Why does McDonalds cost so much in Thailand?

[dj230]

McDonalds is kind of expensive here, the cheap sandwiches like a cheeseburger 100 baht, translates to $3USD, even in USA a McDouble is like $1 no? Is it cause the beef?

 

 

[scubascuba3]

It's always been expensive here, partly ingredients but also keep premium prices, same for Starbucks, way too expensive

[Ralf001]

Have eaten this McD slop here.

 

Doubt the meat is beef.

[peterfranks]

Just now, scubascuba3 said:

It's always been expensive here, partly ingredients but also keep premium prices, same for Starbucks, way too expensive

20 years ago all those companies like McD - BurgerKing - Pizzahut were a fraction of the price you paid in Europe.

 

It started only about 10 years or so ago that they are more expensive than Europe

[Excel]

Just now, Ralf001 said:

Have eaten this McD slop here.

 

Doubt the meat is beef.

I guess it is the Thai beef variety , so you're almost correct, not real beef.

[Ralf001]

Just now, Excel said:

I guess it is the Thai beef variety , so you're almost correct, not real beef.

Ive eaten dog meat in Vietnam, McD's has the same/similar texture and flavour.

[peterfranks]

2 minutes ago, Excel said:

I guess it is the Thai beef variety , so you're almost correct, not real beef.

https://www.mcdonalds.co.th/goodFood

 

They claim to import their beef from Oz

[Excel]

Just now, Ralf001 said:

Ive eaten dog meat in Vietnam, McD's has the same/similar texture and flavour.

You mean it actually has a flavour ?  You must have been served on a good day then when they had a fresh delivery. ????

[Ralf001]

Just now, Excel said:

You mean it actually has a flavour ?  You must have been served on a good day then when they had a fresh delivery. ????

Yeah, both Vietnam dog and McD's Thailand taste like wet cardboard with pepper and salt added.

[Mitkof Island]

My question is. Why in the world do foreigners travel half way around the world and this is the majority both tourists and expats and they are eating at these places. 7-11, McDonald's , Burger Fling, KFC, Subway. I think if I remember correctly this is Thailand. A constant diet Pad Thai does not count as Thai food.

[Excel]

8 minutes ago, peterfranks said:

https://www.mcdonalds.co.th/goodFood

 

They claim to import their beef from Oz

Yes but it doesn't confirm that is the meat that goes into the beef burgers that they sell to the general public. For all we know they import good beef in from Oz for the Franchise holders use only.

Edited August 14, 2022 by Excel

[asiacurious]

22 minutes ago, dj230 said:

McDonalds is kind of expensive here, the cheap sandwiches like a cheeseburger 100 baht, translates to $3USD, even in USA a McDouble is like $1 no? Is it cause the beef?

Not anymore.  Was home last April and saw this on a menu board.  And that was BEFORE all the big price increases that have apparently happened over the summer....

 

 

[piewarmer]

icecream at Svenssons is super expensive in Thailand, one visit in 20 years for me.

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, Mitkof Island said:

My question is. Why in the world do foreigners travel half way around the world and this is the majority both tourists and expats and they are eating at these places. 7-11, McDonald's , Burger Fling, KFC, Subway. I think if I remember correctly this is Thailand. A constant diet Pad Thai does not count as Thai food.

Thai food is rancid sht, McD's is a step up.

 

[Excel]

1 minute ago, Mitkof Island said:

My question is. Why in the world do foreigners travel half way around the world and this is the majority both tourists and expats and they are eating at these places. 7-11, McDonald's , Burger Fling, KFC, Subway. I think if I remember correctly this is Thailand. A constant diet Pad Thai does not count as Thai food.

Sorry to disillusion you but by far the majority of their customers are Thai. That may be one reason they can get away with selling tasteless beef as Thais know no different.

[Excel]

1 minute ago, Ralf001 said:

Thai food is rancid sht, McD's is a step up.

 

That's grossly unfair. 

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, Excel said:

That's grossly unfair. 

My bad, boiled white rice is ok but thats hardly a thai dish.

[Excel]

Just now, Ralf001 said:

My bad, boiled white rice is ok but thats hardly a Thai dish.

And that has more taste than a McD ?

[Ralf001]

1 minute ago, Excel said:

And that has more taste than a McD ?

Standalone, not really.

 

but I was not comparing boiled rice to the McD's menu.

[flyDelight]

Don't "eat" at Mcdo it's utter garbage. Eating the poisonous chemical trash (including an ingredient called Senomyx, look it up) from that SATANIC CABAL CORPORATION, in the country with some of the world best foods is beyond retarded.

[scubascuba3]

1 hour ago, peterfranks said:

20 years ago all those companies like McD - BurgerKing - Pizzahut were a fraction of the price you paid in Europe.

 

It started only about 10 years or so ago that they are more expensive than Europe

i first used McDonald's near Patpong 1998 and I can't recall it being noticeably cheaper than UK, many countries had similar pricing 

[MrJ2U]

I use the app.

 

Theres usually some good deals like free fries or buy 3 hamburgers get one free.

 

Occasionally when I am in a bigger city with a McDonald's I have to indulge. 

 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcdonalds.mobileapp

Edited August 14, 2022 by MrJ2U

[Sparktrader]

1 hour ago, Ralf001 said:

Ive eaten dog meat in Vietnam, McD's has the same/similar texture and flavour.

Double McDog please

[Lacessit]

It's a fashion thing, for Thais eating at McDonald's is prestigious. It's like people who buy Mercs and Beemers, when a Toyota Lexus or Kia Stinger will do just as good a job. Obeying the laws of supply and demand, and capitalism, IMO McDonald's jacks up its prices to what they think the market will bear.

 

One of my favorite restaurants in Chiang Rai, the Hungry Nest, slaughters McDonald's for price and food quality, but it's mostly foreigners eating there.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index

[Sparktrader]

Carls jnr is good

[MrJ2U]

3 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Carls jnr is good

I haven't seen one here.

 

Probably Bangkok. 

[scubascuba3]

7 minutes ago, Sparktrader said:

Carls jnr is good

i thought they closed, certainly T21

[Bangkok Barry]

1 hour ago, Mitkof Island said:

My question is. Why in the world do foreigners travel half way around the world and this is the majority both tourists and expats and they are eating at these places. 7-11, McDonald's , Burger Fling, KFC, Subway.

Maybe they like familiar things. And these huge companies are huge companies precisely because they give people what they want. Always a good business model, that.

 

Those who don't like what they produce go elsewhere (but, often, deride McDs and so on presumably without having eaten there because it's McDs etc and they wouldn't be seen dead inside, but that doesn't stop them commenting on something they haven't tried).

 

[stoner]

cheeseburger combo at mcdonalds in thailand is 99 baht right now. 

 

1 hour ago, Mitkof Island said:

My question is. Why in the world do foreigners travel half way around the world and this is the majority both tourists and expats and they are eating at these places.

my wife lived in canada for over 10 years. ate mostly thai food for those 10 years. 

 

maybe she likes to travel ?