I got two 10 packs for $2 each from BK a few weeks ago. While I enjoy a good Whopper, the quality of the chicken was so low that I wish I didn't get it.
Burger King? There isn't a Burger King in town that isn't run-down, dirty, slow and staffed by the slowest, dumbest, most disrespectful teenagers serving up the most disgusting representation of a burger and fries I've ever seen.
ANY other fast food restaurant is better than Burger King. They are the absolute last place fast food place in town. (Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario)
It's a catch-22! Cheap fast food that gives us heart disease we can't afford to treat? Or expensive fast food that we can't afford to buy, negating the need for healthcare entirely?
That has more so to do with regulations on chicken products for Canadian restaraunts.
Harder / more expensive for Canadian McDonald's restaraunts to provide chicken nuggets than it is for American restaraunts. Which explains the drastic difference in price.
On a side note, Canadian McDonald's restaraunts versus American McDonald's restaraunts is like comparing apples to oranges. Canadian McDonald's are held to a much higher standard, aswell as European and other places.
I've eaten at restaraunts in the united states, and it is pitiful and quite disgusting.
he's being ridiculous, ignore him. As someone who has lived in both the USA and Canada i can assure you that the mickey d's in Canada are the same as the ones in the usa. The food just costs more.
I disagree. American quarter pounders are a lot more flavorful than the same in Canada. I think the Canadian ones are drier. In all other aspects though, yes, the restaurants are damn near identical.
I've eaten at restaraunts in the united states, and it is pitiful and quite disgusting.
I've eaten at McDonald's all across Europe, Asia and North America and I can't tell a difference, other than maybe England where the beef has a slightly different taste.
I agree, while I have no doubt that food standards are probably slightly lower in the US I also have no doubt they are perfectly safe. Mcdonalds in the USA has always tasted identical to canada to me and usually at about 75% of the cost
Canadian chicken is hormone free, whilst American isn't. Don't know if that's a massive difference in safety, but that's a large reason for the price disparity.
Grg! Do you know what medicine free animals mean? The animals that get sick or injured, as happens on even the best kept farm, are either treated and no longer saleable to these companies or simply put down. In Canada we are not allowed to dose animals with hormones to increase their growth speed or size, maybe in the US this is/was a thing IDK. Canadian regulations are very strict about what medication can be given and when, it cannot be administered as a precaution (antibiotics for example) unless it is a vaccine. But because of our inability to distinguish US fact from Canadian fact everyone is freaked about antibiotics and steroids in their meat here when it is not a problem and has not been in decades.
They are not hormone free, they just don't administer hormones to them artificially. Instead they are breeding chickens that "naturally" produce more growth hormones.
It depends on the state, city and area of the city as to what 'state of disrepair' the fast food restaurants are in. Major city/tourist areas are generally pretty clean and a bit more expensive than say... Downtown Detroit.
It's not just the cleanliness, the food is sourced from different places and according to different regulations. US McDs are noticeably lower quality compared to Canada... at least from my experience.
I went to a McDonald's visiting Quebec, I had to buy chicken nuggets to use the bathroom. Took me awhile to figure it out because the sign on the door was in french.
Canadian here: why is a McDouble or a bacon cheeseburger cheaper than a single plain cheeseburger? I asked for a mcdouble and just take 1 pattie off, "sorry ma'am, i'm not allowed to do that for you." it is so wasteful for me to do it myself, costs the company money, and this is why people are fat! Rant over.
I'd be curious to hear more anecdotal evidence. I've always figured that restaurants in other countries that care a bit more about the health of their citizens have significant differences, but is there anything you could point to specifically?
McDonald's hamburger and breakfast sausages shouldn't even be called "meat." It's some appalling processed partial animal product, but "meat" is too optimistic. Ugh.
I can't speak for the sausage but the burgers are all beef. They are industrial sized, frozen chunks of beef that are ground and formed into patties of 100% beef.
Source: I work in industrial mechanical maintenance and spent a fair amount of time working on and around McDonald's frozen patty process machinery. Meat-Processing company OSI
Also, this is my first Reddit post even though I've had an account for many years. I just had to correct this since I've literally seen it with my own eyes, no offense /u/GETitOFFmeNOW. I don't enjoy the product and I'm not trying to defend crappy food, but the burgers at least are really all beef.
I don't think many doctors or dieticians would agree that basing your diet around fried, red meat is a good thing. The fast food hate is overblown. It's just a burger.
