Originally Posted by
dartagnan
Near me (STL city) the McDouble is $1. The double cheeseburger is $1.29. That doesn't make any sense, but whatever. By comparison, a cheeseburger is $.99
IIRC, when McDonalds first opened in my hometown, a hamburger was $.15 and a cheesburger was $0.19, so a slice of cheese was $0.04. That was a 34% addition. Now on a sandwich with an additional patty, it's a 29% addition. Might be fair, but I think Mickey D's makes a disproportionate amount of its profits on cheese.