As guilty as I might be about swing though and grabbing one of those at 2AM I say good riddance. People don't need that cheap of access to fat riddled food like McD's

The double cheeseburgers at my local McDonald's have been $1.10 for about a month now, same with the fries that used to be a buck.

Then I will shop ELSEWHERE for my coronary suicide inducements, sir.

The double cheeseburger hasn't been on the dollar menu around here in ages. It's been $1.29 for at least a few years. That said, I've really begun to limit my fast food intake (counting calories can make you realize how truly bad that stuff is for you), so this doesn't bother me.

i must admit, i still enjoy their chicken mcnuggets on occasion. significantly less gristle than when i was a kid.

McDonald's food really messes with my stomach, but I do love a double cheeseburger... almost as much as I love the double quarter-pounder with cheese.

@ScubaSteveKzoo: less chicken, too.

@ScubaSteveKzoo: They replaced the gristle with extra sawdust. It's better for you.

That's a real bummer for McD's as the $.99 price point is a real crowd pleaser. 1.09 just doesn't have nearly the appeal that .99 does, but it had to happen at some point.

@ScubaSteveKzoo: Agreed. I think last time I hit up MickeyD's they still had the 4 @ $1 nuggets.

Best. Deal. Ever.

Where I live the double cheeseburger is already $1.49. My friend was bemoaning the price increase a few days ago. And fries are no $1.17.

Now the only way McDonald's is getting me back is by putting the McRib on the dollar menu.

I had this same thought the other day, when grabbing a couple DBL CHZ's. Probably the best deal going these days.

I will really miss this option if they axe it. This was my secret weapon against hunger, when almost completely broke.

My guess will be the Dollar menu dissapears, and the DBL CHZ goes to $1.50. I think they will move to a VALUE MENU format like TacoBell/Wendy's with varying price points. (Which would suck)

I haven't been in a McDonald's in years, so someone please explain to me how they can sell a double cheeseburger for $1.00 in the first place. WTH kinda meat is in that thing?

@Barry White Stripes: Do they still have the 4 nuggets for a buck at your Mickey D's? Last time I ordered them (a couple weeks ago) they were like $2.10

@ScubaSteveKzoo:

I'm with you, for the most I have given up all fast food, though occasionally I must give into my temptation for reconstituted chicken.

When the double cheesburger costs one cent more than its single counterpart, you know either something's amiss or it's just not going to last.

@Imaginary_Friend: Yeah, I always figured they were either using the double cheeseburger as their loss leader to get you to spring for other shit or they were just using the absolute lowest quality ingredients possible.

@Imaginary_Friend: I guess they figured that they would start at a loss but eventually profit from so many people ordering the dollar cheeseburger. It's all about volume I guess...Hopefully

meh, I have not touched fast food in a couple years... if only they would have done this when I was a high school or college student.. maybe I would have quit earlier...

@Imaginary_Friend: They don't take a loss on the sale of a double cheeseburger (at least not yet), but they don't make that much of a profit either. The point of the dollar menu is to get people to come for the sandwich and blow money on the real money makers pop and fries.

@jst07: Well I'm glad you were here to tell us what we do and don't need.

@Barry White Stripes, Office LW: the best deal ever is the 2 tacos for $1 at Jack in the Box.

The $1 DBChee has been a diet staple for me for a long time. I wonder if the McChicken will leave too?

I'll miss it, I always enjoyed the fact that during the summer I could get a double cheeseburger and the large drink for $2.10 with taxes.

@evslin: @rickhamilton620: @Methusalah: Okay, I get that it's a loss leader, but is it actually real beef? At all? That just blows my mind. I don't even think it's possible to make an egg sammich that cheap.

The must be making a killing on the side dishes and drinks.

How about Wendy's, I don't see how they can legally call their "Stack Attack" a "double cheese burger" because, while they do have two small, thin, meat patties THEY ONLY HAVE ONE FRACKING SLICE OF CHEESE!!! Excuse me, but I call a double cheese burger, double cheese and double burger, no exceptions! Back when McDonald's had the triple burger, they called it the triple burger with cheese, because you only got two slices of cheese on it. Wendy's needs to give us all our second slices of cheese or start calling it what it truly is, a double burger with cheese.

