If a McChicken can go up, why can’t educator wages? 

Various cartoon and game characters from McDonald's happy meal. Children's toy collections.

This blog was actually sparked by a reel posted by one of my husband’s friends, he’s a mortgage broker, talking about the cost of a McChicken burger. It made me pause and think, hang on… he’s right.  The McChicken has quietly gone up 31% since 2019. No outrage. No big headlines. It just happened.  And […]