the WH, he has held to a very left wing agenda even abusing the law to get it done. I’m not happy with their attack on the coal industry which will also cause our DPL to skyrocket. I have trouble making it from pay check to pay check, so I can’t understand how people can live on less than what I make. The only people making out are the people who live on welfare. Most of us don’t qualify for foodstamps even when we’re laid off, but if you are illegal alien or have a bunch of kids and have the right skin tone, you can get the foodstamps. I think that as long as our government is so politically driven, we should do away with all such entitlements. It’s not fair that certain people can get benefits and others are discriminated against because they have fair skin. It’s the truth, and you know it. BTW, I’m not prejudice, but I’m speaking from prior experience here. I remember when I was laid off and couldn’t get foodstamps. I couldn’t even afford McDonalds then.

By Sassy

January 26, 2011 11:25 AM | Link to this

“It’s not fair that certain people can get benefits and others are discriminated against because they have fair skin.” Some of these bloggers get more hilarious each day…LOL!

By Squirrellygirl

January 26, 2011 11:34 AM | Link to this

So, Sassy thinks it is funny when white people are discriminated against? Then she agrees with our president Obama and his AG Holder. Remember the treatment of the Black Panthers who were harrassing voters during the last Prez election in Philadelphia PA? AG Holder didn’t do anything to them, even though it was caught on video, and there were many complaints. It’s only discrimination when the skin isn’t white, huh, Sassy? This country will never be united as long as we have racists (not) representing us in the White House. And don’t lie, you know that white people are discriminated against at the Jobs and Family Services, welfare, etc. It’s the truth.

By ntts

January 26, 2011 11:43 AM | Link to this

” gas and food prices are going up because of this Administration’s policies” Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard. You must not have been paying attention (or buying gas or groceries) for the past, let’s see, your entire life.

By Becky in Ohio

January 26, 2011 11:46 AM | Link to this

Egg mcmuffins are all I ever get at MdD’s, so I doubt the price would go up enough to deter me from the occasional breakfast sandwich. FYI to the food snobs out there, Julia Child enjoyed Big macs. One more thing: Squirrelly person is aptly named. She has the Fox news talking points down pat!

By Kelly

January 26, 2011 12:05 PM | Link to this

I read a report that McDonalds was bringing in their beef from outside the US. No thank you, they can keep it. Squirrelygirl, you are exactly right when it comes to the debt and the lies from Washington. Glad to know that there are others out there who did not drink the kool aide

By dee

January 26, 2011 12:11 PM | Link to this

now if they raise their prices maybay arbys price of beef sandwich wont seem so high as some want to think GO ARBYS

By Sassy

January 26, 2011 12:22 PM | Link to this

Squirrellygirl, here is a clue…you were evaluated and didn’t qualify for food stamps and your “fair-skin” had nothing to do with it. Millions of your so called “fair-skin” receive some type of assistance. Why don’t you contact the agency below if you feel that strong about it. To file a discrimination complaint, write or call USDA or ODJFS: USDA Director, Office of Civil Rights 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 (800) 795-3272 (202) 720-5964 (TTY)

By Food is not worth it

January 26, 2011 12:55 PM | Link to this

I’m finished with McDonald’s, we don’t get what we pay for now, servings have alreadt gotten smaller. Also, “the food will kill people”, it’s simply unhealthy, look at all the fat people that go there, they eat and then go home and take their colestrol medicine and shoot in the insulin.

By Squirrellygirl

January 26, 2011 2:41 PM | Link to this

My comments above were called dumb for saying “gas and food prices are going up because of this Administration’s policies” but DDN deleted my reply to this comment. That’s unfair. Gas went up because under Obama’s watch, the FED is monetizing our debt and causing our dollar to be worth less, and they are raising the debt ceiling because it isn’t enough now. Instead of repealing the hc bill that caused another trillion in debt to our budget (along with all of the newly created agencies that will require our tax money to start them up and continue them), Obama put a moratorium on drilling for US, but is allowing foreign countries to drill in the same waters. The corn that should be used for feed for animals is being used for ethanol for our cars. This is causing food prices to go up, in addition to the devaluing dollar. This administration has attacked the coal industry so now we are even more dependent on foreign oil, and that is also causing energy prices to SKYROCKET. It’s not getting any better folks. No matter how Obama changes up his wording, he’s saying the same stuff and his actions speak louder than words.

By fanofsquirrelly

January 26, 2011 2:48 PM | Link to this

S’girl, ODJFS does not give illegal immigrants food stamps or medical assistance. You were turned down because you were over income. They don’t pick and choose who to give food stamps to. I know from experience as well. The people that live off of welfare aren’t “making it” either. Kind of amusing that people think that. You should be happy that you were over income for food assistance, not complain about it.

By ohiodale

January 26, 2011 2:49 PM | Link to this

Do we have a choice to pay for food if the prices go up? I don’t eat much of any fast food but the real fact is all food and energy costs are skyrocketing. The Obama administration has devalued the dollar by printing a trillion dollars to pay for the so call economic stimulous. For example, has anyone noticed oil is just under $100/barrel and the price of gas is at $3 a gallon. When oil was at $150/barrel gas was at $4. If gas hits $150/barrel again expect to pay $5/gallon because our dollar is not worth what it was 2 years ago. I like how no news media is not talking about the high inflation. Last year they say inflation was 1.7% excluding food and energy costs. I don’t know about the rest of you, but besides paying for housing food and energy costs are the main part of my budget. Food and gas has gone up a lot in the last 2 years.

By null

January 26, 2011 2:58 PM | Link to this

Here’s a clue for you, Squirrelygirl. Maybe the DDN is deleting your comments on THEIR blog because you ignore the topic and just use THEIR blog as your own brainwashed platform. Having an unimformed, brainwashed opinion does not give you the right to take over THEIR blog.

By tina

January 26, 2011 3:03 PM | Link to this

I have noticed prices at Kroger go up as well just in the past few weeks. I have stopped eating out so often and I will eat less of McDonald’s if they go up. It truly isn’t worth it. It is good in pinch, but actually pretty gross.

By null

January 26, 2011 3:42 PM | Link to this

For someone who seems to hate entitlement, Squirrelygirl, you sure seem to think you’re entitled to come onto someone else’s blog and just spout off your non-topic views. Why bother setting up your own blog when you can try to take over someone else’s and act like you own the place? Lazya**.

By don

January 26, 2011 4:48 PM | Link to this

harry koontz you need some serious spell check

By don

January 26, 2011 4:52 PM | Link to this

it is not obama’s fault that food prices are going up. he is the best president this country has ever had.

By don

January 26, 2011 4:59 PM | Link to this

i do not eat that soybean mcdonalds food. i eat good food like chitlins,collard greens, poke neck bones and gravy.

By momma 5

January 26, 2011 8:58 PM | Link to this

i have 5 kids 8,7,4,3 and 1 i work a full time job and cook nice old fashioned home cooked meals every night when we do eat out ask my kids were they wanna go every one of them but my baby says subway mcdonalds is nor healthy or good i dont know why any one eats there and if ppl do still pay for their food after they raise the price they are crazzzzzzzzzzzzy

By Jim

January 26, 2011 10:44 PM | Link to this

It’s amazing how much free publicity McDonalds gets. Smaller burger places that actually put out an edible product have been at the mercy of food wholesales for several years. I’m sure McDonalds will find yet another way to undercut their competition.