The Great 'Clever ordering techniques... eg, "double cheeseburger with Big Mac ' Hunt

yimmie

I wanted a small snack and hot drink the other day so ordered a happy meal from mcd's (Cheese burger and small chips) for the drink i ordered a cappucino which i think is over £1.50 the meal i think was £2.50ish so £1 for cheese burger and small chips
can't quite remember the prices but you get the idea!

superbigal36

yimmie wrote: »

I wanted a small snack and hot drink the other day so ordered a happy meal from mcd's (Cheese burger and small chips) for the drink i ordered a cappucino which i think is over £1.50 the meal i think was £2.50ish so £1 for cheese burger and small chips
can't quite remember the prices but you get the idea!

Remember you also got a smurf :beer:

JonnyDixon

Some stingy people on this post wow lol

JimmyTheWig

JonnyDixon wrote: »

Some stingy people on this post wow lol

It's not being stingy, it's getting the same (or equivalent) for less. What this site is all about.

Maysie

If you really like your pilau and make rice at home to save money buy some Schwartz pilau rice seasoning its lovely and simple to use just add a teaspoon when you making your rice.

I still like the dominoes large pizza one topping deal for a £5 but its only monday-sat 11-4. Been there at 3.55 before now so we can have an easy peasy cheap tea. They stopped advertising it but if you ask they do it where i live still

anotheruser

JimmyTheWig wrote: »

Most places will give you a pint of tap water for free. Drink the water and you've got yourself a pint glass...

Is that not stealing?

JimmyTheWig

anotheruser wrote: »

Is that not stealing?

After I wrote it I wondered if it sounded a bit like you can pinch the glass.

The post I was replying to was saying about buying half a pint of beer and half a pint of lemonade to create a pint of shandy.
But they said they sometimes had problems getting a pint glass from the bar to put it in.
My suggestion was to get a pint of tap water from the bar and use that glass _whilst in the pub_. I wasn't suggesting you then take the glass home with you!

Ivrytwr3

In fast food places (BK, McD etc), for teh 2 x kids we order Happy Meals, but for me and OH we buy one supersize meal and an extra drink and split the burger and fries.

Same as Indian or Chinese, 1 main and 1 x rice and split it (i like the home cooked rice idea though!)

This isn't tight and you don't get anything more, but we used to order meals each and were stuffed after them, so with splitting the portions are just enough and it helps with the waistline!

in_my_bumble_opinion

katep23 wrote: »

If you have access to a Costco, they often do the basmati and pilau rice on offer, 6 for around £3.50

Bird's Eye 'rice infusions' are frequently on offer at £1, including simple basmati.

It's two portions per pack and they're in a kind of pyramid thing, so the rice is steamed in the micro. Tastes better (in my experience) than the Veetee stuff or the Tilda pouches and is 50p a portion.

BettiePage

kaydn wrote: »

Nando's will only take NHS discount of one main meal I get round this when out with DH by ordering platter meal which includes whole chicken, two sides and two refillable soft drinks, you can have each 1/2 chicken with different heat levels, 20% off whole meal:)

We just pay separately so we all get the nhs discount (they also do forces discount too).