Pringles Can Inventor Buried In Pringles Can

Appropriate, I suppose, for the use — except for preserving freshness. 🙂

Mr. Bailey blamed food costs, a minimum-wage increase and more consumers trading down to the dollar menu from premium-price items. Greg Watson, VP-marketing at McDonald’s USA, said while the Southern-market tests of the $1.09 double cheeseburger were granted at franchisees’ behest, they have less to do with commodity costs than a test of price elasticity. He also noted that double cheeseburgers have been tested in different markets for as high as $1.29, and occasionally with toppings for as much as $1.99, but the fast feeder generally has found $1 to be the sweet spot for the sandwich.

McDonald’s franchisees rebel against the dollar menu, which is killing their bottom line.