Jim Delligatti, Big Mac, The Big Mac index

The Wall Street Journal

The original price for McDonald’s Big Mac was 45 cents in 1967, compared with an average of about $5 today. The fast-food chain put the Big Mac, invented by franchisee Jim Delligatti, on its national menu in 1968.

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Washington Post
“The Chinese eat Big Macs at 9 a.m. It’s crazy.”

Olympic athletes are gorging themselves on free McDonald’s
The fast-food restaurant is the most popular place in the Olympic Village.

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The Big Mac index, also known as Big Mac PPP, is a survey done by The Economist magazine that is used to measure the purchasing power parity (PPP) between nations, using the price of a Big Mac as the benchmark.

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