Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by cylinder714 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:27PM
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Don't you have an identical site with Taco Bell prices?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by sach90 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:30PM
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I do - taconomical.com
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by spiffytech on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:22PM
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Could I interest you in listing any others you have?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by paulkrush on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:40PM
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+1 for https://taconomical.com/ Texas is really divided.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by ape4 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @11:59AM
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Ah I was wondering where the info was from. Nice site.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by foxandmouse on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:41PM
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Would it be possible to include Canada? food inflation has been massive over the last couple years.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by nosecreek on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:23PM
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Not for Big Macs, but if you’re interested I’ve been collecting Canadian grocery price data over the past couple of years here: https://grocerytracker.ca/
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by ClimaxGravely on Saturday January 13, 2024 @04:34PM
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Oh wow! I've been looking for something like this. Thank you.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by btzs on Saturday January 13, 2024 @08:50PM
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This is great! I would love something like this for Hong Kong. The prices here are very volatile due to special offers, etc.
Any plans to add other countries?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by nosecreek on Sunday January 14, 2024 @03:58PM
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If I had unlimited time I would love to. Unfortunately I can’t see it expanding beyond Canada anytime soon though.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by ssss11 on Sunday January 14, 2024 @01:10AM
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Have you had any hassles from supermarket chains?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by nosecreek on Sunday January 14, 2024 @04:01PM
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No, but I’ll admit that is my biggest hesitation in promoting it beyond what I already do. Walmart has the most aggressive blocking (in general, I don’t think specifically directed at my site) and I haven’t been able to get new data from them since October I think. Otherwise haven’t had any issues.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by ThePowerOfFuet on Sunday January 14, 2024 @03:58AM
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You should probably sort the store/city selector dropdown alphabetically.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by nosecreek on Sunday January 14, 2024 @04:01PM
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Agreed on the stores. Cities/locations should be sorted by distance from your location.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by joenot443 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:43PM
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Big +1 to this. A medium fries at Canadian McDonald’s is now $5, it’s madness!
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by switch007 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:56PM
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Wow. $2.74 CAD in the UK.
I feel they’ve shrunk too but ymmv.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by pbhjpbhj on Monday January 15, 2024 @04:12PM
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Seemed to me the same size box, less fries. I was there recently.
AFAIK UK pricing is national?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by loudandskittish on Saturday January 13, 2024 @07:49PM
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Yeah, I used to stop at McDonald's on my way home from a big grocery run and stopped when I saw the fries there cost more than the giant bag of frozen fries I had just bought...
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by Tiktaalik on Saturday January 13, 2024 @08:41PM
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I got a 10 piece McNuggets meal the other day. Cost $15. Wild stuff.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by joenot443 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @12:41PM
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Well done.
Any personal findings?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by orenlindsey on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:07PM
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You should publish the dataset or provide an API to get it. I found what seems to be a dataset but it doesn't have a clear structure.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by ratsmack on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:10PM
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Is there a way you prevent them from identifying your scraper?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by jonnycoder on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:21PM
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Yes, there is a lot written about it. Here is one link I have saved:
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by jrmg on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:12PM
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How old is the data?
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by jader201 on Saturday January 13, 2024 @08:39PM
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Looks like most prices haven’t been updated since March 2023, so about 10 months old.
Re:A site that tracks the price of a Big Mac in every US McD...
by Wistar on Saturday January 13, 2024 @01:13PM
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I admire the crispness and precision of your mapping. Zooming in tight so just three or four McD locations are on screen and then sliding a location juuuust off-screen immediately changes the price results.
McDonald's blocked my scraper when it went viral the first time