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The reason most of you don't shop at MCD is because you're above the class they sell to. They need to sell cheap food to those who are on a tight budget, and ch

The reason most of you don't shop at MCD is because you're above the class they sell to. They need to sell cheap food to those who are on a tight budget, and cheap food unfortunately, is also the lowest quality and unhealthiest of food (hence why it's cheap).

a8da6b0c91d 11y ago
I don't see how anything at mcdonalds is notably unhealthy as far as dining out goes. It's just high calorie. It's unhealthy in that most stuff is loaded with polyunsaturated vegetable oils, but then so is pretty much everything else you're going to eat when dining out anywhere, or buying packaged food. They sell milk and OJ and I often buy that from them for a light meal on the go.
jqm 11y ago
As others have pointed out though... they really aren't that cheap. That's my complaint. I don't mind subpar food once in a great while. But I went there for lunch a few weeks ago and it was over $8 and I felt nasty and was hungry a couple of hours later. I could have gone to the grocery store deli and gotten a hot lunch combo for $6. Or a tasty burrito from the local Mexican place for $3.50 and an iced tea from the convenience store for $1. In short, it's not just that their food isn't that great (it's not)... it's that it's too expensive to be that bad.
- Dylan16807 11y ago
  The dollar menu is cheap... everything else is just low-quality food at unimpressive prices.
  - checker 11y ago
    Don't you mean the "Dollar Menu and More" (tm) menu? RIP original Dollar Menu. The McD app has coupons that can get you some decent quantities for food for pretty cheap, or at least it did when it first came out. I haven't used it in a while so they might have cut back on some of the deals they were offering.
- mgkimsal 11y ago
  honest question: what on earth are people ordering at mcdonald's that comes to >$8? For one person?
  - jqm 11y ago
    A burger (double) and a medium shake. No fries.
    - greedo 11y ago
      Where are you located? A double hamburger and shake shouldn't cost more than $5 in the US. Unless you meant a Big Mac, or a Double Quarter Pounder.
      - jqm 11y ago
        A double hamburger with the little wafer thin burgers isn't lunch. That's more like a bite sized snack. It was a double quarter pounder and was over $5 alone. The medium shake was another 2.50+ and with tax it was well over $8.00. The point is... it was too much money for the quality of the food. There are better alternatives.
        mgkimsal 11y ago
        For $8, I tend to agree. A cheeseburger, water and small fries is < $3, and that keeps me going for several hours from lunch to dinner. I don't go often, but go specifically for pricing. If I'm planning to spend > $6 on a meal, I go elsewhere.
        joezydeco 11y ago
        When McDonald's first launched nationwide, the typical meal was a single cheeseburger, a small packet of fries, and a small coke. And I don't even think that small cup is around anymore, even for the kids' size.
        greedo 11y ago

a8da6b0c91d 11y ago

I don't see how anything at mcdonalds is notably unhealthy as far as dining out goes. It's just high calorie. It's unhealthy in that most stuff is loaded with polyunsaturated vegetable oils, but then so is pretty much everything else you're going to eat when dining out anywhere, or buying packaged food. They sell milk and OJ and I often buy that from them for a light meal on the go.

jqm 11y ago

As others have pointed out though... they really aren't that cheap. That's my complaint. I don't mind subpar food once in a great while. But I went there for lunch a few weeks ago and it was over $8 and I felt nasty and was hungry a couple of hours later. I could have gone to the grocery store deli and gotten a hot lunch combo for $6. Or a tasty burrito from the local Mexican place for $3.50 and an iced tea from the convenience store for $1. In short, it's not just that their food isn't that great (it's not)... it's that it's too expensive to be that bad.

Dylan16807 11y ago
The dollar menu is cheap... everything else is just low-quality food at unimpressive prices.
- checker 11y ago
  Don't you mean the "Dollar Menu and More" (tm) menu? RIP original Dollar Menu. The McD app has coupons that can get you some decent quantities for food for pretty cheap, or at least it did when it first came out. I haven't used it in a while so they might have cut back on some of the deals they were offering.
mgkimsal 11y ago
honest question: what on earth are people ordering at mcdonald's that comes to >$8? For one person?
- jqm 11y ago
  A burger (double) and a medium shake. No fries.
  - greedo 11y ago
    Where are you located? A double hamburger and shake shouldn't cost more than $5 in the US. Unless you meant a Big Mac, or a Double Quarter Pounder.
    - jqm 11y ago
      A double hamburger with the little wafer thin burgers isn't lunch. That's more like a bite sized snack. It was a double quarter pounder and was over $5 alone. The medium shake was another 2.50+ and with tax it was well over $8.00. The point is... it was too much money for the quality of the food. There are better alternatives.
      - mgkimsal 11y ago
        For $8, I tend to agree. A cheeseburger, water and small fries is < $3, and that keeps me going for several hours from lunch to dinner. I don't go often, but go specifically for pricing. If I'm planning to spend > $6 on a meal, I go elsewhere.
      - joezydeco 11y ago
        When McDonald's first launched nationwide, the typical meal was a single cheeseburger, a small packet of fries, and a small coke. And I don't even think that small cup is around anymore, even for the kids' size.
        greedo 11y ago