The last few times I’ve had anything from any fast food restaurant, I really didn’t enjoy it. I used to be someone who ate fast food multiple times a week and always enjoyed it but now the food just doesn’t taste as good. It doesn’t matter which fast food place it comes from either. For example, I used to like Baconators from Wendy’s but the last one I had, the meat tasted gross and I couldn’t even finish the burger. Same thing for Taco Bell, the meat tasted gross on my Tacos last time I had it. I mean the meat has probably always been low quality and gross at these places but now it tastes even worse than it used to. It could just be my imagination but I don’t think so. I’ve almost completely stopped eating fast food now because it’s been so bad the last few times I’ve had it.
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Just you. The quality has not gotten worse.
The service has, certainly. But generally, no, the food quality has not gotten worse. Some spots, sure.
Lowering quality and also much much more expensive.
I have also noticed a decline in fast food quality. But part of that is where I live.
Its been getting worse quality and smaller portions for some time now. And takes longer and more expensive.
Not just you, and not just fast food. Everything has gotten more expensive and worse, a process called “enshittification.” My mom and I were just talking about it – it seems like companies are opting for lower-quality (cheaper) ingredients to preserve profits.
In Australia it has become super expensive, smaller portions sizes and much poorer quality.
sometimes I wonder if McDonald’s tasted better when I was a kid just because I remember it so fondly. When I ate it the most as an adult it was because it was just the most convenient (school and work had me too busy to cook regularly). I think just that experience changed it for me.
That said, I do think changes to suppliers and shrinkage of portions and cost cutting could change how things taste.
I had Wendy’s recently and instead of a big juicy square patty it’s now a smaller, thicker dry meat slab.
The only place that’s still quite good is Culver’s
Agreed, and can also no longer do Wendy’s. It really was inedible crap the last few times I got it and I used to love it.