It looks like they’ve raised the prices on everything about 30% for weekly deals, and they’ve now locked weekly deals into just high margin items like hash browns, coffees and “20% off $30 spend” deals.
Has anyone else noticed a massive decrease in deals?
Been below average for ages
Haven’t been in ages, the deals aren’t worth it.
The reward goes to McDonald's for driving repeat revenue.
Even amongst my 5 accounts the offerings have been very poor of late. HJ's has been getting my coin now.
HJ's shake and win is currently not working.
Also it seems they got rid of their breakfast muffins.
@Muzeeb every time the Hungry Jacks app stops working, I reinstall it. If that doesn't work I assume something is broken their end.
There's a notice when you open the HJ's app which says they are aware of a problem at their end.
13 accounts here and yeah the deals have been poor in general for a quite a while. At least the $1 large fries is still a reward, but that's about all I get now.
I look at the rewards now and they are pointless unless buying in bulk. Everything is spend over $30 or $35 and feed another person.
Do McDonald's Rewards Suck Now?
The straws certainly don’t.
They need to bring back the plastic ones.
They ain't coming back… best to buy plastic ones in bulk off eBay/AliExpress.
They ain't coming back…
I've stocked up…
General yeah they suck, but I got a medium coffee for $3 last week, then a $2 large yesterday. Not sure how targeted it is though
Targeted my EFTPOS Card.
Must be the anniversary of the app. Marketing decided it was time to start milking the app users.
I rarely go to Macca's these days. If you're going to pay premium prices, you may as well get something from somwhere that's actually nice.
It's crazy people pay ~$15+ for that rubbish when you can get a proper feed for similar amount with real food
I find it’s difficult to find a burger for less than $20 in Sydney or up on the CC that doesn’t look like sloppy joes from Billy Madison. This often doesn’t include sides or a drink.
I agree maccas isn’t the best but it’s quick comfort food.
Yeah where I live it's better to go to most independent takeaways or even cafes for a burger. Bigger and better burger and sometimes even cheaper too! I go to a place which has a very good burger for $10 at lunch, including a small juice.
McDonalds have become too expensive compared to kfc and hj
Just checked my app and have a $4 small cheeseburger meal. I think I’ve been getting similar deals (e.g. small cheeseburger meal with extra cheeseburger, small or medium mcchicken meal etc.) for between $6 and $9.
My other phone normally has a $1 hash brown or $4 for a small coffee and two has browns.
So not bad I guess.
All I keep seeing are cheese burger deals, which I'm struggling to eat now. I think the HJs one is just as bad.
Yeah, the last three or so months have been very weak.
Only the occasional deal that I would consider decent.
Good news is that I'm eating less McDonalds
I've noticed the same
They are a nice company trying to save every1's health .
No doubt the trend will continue in Fat Nov .
Yes, good thing I only eat their sh** once a fortnight now. If there's no deal on, I just order 2 happy meals. Coz then you get 2 drinks, 2 sides and 2 mini mains for less than the cost of a quarter pounder meal.
Yup I was just thinking this the other day.
It's just junk food
Ever since that 30 days of deals, the good offers seemed to have dropped off for me
Yep the app deals are pretty underwhelming these days, I only get the occassional $1 hash brown, $1 large fries or $2 coffee when they come around.
YES!!!!!!! 1000000000000 times yes!!!!!!!!
Everytime I check it, I get stupid deals like $7 small cheeseburger meal… and im like…. bro, I can buy a happy meal for $4.95 for the same thing and I get a toy!
It's $5.45 now! I like to get it then upgrade to a large Iced choc for extra $1.60, my kid can drink water 😂😂
McDonald's sucks now. The end.
Makes sense you would want a reward for eating McDonald's.
Some sort of compensation :)
Do people use their rewards points? I haven't used any yet and got an email saying a bunch are expiring this week.
Cheeseburgers.
Or hamburger…… I recently cashed in points for the first time and didn't have enough points for a cheeseburger. That being said, I'd rather get 2 hamburgers for the same points as one cheeseburger.
last purchase was August, current offer $1 McChicken, $1 frozen drink, $4 small cheese meal
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Ah yes this is the correct answer. Hamburger.
@autonomate: In a moment of impulsiveness tonight, I blew 7500 points on a Filet O Fish, which I hadn't had in a long time and couldn't justify paying for compared to other McD burgers.
I used to like them, but tonight's was awful, dry and tiny.
Redeem them for a McCafe drink in whatever size you prefer.
Coffee. Coffee because coffee and it's the best value per point.
Had my initial bonus of 2500 expire while overseas… too annoyed to go back and redeem the rest now
I only just noticed my history tonight, and had 2K points expire a few weeks ago too!
And to top it off, after buying a McFavourites pack tonight, I afterwards saw a bonus points thing I could have unlocked for that purchase. Argh.
Where do you check to see points will expire ?
I got an email warning me of them expiring soon.
Yep. Thanks for confirming. That’s probably why I haven’t been to maccas for months now.
They’ve been pretty terrible for a while now but the latest lot takes the cake. Most of these are 2020 era RRP.
$8 small mcchicken meal, $6.50 Big Mac (on its own), $1 small fries, $2 cheeseburger, 15% off over $20, $14 for 2x small Big Mac/QP meals, $1 hash brown
Is the era of affordable app deals dead?
The coffee offers are still great. I don't bother with their food.
$4 for 2 coffees? The single offers are a mix of $2 and $2.50, I think they're A/B testing an increase among users.
Over my four accounts I often see:
Medium $2, $2.50, $3
Large $3
2x Medium $4
I'm not sure if it's random or if McDonalds are trying too see how much I'll actually pay. If I don't log into an account for a while I get greater offers, like Large for $2 and medium for $1.50.
They do often offer me coffee and hash browns or bacon and egg muffin which I've never taken. Doesn't stop them trying.
Yup basically a quasi increase in price.