'They Don't Call It an Extra Value Meal for Nothing': McDonald's Pitches $8 Big Macs as Diesel Hits $6.23

McDonald's is slashing Big Mac meal prices to lure back customers at the same moment diesel costs shatter records, leaving franchisees caught between a value-hungry public and a supply chain bleeding money at every mile.

⧉ Quick Read McDonald's $8 Big Mac push to rebuild traffic collides with record $6.23 diesel costs as MCD stock drops 14% year-to-date. Kempczinski called Q2 a bad execution quarter, noting a third of locations ignored value pricing and full U.S. recovery won't come until 2027.

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