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		McDonald's Canada offering 67 cent hamburgers all day today. Fine, I'll take 50 (ctvnews.ca)		77
		More: Cool, franchisee Ron McLellan, fast food chain, McDonald's, Hamburger, Fast food restaurant, French fries, McDonald, Burger King

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Tr0mBoNe

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2017-08-16 9:52:48 AM

How will they manage with only a 330% profit margin on those? I didn't think fast food do the whole "loss leader" thing.

Petit_Merdeux

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2017-08-16 10:21:57 AM

$0.67 Canadian?

What's that, like ten cents USD?

sno man

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2017-08-16 10:42:27 AM

Bet they're still making a profit... they are wee.

KarmicDisaster

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2017-08-16 10:47:58 AM

Gah

turbocucumber

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2017-08-16 10:51:05 AM

Still wouldn't buy one if I was in Canada.

mooseyfate

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2017-08-16 12:45:49 PM

Bo-bandy approves.

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute

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2017-08-16 12:46:10 PM

So they have a longer name north of the border, eh?

ChipNASA

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2017-08-16 12:46:36 PM

SUBBY

GrymRpr

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2017-08-16 12:48:29 PM

                                                 and I, wish it was Wednesday
                                                 so I could get a hamburger for
                                                     29 cent! at McDonalds
                                                                  (baby!)

clodcomplex

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2017-08-16 12:48:47 PM

Three for a loonie?

Feel_the_velvet

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2017-08-16 12:52:22 PM

I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs

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2017-08-16 12:53:34 PM

I watched Founder. I love Michael "She Touched My Peppy, Steve" Keaton. Ray Kroc, not nearly so much.

fastfxr

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2017-08-16 12:53:45 PM

Feel_the_velvet: I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today

Damnit.

What the hell was that

Smartest (5) Funniest (0)

2017-08-16 12:55:20 PM

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: I watched Founder. I love Michael "She Touched My Peppy, Steve" Keaton. Ray Kroc, not nearly so much.

I just watched that last night. There's no doubt Kroc pulled a few dick moves but he wanted to achieve a vision the brothers couldn't or wouldn't.

RolandTGunner

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2017-08-16 12:57:19 PM

Coincidentally, yesterday the memo went out to clean out back of the freezers and get rid of all the expired patties....

lake_huron

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2017-08-16 12:57:23 PM

clodcomplex: Three for a loonie?

Toonie

FuLinHyu

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2017-08-16 12:57:25 PM

Bet that would provide adequate sustenance for a Dr. Who marathon.

AUAIOMRN

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2017-08-16 1:00:07 PM

I remember in the 90s when they did a 25 cent hamburger day. Was a good day to be a teenager.

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs

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2017-08-16 1:00:30 PM

What the hell was that: Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: I watched Founder. I love Michael "She Touched My Peppy, Steve" Keaton. Ray Kroc, not nearly so much.

I just watched that last night. There's no doubt Kroc pulled a few dick moves but he wanted to achieve a vision the brothers couldn't or wouldn't.

I'm not going to be a spoiler but I hope you watched the credits. Or the final roll to the credits.

eas81

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2017-08-16 1:01:33 PM

Fireproof

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2017-08-16 1:02:50 PM

AUAIOMRN: I remember in the 90s when they did a 25 cent hamburger day. Was a good day to be a teenager.

Was gonna say, I feel like the plain ones were still under a dollar as recently as 2000ish, At some point I moved up to the "grown-up" burgers and never looked back, but I have no idea what they go for now.

SirEattonHogg

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2017-08-16 1:03:07 PM

AUAIOMRN: I remember in the 90s when they did a 25 cent hamburger day. Was a good day to be a teenager.

Yeah, but BK had the one buck whopper at the time so....

But yes, indeed to was a good time to be in my late teens, early twenties and not give a fark about my health.

What the hell was that

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2017-08-16 1:05:06 PM

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: What the hell was that: Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: I watched Founder. I love Michael "She Touched My Peppy, Steve" Keaton. Ray Kroc, not nearly so much.

I just watched that last night. There's no doubt Kroc pulled a few dick moves but he wanted to achieve a vision the brothers couldn't or wouldn't.

