"scott" <sco### [at] laptopcom> wrote in message 
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>> Time is also a factor to consider.
>
> I think this is the key point, also laziness.  Why spend all the effort 
> shopping and making stuff, when for a couple of $ more you can get it all 
> done for you?  I suspect for most people the extra expense for a 
> ready-made burger is less than what they could earn in the time it takes 
> to buy ingredients and prepare.
>
> Buying in bulk and doing it yourself is all very well, but unless you plan 
> to eat burgers every night your ingredients are going to go bad pretty 
> soon, then the cost benefit is wiped out.  Don't forget you have all the 
> other stuff in the burger, like salad, sauces, cheese etc.
>
>

But does any part of going to McD's outweight the family bonding experience 
of making a meal?

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