Poll of the Day > I ate a Big Mac today. Bleh. The one good thing at McDonalds got discontinued.

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The one good thing there (Premium wrap) got discontinud a few months ago.

I didn't know that the soft serve ice cream got discontinued. =(
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I used to like the Big Mac, but I think some combination of getting older and them making it shittier ruined it for me. Those things are tiny now. I heard you can just combine other stuff off the menu and add your own thousand island and make your own Big Mac for way cheaper

The bacon habanero burger was pretty good. I also liked the chicken selects with chipotle sauce. I guess they just don't want my business.

EDIT: Typing too fast while drinking.
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trodi_911 posted...

I didn't know that the soft serve ice cream got discontinued. =(

might as well, the machines are always fucking broken
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I'm not much a fan of McDonalds either, though I do like their Egg McMuffins.
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DorkLink posted...

I used to like the Big Mac, but I think some combination of getting older and them making it shittier ruined it for me. Those things are tiny now. I heard you can just combine other stuff off the menu and add your own thousand island and make your own Big Mac for way cheaper

you can literally just buy mac sauce now.

despite what everyone says, mac sauce and thousand island taste completely different

http://www.eater.com/2017/3/24/15048680/big-mac-sauce-for-sale

of course, they straight made a video saying how to make it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=48&v=rcu4Bj3xEyI
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helIy posted...

despite what everyone says, mac sauce and thousand island taste completely different

I agree, but just repeating what I've heard

you wanna see what's in it?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu4Bj3xEyI

mayonnaise, relish, mustard, paprika, white wine vinegar, garlic powder, onion powder
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They removed jalapeno mcchickens to make room for breakfast. :<

I mean, I can put jalapenos on myself, but it's just not the same.
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I miss their angus burger.

Their buttermilk chicken is pretty good though.
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Yea McDonald's kinda sucks. All I like is the nuggets, and they are good, but like everything there they are too expensive.
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I used to really like the McDonaldland Cookies.

SirPikachu posted...

like everything there they are too expensive.

What? I think this might be the first time I've heard/seen someone say McDonald's was too expensive.
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In terms of Kroger/King soopers: there's name brand, Private selection, Kroger and Kroger value. McDonald's is the Kroger value of fast food burger chains. That said, there's 3 McDonald's within 1.5 miles of me so I'll take a Grand Mac, please.
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mcchicken with tomato
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Kollin6618 posted...

In terms of Kroger/King soopers: there's name brand, Private selection, Kroger and Kroger value. McDonald's is the Kroger value of fast food burger chains. That said, there's 3 McDonald's within 1.5 miles of me so I'll take a Grand Mac, please.

Wait, do you live in Colorado? I thought we only had King Soopers here... and it looks like Wyoming, too, but it would be more likely that you live in Colorado

DorkLink posted...

Kollin6618 posted...

In terms of Kroger/King soopers: there's name brand, Private selection, Kroger and Kroger value. McDonald's is the Kroger value of fast food burger chains. That said, there's 3 McDonald's within 1.5 miles of me so I'll take a Grand Mac, please.

Wait, do you live in Colorado? I thought we only had King Soopers here... and it looks like Wyoming, too, but it would be more likely that you live in Colorado

I live in Colorado yes (King Soopers everywhere). Though I lived in Houston, TX and it was Kroger there.
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iwantmyoldid posted...

The one good thing there (Premium wrap) got discontinud a few months ago.

First off, they have a lot of good things on the menu. Second, those wraps were overpriced as hell.
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Their deli sandwiches were pretty sick, sadly once I finally tried it when I started working there back in high school they discontinued them like 2 weeks later.
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Blaqthourne posted...

What? I think this might be the first time I've heard/seen someone say McDonald's was too expensive.

disregard their dollar menu mcdouble (that's like a dollar fifty now, btw) and mcchickens (actually still a dollar)

they are very expensive.

a big mac, arguably the worst thing to get price to uantity wise, is $4 by itself. no drink. no fries.

you get more bread and lettuce on a big mac than anything else, it's why they made the "grand" mac with the quarter pound patties in the first place. something the signature burger should have always had.

anyways. their pricing is all fucked up.

a "deluxe" chicken sandwich is $4.50.

a quarter pounder is $4.

a double quarter pounder is $5. the meal is fucking $8. how come they add three dollars when they're only adding two things that don't equal the additional $3 if added seperately?

