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Let them eat burgers! Austrian chancellor says low-income families should eat at McDonald’s (www.politico.eu)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is McDonald's cheap anywhere other than the US? In the US, there's a bunch of promotions that drive costs way down...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, I always heard in my youth that McDonald's is the poor's restaurant (in the US at least). However it was never really the case e.g. in Hungary. It was always average priced at best. You can eat far better for far less in every moderate-sized town.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In the US you can get a burger and fries for $2 with their in-app promotions. On a per-calorie basis, it's actually very competitive with cooking yourself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Dang, it's like around 10-15 AUD here. Best eating out calories to dollars is probably domino's cheap line of pizzas

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Spicy McChicken + free large fries no salt is sorta fire tho

It's like $2.80 including tax

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Free large fries eh? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

"free" with $2 purchase, but yes

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

In Denmark you pay DKK 101 (USD 14,20) for a big mac meal with fries and a soft drink. It tastes a lot cheaper than that though.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Is McDonald's even cheap in the US?