@Methusalah: Oh by the way... that's only factoring in how much the franchise pays for the ingredients. If you consider paying the employees who sell and cook the food the result may be a loss (depending on how many are sold, the amount the employee is paid, etc.).

I still remember those TV spots with Cedric the Entertainer, hawking $1 Big 'n Tasty burgers. Those rocked!

Does Wendy's still have a 99 cent value menu?

With prices going up like they are, it's not surprising. As I recall, hamburgers at McDonalds, Burger King, and the like never have had huge profit margins. It's the volume of business they do that has allowed them to make money.

That said, even $2 for one sounds cheap to me now compared to paying around $17 for a value meal here in Norway (ok, I'll admit to visiting Burger King a couple of times here, but never McDonald's!)

Our McDonald's (mostly) have the double cheeseburger on the $1 menu. It's cheaper to buy one of those for my kid and remove a patty than it is to buy a plain cheeseburger.

I'd rather cook my own hamburgers anyway...but I can't make one at home for that cheap.

@jst07: The damn 24hr McD's around here cuts off the dollar menu at like 10PM. Just the "expensive" stuff after.

@Imaginary_Friend: Yes it's real beef and they claim it doesn't contain parts like eyes and whatnot.
For a somewhat vague and entirely corporate response:

[cep.mcdonalds.com]

@sean77: They do that @ Taco John's here, wish it was closer to me.

@mdoublej: That's because they can't afford to pay the employees using the small profit margin provided by the cheap food items they stop selling. They also reduce the menu to reduce the amount of wasted food (meat is cooked before you get there and held in a heated cabinet for about 15 minutes before it should be discarded) for much the same reason.

What the hell does beef have to to with a McDonalds' cheeseburger?

Why is McDonalds even using meat for their extremely thin burgers? All the taste is manufactured in New Jersey and surely soy costs less. I'm betting that most McDonalds patrons wouldn't be able to tell the difference.

I'd gladly pay you Tuesday, for a double cheeseburger today.

Hmmm, so I should be buying double cheeseburger futures right now, or what?

If the prices are going up, we must stockpile. Doctor Zoidberg will take a dozen!

I think in the "calories, carbs and protein per dollar" ratio chart, the McDonalds double cheesesburger is a great value. I get one now and then when I need some food and am low on cash.

Plus they taste good.

@Kishi: Well, I guess it's healthier than stockpiling gas.

I had one of those McD's double cheeseburgers (who could resist the price?) and GAWD, it was so salty I threw half of it away. Bleah!

For $1 the BK Junior Whopper is the best deal around, IMO. Lettuce and tomato on it, too. Can't beat that for a buck.

I'm not aware of McDonald's suffering any major financial suffering...they're just going to adjust their strategy to increase their profit margins. In turn, I'll maintain my strategy of avoiding their pseudo-food (most of the time, no one is perfect). ;-)

@Tallanvor: $17 for a value meal? You guys must live like kings. What's the minimum wage over there? I think it would be cheaper for you folks to buy your fast food from the US and have it flown over. Talk to your fellow countrymen and women; our economy needs stimulating.

@Methusalah: Hah! Ilove this one:

" Do you use old cows to make the meat in your burgers?
McDonald's is committed to serving safe, high-quality beef everywhere we do business. Every McDonald's beef supplier - both locally and globally - must meet our stringent standards for food safety, quality, animal welfare and social accountability that go far beyond government requirements. Our beef suppliers are monitored and audited on a regular basis to ensure they follow our rigorous standards.
June 2008 "

Notice how they never really answered the question.

@Imaginary_Friend: Hehe, yeah it seems like they would just be better off not answering the question at all. I think they do an o.k. job answering the other ones though.

The greater mystery is does any actually buy the 6 piece chicken nuggets for $2 when the 4 piece is $1? I see that one on menus all the time.

It never made sense to me that the double cheeseburger was a dollar, but the quarter pounder was like 3 dollars!

the mcd's around me started charging $1.49 for the dbl earlier this year (somewhere around feb.). that's the last i went there, so it's actually a good thing.

i think they stopped putting crack in their food - i don't crave it at all like i used to.