Former McDonald’s chef explains why he believes in conspiracy theory that claims the fast food giant is making its food ‘bad on PURPOSE’

A former McDonald’s chef has suggested that the fast food chain ‘purposefully’ makes its burgers ‘bad’ to keep customers coming back for the more expensive items on the menu.

Based in Illinois Mike Haraczwho worked at the company until 2019, turned to TikTok to reveal the secrets about the fast food chain’s prices, burgers and a recent conspiracy theory that McDonald’s has become embroiled in – with foodies claiming the restaurant is ‘sabotaging’ its own food.

He explained that he believed the fast-food giant had deliberately made its $2.89 cheeseburger less tasty so that customers would upgrade to the more expensive option, a $6.69 Quarter Pounder.

In a viral video, which has been viewed more than 150,000 times to date, Chef Mike claimed he had a flood of information to ‘support’ the conspiracy theory.

Illinois-based Mike Haracz, who worked at the company until 2019, used TikTok to reveal the secrets about the fast food chain’s pricing

The former chef suggested that McDonald’s wanted the cheaper burgers on the menu to be “bad” because the chain “didn’t want to make the cheaper food better.”

He captioned the viral clip: “The former McDonald’s chef has a theory that his regular burgers are bad.”

‘McDonald’s makes its regular cheeseburgers bad on purpose. “I’m a former McDonald’s chef and I believe in this conspiracy theory,” he said at the beginning of the clip.

Chef Mike noted that he “realized” why the chain had made a slew of changes to the “sandwich and burger process.”

He claimed that McDonald’s deliberately made its cheaper hamburger options worse in the hope that customers would spend more money.

“So they’ve made a lot of money selling the more profitable items. Why would they want to make the cheaper things better?’ Mike asked.

‘So more people would eat them? Because they would make less money.

Chef Mike suggested that McDonald’s wanted the cheaper burgers on the menu to be ‘bad’ because the chain ‘didn’t want to make the cheaper food better’

The former chef argued that this was all a ploy to get more people to order the more expensive burgers (regular burger seen on the left and Quarter Pounder seen on the right)

The former chef argued that this was all a ploy to get more people to order the more expensive burgers.

“I think they’ve made a lot of changes to their core items, cheap, affordable items, so that when you go there — which you’re probably going to do anyway — you’re like, man, that cheeseburger just isn’t hitting home. Like before, I’m going to buy the Quarter Pounder,” he added.

‘Arguably the Quarter Pounder is the best thing on the menu, it’s better than some fast food burgers if they actually cook them to order.

“But this is why I think they just change things and make the regular cheeseburger too expensive to buy, no value, and not as good, because you’re going to trade up for the more expensive one, which makes McDonald’s more expensive. money.’

At the end of the segment, the McDonald’s chef revealed that he believed the fast food giant was “sabotaging its own food for its own benefit.”

People flooded the comments section and echoed his thoughts.

One person said: ‘McDonald’s has seriously overestimated its importance.’

People flooded the comments section and echoed his thoughts

Someone else added: ‘Nothing at McDonald’s hits like it used to be.’

Another user commented: ‘I haven’t been there in ages. No plans to go back.”

“It’s all bad,” a fourth person wrote.

DailyMail.com has contacted McDonald’s for comment.

Mike’s conspiracy comes after the fast food wars between Wendy’s and McDonald’s kicked into full gear when Wendy’s started offering $3 breakfasts to foodies.

Mike often posts about his days at McDonald’s, previously revealing why you shouldn’t visit the fast-food restaurant before 10:30 a.m. and how menu items are determined in your area.