The "Value" In Value Meal? - Page 3

UnchainedAcolyte · 08-25-2007, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jysin-DW

Without sounding too fucking old... (I am 29)

Back in high school we had Burger King Whoppers for $1 each available every day of the week. Taco Bell had .59c tacos and burritos or you paid .89c for the supreme versions. McDonalds had .25c hamburgurs on Wednesdays and .35c cheeseburgers on (I think) Sunday.

Prices are all jacked up now. This was back in 1996 or so.

Am a bit older and remembering back in college (1992) how Del Taco tacos were 39c each. Between those and ramen I lived on a tight budget.

Though if you work at it you can find fast food that is healthi-er. Wendy's offers side salads and small Caesar salads for 99c as well. Not bad. And as a previous poster said, they offer chicken nuggets and smaller burgers for 99c. Decent for an inexpensive fast food run.

Taloo · 08-25-2007, 12:52 PM

I took $50 worth of wendys 5-piece nuggets to a party one night. I was a god.

Ninajrr · 08-25-2007, 01:06 PM

lol'd at this thread.

of all the things wrong with fastfood (morally), the biggest problem without a doubt is its hugely overpricing of food. funnies.

Gigfc · 08-25-2007, 01:19 PM

Malakriss, do you believe it really is a travesty? lol

Twobit Whore · 08-25-2007, 01:24 PM

I'll tell you what's a travesty, fucking milk being near 5 bucks a gallon.

oaklanbash · 08-25-2007, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Twobit Whore

I'll tell you what's a travesty, fucking milk being near 5 bucks a gallon.

holy shit... is milk really that high now? When I left 2.5 years ago milk was about $2.79/gallon

And I remember the 30 cent hamburger tuesdays.... I also remember you could buy the 10 pack of movie tickets when I was in college for $50. Would include 10 movie tickets and each ticket had a coupon for super size popcorn and super size drink for $5 with free refills.... that was the best deal in history. Go with about 3 of your buddies. $30 bucks for 4 people and all the popcorn and soda you could eat or drink.

Millie · 08-25-2007, 02:30 PM

Food prices across the board are increasing because the price of corn -- a staple crop in just about everything from agriculture to livestock feed, etc. -- is skyrocketing, largely due to newfound demands for corn as ethanol. Anything that is fed corn (cows, pigs, chickens, etc.) will have its own byproducts (milk, meat, etc.) increase dramatically in cost. This is why your McDonalds meals are more expensive and why your milk is more expensive at the supermarket.

This will not get better anytime soon.

Twobit Whore · 08-25-2007, 02:32 PM

Gas prices are a bigger short term factor I think. Milk and dairy is something that travels a lot and has to be restocked daily. I've noticed bread being more expensive as well, but not nearly as much. Local bakeries are much more common than local dairy farms.

oaklanbash · 08-25-2007, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Millie

Food prices across the board are increasing because the price of corn -- a staple crop in just about everything from agriculture to livestock feed, etc. -- is skyrocketing, largely due to newfound demands for corn as ethanol. Anything that is fed corn (cows, pigs, chickens, etc.) will have its own byproducts (milk, meat, etc.) increase dramatically in cost. This is why your McDonalds meals are more expensive and why your milk is more expensive at the supermarket.

This will not get better anytime soon.

Yeah I read an article about Mexicans rioting over corn prices tripling... because the Mexican farmers refused to sell the corn for food when they could get twice as much boxing it up and sending it to America to be used as ethanol.

NargorothRiP · 08-25-2007, 03:37 PM

And the laughable fuckin part is the huge ass subsidies the farmers get and its still this bad. btw fuck ethanol stupid as Iowa hicks and their ball twisting power over politicians to fund it so heavy with how shitty it is for your car.

Langemede · 08-25-2007, 03:59 PM

Anyone remember fiesta tacos from Taco Bell? ALways thought it was funny ordering like 50 of them stoned, until I worked there for a year. If you don't remember them, they were the 29c mini tacos, about 1/2 to 1/3 of a normal taco.

oaklanbash · 08-25-2007, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Langemede

Anyone remember fiesta tacos from Taco Bell? ALways thought it was funny ordering like 50 of them stoned, until I worked there for a year. If you don't remember them, they were the 29c mini tacos, about 1/2 to 1/3 of a normal taco.

LOL that must have pissed you off... random drunk guy comes in orders 50 mini tacos for himself, only eats half the rest he throws away.. what does he care, only 29 cents each haha. Must have been a bitch making those in rapid fire mode....

Kilivek2.0 · 08-25-2007, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by oaklanbash

LOL that must have pissed you off... random drunk guy comes in orders 50 mini tacos for himself, only eats half the rest he throws away.. what does he care, only 29 cents each haha. Must have been a bitch making those in rapid fire mode....

must be why every "real tv" video of some employee shitting in the food is taco bell.

oaklanbash · 08-25-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Kilivek2.0

must be why every "real tv" video of some employee shitting in the food is taco bell.

