As a person trying to gain weight I’m searching for ways to feed myself on the move with low cost. Food prices are hiking up constantly here, with the smallest burger meal to have any effect (Big Mac Meal or the equivalent) costing around 7 euros (10 USD) now.
American (bodybuilding) sources always recommend a frequent visit to a burger joint for easy, cheap calories, just not too often. But at 10 dollars a pop, cheap it ain’t. So, what does a Big Mac meal or a similar product cost locally, US Dopers? I always hear stories of one dollar burgers in America etc. Are they true?
The Burger King closest to me offers their basic Big Mac meal (w/med fries and drink) for under $3 on Wednesdays right now. I can’t recall what the usual price is, but I’m pretty sure it’s under $5.
“Since McDonald’s started advertising the Dollar Menu nationally, the double cheeseburger has become the chain’s most ordered item.” --from this April 2006 article.
But '*“The cost implications of having that value menu have changed when you see what’s going on in beef and chicken,” Alvarez said in a conference call with stock analysts. “The way the dollar menu looks today won’t be the way it looks next year,” he said, adding that “in this current environment, we’ve got to make sure we’re pricing smart, not just pricing low.”
Alvarez didn’t elaborate on how the dollar menu might change, but said tests have been under way in some markets. Bill Whitman, a spokesman for the firm, said one test has been to raise the price of the double cheeseburger, the anchor of the dollar menu and McDonald’s best-selling U.S. sandwich.*’
-from July 2008
A Big Mac meal is about $5.50 - $6.00 including sales tax here in Pennsylvania.
The two sandwiches on the dollar menu (it also has small sized fries, apple pies, and a few other items) are the double cheeseburger and the McChicken sandwich.
McDonald’s prices vary greatly by location and tourist traffic. The “Rock and Roll McDonald’s” here in Chicago is considerably more expensive than one my my nondescript Chicago neighborhood.
I assume when you say that you want to gain weight, that you don’t want all of it in a jiggling perimeter around your navel. You’d be better served ordering another, or simply a larger, sandwich/burger and omitting the fries entirely.