Gas is $4 a gallon, it costs $9 for a movie ticket, and my electric bill for a small apartment during this blazing hot summer is over $200 per month. So I guess it should come as no surprise the $1 Double Cheeseburger at McDonald’s is in danger. The rising cost of beef and dairy is something even the fast food giant can’t overcome. In a newly posted interview with The Wall Street Journal, the president of McDonald’s said the company has plans to change their Dollar Menu by next year, and have already begun testing ways of making the burger cheaper to produce.

Some restaurants are selling it with one slice of cheese instead of two, and billing it as a “double hamburger with cheese.” Others are offering a double hamburger without cheese. — Don Thompson, president McDonald’s U.S.

Thanks to my friend — Craig Russell at 94.3 The Fox FM — for the heads up.