Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount.

Roberts, 38, now only gets fast food “as a rare treat,” he told CBS MoneyWatch. “Nothing has made me cook at home more than fast-food prices.”

Roberts is hardly alone. Many consumers are expressing frustration at the surge in fast-food prices, which are starting to scare off budget-conscious customers.

A January poll by consulting firm Revenue Management Solutions found that about 25% of people who make under $50,000 were cutting back on fast food, pointing to cost as a concern.

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    There’s not enough of us for any movement here to make their stock price move.

    They don’t care. It would be a bad use of their resources.

    They will eventually, but they don’t.

    • @UckyBon
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      6 months ago

      Keep convincing yourself that you’re special.

      Are you really that dumb to think your comment isn’t scanned by companies?

        • @UckyBon
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          -506 months ago

          Smart comeback!

          • @foggy
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            306 months ago

            Removed by mod

            • @UckyBon
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              -446 months ago

              Well, I just spent a good 5 minutes in Lemmy and encounter nothing but white trash. I am certainly gonna go outside again, but not of your command, wanna-be-master. I’m not your fucking slave.

            • @UckyBon
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              Of course, because people here hate Asians, as I have been trying to point out. Luckily your racist friends like you. Now go dig a hole please, and drop your mom in it first. You motherfucking racist barbarian baboon brain.

              • pewter
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                How could anyone have known you’re Asian?

                • @ripcord
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                  They couldn’t. It was a troll account.

              • @ripcord
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                No, it’s just you.