Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went through the drive-thru yesterday to get my kid some food. It was a hectic day and he was good for me, so I let him have a Sprite. The Happy Meal was $3.00, but they added a $.01 “drink upcharge”. What? What is that? I asked the teenaged girl who took my money, but she didn’t know. I didn’t have time to wait and ask.

I mean, it’s only a penny to ME, but damn, they probably make a mint off of charging every Sprite that penny every day. I’m tempted to email them.

To tell them what? Buy it or don't, your choice.

Well, I wasn’t told about it. I only noticed it on the receipt. If a million people weren’t told about the penny and bought regardless, that would make McDonalds some hefty pocket change, wouldn’t it? Perhaps they should let people know about the upcharge.

And chocolate milk has more sugar and caffeine than the Sprite, so...

So a million people pay $.01 equals $10,000. Not much of an incentive for them...

Why on earth do people think the juice has as much sugar as a Sprite?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Went through the drive-thru yesterday to get my kid some food. It was a hectic day and he was good for me, so I let him have a Sprite. The Happy Meal was $3.00, but they added a $.01 “drink upcharge”. What? What is that? I asked the teenaged girl who took my money, but she didn’t know. I didn’t have time to wait and ask.

I mean, it’s only a penny to ME, but damn, they probably make a mint off of charging every Sprite that penny every day. I’m tempted to email them.

To tell them what? Buy it or don't, your choice.

Well, I wasn’t told about it. I only noticed it on the receipt. If a million people weren’t told about the penny and bought regardless, that would make McDonalds some hefty pocket change, wouldn’t it? Perhaps they should let people know about the upcharge.

And chocolate milk has more sugar and caffeine than the Sprite, so...

They don’t need to tell you about it if it’s in their posted menu. I’m guessing there’s an asterisk on the board and you ignored it.

So, you change the happy meal and expect no change it amount you pay? If any, why didn't you ask why the change only cost one cent. Someone had to notice you changed it and instead of just crabbing the milk, juice,water or whatever it comes with, they had to take a cup which costs, fill it with ice and soda, put the top on and give you a straw. They should have charged you a dollar for it. And no, mikidees is not getting rich off of that cent.
Stay away fro mikidees and any restaurant if a cent is a problem. We are not discussing a tax on the soda here, you are complaining about one cent.

Nothing compares to the Insulin upcharge for eating like that.

Ugh who is dining at Mc Doo in 2023?

Cheapskate! The world is on fire and here you are cranking about a penny. Send your email and I will give you a few spare pennies.

McDonald’s happy meal? Why would feed your child cheap trash as a reward?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:McDonalds Fat Free Chocolate Milk:
130 cal
22 g sugar
9 g protein

Extra Small Sprite
110 cal
29 g sugar
0 g protein

https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/full-menu.html

Oh wow. Marginal. WHO CARES!

It’s an extra 1.5 teaspoons of sugar, in a relatively small drink. That isn’t marginal

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I don’t care about sugar or any of that at a time of convenience. I’m mostly annoyed at this charge which is a drop in the bucket, but I’m sure makes McDonalds a lot of money. They should let you know it’s an upcharge. That’s all. I didn’t know it was a thing, I thought maybe this particular store was trying to make money by being sneaky. Disregard.

They did. It was on your receipt. Also, where are you that a happy meal is 2.99??

Look at the dates, PP. This was started in 2018.

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I don’t care about sugar or any of that at a time of convenience. I’m mostly annoyed at this charge which is a drop in the bucket, but I’m sure makes McDonalds a lot of money. They should let you know it’s an upcharge. That’s all. I didn’t know it was a thing, I thought maybe this particular store was trying to make money by being sneaky. Disregard.

They did. It was on your receipt. Also, where are you that a happy meal is 2.99??

So I just went through the drive-thru and got a happy meal and got an upcharge for the juice that's supposed to be included for 55 cents. I'm not sure when they started doing this cuz I've never looked at my receipts in the 30 plus years. I've been buying these. And it doesn't say anything on the drive up menu about an upcharge. The website says it's included with the meal. So a lot of people are being scammed out of 55 cents which isn't that big a deal now that I know. But when you can consider millions of people, how much are they making with this?

Anonymous wrote:This is OP and I don’t care about sugar or any of that at a time of convenience. I’m mostly annoyed at this charge which is a drop in the bucket, but I’m sure makes McDonalds a lot of money. They should let you know it’s an upcharge. That’s all. I didn’t know it was a thing, I thought maybe this particular store was trying to make money by being sneaky. Disregard.

Hey bozo, that is what happens when your dumbass orders a drink that does not come with the meal. Can you not read? You probably were under charged by .99.

Anonymous wrote:I bet it's just about data tracking for that store. They charge a penny so than can figure out how often it happens at the end of the month. Probably no way to note it except a charge.

My guess is so they can report or otherwise boast that their kids means don't have soda.

I live near two McD and one of them cannot explain why they charge almost $1 more than the other. The cashier tried to explain that their locationwas Alexandria City and the cheaper McD was located in Fairfax county, clearly, she doesn’t know the city boundaries.