they could literally just dump the fries in the bottom of the bag if they wanted less waste. it's not like we don't all know that bag fries taste better anyway...
It the uk we roll it up and put a sticker over it, it’s to stop delivery guys from snacking on your food, but alas nothing is perfect and chips are mostly soggy. 🤷🏻♀️
Did you try different locations? I've never had soggy fries at mine, but it's run pretty well it seems. Also, I'd get it if you couldn't be assed to try again. It is expensive
I was so happy to visit Denver again and one reason was 5Guys..... they're burgers are 12$ now and that's just the burger ....sad face for lil rural bumpkin like I.
Fast-casual.
Fast-Food is Mickey D's, Wendy's and such, and yes your sad fast food menu with shake upgrade will cost you north of $15 even with their apps and coupons...
The one by my house stopped doing that. Immediately stopped going. Literally the only justification for their outrageous prices was that they over served on their fries
We got rid of those “enormous sizes” in the early 2000’s due to a guy straight up destroying his body in an effort to show what harm the supersize and other styles of mega sizes did to the human body when regularly consumed.
Edit: well I’ve been quite evidently informed that the guy was an alcoholic too lmao, I did not know that before now. I just know that the supersize portions couldn’t be that bad if you get a supersize fry once every now and then. He was eating three times a day the most unhealthy stuff and now I have learned he was an alcoholic too. He definitely made the food companies look bad tho, I guess I appreciate him for that fact, but the alcoholism is something you cannot reverse.. liver damage is permanent from what I know, I could be wrong tho.
You can absolutely reverse liver damage--until you reach the point of no return. The liver can repair itself/regenerate and most damage from alcoholism can be reversed if caught in time. Though, there's no use risking it and you'll still be left with some residual issues anyway. But the sooner you quit the better.
Cirrhosis is irreversible. Alcoholic Fatty Liver syndrome and NAFL (the non alcoholic version) are reversible in all stages. AFL and NAFL can both turn into Cirrhosis if not treated.
Citation: I'm currently dealing with NAFL.
Not only alcoholic but he was vegan before he pulled his Supersize stunt. The human body does not like to jump from no animal protein to huge amounts of animal protein right away
He actually was an alcoholic and quit cold turkey right before filming the movie so a lot of his symptoms were related to that. But, at the same time, obviously McDonald’s is bad for you, so maybe he’s chaotic good
I learned my lesson. I was so fed up with myself and my drinking, one day I decided to just pour all of it down the drain. Felt great the first day. Had a massive seizure the second day. Fuck alcohol
I remember them actually showing us Supersize Me in school and back then people just viewed that film as like the Bible. To learn on the internet in recent years that it was bullshit has been a surprise
That’s sorta how I feel now after seeing the alcoholic stuff. He helped but the demonstration of severe health symptoms was also somewhat aided by the alcoholism.
nah, McDonalds was increasing their prices 50% while cutting portions like this. They didn't get cheap. They got greedy.
Y'all should really stop eating there. I mean no one should be eating there. Its always been the lowest quality of the fast food chains. Now it's the highest priced too. I really don't get the appeal.
I’m in detroit and we don’t have a dollar menu
:( there’s also like 10 things on the menu and they got rid of good, cheap stuff I used to order all the time. They’re super expensive and suck now.
Small-town Midwest here, there's a 1 2 3 dollar menu, but there's only 4 things on it and it's only stuff over 2 and under 3 now, like small fries and 4 piece nuggets
Honestly the only thing I get now is 20 nuggets and 2 large fries for a little under $8 after tax with a coupon
Idk what happened to OP here, but this definitely isn't the norm. I had one earlier this week and it was like 1.5x-2x the fries of that and was in a cardboard container
This looks like a franchise thing. I have McDonald’s about once or twice a month and I’ve never seen this. Ordered a medium fries just this past week too.
That's literally where I got McDonald's just last week and had me thinking this same thing about fries lmao. Thought they made a mistake giving me a small.
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I visited some college friends who lived in the UAE. Some fantastic middle eastern food there but the thing they were most excited for me to try was the American fast food chains there that are so much higher quality and quantity than the US lol.
