Amazon, Starbucks, McDonald’s show how jittery US customers are about the economy

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1. fuck amazon i buy what i need somewhere else, fuck starbucks i make my own coffee, fuck McDonald’s my burgers taste better.

   Im doing my part

2. Fast food used to be something I didn’t think about, but since Popeyes charges 10 bucks for a 2pc meal, Taco Bell becoming more expensive than my local Mexican takeout, Panda Express being 50% more than the cost of local Chinese takeout, and McDonald’s meal being more expensive than ever, I’ve just started to skip meals.

3. Starbucks sucks ass it’s so pricey for gross coffee

4. We are plunging head long into a deep recession. Interest rates are high. The housing market is retracting with a steep fall in purchasing. Huge corporations are engaging in mass layoffs.

   When can we stop pretending this is a “good economy.” Is it that we have to wait until after Biden loses in November because of of the Gaza genocides he is helping perpetuate… or what?

5. They’re not “jittery”, you’re charging $8 bucks for a shake masquerading as coffee and $15 for a crummy burger, small fry and drink.

   There are limits. And on the high end [Nestle is apparently eating their lunch](https://boston.eater.com/2024/4/4/24120992/blue-bottle-boston-unionization).