to think McDonalds is expensive?

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I mean great for a quick, cheap on-the-move treat .

But you get a tiny bit of meat with your burger and unless you stuff yourself with chips and ice-cream on top, are hungry 30 minutes later.

I've just made a delicious huge burger for lunch at home, with lovely seedy bun and big salad, probably for less than £1. [NoMrWhippyThough ]

@existentialmoment, what is your problem? There is no need to be so bloody rude and patronising. Did you get out bed the wrong side or something. Fucking hell, some people could cause an argument in an empty room.

Eleven quid for what I named, cost two thirds of that in Maccies only 2 or 3 years ago, so it seems a lot to me.

I am entitled to feel like it's a lot and to air my views, without you sneering and looking down your nose at me. I agree with several other posters, you are very unpleasant.

Take a leaf out of @Whattodoaboutit2017 's book, she disagreed with me without being condescending and nasty.

Watch and learn............

I don't think it's expensive exactly, but as PP have said it just isn't filling. The same money at an independent caff will get you a fry-up or a lunch that'll set you up for hours.

I don't really get the whole 'it's not filling' thing. There's nothing different about the beef/chicken/potatoes at McD's that make it less filling than the beef/chicken/potatoes elsewhere is there?
I probably go twice a year, at service stations. If I have it for lunch, I'm not hungry until dinner. Like any lunch I have really.

pennysnow, what price do you think would be reasonable for an adult meal, a children's meal, three drinks and an ice cream?

So before you accuse NoBetter or her DH of lying, maybe do get your facts straight.

She stated pounds, so we can assume the UK. McDonalds prices vary only slightly throughout the country, so we know the price wasn't anywhere near what she thought it was.

I think it would be spectacularly daft to respond to a post on a uK forum about the expense of not if McDonald's in the U.K. By quoting how much you spent on McDonald's In a individual franchase in Germany, wouldn't it?

Apologies to ButteryMuffin, I got you mixed up with existential and NoBetter with ghostyslovesheets.

I think it would be spectacularly daft to respond to a post on a uK forum about the expense of not if McDonald's in the U.K. By quoting how much you spent on McDonald's In a individual franchase in Germany, wouldn't it?

Not daft at all when one of the posters who wasn't believed about how much she paid (43€ for 3 burger meals and one happy meal) was posting about how much she paid in FRANCE.

"There's nothing different about the beef/chicken/potatoes at McD's that make it less filling than the beef/chicken/potatoes elsewhere is there?"

In my experience, there somehow is. Whether it's something like flavourings or MSG affecting appetite, or just the portions actually being kind of small, I don't know. But I do know a Maccy D's never filled me or DM up like other meals out or at home did.

Doesn't mean I don't think that was daft either

safariboot The meat is the same, if not better, quality than you'd find at most restaurants.

@Penny4UrThoughts

If you could be bothered to read my posts properly, I am saying it's expensive compared to how it used to be just a few years ago when it was a very cheap meal out on a daytrip and so on......And for a basic maccies, it's quite expensive for what we get. IN MY OPINION.

sigh.....

People REALLY need to understand that people are entitled to different opinions to them.

I imagine it's phychological that people don't feel full

pennysnow I hadn't seen your post about how much it cost 2/3 years ago when I posted. I started the post before your posted that, but had to take a phone call. No need for your patronising tone. The winky doesn't make it less so.

But it's fairly obvious why the prices have increased in that time scale. Prices of pretty much everything has increased in that time. And my question was not unreasonable, despite the fact you didn't answer it.

Not as daft as a UK poster saying another poster can't have payed amount x in France because 'prices are standardised' when they're not.

I also don't think comparing prices in different countries is irrelevant to the topic and MN is pretty international as well. What people from countries with very cheap food (e.g. UK or Germany) consider expensive can be quite different to what other nationalities would consider cheap or pricey and says a lot about our values as a society re quality, animal welfare, etc.

Paid, not payed, obviously.

When I mentioned standardised prices that was assuming within the UK. I wouldn't moan about how expensive a diet coke was and then reveal that I meant when purchasing it in Iceland.

The country, not the value retailer

You can save the face, I already said I mixed you up with existential.

I know and thanks for that, but people keep banging on about how it's different in other countries still. Plus I like the face

I didn't realise that MN these days only allowed carefully researched and cross-checked stories these days.

Obviously haven't been here long then

I don't get the "not filling" thing either. A quarter pounder is just a quarter pound of beef with some salt and pepper. No msg, nothing. It's exactly the same as me buying beef from the butcher and making my own.

Can't believe I'm defending McD's!

people keep banging on about how it's different in other countries still

I suppose we're not allowed to that anymore in Brexitland?

Not as daft as a UK poster saying another poster can't have payed amount x in France because 'prices are standardised' when they're not

Actually I said it's unlikely they paid quite that price in France as I happen to know the prices in France, and they are actually standardised across the majority of outlets (though there are some exceptions).

I can't think of anywhere that would be cheaper. It is really awful food though so we don't take dd often.

It is really awful food though so we don't take dd often.

It's a shame you think that as the food is of very high quality.