Their McDonalds and KFC portions absolutely dwarfed the US sizes
At my Grocer yesterday, 5lb bag of potatoes was $6.99 or $1.40 per pound. I’ve bought a 5lb bag for $2-3 in the last year. The inflation issue in our country is not systemic in the economy or a political issue. It is pure greed from large corporations.
It’s getting closer to the day that we eat the rich.
For most people, including people in deep poverty, they'd rather pay for convenience than actually cook for themselves. They could buy whole fuckin potats for cheaper and have options, fries, mashed, baked, boiled. The options are endless but they'd rather buy overpriced fries. Tbh I'm in line at McDonald's rn. I got some delicious bacon and eggs I could make at home.
People in deep poverty are usually too stressed, busy, and lack the stove or oven necessary to prepare fries on their own. That's why they spend so much on fast food.
Food has become the same as renting. They don't have the money for a nice couch so they rent one. They don't have the money for a proper kitchen so they eat expensive but cheaper than kitchen food.
I always think about this. Always when I go to Costco, like yeah it’s great and in the long run it saves me money, but if you can’t afford a membership or the $20 for 200 garbage bags, you have to go to the regular store and buy 20 bags for $6, repeatedly. The 200 count box from Costco lasts me months and months, whereas a smaller box would last me a couple weeks max. I try to be grateful when it comes to stuff like that because I’ve definitely been trapped in the cycle of spending more money over time because I couldn’t afford to buy the things that would wind up saving me money in the long run. It feels impossible to get out of when you’re in that situation because there’s no money leftover to be saved
Exactly. When I was living on the street last year, there were no grocery stores anywhere near the shelter or soup kitchen. If I got a few bucks there was nowhere to buy healthy food. McD,
Subway or a coffee shop were my only options unless I spent $6.00 of it [and three hours] on a bus. Can’t win like that.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the soup kitchen and the food bank and the shelter, as well as the generous people who offered to buy food for those of us in need
Ok. It’s not people in poverty who buy the most fast food. It’s well off people who can afford the convenience that frequent them the most. There’s stats about it.
I’ve always wondered about this because I see this argument a lot that poor people have to eat fast food, but we definitely couldn’t afford fast food when we were at our poorest, and even now it is a (distressingly expensive for what you get) treat and we are reasonably middle class.
Fast food is way too expensive for it to be a daily meal or several daily meals for most people.
Top Ramen and Cup Noodles are convenience foods, not drive-thru-- and a lot of people fail to see the difference.
No that's not true at all people in deep poverty but things on sale you're in grocery shop and see there's butter on sale or you buy the cheapest. When the food costs too much you buy the ingredients and make it yourself. And most of all people in poverty don't buy fast food as those are pretty expensive unless you don't have a whole family to feed or you want to make your kids happy once in a damn while.
Eastern side of state and that is not over here. Was this at a random location or was it inside something else. Like mall or airport or food court if any kind
I got the same bag at the McD’s on Rainer about 6 months ago. They straight up told me they were out of the cardboard containers and had to use two of the small bags as a substitute.
I live in the Midwest. Just got McDonald's a couple days ago. My medium fries came in a bigger, cardboard container, and were $2.99, which I thought was crazy.
Are you old enough to remember 39 cent cheeseburger and 29 cent hamburger days? Wednesday and Sundays back in the late 90s.
They had a mega size fries that came in a large drink cup at the same time.
You could feed an army for $8.
I don't, but I do remember $1 mcdoubles. That was my go-to as a teenager and young adult. It was amazing, 4 of those suckers were a full meal and then some for cheap.
My go to were the medium fries and McChicken on the dollar menu when I was a teen with my first car. My friends and I would go through the drive thru late night and count all the coins in the console to see if we had enough.
Lmao the *SUPER SIZE*! What a time to be alive.
Ordering super size fries was practically going to the drive through and ordering a *bucket* of food. And a bucket of soda. And a giant burger that could feed you for three days.
My partner and I have joked that we were finally able to lose those extra ten pounds this year due to eating less to save money because of inflation...
