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

tattycath

DD1 is my eldest daughter
Buying drink a burger and fries separately was cheaper than as a meal.

MrsE_2

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!

I didn't think you could have a coffee as the drink for a child's meal.

Doc_N

tattycath wrote: »

Went to McDs yesterday with DD1. We wanted a drink and fancied a snack but not a meal. She fancied a burger and I wanted fries. To buy a drink, burger and fries as a meal would have cost £4.29 we bought the burger and chips and drink separately costing just under £3. Then I bought a separate drink, so it cost less for drinks and burger and fries than the meal deal where you only get one drink.

That's crazy - I'm hardly a McD regular, but I assumed the meals offered better value - not poorer!

No wonder they hide the individual items away on the price boards, with the meals taking prominence.

flea72

tattycath wrote: »

Went to McDs yesterday with DD1. We wanted a drink and fancied a snack but not a meal. She fancied a burger and I wanted fries. To buy a drink, burger and fries as a meal would have cost £4.29 we bought the burger and chips and drink separately costing just under £3. Then I bought a separate drink, so it cost less for drinks and burger and fries than the meal deal where you only get one drink.

What exactly did you buy?

As small drink, fries and hamburgers are all on the 99p menu. So £4 for what you ordered. However value meals have regular fries, drink and larger burgers, so you are getting bigger portions

tattycath

flea72 wrote: »

What exactly did you buy?

As small drink, fries and hamburgers are all on the 99p menu. So £4 for what you ordered. However value meals have regular fries, drink and larger burgers, so you are getting bigger portions

Ah. Well my daughter ordered a burger off the 99p board and then ordered fries and a drink (as opposed to a meal). We didn't notice anything smaller about it to be honest. I'm not saying it wasn't small but if it was we didn't notice. There were loads of fries too!

flea72

tattycath wrote: »

Ah. Well my daughter ordered a burger off the 99p board and then ordered fries and a drink (as opposed to a meal). We didn't notice anything smaller about it to be honest. I'm not saying it wasn't small but if it was we didn't notice. There were loads of fries too!

So you paid £4 for the equivalent of a happy meal, plus an extra drink, which would have cost £3.25 including a toy lol

tattycath

flea72 wrote: »

So you paid £4 for the equivalent of a happy meal, plus an extra drink, which would have cost £3.25 including a toy lol

Lol! There were a lot more fries than you get in a happy meal.
...think of the stigma though, a teenager ordering a happy meal-street cred would be shot to bits! :rotfl:

P__G

Homeagain wrote: »

That is truly brilliant, never thought of that and I am the Queen of rice makers .... excellent idea, thank you

I shall do this from now on also

Sharon87

If you love Nandos and have a take out, ask for multiple pots for the sauce and fill them up to the top. You don't have to use it all, save it for for another time! And if like me you have the bottles of sauce at home, top them up! (just not the one's you've dipped chips or chicken into)

PasturesNew

kriss1977 wrote: »

....op it in the oven before I leave for the chip shop, take a leisurely walk down the road and by the time I get there, get served and get back, it's ready!!

Don't you ever worry that something'll go wrong and the house will burn down??? I'd never leave the house with the oven on in case I had an accident, went out without my keys, delay was longer than usual (and, apart from that, a chip shop's always a drive away, so extra risk car will break down).