I'm not going to be a spoiler but I hope you watched the credits. Or the final roll to the credits.

I'll have to check again. I did watch some of the credits where they explained what happened to people afterwards. But I can't think of what you're referring to.

ElwoodCuse

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2017-08-16 1:06:41 PM

You people are pigs! I promise that I will personally spit in every 50th burger

pearls before swine

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2017-08-16 1:06:48 PM

$0.53 US. Looks like the nearest McDonald's Canada is 22 hour drive. Someone should have told me about this yesterday. Free National Parks all year, and almost free hamburgers today. What a country!

Don't Lag Me Bro

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2017-08-16 1:11:47 PM

From what I understand, McDonald's Canada is doing very well, better than their US counterparts by most metrics.
I like the self order kiosks they put in a few of our restaurants. I can punch in what I want without a 14 year old screwing it up, which was like every time.

buckeyebrain

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2017-08-16 1:12:08 PM

ElwoodCuse: You people are pigs! I promise that I will personally spit in every 50th burger

1 in 50? I'll take those odds.

ChadM89

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2017-08-16 1:13:50 PM

I remember back in like '98 or '99 when they had these radio commercials where a guy who was supposed to be like Nostradamus was talking about 29-cent hurmbaggers and 39-cent cheesebaggers. It was funny. And I ate a lot of those cheap-ass cheesebaggers.

oldfarthenry

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2017-08-16 1:15:24 PM

So that explains why all the ~~fat~~ cholesterolly-enhanced people didn't show up at the office today.

ProvostZakharov

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2017-08-16 1:16:07 PM

Reporting here from the front lines. This was shortly after 11am at a time when there is usually no line. There was a maximum of 3 burgers per visit and regular price on these burgers is $1.49. So people were standing in a 100+ person slow-moving lineup to save a maximum of $2.46.

/they were delicious

kobrakai

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2017-08-16 1:16:53 PM

LostInTO

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2017-08-16 1:17:07 PM

Don't Lag Me Bro: From what I understand, McDonald's Canada is doing very well, better than their US counterparts by most metrics.
I like the self order kiosks they put in a few of our restaurants. I can punch in what I want without a 14 year old screwing it up, which was like every time.

Yeah, but the 14 year olds are the ones cooking and packing up the meal, so while your chances are better, your still pretty much screwed.

Shrink

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2017-08-16 1:24:05 PM

pearls before swine: $0.53 US. Looks like the nearest McDonald's Canada is 22 hour drive. Someone should have told me about this yesterday. Free National Parks all year, and almost free hamburgers today. What a country!

I'm in SE Michigan visiting my parents and can get to a Windsor, Ontario McDonald's in about 20 minutes. I'll pick some up for you.

/loves me some McDonald's cheeseburgers and double cheeseburgers, especially after they've been sitting under the heat lamp for 5-10 minutes
//suck it, haters

Don't Lag Me Bro

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2017-08-16 1:24:22 PM

LostInTO: Don't Lag Me Bro: From what I understand, McDonald's Canada is doing very well, better than their US counterparts by most metrics.
I like the self order kiosks they put in a few of our restaurants. I can punch in what I want without a 14 year old screwing it up, which was like every time.

Yeah, but the 14 year olds are the ones cooking and packing up the meal, so while your chances are better, your still pretty much screwed.

Well at least it eliminates the step of English comprehension and punching buttons into a computer. That part is hard for 14 year olds.

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute

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2017-08-16 1:24:39 PM

ProvostZakharov: Reporting here from the front lines. This was shortly after 11am at a time when there is usually no line. There was a maximum of 3 burgers per visit and regular price on these burgers is $1.49. So people were standing in a 100+ person slow-moving lineup to save a maximum of $2.46.

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/they were delicious

Of course they were. Canadians are the cheapest bastages on the planet. As a waiter, If you do get a tip its usually only 10%

yet_another_wumpus

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2017-08-16 1:28:34 PM

Tr0mBoNe: How will they manage with only a 330% profit margin on those? I didn't think fast food do the whole "loss leader" thing.

