yesman@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Hardees/ Carls jr. used to advertise a 1/4 cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato as the “six dollar burger” as a dig at casual dining restaurants.
Today it’s called the “famous star” and is $6.39.
yesman@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Hardees/ Carls jr. used to advertise a 1/4 cheeseburger with lettuce and tomato as the “six dollar burger” as a dig at casual dining restaurants.
Today it’s called the “famous star” and is $6.39.
iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.org 6 days ago
They’ve had the famous star on their menu even before their quarter pound “six dollar burger” options came out in the mid 00s.
Famous stars were more like their signature/original burger (I guess that and the Western Bacon burger) and were priced lower than their premium line of six dollar burgers or even most of their promotional stuff.
That’s how far we’ve fallen lol. The price didn’t just go up 36 cents, their original tier burger either doubled or tripled in price (even outside of a meal offering) depending on where you live and they discontinued the premium Angus beef burger line because nobody can afford it/they continue to enshitify their menu and quality of their ingredients/sourcing.