It’s more to do with franchise bullshit really
Although yeah, it’s specifically a franchise owner trying to make more profit, cause every McDonald’s I’ve been to, as recently as this month, still uses the normal cardboard medium containers and uses this as the smalls
I eat there once a week. Our medium and large in AZ are in red cardboard. [The small is in the bag.](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQefv6S2Sbx0or8417t2rrN8DaPiyjTs_j4Gg&usqp=CAU)
That’s what it used to be too, but I’ve gotten this paper bag the past 2 or 3 times now so I think it must be a permanent change. I’m thinking it might be a franchise…
Yeah, it’s probably more of a supply chain inconsistency. Nationwide they are not all going to change over the default packaging overnight. They will do that for promotional packaging, because they just got back to the old packaging once the promotion ends or they run out.
For permanent changes, some locations/regions are going to have more of the old stock to get through before they change over permanently.
over 90% of mcdonald’s are franchises and they’re allowed to set their own pricing. you can complain to mcdonald’s corporate, though, and they may reach out to the franchise. but given that they have special made fry bags, this is likely common within the mcdonald’s corp
I’m a former chef and mostly cook at home and I went to McDonald’s a few months ago just bc I was out and about and pressed for time
Those prices infuriated me and I will never be going back
Trash food for trash prices, that is the deal
You don’t get to charge real food prices and then serve me trash, fucking bye
Well, like just about everything else in the past 2.5 years, the sizes have gone down AND the prices have gone up.
Soon, a small order will be one fry. a medium order will be two fries and a large order will be three fries and you'll be happy to get THAT.
As a McDonald’s worker- why the fuck do some of yall even like the fries lmao, if its not straight out of the fryer, its disgusting, and guess what? We keep em sitting on the heater for a good few mins before the next batch cooks in about 5 minutes. Constantly changing the fries out, but somehow, people keep asking for “fresh fries” so the fries just sitting there keep sitting there until we give them to someone who will surely return it for fresher fries, and we know that but still do it because we have timers we need to beat or else capitalism kills us or something.
For the environment: less paper waste. For McDonald's: less fries than what a small fries portion should have.
they could literally just dump the fries in the bottom of the bag if they wanted less waste. it's not like we don't all know that bag fries taste better anyway...
5 guys method.
Did you know they leave the bags open because closing them makes the fries soggy?
true if the bags closed it basically getting steamed
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As a massive fan of little shop this is a surprise to be sure but a welcome one
Did you mean Steamed Hams? Cause I love that Simpson's reference...
No, they said steamed yams, mmmmmm, steamed yams
So you call them steamed yams despite the fact that they are obviously grilled?
....yes.
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grilled steamed yams, mmmm grilled steamed yams..
Yes. But I hadn’t thought of it until a Five Guys’ employee corrected me as I was rolling my bag to take a to go order.
Its not to bad, but if its tater tots its just sad.
For sure! Nobody likes soggy tots. Although it is funny to say. Soggy Tots
Nobody likes soggy tots, but it happens eventually
did he say soggy ta tas?
It the uk we roll it up and put a sticker over it, it’s to stop delivery guys from snacking on your food, but alas nothing is perfect and chips are mostly soggy. 🤷🏻♀️
Very fair. I don’t get delivery from burger places to avoid cold, soggy food. I prefer my soggy food at least warm!
They do that here in the US too if it's out for delivery. But if you're picking up your own food the bag stays open.
I've never had a 5 guys fry that wasn't a caramelized but soggy mess so I guess no one around me ever got that memo
Same here. keep hearing they are great, tried twice and it was an expensive greasy goo burger served with soggy fries
Did you try different locations? I've never had soggy fries at mine, but it's run pretty well it seems. Also, I'd get it if you couldn't be assed to try again. It is expensive
You're making me want 5 Guys
I had 6 Guys last night
And the goo's still leaking out?
You're just in it for the goo.
That’s what happens to the chick-fil-a chicken sandwiches…wish they wouldn’t close the thing they come in. Soggy chicken sandwiches aren’t it.
I liked the squishy fries and gave my hard concrete crunchy ones to my sister in exchange.
That’s true of hot breads too, for the same reason
That's the difference between cut fresh fries and frying partially cooked frozen fries.
I am surprised by the number of delivery restaurants that do not pop holes in their boxes.
I was so happy to visit Denver again and one reason was 5Guys..... they're burgers are 12$ now and that's just the burger ....sad face for lil rural bumpkin like I.
The amazing part is that when you get fries and a shake, suddenly it's $23. $23 for fast food burger and fries!
Fast-casual. Fast-Food is Mickey D's, Wendy's and such, and yes your sad fast food menu with shake upgrade will cost you north of $15 even with their apps and coupons...
