McD's is a franchise in the US. Franchisees set prices.
I don't know how this actually works, but this can't _always_ be the case if they run national ad campaigns [1] for $5 meal deals, right? Unless they're baking a lot into "pricing and participation may vary"
[1] https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/full-menu/5-dollar-meals....
So? What I said is correct
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I don't know how this actually works, but this can't _always_ be the case if they run national ad campaigns [1] for $5 meal deals, right? Unless they're baking a lot into "pricing and participation may vary"
[1] https://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en-us/full-menu/5-dollar-meals....