When I lived in New Orleans for a couple of years, I had a lot of police friends. They said it was really bad about going to drive thru places because at the time the city was pretty notorious for spitting in cops food. They said they only trusted taco bell, which kind of runs counter to what you were saying there (not that I am doubting the TV part just talking from my limited experience). They said they had arrested multiple people from McDonalds and Burger King, and they got charged with pretty serious crimes. It's like up to 5 years in jail for spitting in someone's food in a restaurant drive thru (I guess it goes down as a 3rd degree felony assault or battery, sorry not an armchair lawyer).

DisgruntledOrangatang · 08-25-2007, 04:41 PM

fuck fast food man. that shit tastes gross i dont know how you people can stand it, once in a while i'll dig a bigmac or some shit but come on. its just like in that hot pockets skit 'after you eat a hot pocket you never go like all 'ahh that was a satisfying meal'. same shit with fast food. i don't know how you guys can't tell the difference. When you eat fast food to the point that you are full, it doesn't give a satisified feeling of full like when you load up on a home cooked meal or something with real food. Its just that you are full, full of artificial gross shit. And I am not biased towards fast food either, I used to eat that shit often enough, then for no reason at all I didn't have fast food for like 6 months. When i returned and ate it, it left me with that feeling the hotpocket feeling. Since then I haven't eaten fast food.

For same food pricing why not get a wawa hoagie and a bag of chips? Sides the massive sodium intake, its much healthier and around the same price and same quantity. Especially wawa hoagie's because you just get tons of ingredients on them and they load it up so it's one packed mofo. I haven't been to subway in years so maybe their prices have increased too, but hoagies are cheap healthy and quick.

08-25-2007, 01:24 PM	#35 (permalink)
Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,348 -19 Internets	I'll tell you what's a travesty, fucking milk being near 5 bucks a gallon. __________________ I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hand. I ball my fists and you gonna know where I stand.

08-25-2007, 02:32 PM	#38 (permalink)
Twobit Whore Insert Quarter Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 9,348 -19 Internets	Gas prices are a bigger short term factor I think. Milk and dairy is something that travels a lot and has to be restocked daily. I've noticed bread being more expensive as well, but not nearly as much. Local bakeries are much more common than local dairy farms. __________________ I got a list of demands written on the palm of my hand. I ball my fists and you gonna know where I stand.

08-25-2007, 04:41 PM	#45 (permalink)
DisgruntledOrangatang Registered User Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 893	fuck fast food man. that shit tastes gross i dont know how you people can stand it, once in a while i'll dig a bigmac or some shit but come on. its just like in that hot pockets skit 'after you eat a hot pocket you never go like all 'ahh that was a satisfying meal'. same shit with fast food. i don't know how you guys can't tell the difference. When you eat fast food to the point that you are full, it doesn't give a satisified feeling of full like when you load up on a home cooked meal or something with real food. Its just that you are full, full of artificial gross shit. And I am not biased towards fast food either, I used to eat that shit often enough, then for no reason at all I didn't have fast food for like 6 months. When i returned and ate it, it left me with that feeling the hotpocket feeling. Since then I haven't eaten fast food. For same food pricing why not get a wawa hoagie and a bag of chips? Sides the massive sodium intake, its much healthier and around the same price and same quantity. Especially wawa hoagie's because you just get tons of ingredients on them and they load it up so it's one packed mofo. I haven't been to subway in years so maybe their prices have increased too, but hoagies are cheap healthy and quick. __________________ "Talk all you want, but when I say I'm going to kill you, there's nothing you can do but die"

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08-25-2007, 12:52 PM	#32 (permalink)
Taloo Fires of Heaven WoW Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 599	I took $50 worth of wendys 5-piece nuggets to a party one night. I was a god.

08-25-2007, 01:06 PM	#33 (permalink)
Ninajrr the Ninjarr Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: CA Posts: 1,351	lol'd at this thread. of all the things wrong with fastfood (morally), the biggest problem without a doubt is its hugely overpricing of food. funnies.

08-25-2007, 01:19 PM	#34 (permalink)
Gigfc Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,244 -51 Internets	Malakriss, do you believe it really is a travesty? lol

08-25-2007, 02:30 PM	#37 (permalink)
Millie A Relic Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 5,872	Food prices across the board are increasing because the price of corn -- a staple crop in just about everything from agriculture to livestock feed, etc. -- is skyrocketing, largely due to newfound demands for corn as ethanol. Anything that is fed corn (cows, pigs, chickens, etc.) will have its own byproducts (milk, meat, etc.) increase dramatically in cost. This is why your McDonalds meals are more expensive and why your milk is more expensive at the supermarket. This will not get better anytime soon.

08-25-2007, 03:37 PM	#40 (permalink)
NargorothRiP Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Baltimore, MD Posts: 360	And the laughable fuckin part is the huge ass subsidies the farmers get and its still this bad. btw fuck ethanol stupid as Iowa hicks and their ball twisting power over politicians to fund it so heavy with how shitty it is for your car.

08-25-2007, 03:59 PM	#41 (permalink)
Langemede Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 62 +0 Internets	Anyone remember fiesta tacos from Taco Bell? ALways thought it was funny ordering like 50 of them stoned, until I worked there for a year. If you don't remember them, they were the 29c mini tacos, about 1/2 to 1/3 of a normal taco.