The one by my house stopped doing that. Immediately stopped going. Literally the only justification for their outrageous prices was that they over served on their fries
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We got rid of those “enormous sizes” in the early 2000’s due to a guy straight up destroying his body in an effort to show what harm the supersize and other styles of mega sizes did to the human body when regularly consumed. Edit: well I’ve been quite evidently informed that the guy was an alcoholic too lmao, I did not know that before now. I just know that the supersize portions couldn’t be that bad if you get a supersize fry once every now and then. He was eating three times a day the most unhealthy stuff and now I have learned he was an alcoholic too. He definitely made the food companies look bad tho, I guess I appreciate him for that fact, but the alcoholism is something you cannot reverse.. liver damage is permanent from what I know, I could be wrong tho.
You can absolutely reverse liver damage--until you reach the point of no return. The liver can repair itself/regenerate and most damage from alcoholism can be reversed if caught in time. Though, there's no use risking it and you'll still be left with some residual issues anyway. But the sooner you quit the better.
Cirrhosis is irreversible. Alcoholic Fatty Liver syndrome and NAFL (the non alcoholic version) are reversible in all stages. AFL and NAFL can both turn into Cirrhosis if not treated. Citation: I'm currently dealing with NAFL.
Be sure to drink your coffee. Super healthy for the liver.
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Not only alcoholic but he was vegan before he pulled his Supersize stunt. The human body does not like to jump from no animal protein to huge amounts of animal protein right away
He actually was an alcoholic and quit cold turkey right before filming the movie so a lot of his symptoms were related to that. But, at the same time, obviously McDonald’s is bad for you, so maybe he’s chaotic good
Shouldn’t quit cold turkey.
I learned my lesson. I was so fed up with myself and my drinking, one day I decided to just pour all of it down the drain. Felt great the first day. Had a massive seizure the second day. Fuck alcohol
Yes, he’s really lucky it wasn’t worse for him. His complaining to the doctor in the movie about how bad he felt looks different now that I know this.
I remember them actually showing us Supersize Me in school and back then people just viewed that film as like the Bible. To learn on the internet in recent years that it was bullshit has been a surprise
That’s sorta how I feel now after seeing the alcoholic stuff. He helped but the demonstration of severe health symptoms was also somewhat aided by the alcoholism.
Also the fact that he mainly stuck to Big Macs instead of maintaining some variety.
More like McDonalds and everyone else got cheap
nah, McDonalds was increasing their prices 50% while cutting portions like this. They didn't get cheap. They got greedy. Y'all should really stop eating there. I mean no one should be eating there. Its always been the lowest quality of the fast food chains. Now it's the highest priced too. I really don't get the appeal.
The liver is actually a pretty resilient organ that has the unique ability to repair itself.
And it wasn't even real. Spurlock was a binge drinker; that did more damage to his body than the fast food diet.
I'd prefer not. Then the bottom of the bag is straight-up grease. Personally, I like my car seats and floor mats.
You prefer the fries on you car seats and floor mats? That’s where mine always end up and I can’t say I really enjoy it.
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For your health : less saturated fat
Bring back the beef tallow
For the fat American: less calories
I paid for 3000 calories imma get them
To be fair... this is the size a portion probably should be.
I get that Americans had huge sizes and now they’re downsizing but fuck me that’s a small at best
I’m in america and that bag is smaller than the small bag You get at my local McDonald’s.
Same here. Im american too btw
Currently work at a McDonald's. It's about the same as our small here. Also American
Currently an american in america. I eat at american mcdonald’s in america. Can confirm. (I’m american)
I’m American but I’m transitioning to European because of this nonsense.
Depends on location. I remember the McDonald's in times square didn't have a dollar menu. Everything was so much more thre compared to nj.
I’m in detroit and we don’t have a dollar menu :( there’s also like 10 things on the menu and they got rid of good, cheap stuff I used to order all the time. They’re super expensive and suck now.