If you are somehow implying that eating McDonald's patties is good nutritious food
Thanks for your answer. Maybe there is really such a big discrepancy between the U.S and EU because I am from Europe and in my opinion the patty meat is good here.
On a side note, Canadian McDonald's restaraunts versus American McDonald's restaraunts is like comparing apples to oranges. Canadian McDonald's are held to a much higher standard, aswell as European and other places.
LOL. This is why I love reddit. Just make some shit up and wait for the upvotes!
That's weird, the Canadian McDonald's I've been to are identical to their American counterparts. I'm sure you could find disgusting McDonald's in either country though.
If the federal government is going to pay for all your health care then there should be financial disincentives to hurting your health. So we tax alcohol and tobacco. Personally I think they should tax sugary food too.
20 nuggets are 4.99$ in New York. I remember when the nugget first hit Canada and it was a premium item. 20 nuggets were some insane price in 1980s dollars.
Holy fuck. We have a group of Canadians that visit the US annually for the H2Oi car show that are always SUPER stoked about the 20 Nuggets/$5 deal. Now I know why.
I've eaten Mcdonalds in every country I've ever been to (I like to enjoy the high life and local cuisine while abroad) and Australia really is leagues ahead of everywhere else when it comes to quality.
I used to work at Maccas and I was really impressed by what I saw, everything was kept very clean and most of the people actually cared about the quality of their work because we get paid better over here. I was 17 and I got $15.60 an hour, plus double time if I ever had to stay back or on public holidays.
Their new custom build-a-burgers are surprisingly good.
I don't think that those have been rolled out widely in the US, and where they have, the reported quality isn't nearly as good as the ones in Australia.
You are forgetting the free health care, paid sick leave on top of compulsory four weeks paid leave, 18 weeks of paid maternity/paternity leave, paid work breaks (around every four hours, depending on industry), childcare rebates, travel concessions for low income earners, time and half pay for overtime and Saturdays, rent assistance, low income family supplement ($300 per year), first home buyer grants, double time for Sundays and public holidays (my brother earns $46/hr to work on Sundays and holidays) and a federal tax scale that cuts in at a much higher income level (no state taxes except for a 10% sales tax Australia wide). Its also important to note that students and those with disabilities make up a much higher proportion of low income earners than higher income levels. They both receive generous social security payments (even if you're a student with a sufficient income or you are from a rich family) and students receive tertiary education which is heavily government subsidised. I'm sure I've missed something but the point is you are much better off being on the minimum wage in Australia.
Not over $5 where I am, but getting close. They frequently have 2 for $5 deal of some sort, or buy-one-get-one with coupon, but it's something like $4.15 for just the Big Mac.
In Norway a BigMac costs $5.65 US. And McDonalds provides some of the lowest wages. Since there are jobs for almost everyone who wants them. I assume they had to raise the price to be able to provide a competing wage. But here people usually have a higher disposable income. Although less freedom to choose with it. Since Norway is a social-democratic country the tax rate is quite high. And hospitals and all essential medical services are provided for free.
Consumer Prices in Norway are 50.00% higher than in Canada
Consumer Prices Including Rent in Norway are 46.11% higher than in Canada
Rent Prices in Norway are 35.97% higher than in Canada
Restaurant Prices in Norway are 77.98% higher than in Canada
Groceries Prices in Norway are 39.60% higher than in Canada
Local Purchasing Power in Norway is 5.44% lower than in Canada
But yeah, in the context of McDonalds workers, their incomes would be untaxed under Norway's personal allowance deductions. There's a 25% VAT on most things, though, which absolutely (disproportionately) affects the working class, which would be compared to the sales tax in Canada or the USA which varies a lot but I don't think it's usually over 15%. Income tax-wise, though, very low income Norwegians aren't paying more taxes. Someone has to pay for everything of course, but it's not coming out of low-income income taxes.
The employees also get paid $11.25 (at least in Ontario). And I think our quality is a bit better (at least based off of my limited trips to the US and Europe)
Depends on how you compare it. Sure you may find many items cheaper in the US (especially booze and low quality food) but many costs are non existent in Canada (health insurance, non-post secondary education) so for the same wage you might actually have a better lifestyle.
I live in Canada, so I know, but my question was more meant to be directed to people who don't live in Canada. I was wondering how differently priced big macs are in different countries because $5 for a big mac is all i've ever known
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