If we're already seeing dynamic burger pricing based on market rates, does McDonald's also plan on offering a burger derivative market so customers can hedge their pricing risk in case unforeseen events cause the burger price to skyrocket?

Price surging exploits inertial social pressure. If you are out with a group, it is hard to opt out even if the situation feels like you are being taken advantage of in the moment.

Fort. for most of us smart ones, havnt ventured to a McDs in a few years. They have aged like milk. Cant wait for them to die on the vine.

Maybe instead of spending money on AI to squeeze as much profit as possible you could just fix your self ordering kiosks to not suck? They are painfully slow to the point where you have to click things multiple times because it doesn't register and then when it does wake up it registers the second click on some unrelated thing that you have to undo. Plus half the time the card reader doesn't work so you have to pay at the counter anyways, which they don't staff so it takes forever to flag someone down.

Soon you'll need to bring your own agent to negotiate the price of your Big Mac.

Or you could just go somewhere with better food, better prices, and no AI.