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- Fast-food prices have shot up since the start of the pandemic.
- Analysts say fast-food prices feel particularly painful because they're rising faster than grocery prices.
- As well as commodity costs, restaurants have faced soaring wages.
Fast food isn't as cheap as it used to be.
Gone are the days of McDonald's dollar menu, Subway's $5 footlongs, and NYC's $1 slices.