They could sell $1.00 double cheesburgers all day for years. Then they decided that two slices of 'cheezefud' was too much and created the "McDouble" that was missing one, also $1.00. Last I heard, only some stores will still sell you two for $2.00.

They aren't losing money on $0.68 hamburgers. Especially if running at capacity. Long lines mean profits.

Ker_Thwap

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2017-08-16 1:28:56 PM

My guilty pleasure is two McDonalds cheeseburgers, no onions. About three times a year, to get my sugary salty fat fix.

oldfarthenry

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2017-08-16 1:36:54 PM

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute: Canadians are the cheapest bastages on the planet. As a waiter, If you do get a tip its usually only 10%

Noop. You're just a sh*tty waiter. 120lbs too-entitled for the jorb, perhaps?

Contrabulous Flabtraption

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2017-08-16 1:37:05 PM

Ker_Thwap: My guilty pleasure is two McDonalds cheeseburgers, no onions. About three times a year, to get my sugary salty fat fix.

The ones 'round here do a McDouble & sml fries for $2.50. Tis a pretty good deal

bighairyguy

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2017-08-16 1:37:30 PM

There was a McDonalds that did 15 cent burgers all summer when I was in college. Triple digit orders just from us were common.

idrow

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2017-08-16 1:37:36 PM

Does Canada have to win at everything? Quit rubbing it in our faces, dammit.

Jiro Dreams Of McRibs

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2017-08-16 1:47:58 PM

What the hell was that: Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: What the hell was that: Jiro Dreams Of McRibs: I watched Founder. I love Michael "She Touched My Peppy, Steve" Keaton. Ray Kroc, not nearly so much.

I just watched that last night. There's no doubt Kroc pulled a few dick moves but he wanted to achieve a vision the brothers couldn't or wouldn't.

I'm not going to be a spoiler but I hope you watched the credits. Or the final roll to the credits.

I'll have to check again. I did watch some of the credits where they explained what happened to people afterwards. But I can't think of what you're referring to.

One word. Perpetuity.

Mad Canadian

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2017-08-16 1:52:49 PM

AUAIOMRN: I remember in the 90s when they did a 25 cent hamburger day. Was a good day to be a teenager.

Wait, I thought it was in the early 80's?

The first four were consumed rather quickly, the second four were more normally paced.

The last four, my dad was laughing at me...

Mole Man

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2017-08-16 1:56:52 PM

EC correct?

rockymountainrider

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2017-08-16 1:58:06 PM

I'll drive over in my 50 year old car to get a dozen...

\are they in the styrofoam boxes?
\\Dennis Leary style
\\\3rd for fun

good_2_go

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2017-08-16 1:58:48 PM

Four Horsemen of the Domestic Dispute: Canadians are the cheapest bastages on the planet. As a waiter, If you do get a tip its usually only 10%

Lemme guess. You're in Florida?

SirMadness

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2017-08-16 1:59:11 PM

Petit_Merdeux: $0.67 Canadian?

What's that, like ten cents USD?

You forgot 'looks like monopoly money' and 'Why the Queen?'

/bags
//boot
///eh?

eas81

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2017-08-16 2:00:05 PM

Got this pic from one just a few miles away XD

mod3072

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2017-08-16 2:04:07 PM

McDonald's food is so terrible that they've become only the most successful restaurant chain in all of human history. Of course, their offerings are far too childish and pedestrian for a person of my superior and exquisitely refined tastes. I only eat hamburgers from a local burger joint that I'm sure you've never heard of. They only have one table and refuse to serve more than 3 customers per day. You have to make reservations at least 15 years in advance. Only burger on the planet worth eating, and anyone who says otherwise is an uncivilized brute who would probably eat rat if someone coated it in batter and fried it in lard.

advres

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2017-08-16 2:06:30 PM

I remember once as a kid in the 80s. They did some promo like this, maybe .29 hamburgers and .39 cheeseburgers or something like that. My mom came home with a sack of 30 and told us to help ourselves. For someone working two jobs and dealing with 3 young boys, that little reprieve from dinner was worth the $15 or so. And we were stoked for McDonalds without even asking for it.

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