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From: bccarty@whuts.UUCP (Brian C. Carty)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Mc Donalds Value Pack ?!?
Message-ID: <193@whuts.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 24-Jul-85 14:13:28 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul 24 14:13:28 1985
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> The advertised price of the value pack is $3.85.  At our local
> McDonalds, the individual prices of similar items (9 piece McNuggets,
> large soft drink, and large fries) total $3.28.  They're charging
> you 28.5 cents each for the two extra McNuggets as compared to
> 20 cents each in the 9 piece serving.
> 
> The "value" in the name doesn't apply to the consumer but to the
> corporation.
>    Marsh Gosnell  ATTIS Lincroft, NJ  lzma!mkg

But there are (were) more fries (noticeably more) in the Value Pack.  I'm not
sure just how many, but certainly that must bring the McNugget price
down somewhat.
-- 
	Brian C. Carty 		AT&T Bell Laboratories - Piscataway, NJ

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