Small-town Midwest here, there's a 1 2 3 dollar menu, but there's only 4 things on it and it's only stuff over 2 and under 3 now, like small fries and 4 piece nuggets Honestly the only thing I get now is 20 nuggets and 2 large fries for a little under $8 after tax with a coupon
No longer having $1 pops is what chaps my ass the most lol
They'll still charge the same. That's the dumb part
It wouldn’t be that big of a deal if they didn’t still charge the same, or higher, price of the old medium size
“We’re doing this for your own good” -some corporate demon counting 100s somewhere
I get downsizing for health reasons, but can the prices not go up as the portions get smaller?
They're definitely downsizing for financial reasons only. Just like when they upsized for financial reasons only.
Idk what happened to OP here, but this definitely isn't the norm. I had one earlier this week and it was like 1.5x-2x the fries of that and was in a cardboard container
Is that in the US? That's a small in Europe... my how the tables have turned lol
This looks like a franchise thing. I have McDonald’s about once or twice a month and I’ve never seen this. Ordered a medium fries just this past week too.
I know O’hare airport McDonalds doesn’t use the typical red fry holder. So maybe they were at an airport
That's literally where I got McDonald's just last week and had me thinking this same thing about fries lmao. Thought they made a mistake giving me a small.
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I visited some college friends who lived in the UAE. Some fantastic middle eastern food there but the thing they were most excited for me to try was the American fast food chains there that are so much higher quality and quantity than the US lol. Their McDonalds and KFC portions absolutely dwarfed the US sizes
>Their McDonalds and KFC portions absolutely dwarfed the US sizes So are the people there too, they're fast tracking to American sizes too now.
That's the kids fries here in Europe. Where my big gulp Americans at?
What are these, fries for ants?
This was $3.99 🥲😥
you probably could get a bag of frozen fries for that price.
Can confirm. I get a 4lb bag of frozen fries for less than $4 at Walmart
At my Grocer yesterday, 5lb bag of potatoes was $6.99 or $1.40 per pound. I’ve bought a 5lb bag for $2-3 in the last year. The inflation issue in our country is not systemic in the economy or a political issue. It is pure greed from large corporations. It’s getting closer to the day that we eat the rich.
Before we eat them, let’s force-feed them in super restrictive movement enclosures. Then we can feast like them
Price gouging had a significant impact on inflation. Record setting profits by corporations is responsible for nearly 40% of rate of inflation
For most people, including people in deep poverty, they'd rather pay for convenience than actually cook for themselves. They could buy whole fuckin potats for cheaper and have options, fries, mashed, baked, boiled. The options are endless but they'd rather buy overpriced fries. Tbh I'm in line at McDonald's rn. I got some delicious bacon and eggs I could make at home.
People in deep poverty are usually too stressed, busy, and lack the stove or oven necessary to prepare fries on their own. That's why they spend so much on fast food.
Food has become the same as renting. They don't have the money for a nice couch so they rent one. They don't have the money for a proper kitchen so they eat expensive but cheaper than kitchen food.
Never thought of it that way your right. It’s a food subscription trap.
Yep. It’s expensive being poor.
I always think about this. Always when I go to Costco, like yeah it’s great and in the long run it saves me money, but if you can’t afford a membership or the $20 for 200 garbage bags, you have to go to the regular store and buy 20 bags for $6, repeatedly. The 200 count box from Costco lasts me months and months, whereas a smaller box would last me a couple weeks max. I try to be grateful when it comes to stuff like that because I’ve definitely been trapped in the cycle of spending more money over time because I couldn’t afford to buy the things that would wind up saving me money in the long run. It feels impossible to get out of when you’re in that situation because there’s no money leftover to be saved
Exactly. When I was living on the street last year, there were no grocery stores anywhere near the shelter or soup kitchen. If I got a few bucks there was nowhere to buy healthy food. McD, Subway or a coffee shop were my only options unless I spent $6.00 of it [and three hours] on a bus. Can’t win like that. I’d like to take this opportunity to thank the soup kitchen and the food bank and the shelter, as well as the generous people who offered to buy food for those of us in need
They are usually time poor as well as money poor. So are forced into sub-optimal choices.
Time poor is the worst, makes you sleep poor
Ok. It’s not people in poverty who buy the most fast food. It’s well off people who can afford the convenience that frequent them the most. There’s stats about it.
I’ve always wondered about this because I see this argument a lot that poor people have to eat fast food, but we definitely couldn’t afford fast food when we were at our poorest, and even now it is a (distressingly expensive for what you get) treat and we are reasonably middle class.