one of their value meals is literally just a single, not double or anything, cheeseburger, fries, and drink.

for $4. that's fine, but only when you realize that you can get a double cheese (actual double cheese) and a medium fry for $3. and then add a large drink for $1, netting you more of the same thing for the same fucking price does it not become fine. it because ridiciulously stupid.

a happy meal, btw, is $3.50, and is the same thing as that value meal, and it comes with a toy.

you could argue that all this is still fairly cheap.

until you add a second person into the mix. then the cost doubles, which means if you both spend $7, that doubles to $14, because duh.

with that $14 you could go to the store and buy the ingredients to make the same thing you'd get there, except it would be more substantial, better quality, and more quantity.

and you'd still have money left over.

at one point fast food was cheap. it was cheap and convienient. over time, however, the cheap dropped off and its only got the convienience.
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I honestly don't understand how you can justify spending 7 bucks on a combo meal at McDonald's when you can get a combo meal at Chick-fil-A for just a couple cents more. Wayyyyyy better quality.
Or you can get a Chipotle burrito for around that price.
Most of the time I eat McDonald's I feel like s*** after.

Only thing I ever Like from McDonald was ArchDeluxe which they discontinued Like 20 years ago
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BeerOnTap posted...

I honestly don't understand how you can justify spending 7 bucks on a combo meal at McDonald's when you can get a combo meal at Chick-fil-A for just a couple cents more. Wayyyyyy better quality.
Or you can get a Chipotle burrito for around that price.
Most of the time I eat McDonald's I feel like s*** after.

there's only a mcdonald's burger king and taco bell where I live, so keep in mind not everyone has every place ever
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The arch deluxe
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Amuseum posted...

Only thing I ever Like from McDonald was ArchDeluxe which they discontinued Like 20 years ago

McDLT needs a comeback, styrofoam box and all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac

helIy posted...

Blaqthourne posted...

What? I think this might be the first time I've heard/seen someone say McDonald's was too expensive.

disregard their dollar menu mcdouble (that's like a dollar fifty now, btw) and mcchickens (actually still a dollar)

they are very expensive.

a big mac, arguably the worst thing to get price to uantity wise, is $4 by itself. no drink. no fries.

you get more bread and lettuce on a big mac than anything else, it's why they made the "grand" mac with the quarter pound patties in the first place. something the signature burger should have always had.

anyways. their pricing is all fucked up.

a "deluxe" chicken sandwich is $4.50.

a quarter pounder is $4.

a double quarter pounder is $5. the meal is fucking $8. how come they add three dollars when they're only adding two things that don't equal the additional $3 if added seperately?

one of their value meals is literally just a single, not double or anything, cheeseburger, fries, and drink.

for $4. that's fine, but only when you realize that you can get a double cheese (actual double cheese) and a medium fry for $3. and then add a large drink for $1, netting you more of the same thing for the same fucking price does it not become fine. it because ridiciulously stupid.

a happy meal, btw, is $3.50, and is the same thing as that value meal, and it comes with a toy.

you could argue that all this is still fairly cheap.

until you add a second person into the mix. then the cost doubles, which means if you both spend $7, that doubles to $14, because duh.

with that $14 you could go to the store and buy the ingredients to make the same thing you'd get there, except it would be more substantial, better quality, and more quantity.

and you'd still have money left over.

at one point fast food was cheap. it was cheap and convienient. over time, however, the cheap dropped off and its only got the convienience.

Yea, it's not that they're actually way too expensive to afford, it's that it's too expensive for what it is. I can easily spend $20 for 3 people's meals, and it's not even a full meal.

Burger Kind is a lot better on price for most things, at least the things I like. Like a dollar and some change gets me 10 nuggets there instead of spending $4 at McDonalds for the same thing. Plus, BK has Honey Mustard which is one of my favorite sauces.

