Panda Express! Why does McDonald's even exist??!
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Checkers/Rally's is still decent.
Checkers is one of the least unhealthy food chain
We have all but stopped drive thru when out for a concert or other events. What we do now is pack some home made sandwiches with some chips, etc for the drive home.
I still do mcd sometimes when working but I only order off the deals or redeeming points for something. I never pay full price.
Costco hotdogs
Where I live it's the chicken places. I can get a meal and a drink from church's or kfc for under a tenner.
If youβre in the more western states (and even some parts of central) US, In N Out. One of the best quality to price ratio youβll get.
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I can get a burrito cheaper: made out of actual food, way healthier for me and way more filling. And I can ask for extra hot sauce
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Life hack: you take some bread, put some ham and cheese on top of it, put another slice of bread on top and boom! you've got food! If you're feeling fancy you add tomato, lettuce, hard boiled egg, tuna or anything else.
Ok boomer
For less than the cost of a Big Mac, fries and a Coke, you can buy a loaf of fresh bread and some good cheese or roast beef, which you will enjoy much more
In Spain we do cured goat/sheep cheese and some cured ham/salchichon. Put that between fresh, home made bread and your golden.
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PTerrys in Austin is bangin... Best fast food fries. You can get a double cheeseburger meal for $8.
Food trucks tend to run cheaper as they cut down a lot of expenses in their operation compared to restaurants with dining areas, staff, drive thrus, etc.
On top of that, I have found a few random local places with rather decent prices. A pub in town, a chinese restaurant across town, and a diner. They took a while to find though and not all their items are cheap. I am also finding places are incorporating delivery apps into their operations to avoid paying out as much too through middlemen.
Not at all my experience; food trucks tend to be massively overpriced (and poor quality) in my area. I assume they expect to sell based on convenience and novelty. I guess it isn't working as there aren't very many around.
Damn that is unfortunate. Out of curiosity, what is the population density?
I am in a 50k city in a 300k county. Much smaller and selection plummets and quality and cost get highly variable.
When I lived in a larger city of 2 mil I found the prices to be reliably higher, with quality (sometimes) matching. But Portland OR sort of made a 'thing' about quality street food vs your average street vendor, so my experiences may already be skewed.
Just outside a major city in the southeast, so substantially higher. There's about 50k just in my suburb. Perhaps the food trucks here come from further in the city where prices generally are a bit higher?
I confess, I haven't been very thorough. I just tried a couple and wasn't impressed with the prices, so stopped bothering.
I don't go there but when I'd drop in to use a bathroom while travelling I always found it shockingly expensive. I'd rather go to the local hole in the wall dumpling joint and get a plate full of real homemade and inexpensive food any day.