Homeless Upset About McDonald's Dollar Menu Increase

Homeless people who hang out by the Golden Gate Park used to get 99-cent burgers at the McDonald's located at Haight and Stanyan streets in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood. But the eatery got rid of its Dollar Menu about a month ago. Which McDonald's called a simple business decision, means items on the menu are now too expensive for the people who spend most of their day hanging out on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. Everything in the dollar is now $1.50



I eat less. I have to get more money," said 29-year-old Nicholas Newhart to The San Francisco Chronicle. He was not happy with the price increase and said, "If I don't have a dollar and I want food, I just end up going to a trash can." Homelessness has been a problem in San Francisco for decades. Tension between business owners and homeless people who hang out on sidewalks in front of their stores and offices has prompted Mayor Gavin Newsom and some Haight Street merchants to support a  measure in November that would not allow sitting or lying on public sidewalks, The Chronicle reported.

Some homeless people think the more expensive menu is the next step in the crackdown, though the move does not affect other McDonald's in the city. That means that the Dollar Menu is no longer good. Natalie Gonzales who owns a local Mc Donalds in Haight and Stanya street said that It was all business decision based on a number factors.Customers still complain about the dollar menu changing,


I think the dollar menu from McDonald's should never rise their prices. I think McDonald's will lose a lot of customers by changing their dollar menu prices. Also i think that McDonald's will not be the same with out their dollar menu. Thats my opinion.