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You may actually be able to get more mcdonald's with the same amount of money now. Their app has all these deals like "free cheeseburger on orders of $1 or more

You may actually be able to get more mcdonald's with the same amount of money now. Their app has all these deals like "free cheeseburger on orders of $1 or more", meaning if you spend $1, you get a free cheeseburger. I guess that requires a smart phone which isn't free, and of course the app will be taking as much data as it can access. But if you enjoy mcdonald's food, it seems to be cheaper than ever.

stonogo 5y ago
In the early 2000s McDonald's hamburgers were 39 cents on Wednesdays. I would never have survived grad school without it!
- layer8 5y ago
  That seems like a pretty extreme form of intermittent fasting. ;)
  - Zircom 5y ago
    He probably bought a lot on Wednesday and stuck them in the fridge/freezer for the rest of the week
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - gigaflop 5y ago
    So long as calories-per-week average out, it'll be fine, right? It's just averaged CICO?
- bluedino 5y ago
  They were always 35 cents at Hot N Now
  - krsrhe 5y ago
Workaccount2 5y ago
I can often get food cheaper from McDonalds than if I had made the equivalent from base ingredients at my house.
- OJFord 5y ago
  I'm sure I'd rather eat at yours though!
scruple 5y ago
I was recently looking at a McDonald's drive-thru menu for the first time in probably a decade (road trip, forgot to pack a bite to eat). A Big Mac meal was $11. A large french fry was $4.99. It shocked me a little bit. I've been scratching my head for the last day and a half wondering how the McDonald's drive-thru near me is always packed. Your comment is illuminating to me because I didn't know that I needed a McApp to get McDonald's prices, though I am not at all surprised.
- etempleton 5y ago
  I was shocked recently by the price of the value meals as well, which has skyrocketed into full meal at restaurant prices. The trick to McDonalds has, for a long time, been that the value meals are any thing but a value and to buy exclusively from the dollar menu. If you do that you will be hard pressed to find anything cheaper.
- bluedino 5y ago
  At lunch time you can get a curbside to go burger and fries from Applebees for $9
- brimble 5y ago
  They've switched to an interesting (though, to me, annoying and I hope it doesn't catch on but it kinda already has [other fast food places are doing it too] so add it to the list of shit that's terrible about the current world) model where they price really high on the menu but then offer deals and coupons that get you back down to what would have been a sale price before the price hikes. It's a kind of price discrimination tactic—people willing to clip coupons or use the company's app might pay 1/3 or less the menu price, and those who aren't, pay the full (and crazy-high) menu price. Like, yes, coupon shopping has always been a thing, but not like this, because the normal menu prices used to already be pretty good. They're super expensive now, but if you burn some time, they'll give you a really good price, consistently, pretty much any time you want it.
  - imajoredinecon 5y ago
    The combination of high and very low prices also stuck out to me. I agree it’s interesting, but I personally don’t mind it. It’s not a bad progressive model to have people who aren’t price-sensitive subsidize people who are.
kingcharles 5y ago
The app is crazy. This last week I've been getting two-for-one on sandwiches. If you pick McDouble you can get two of them for $2.19 total (+tax depending on jurisdiction). The large fries are always $0.99 on the app. Plus you get points from it which converts into more free stuff. And if you're super friendly with the little old Mexican lady who works there, she'll sneak free pies into your bag too.
ja27 5y ago
App / coupons are a decent way to have a little elasticity on price and maximize revenue from people that will pay more and still appeal to a bargain-hunter. At least here there is always a 20% off the total order deal available in the app so that's an immediate discount for a relatively small effort. Locally they did recently drop their long-time $1 any-size soft drink but it seems to be back now after a few weeks.
gigaflop 5y ago
I keep multiple food delivery apps on my phone, despite having the $MEMBERSHIP_NAME for one via my credit card(fees on card are cheaper than the membership itself). This 'pays off', in that I have my default choice, and can choose to use any of the other apps when there's some combination of coupons and deals to be had that make it feel worth it. Yesterday, I used a "$15 off $22" coupon(for some reason, they gave me two, and I plan to use the other this weekend), combined with two bogo deals from an instance of a small chain restaurant, and paid $20 delivered(fair tip included) for what would have been at least $30 had I driven over and ordered in person, since both deals were only available on the app. As a bachelor, it's enough food to count as dinner for at least 2 days in a row. I don't know how $COUPON_GIVING_APP can make money while footing that kind of coupon deal, but hey, I'd be dumb to not make use of it if I was already looking to spend some money. There was also a promotion only on $COUPON_GIVING_APP from Wendy's for a free sandwich of theirs, so long as cart subtotal was at least $15. The discounted sandwich counted towards that, and I ended up feeling very fat and happy with a price of $12 delivered.
hedora 5y ago
You can still buy the 20 piece chicken nuggets. They cost less than the five piece package (so the cost of nuggets 6-20 is actually negative).
BenjiWiebe 5y ago
McDonald's usually has free WiFi, so you can even use the app without having a data connection. Just wait till you arrive to use the app.
fundad 5y ago
McDonalds starting selling their drinks for $1, I remember the reading the bus ad on my bike ride to the station. "Bebidas $1 Cualquier Tamaño"

stonogo 5y ago

In the early 2000s McDonald's hamburgers were 39 cents on Wednesdays. I would never have survived grad school without it!

