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Really? A Big Mac combo from McDonald's here costs around $10NZD (which is about $7USD). You might get something cheaper from a Fish 'n' Chip shop. Fancier chai
by Nition 10y ago
Really? A Big Mac combo from McDonald's here costs around $10NZD (which is about $7USD). You might get something cheaper from a Fish 'n' Chip shop. Fancier chains like Burger Fuel are more like $15NZD for a meal.
For that $10NZD I could buy a decent amount of ingredients from the supermarket for healthy meat+veges meals at home. I guess maybe fresh produce is cheaper here since this country basically runs on agriculture.
- disordinary 10y agoI was thinking of the summer stunner meals from Burger King in NZ which is $5 for a burger, a sundae, fries, and all you can drink, McDonalds also has the loose change range. But really the cheapest meal if you have no money and need to fill the stomach of your family is a $2 scoop of chips from the local fish and chips shop, every suburb has them and not every suburb has a supermarket. Here, in NZ, some food is actually ridiculously expensive compared to overseas so I can only think the economics are even worse elsewhere. The point that people seem to be missing is that food is only cheaper if you can get to a large supermarket, which many poor people cannot. They have a choice between convenience stores / mini marts and fast food.