McDonalds pisses me off though, because it's usually not much cheaper than Zaxbys, and for those of you who don't have Zaxby's, it is great. It's a chicken fast food restaurant, but they use real whole chicken tenders and wings that are delicious, big delicious crinkle cut french fries, and have the most amazing sauce called Zax sauce. I can go there and get the 4 piece chicken finger plate and replace the coleslaw with extra fries to get 4 big tenders, a slice of toast, a ton of fries, Zax sauce and a drink for $8, which is a pretty dang filling meal. And their stuff is gourmet compared to McDonalds, so I hate paying almost the same price for the crap at McDonalds.
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I've never had zaxbys myself, but I had a few of someone's fries from there and they were far and away the best fast food fries I've had. Arby's seasoned fries being a close second
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helIy posted...

you get more bread and lettuce on a big mac than anything else, it's why they made the "grand" mac with the quarter pound patties in the first place. something the signature burger should have always had.

Because, back in the 60s when the Big Mac was introduced, we weren't a bunch of fatasses who'd eat half a pound of hamburger all at once.

Questionmarktarius posted...

helIy posted...

you get more bread and lettuce on a big mac than anything else, it's why they made the "grand" mac with the quarter pound patties in the first place. something the signature burger should have always had.

Because, back in the 60s when the Big Mac was introduced, we weren't a bunch of fatasses who'd eat half a pound of hamburger all at once.

It's more that people would get a hamburger, some sides, and drink, etc.

Nowadays, the trend towards bigger food items seems to be for people who want only that one food item and nothing else
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The one good thing at McDonald's was that Mulan mcnugget sauce morty
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The only good thing about McDonalds is that you don't have to wait a century for food and they're pretty ubiquitous
Though, if you're spending $8 you should just get a full platter from another restaurant.

helIy posted...

a happy meal, btw, is $3.50, and is the same thing as that value meal, and it comes with a toy.

yeah but the happy meal food is small as shit. My baby brother eats them and I just can't fathom how that fills him up.

Krow_Incarnate posted...

I miss their angus burger.

Their buttermilk chicken is pretty good though.

Oh my gosh I forgot they sold that, I used to love those :(
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ReggieTheReckless posted...

Nowadays, the trend towards bigger food items seems to be for people who want only that one food item and nothing else

The trend for bigger food is largely because the cost of the food itself was at one time much cheaper than the labor costs, and is still the more fluid part of the cost.

If we simplify the math, and assume that a two-ounce burger and the labor costs of assembling that burger are the same, it's possible to double the portion size by raising the price by half (150%), because any increase in the labor costs would be negligible. A $2 burger could then double in size and sell for $3, creating the appearance of an good deal.

Zeus posted...

iwantmyoldid posted...

The one good thing there (Premium wrap) got discontinud a few months ago.

First off, they have a lot of good things on the menu. Second, those wraps were overpriced as hell.

Good things such as what?

And they were like 5-6 bucks and were big-ish. It was an okay deal

McDonald's is fucking gross and their fries suck.
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SunWuKung420 posted...

McDonald's is fucking gross and their fries suck.

hey you take that back
I can understand hating the food but their fries are godly for their price
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-Komaiko54- posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

McDonald's is fucking gross and their fries suck.

hey you take that back
I can understand hating the food but their fries are godly for their price

Nope. They can't even get fries right.
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I havent ate at mcdonalds since 2013. I decided against it because a saw some new mcdonalds locations popping up so I figure the food isnt great(I can eat it and sorta enjoy it but almost every other ff place is better), why not take a stand against commercialization?

Now before anybody says it, no, I dont expect my boycott to have any effect whatsoever, but at least I made a promise and five years later, have stuck to it.

to this day if I get McDonalds I'll normally get 2 mchickens and call it a day.
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mystery meat chicken nuggets been gone for a while. they were so good.

Also trans fat fries... so good!
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argonautweakend posted...

I havent ate at mcdonalds since 2013. I decided against it because a saw some new mcdonalds locations popping up so I figure the food isnt great(I can eat it and sorta enjoy it but almost every other ff place is better), why not take a stand against commercialization?

Now before anybody says it, no, I dont expect my boycott to have any effect whatsoever, but at least I made a promise and five years later, have stuck to it.

pfft, noob. My brother hasn't eaten at mcdonalds for similar reasons since 2008

SunWuKung420 posted...

-Komaiko54- posted...

SunWuKung420 posted...

McDonald's is fucking gross and their fries suck.

hey you take that back
I can understand hating the food but their fries are godly for their price

Nope. They can't even get fries right.

:o
the fries are literally better than all other fast food joints. at least their fries are thin and crispy unlike those soggy trash they serve elsewere
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Wendy's fries have been better imo since they changed their style up a few years ago