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You must be misremembering the price disparity. A quick Google shows that Switzerland is home to "the most expensive big Mac in the world"[1] at 6.50CHF. Almost double the US's average of $3.99.

[1]https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-big-mac-most-expen...




There's a more current "Big Mac Index" here, Switzerland seems to still be on top:

https://www.economist.com/big-mac-index

Wikipedia has a decent explainer too.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Mac_Index


Nice! Thanks. Looks like my numbers were a bit off due to being out of date. To anyone who wants to know, currently the Swiss Big Mac is 35.4% more expensive than the US one.


So pay is ~100% higher while food cost is ~35% higher. Assuming a $12.00/hr average wage in the US.




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