layer8 5y ago
That seems like a pretty extreme form of intermittent fasting. ;)
- Zircom 5y ago
  He probably bought a lot on Wednesday and stuck them in the fridge/freezer for the rest of the week
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- gigaflop 5y ago
  So long as calories-per-week average out, it'll be fine, right? It's just averaged CICO?
bluedino 5y ago
They were always 35 cents at Hot N Now
- krsrhe 5y ago

Workaccount2 5y ago

I can often get food cheaper from McDonalds than if I had made the equivalent from base ingredients at my house.

OJFord 5y ago
I'm sure I'd rather eat at yours though!

scruple 5y ago

I was recently looking at a McDonald's drive-thru menu for the first time in probably a decade (road trip, forgot to pack a bite to eat). A Big Mac meal was $11. A large french fry was $4.99. It shocked me a little bit. I've been scratching my head for the last day and a half wondering how the McDonald's drive-thru near me is always packed. Your comment is illuminating to me because I didn't know that I needed a McApp to get McDonald's prices, though I am not at all surprised.

etempleton 5y ago
I was shocked recently by the price of the value meals as well, which has skyrocketed into full meal at restaurant prices. The trick to McDonalds has, for a long time, been that the value meals are any thing but a value and to buy exclusively from the dollar menu. If you do that you will be hard pressed to find anything cheaper.
bluedino 5y ago
At lunch time you can get a curbside to go burger and fries from Applebees for $9
brimble 5y ago
They've switched to an interesting (though, to me, annoying and I hope it doesn't catch on but it kinda already has [other fast food places are doing it too] so add it to the list of shit that's terrible about the current world) model where they price really high on the menu but then offer deals and coupons that get you back down to what would have been a sale price before the price hikes. It's a kind of price discrimination tactic—people willing to clip coupons or use the company's app might pay 1/3 or less the menu price, and those who aren't, pay the full (and crazy-high) menu price. Like, yes, coupon shopping has always been a thing, but not like this, because the normal menu prices used to already be pretty good. They're super expensive now, but if you burn some time, they'll give you a really good price, consistently, pretty much any time you want it.
- imajoredinecon 5y ago
  The combination of high and very low prices also stuck out to me. I agree it’s interesting, but I personally don’t mind it. It’s not a bad progressive model to have people who aren’t price-sensitive subsidize people who are.

kingcharles 5y ago

The app is crazy. This last week I've been getting two-for-one on sandwiches. If you pick McDouble you can get two of them for $2.19 total (+tax depending on jurisdiction). The large fries are always $0.99 on the app. Plus you get points from it which converts into more free stuff. And if you're super friendly with the little old Mexican lady who works there, she'll sneak free pies into your bag too.

ja27 5y ago

App / coupons are a decent way to have a little elasticity on price and maximize revenue from people that will pay more and still appeal to a bargain-hunter. At least here there is always a 20% off the total order deal available in the app so that's an immediate discount for a relatively small effort. Locally they did recently drop their long-time $1 any-size soft drink but it seems to be back now after a few weeks.

gigaflop 5y ago

I keep multiple food delivery apps on my phone, despite having the $MEMBERSHIP_NAME for one via my credit card(fees on card are cheaper than the membership itself). This 'pays off', in that I have my default choice, and can choose to use any of the other apps when there's some combination of coupons and deals to be had that make it feel worth it. Yesterday, I used a "$15 off $22" coupon(for some reason, they gave me two, and I plan to use the other this weekend), combined with two bogo deals from an instance of a small chain restaurant, and paid $20 delivered(fair tip included) for what would have been at least $30 had I driven over and ordered in person, since both deals were only available on the app. As a bachelor, it's enough food to count as dinner for at least 2 days in a row. I don't know how $COUPON_GIVING_APP can make money while footing that kind of coupon deal, but hey, I'd be dumb to not make use of it if I was already looking to spend some money. There was also a promotion only on $COUPON_GIVING_APP from Wendy's for a free sandwich of theirs, so long as cart subtotal was at least $15. The discounted sandwich counted towards that, and I ended up feeling very fat and happy with a price of $12 delivered.

hedora 5y ago

You can still buy the 20 piece chicken nuggets. They cost less than the five piece package (so the cost of nuggets 6-20 is actually negative).

BenjiWiebe 5y ago

McDonald's usually has free WiFi, so you can even use the app without having a data connection. Just wait till you arrive to use the app.

fundad 5y ago

McDonalds starting selling their drinks for $1, I remember the reading the bus ad on my bike ride to the station. "Bebidas $1 Cualquier Tamaño"