
I’m rarely in need of fast food. And just to be clear, I’m an out of touch middle-aged man. However, I am on TikTok and the internet in general, but even that did not truly prepare me for the greed-flation and shrinkflation at Burger King, a one two punch from which I am still reeling.
Take a look at the a aforementioned (pictured) French fries. That’s two different sizes – the small on the left and the medium on the right. Although the containers are clearly different sizes, they really each hold about the same amount of fries.
And then there’s the rather large matter of the bill.

I’m no stranger to the vegan product markup and I get that we were at a rest stop, but this is absurd. This is sit down restaurant prices. For a few dollars more, we both could have had a beer. Save a few pennies, there’s virtually no difference between the small and medium drinks and fries. We also received the customary too much ice and two little soda routine.
This kind of greed-flation and shrinkflation coupled with the fact that the Impossible Burger I got from Burger King is a tepid imposter to the Beyond Burger I make myself at home has created a situation where I’m only going to BK when I have no other choice.