Mcdonald's Japan Raises Prices For Second Time This Year
McDonald's Japan has raised its prices for the second time this year, due to soaring costs of ingredients and the yen's sharp depreciation. The price hike followed one in March.
This time, the company increased the prices of about 60 percent of its items by 10 to 30 yen on Friday. The price of a plain hamburger rose to 150 yen, or about a dollar, and a cheeseburger now costs 180 yen.
NHK interviewed customers at a McDonald's in Tokyo's Ikebukuro district.
An 83-year-old woman who patronizes the restaurant in the morning and at lunchtime every day said the price increase is having quite an impact on her.
She added that she is also unhappy about the rising prices of supermarket items such as milk and rice.
A 24-year-old student who comes to the restaurant at least once a week said the higher prices are painful but that he thinks they are unavoidable because the company needs to make a profit.
A 58-year-old corporate employee with a limited lunch budget said the recent price increases affect him badly because he has had no pay raise.
The prices of many daily necessities and food items are set to be raised in Japan on Saturday, October 1.