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Bodo Lang: Marketing professor says McDonald's personalised prices on their app are counterintuitive
There is an expectation McDonald's will address charging loyal app users higher prices.
Users have taken to complain on social networking site Reddit, after pointing out a $3 difference between what app users and casual customers are charged.
McDonald's says the prices may be different to entice some customers to return to the app.
But Massey University marketing professor Bodo Lang told Roman Travers it's doing the opposite.
He says companies want people to engage with it and this personalisation of prices is counterintuitive.
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