It’s a McDouble by name — but almost a McTriple by price.
A shocking graphic exposes how the cost of individual McDonald’s items has surged over the past decade, with the price of a McDouble up an astonishing 168%.
The visual, created by Carbon Finance, is based on a study by FinanceBuzz released last month, which cited average price hikes at the franchise nationwide.
Back in 2014, a McDouble cost $1.19 on average, but consumers can now expect to fork out $3.19 for the small sandwich.
Meanwhile, the graphic reveals how the price of a McChicken sandwich has soared a staggering $199% from $1.00 to $2.99.
A medium serve of McDonald’s French fries will now set you back an average of $3.79, up 138% from the $1.79 they cost 10 years ago.
A Quarter Pounder Meal has surged 122%, while the cost of an Oreo McFlurry has risen 88%.
The Post has reached out to McDonald’s for comment.
The visual has gone viral on Reddit, with customers fuming over the fast food franchise’s price hikes.
“I quit going there months ago,” one enraged Redditor wrote. “No more supporting this bulls–t.”
“Top it off with longer wait times,” another disgruntled consumer cried. “Once upon a time it was ok because the food was cheap and you could go through the drive-through pretty quickly. Price and speed made up for quality. Now, I could just as easily go to a sit-down restaurant for almost the same cost and time with the benefit of better food. We very rarely go there now.”
A third fumed: “It’s cheaper to get a Double Double Cheeseburger Meal at In ‘N Out (where there’s way more employees working) than it is to get a Quarter Pounder Meal with kiosks everywhere… it’s not even real food. So f–king processed.”
According to the Finance Buzz, McDonald’s was only one of a number of fast food franchises whose prices had risen more than the rate of inflation.
While McDonald’s was the worst offender — tripling the rate of inflation, according to FinanceBuzz — Popeyes, Taco Bell, Chipotle and Jimmy John’s raised the prices of their menu items at more than double the actual inflation rate, the study found.
FinanceBuzz acknowledged that it is “difficult to accurately source historical data to compare to the present” since “McDonald’s franchisees are given a high level of autonomy in setting menu prices for individual locations.”
They thus declared: “As such, our team collected additional historical data points related to McDonald’s and applied certain adjustments to the final data to create a reasonable representation of national pricing trends over time for the chain.”
