Somehow it seems like the food tastes worse than it used to on top of it. These days I wouldn't normally choose to eat at a McDonalds but sometimes that's the option I have and it always leaves me feeling disappointed, especially given what I paid.

The McDonalds price increases definitely seemed to far outpace the CPI. https://www.visualcapitalist.com/charted-mcdonalds-price-inf... https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm