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McDonald's is nothing like it is used to be.

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Aquarius1234 · 25/04/2024 12:59

To think McDonald's is rubbish now.
Burgers taste different now the buns taste/look different.
Yes I know its general crap fast food, but 10 years ago you would get a cheese quarter ponder and enjoy every minute, then maybe 20 mins later think you wish you hadn't as its full of rubbish.
But now its just awful.

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Sweedey · 26/04/2024 08:59

stayathomer · 26/04/2024 07:24

For the first time ever last year the chips tasted different and I thought ‘ah here we go!’ and then back to normal! Personally still love it (but we haven’t gone for a long while as cost has gone up)

They've given you the cold limp ones probably. Chips are like steak bakes in Greggs, it's down to luck if you get them golden and hot.

ringoffiire · 26/04/2024 08:59

They made changes to some of their burger recipes in mid-March.

But tbh I had one yesterday and didn't even notice a difference at all.

It's just greasy fast food, satisfies a craving/ fills a hole.

No different to how it ever was.

(Just more expensive!)

SlightlygrumpyBettyswaitress · 26/04/2024 08:56

You what now?
Maccies is what it is. I enjoy just like I have for the last 35 or so years.

IamII · 26/04/2024 08:55

Fizbosshoes · 26/04/2024 08:30

Now we've found 5 guys it seems much superior (but also way more expensive)
I'm.nearly always disappointed with MacDonalds chips , they are usually cold and limp

I usually send my chips straight back and ask for fresh ones because they put the chips out before they do anything else, and they get cold sitting on the tray.

Laiste · 26/04/2024 08:54

PickAChew · 26/04/2024 08:52

I voted YABU because it's always been bland, insubstantial rubbish.

Yes but now we wait longer for it it adds insult to injury 😂

PickAChew · 26/04/2024 08:52

I voted YABU because it's always been bland, insubstantial rubbish.

Laiste · 26/04/2024 08:52

The problem is the wait is not worth the result. When it was quick the food felt worth it.

Some branches are better than others for accuracy and speed. And size of branch doesn't seem to be the factor - i've no idea what is.

The fries - when you get good ones it's a surprise to be commented on nowadays ! ''Wow the fried are actually good!'' 😝

IME the basic burgers (which is what i've always had) have always looked as if they've been made in a tearing hurry, the bun thrown into the packaging from and distance and then sat on just before service. It's been a running joke since the 90s - hold the real thing up compared to one of the posters for full effect 😂

DrJoanAllenby · 26/04/2024 08:50

More poison in them than cigarettes!

McDonald's is nothing like it is used to be.
ASmallCat · 26/04/2024 08:45

I used to appreciate getting something quick on a semi-regular trip, saved time & I can have bad ‘hermit’ days so minimal interaction from safety of car was great.

Last (saver!) burger took so fucking long I thought they were rearing the animal first.

I’ve lost a stone+ since Jan 😹

Scottishdreams1991 · 26/04/2024 08:39

I recently had a big mac and yeah the actual burger was different. It even smells different

Fizbosshoes · 26/04/2024 08:30

Now we've found 5 guys it seems much superior (but also way more expensive)
I'm.nearly always disappointed with MacDonalds chips , they are usually cold and limp

Shityshitybangbang · 26/04/2024 08:20

We were saying this the other day, nearly 30 quid for four meals plus delivery. Wasn’t worth the money. The teenagers love them though 😀

fisherking1 · 26/04/2024 08:18

Their fries used to be perfection. Crispy on the outside, fluffy in the middle, salted and hot. Now they are inedible. They had to change their menu to reduce fat snd salt.

ForCandles · 26/04/2024 07:59

They use brioche buns now, rather than the normal bread ones.
I hate brioche. Too sweet and dry and certainly doesn't go with a burger in my opinion.

EdithArtois · 26/04/2024 07:58

Salt is the key. These foods rely on it to be tasty

FanofLeaves · 26/04/2024 07:57

They make the burgers to order now so you don’t get them sat under a hot plate wrapped up in paper. I miss this because they were usually hot and the cheese was properly melted and sometimes you got to pick congealed cheese off the paper. Now they’re just slapped together to get out to the customer straight away it’s nowhere near as good!

Never got the fuss about nuggets, they’ve always tasted bland to me.

FindingMeno · 26/04/2024 07:45

Yes it is.
It's still a morally corrupt company.

DappledThings · 26/04/2024 07:44

I think it's the same as it ever was. It's fine. But then I think chocolate is the same as it was as well and where some people might be able to taste a difference a lot of people think they can because they've been told it's all rubbish now.

FrenchandSaunders · 26/04/2024 07:39

TakeOnFlea · 25/04/2024 23:20

Can't beat a maccies breakfast on fanabe beach 😂 little paper cup of beer as your drink option. Lovely

Yes! That is a lovely maccies looking out to sea.

Addictforanex · 26/04/2024 07:39

Agree! 25 years ago it was a big treat. Something worth driving to the out of town place where I lived. Now I open the carton and am presented with a burger that looks like it has been run over, tastes too sweet and I am hungry soon after finishing it.

ALovelyCupOfNameChange · 26/04/2024 07:38

I miss my McFlurry being flurried.

they kept those spoons a lot longer than they kept the flurrying machines

HelloGoodbye20 · 26/04/2024 07:38

Probably because the taste of being complicit to a genocide should never taste good.

MumChp · 26/04/2024 07:36

Hasn't been for 25 years...

ludocris · 26/04/2024 07:35

sanogo · 26/04/2024 07:08

It has always been disgusting food for lazy people

Bit snobbish

VestibuleVirgin · 26/04/2024 07:32

Aquarius1234 · 25/04/2024 13:51

Don't get me started on five guys, crazy expensive and the burgers are completely different this year. Thick and tastless.

Thick and tasteless. A perfect descriptor for many