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BigFox   United States
Joined 11 years
Pizza was always my go to.
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 2 years
I just eat the cost (pun intended) when I’m not in the mood for mac shack I’ll get chipotle or 5 Guys and if I’m feeling really daring I’ll get Taco Bell another really good one I get a lot is Culver’s. I plan on spending about 50 dollars every time I eat out just as minimum. Pretty much any money that’s extra is going to my stomach lol
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Munchies   United States
Joined 3 years
Morbidly A Beast:
I just eat the cost (pun intended) when I’m not in the mood for mac shack I’ll get chipotle or 5 Guys and if I’m feeling really daring I’ll get Taco Bell another really good one I get a lot is Culver’s. I plan on spending about 50 dollars every time I eat out just as minimum. Pretty much any money that’s extra is going to my stomach lol


Damn, you really are a glutton. Most I spend on a fast food run is $30. And that usually lasts me for 3 days.
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Casual Gainer   United Kingdom
Joined 8 years
I would check out what's available locally e.g. smaller chains/independents and sign up to delivery apps for the occasional offer.
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Munchies   United States
Joined 3 years
Casual Gainer:
I would check out what's available locally e.g. smaller chains/independents and sign up to delivery apps for the occasional offer.


Unfortunately, depending on where you live, shopping at smaller/local chains are not cheaper. Often times, bigger chain stores will charge significantly lower prices as a way to undercut the competition in small towns or rural areas.
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Nofbar   United States
Joined 9 years
Casual Gainer:
I would check out what's available locally e.g. smaller chains/independents and sign up to delivery apps for the occasional offer.

Munchies:
Unfortunately, depending on where you live, shopping at smaller/local chains are not cheaper. Often times, bigger chain stores will charge significantly lower prices as a way to undercut the competition in small towns or rural areas.


Much of that price difference is because the bigger retailers get discounts for buying large quantities.
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Munchies   United States
Joined 3 years
Casual Gainer:
I would check out what's available locally e.g. smaller chains/independents and sign up to delivery apps for the occasional offer.

Munchies:
Unfortunately, depending on where you live, shopping at smaller/local chains are not cheaper. Often times, bigger chain stores will charge significantly lower prices as a way to undercut the competition in small towns or rural areas.

Nofbar:
Much of that price difference is because the bigger retailers get discounts for buying large quantities.


That is part of it, yes. But talk to anyone that lives or has lived in a very small town. When a chain store comes to town, they'll sell things at a loss for a time until the mom-and-pop stores can't compete and then close down.

Eventually, that store will be the only one available in the area. And if it closes down one day (which has happened in some rural areas), it will devastate everyone.

So yeah, shopping locally is very important for the economy. Unfortunately, it's not always the most cost-effective option.
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Morbidly A Beast   United States
Joined 2 years
Morbidly A Beast:
I just eat the cost (pun intended) when I’m not in the mood for mac shack I’ll get chipotle or 5 Guys and if I’m feeling really daring I’ll get Taco Bell another really good one I get a lot is Culver’s. I plan on spending about 50 dollars every time I eat out just as minimum. Pretty much any money that’s extra is going to my stomach lol

Munchies:
Damn, you really are a glutton. Most I spend on a fast food run is $30. And that usually lasts me for 3 days.


It tends to really stack up at McDonald’s if you’re not thinking about it! 2 large fries is like 12 dollars nowadays. Add a few Big Macs and a 20 piece nugget your well into 50 haha
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Munchies   United States
Joined 3 years
Morbidly A Beast:
I just eat the cost (pun intended) when I’m not in the mood for mac shack I’ll get chipotle or 5 Guys and if I’m feeling really daring I’ll get Taco Bell another really good one I get a lot is Culver’s. I plan on spending about 50 dollars every time I eat out just as minimum. Pretty much any money that’s extra is going to my stomach lol

Munchies:
Damn, you really are a glutton. Most I spend on a fast food run is $30. And that usually lasts me for 3 days.

Morbidly A Beast:
It tends to really stack up at McDonald’s if you’re not thinking about it! 2 large fries is like 12 dollars nowadays. Add a few Big Macs and a 20 piece nugget your well into 50 haha


TIL that a McD diet is great weight loss for wallets.
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Casual Gainer   United Kingdom
Joined 8 years
Casual Gainer:
I would check out what's available locally e.g. smaller chains/independents and sign up to delivery apps for the occasional offer.

Munchies:
Unfortunately, depending on where you live, shopping at smaller/local chains are not cheaper. Often times, bigger chain stores will charge significantly lower prices as a way to undercut the competition in small towns or rural areas.


I wasn't mentioning local just for price but value, for example, I find my local chip shop to be more filling than an equivalent priced meal from McDonald's.

That said, calculating the kcal may be more difficult.

I also regularly find vouchers from a couple of apps don't work with larger chains.

Obviously YMMV to any advice, even advice for larger chains may not apply e.g. McDonald's drive throughs cost more than the town centre ones where I live.
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