# American fast food chains in the UK **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [January 30, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-fast-food-chains-in-the-uk/979056 "2023-01-30T16:23:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 57
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-fast-food-chains-in-the-uk/979056/57 "2023-01-31T17:41:10Z")
> [@veryfrank](#): > > Why would they be so expensive in the UK? Are some of the ingredients super-rare over there? I can’t speak about roast beef sandwiches in the UK, but I remember being consistently surprised by how cheap McNuggets are in the US (compared to Canada). > [@Why are McNuggets (tm) so expensive in Canada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-mcnuggets-tm-so-expensive-in-canada/610148): > > The other day, my wife wanted to buy some Chicken McNuggets. I almost had an aneurysm when I saw how expensive they were – $4.69 for 6 nuggets! After tax, that was almost a dollar per McNugget. And now, I just noticed in another thread that a pack of 4 McNuggets is on the “dollar menu” in the U.S. (at least in some locations). That’s one third of the per-nugget price that I’m paying in Canada (Toronto, specifically). Thinking back, when I was a kid I seem to recall that 9 McNuggets cost abo… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/american-fast-food-chains-in-the-uk/979056)._