to not have DD keep ordering McDelivery every day?

Also can't imagine the calories daily of £15 worth of macdonalds, must be thousands?

Is she paying rent? If not and you don't need it maybe you could and save it for her. A little less spare cash may cut the McDonald's down.

Leaving aside the waste of money, she is setting herself up for potentially problems with her weight and illness in the future. The problem is that is she is eating like that every day, she is teaching her brain and body to crave that kind of junk and it will just get worse.

I would try to get her to read about UPF.

It's disgusting non-food rubbish and I wouldn't be pleased either. But it is her money, so I'd try to compromise and ask that it isn't sent to the house.

My first job was at McDonald's, and I would recognise people who came in for all 3 meals when my shifts overlapped breakfast/lunch or lunch/dinner in the week. I couldn't understand the appeal even then!

Have you watched Supersize me? Christ yes, would ban my child from eating a McDonald’s every day. £15 worth?! That’s a lot of food.

Could be worse. Could be spending her money on fags or drugs.

Or crack cocaine or heroin or international drug smuggling. It’s not a race to the bottom.

Daily Macdonalds is hugely unhealthy and will be impacting her health. Agree with making her watch Supersize Me and some info on UPF. Try to get her onboard to thinking about being strong and healthy rather than just guilting her. We’ve all been massively tricked by the food industry.

What will you do if you end up with one - send it back?

The trouble is it becomes ingrained as a habit very quickly.
My mid twenties nephew has a decent job and lives at home with low digs, but because he pays for daily junk food he never has money to do anything exciting like go on holiday and is quite overweight.

I am with you OP. I'd not want an overweight unhealthy child or young adult.

Does she care about the environment? If she does (or claims to) then that might be an angle to take.

She is 17. Its her money. Id probably try and talk to her about better spending habits and health but I wouldnt ban it.

Could be worse. Could be spending her money on fags or drugs.

Frankly I'd rather a 17 year old we're spending their money on clubbing rather than daily McDonalds. At least they're out socialising with their mates, rather than sitting home alone shovelling in unhealthy junk food.

It's her money from her job so she can spend her hard earned money on whatever she wants she'll get bored of it eventually anyway

Weekly McDonald’s is still too much imo. Maybe once a month.

When I first moved out I ordered take aways constantly. There's something fun and novel about it to a teen. I don't anymore, maybe just have a word with her about it and suggest that you do a family take away night once a week rather than her order McDonald's every day and eating by herself.

It's every day, not every week. I'd think nothing of it if it was every week.

I agree it's not the healthiest lunch to be having every day & that it adds up quickly

id definitely talk her her about both the food & the cost over time.

however, she's 17, it's her own money banning her from using her own money to order her own food to her own house seems a pretty direct route to alienating her. Why do you want her to feel like it's YOUR home, not hers?

I think some are over reacting a lot.

Lots of families I know have a weekly takeout, just because it happens to be McDonald's seems to make it an issue.

Lots of 18 year olds go clubbing every week that's probably more harmful plus they'd probably get a kebab or something after.

It's £4 delivery on Uber Eats so a large meal, some cheese bites and delivery would be about that

Yeah, that's what I was qualifying as loads! Especially every day.

The most expensive large meal on the app is just under £10 (most are less so you'd need to add cheese bites to get it up to that) so with £4 delivery, yes that's around £15, but that's a concerning thing to be ordering every single day. A smaller order might be less of a concern.

It's her money, I'd leave her to it, not what I'd choose, but it's probably a phase and she'll get bored.

Depending on what she's ordering, it's not the worst thing in the world and their waste is surprisingly more eco than most takeaways here - mainly cardboard. I'd ask her to order me a flurry occasionally 😆 It's Mumsnet though, everyone else will be pearl clutching. Yet, they are very keen to bring up McDonald's as a student job opportunity (and they are good employers, where I live).

How exactly do you think you are going to be able to control what you 17 year old who earns their own money spends that money on?

When I was an 18 year old student I got pissed every other day of the week.

I totally agree - it's not healthy and is annoying BUT it's her money and in the grand scheme, there are much bigger things to worry about. Explain to her your view - she can choose to take it, or not.

She will learn eventually/get completely sick of it.

Adding up a Tesco meal deal once a week is enough to put me off them.

Maybe sit down with her, ask to go through her order history and add what she's spent on deliveries in the last month. It may put her off if she realises how much money she's spent. She's likely thinking along the lines of "it's only £15" without thinking how many times she's spent £15.

Make her watch Supersize Me.