$24 Five Guys meal receipt prompts debate over rising fast food prices

Customer shares receipt from Five Guys totaling $24.10 for one meal, including a bacon cheeseburger, fries, and soda. Goes viral and prompts criticism.

Five Guys positions itself as a premium fast food chain, using fresh instead of frozen ingredients. This contributes to higher prices.

Former chef Andrew Zimmern explains factors causing rising fast food prices - higher meat, oil, produce costs. Also fair wages for staff.

Ingredient supply issues like droughts and wildfires are reducing cattle numbers, leading to possibly record beef prices this year.

Some defend the prices, arguing if a burger costs less than $12 you probably shouldn't eat it, given high bacon and beef costs.