A former McDonald’s corporate chef has suggested the fast food chain is “intentionally” making its burgers “bad” to keep customers coming back for the more expensive items on the menu.
Based in Illinois Mike Haraczwho worked at the company until 2019, took to TikTok to reveal secrets about the fast food chain’s prices, burgers and a recent conspiracy theory that McDonald’s has been embroiled in, with food lovers claiming that the restaurant is “sabotaging” theirs. food.
He explained that he believed the fast-food giant had been intentionally making its cheeseburger, which costs $2.89, less tasty so that customers would upgrade to the more expensive option, a $6.69 Quarter Pounder.
In a viral video, which has so far racked up more than 150,000 views, Chef Mike claimed he had an avalanche of information to “back up” the conspiracy theory.
A former McDonald’s corporate chef has suggested the fast food chain is “intentionally” making its burgers “bad” to keep customers coming back for the more expensive items on the menu.
Illinois-based Mike Haracz, who worked at the company until 2019, took to TikTok to reveal secrets about the fast food chain’s pricing.
The former corporate chef suggested that McDonald’s wanted the cheapest burgers on the menu “to be bad” because the chain didn’t want to improve on “the cheapest food.”
He captioned the viral clip: “The former McDonald’s chef has a theory about their regular burgers being bad.”
‘McDonald’s is making regular cheeseburgers bad on purpose. “I’m a former McDonald’s chef and I believe in this conspiracy theory,” he said at the beginning of the clip.
Chef Mike noted that he “realized” why the chain had made a number of changes to the “bun and burger process.”
He claimed McDonald’s intentionally made its cheaper burger options worse in hopes that customers would spend more money.
‘So they have been making a lot of money by selling the most profitable items. Why would they want to improve things cheaper? -Mike asked.
‘So that more people would eat them? Because then they would be making less money.
Chef Mike suggested that McDonald’s wanted the cheapest burgers on the menu “to be bad” because the chain didn’t want to improve on “the cheapest food.”
The former chef argued that this was all a ploy to get more people to order the more expensive burgers (the regular burger is seen on the left and the Quarter Pounder is seen on the right).
The former chef argued that this was all a ploy to get more people to order the more expensive burgers.
“I think they’ve made a lot of changes to their basic, cheap, affordable items, so when you go there, which you probably will anyway, you’re like, man, that cheeseburger just doesn’t cut it. Like it used to be, I’m going to get the quarter pounder,” he added.
‘The Quarter Pounder is arguably the best thing on the menu, it’s better than some fast food burgers when cooked to order.
“But that’s why I think they’re just changing things and making the regular cheeseburger too expensive for you to buy, it’s worthless and it’s not as good, because you’re going to trade it in for something more expensive, which makes make McDonald’s cheaper. money.’
At the end of the clip, the McDonald’s chef revealed that he believed the fast food giant was “sabotaging its own food for its benefit.”
People flooded the comments section and echoed his thoughts.
One person said: “McDonald’s has seriously overestimated its importance.”
People flooded the comments section and echoed his thoughts.
Someone else added: “Nothing at McDonald’s is as successful as before.”
Another user commented: ‘I haven’t been there in a long time. There are no plans to return.’
“Everything is wrong,” a fourth person wrote.
DailyMail.com has contacted McDonald’s for comment.
Mike’s conspiracy comes after the fast food wars between Wendy’s and McDonald’s went into full force when Wendy’s began offering $3 breakfasts to foodies.
Mike often posts about his days at McDonald’s and previously revealed why you should avoid visiting the fast food restaurant before 10:30am and how menu items are decided in your region.