McDonald's Dollar Menu Goes Bye Bye

[Pink Ranger]

You must not have seen the recent scandal about horse meat being ground into... just about everything that was labeled beef.

Hong Kong and China though, yeah, you get "meat" in many loosely defined descriptions from what I've read. At least the scraps McDonald's feeds you actually came from an animal (mostly).

The worst part is, I am a sucker for ground meat delicacies. I don't care what country it's from: meatballs, meatloaf, koftka, koobideh, kebab, fricadelle, lion's heads, I'll order it and eat every bite.

And yeah, I've had meatballs in Asia, so I imagine there's some of Rex and Fido in there in some form.

 

[NickNitro]

Like the "walk of shame" for females, I feel terrible about myself after I get out of my car and walk my bag up to my house. I'll have it once a month or once every 2 months (usually after a night of heavy drinking). It fills me up but Ive been eating so much healthier the past few years that I feel almost nautious after I eat it.

But like I said, I usually eat fast food after drinking so at that point i really could care less lol bring on the sodium!

 

[Pink Ranger]

Like the "walk of shame" for females, I feel terrible about myself after I get out of my car and walk my bag up to my house. I'll have it once a month or once every 2 months (usually after a night of heavy drinking). It fills me up but Ive been eating so much healthier the past few years that I feel almost nautious after I eat it.

But like I said, I usually eat fast food after drinking so at that point i really could care less lol bring on the sodium!

Carry a plastic bag from Uncle Lester's Adult VHS Emporium in your car to put your McDonald's bag in. There's no price on your dignity, man.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I just went to the store and saw the McRib was back, god I love those things.

 

[Teelie]

I liked the old, original McRib, back when it was actually meat.

 

[Pink Ranger]

I liked the old, original McRib, back when it was actually meat.

Hey, don't knock the modern McRib. The technology needed to solidify bottled barbecue sauce into a malleable resin that can withstand high cooking temperatures took decades to develop!

 

[Lord]

I find it odd that anytime McDonalds is discussed seemingly no one ever eats there, despite there being more McD's restaurants than the next 5 largest fast food chains combined.

So let me be an honest one and say I eat at McDonalds and I love their food. Tastes delicious. Yeah, I only do it once a week or so because of the nutritional aspects, but it's a pleasure to enjoy.
Granted, here in Canada the government has a slightly higher requirement for the food (eg we never had the pink slime "chicken") but overall mostly the same.

As for prices going up, if that increase all went to employees getting paid/treated better then I'd gladly see the prices go up by 50%. That's why I'm okay with Starbucks pricyness, since they take care of their employees properly. But since I have the feeling the extra cash will go into management and executives' pockets, I'm irritated by it.

I second that, except being from canada or going there once a week, i go there whenver i feel like it or if there aren't any options. But when i go on vacations i also enter there for other things, when i was in London, McDonalds was my favorite WC, there was one in every street

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Don't even care, they bring back childhood memories. This is exactly how it goes down for me

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[terry78]

A real man can eat all the crappy food he wants, then play sports or workout twice as hard after in order to still maintain his peak condition.

 

[Thundercrack85]

As someone who's never actually ordered off the dollar menu, what could you get for a dollar anyway?

A chicken mcnugget? A half-eaten Big Mac?

 

[terry78]

McDouble, which is pretty much a double cheeseburger.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Somewhere Michael Bloomberg is laughing.

 

[Warhammer]

Any other chain with a dollar menu is so happy about this.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Ronald McDonald gotta eat.

Those red perms ain't gonna pay for themselves.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Any other chain with a dollar menu is so happy about this.

They practically get a free advertising campaign idea out of this.

 

[terry78]

Wendy's is about to pop some Cristal tonight.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Actually Wendy's raised up there dollar menu a while back but you do get much better food there so I don't think it cause a fuzz

 

[Monsieur Xavier]

17 euros for a hamburger?!??! Holy crap, that's expensive!

Is it because burgers are considered an exotic food item? Because I imagine if I lived in France or Italy I'd be eating everything else in sight without even thinking of having a burger, so I guess it wouldn't bother me.

The 17€ burger come from restaurant or "brasserie", the quality is much much higher than a fast food and for this price you can have foi gras, avocados, "real" meat, a nice triming ( I hope it is the proper word ) and tasty. I also work at La Defense, prices are higher and 17€ is the highest priced burger in this area ( it is around 14/15€ otherwise ).

 

[redhawk23]

Taco Bell's value menu is where its at, man. You can straight up feast for 5 bucks there.

 

[redhawk23]

Are they actually getting rid of the dollar menu or actually lowering the prices of other things to 2 and 3 dollars? The article specifically mentions some things will still cost a buck.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

You must not have seen the recent scandal about horse meat being ground into... just about everything that was labeled beef.

Hong Kong and China though, yeah, you get "meat" in many loosely defined descriptions from what I've read. At least the scraps McDonald's feeds you actually came from an animal (mostly).

Horse meat is actually very tasty. It's lean like Buffalo (actually much more so). Whenever I'm in Japan I get horse sashimi (raw slivers of horse meat), which you dip into a garlic sauce. Don't knock it till you try it.

 

[redhawk23]

It still represents unregulated meat being deceptively mislabled and mixed in with other meat.

 

[JJJ's Ulcer]

It still represents unregulated meat being deceptively mislabled and mixed in with other meat.

Or you could look at it as an unexpected and tasty surprise!

(No, but seriously, I agree with you)

 

[chamber-music]

I know when I was in Australia on deployment the Burger King was called something else that I don't remember as to not upset the Queen of jolly ole England

The reason Burger King is called Hungry Jacks in Australia is because the name was already trademarked by another takeaway food company before Burger King started opening fast food restaurants in Australia.

It wouldn't even make sense that they would not use the name in Australia because of the Queen when Burger King is the name in England, Canada and every other country the Queen is head of state of.

 

[Lord Valumart]

I think McDonalds in the UK put up their prices a while back. It used to be £1 for a McFlurry, but not it's £1.19. And it's £4.39 for 20 McNuggets I think...

The McNuggets are the only thing that matters, and even then thats only at 2/3am when I'm drunk...