A Massive Mac might style the identical at McDonald's places throughout the nation, however the iconic burger is most cost-effective in Mississippi, and priciest within the District of Columbia, a brand new research discovered.
A Massive Mac prices 11% lower than common in Mississippi, but can also be the least inexpensive, as a result of comparatively low disposable revenue of residents within the state, in response to a rundown by Veronica Fletcher, information analyst and founding father of Pantry & Larder, a food-focused web site. Conversely, a Massive Mac prices 22% greater than common in D.C., the place it is also probably the most inexpensive, Fletcher discovered.
"States like Mississippi with a low disposable revenue are going to battle to afford even the most cost effective Massive Mac. And areas with excessive disposable incomes (like D.C.) will not have any bother paying over $6," famous Fletcher, who cited her personal analysis and fastfoodmenuprices.com in making a worth index.
A 550-calorie Massive Mac with out the fries and gentle drink runs $3.91 in Mississippi, and $5.35 in D.C., in response to fastfoodmenuprices.com.
U.S. disposable revenue statistics have been factored in to find out the place the the Massive Mac — on the menu since 1968 — is most and least inexpensive. And, whereas the value of a Massive Mac varies, it is a distinction of some bucks at most, versus the greater than $50,000 hole between highest and lowest disposable incomes, Fletcher acknowledged.
Exceptions embody Hawaii, which has the second costliest Massive Mac however not the disposable revenue to match, with the Massive Mac 3.3% much less inexpensive on the island than the U.S. common.
Nationwide, Massive Mac costs are up almost 8% from a yr in the past, Fletcher discovered, according to broader inflation developments.
Menu costs climbed 7.6% from July 2021 to July 2022, with client costs general rising 8.5% over that interval, in response to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.