Why did Burger King's value menu items go up?

Question

Some of them are now $1.39 and $1.49

Answer 1

i dont know but burger king is the bomb so i dont mind paying ten cents more

Answer 2

I don't know for a fact but i would think if could be explained by inflation and increasing gas prices (resulting from the need to transport the ingredients to the stores)

Answer 3

In Canada they don't even have dollar menus.  The cost of fast food has slowly risen over the past 5 years.  A combo used to cost me under 4 bucks but the last time I went to a fast food place a combo cost me almost 7 bucks !  I can't afford it anymore and maybe that's a good thing because it's full of fat anyways.

Answer 4

Everything will eventually go up. I heard that the dollar menus are not going to last much longer because they are not profitable to the companies.You may have already noticed the increase by 30 to 40 cents or so.

Answer 5

its called inflation, everything has gone up.

Answer 6

Profitability.

Many food commodity prices have skyrocketed in the last year.  For example, the cost of wheat has gone up 800% (yes, 800) in the last year.  Therefore, the cost of bread & buns has gone up as well.  Beef, cheese, etc. also going up.