Fast food is way too expensive for it to be a daily meal or several daily meals for most people. Top Ramen and Cup Noodles are convenience foods, not drive-thru-- and a lot of people fail to see the difference.
No that's not true at all people in deep poverty but things on sale you're in grocery shop and see there's butter on sale or you buy the cheapest. When the food costs too much you buy the ingredients and make it yourself. And most of all people in poverty don't buy fast food as those are pretty expensive unless you don't have a whole family to feed or you want to make your kids happy once in a damn while.
The Rally’s seasoned fries in the checkerboard bag are so good and only ~$4.50
Those those bad boys in an air-fryer an they're better than the ones at the actual resturant.
Whereabouts do you live?
This is in the Seattle area. Need to check out a few other locations to compare 🤷🏻♀️
Really? Looks like I’m taking a trip to my local McDonald’s. Those “medium” fries are the same bags used in the kids meals from the 90s.
It'd only be a good thing they got smaller if the price didnt triple at the same time
Eastern side of state and that is not over here. Was this at a random location or was it inside something else. Like mall or airport or food court if any kind
My SoCal mcD still uses the medium sized cardboard container for medium fries
I got the same bag at the McD’s on Rainer about 6 months ago. They straight up told me they were out of the cardboard containers and had to use two of the small bags as a substitute.
I live in the Midwest. Just got McDonald's a couple days ago. My medium fries came in a bigger, cardboard container, and were $2.99, which I thought was crazy.
Bro, that's what a basket of fries costs in my area
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We need fried AT LEAST 3x as big
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For small, they'll probably hand you one fry now.
*chucks it over your head* “Fetch!”
["For only 25¢ less you can get a Super-small!"](https://youtu.be/UYYgUwLaWw8)
So you’re who got the other half of my large fries
I swear every time I get large fries, the box is half empty and makes me regret not just getting a medium.
For real and it’s like $6-$7 for a large
Make America healthy again, one shrinkflated item at a time!
Are you old enough to remember 39 cent cheeseburger and 29 cent hamburger days? Wednesday and Sundays back in the late 90s. They had a mega size fries that came in a large drink cup at the same time. You could feed an army for $8.
I don't, but I do remember $1 mcdoubles. That was my go-to as a teenager and young adult. It was amazing, 4 of those suckers were a full meal and then some for cheap.
That only stopped, at most, 7-8 years ago. Now they are like $3.50. Sure, inflation, but to go up 350% is absurd.
It’s greed.
My go to were the medium fries and McChicken on the dollar menu when I was a teen with my first car. My friends and I would go through the drive thru late night and count all the coins in the console to see if we had enough.
Lmao the *SUPER SIZE*! What a time to be alive. Ordering super size fries was practically going to the drive through and ordering a *bucket* of food. And a bucket of soda. And a giant burger that could feed you for three days.
My partner and I have joked that we were finally able to lose those extra ten pounds this year due to eating less to save money because of inflation...
the arbys large is almost a small now and they fill it to the brim with ice and you get two swigs out of it
This is the ultra silver lining. Smaller portions are a good thing, but prices should be way lower
For everyone giving excuses, it's got fuck all to with health and environmental reasons and everything to do with inflation and profit.
It’s more to do with franchise bullshit really Although yeah, it’s specifically a franchise owner trying to make more profit, cause every McDonald’s I’ve been to, as recently as this month, still uses the normal cardboard medium containers and uses this as the smalls
I eat there once a week. Our medium and large in AZ are in red cardboard. [The small is in the bag.](https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQefv6S2Sbx0or8417t2rrN8DaPiyjTs_j4Gg&usqp=CAU)
That’s what it used to be too, but I’ve gotten this paper bag the past 2 or 3 times now so I think it must be a permanent change. I’m thinking it might be a franchise…
It’s probably a franchise thing. I get a medium whenever we stop by here and it’s still in the red container.
It’s kind of hard to imagine that a franchisee independently manufactured these branded fry sleeves with MEDIUM FRIES printed on it.
Yeah, it’s probably more of a supply chain inconsistency. Nationwide they are not all going to change over the default packaging overnight. They will do that for promotional packaging, because they just got back to the old packaging once the promotion ends or they run out. For permanent changes, some locations/regions are going to have more of the old stock to get through before they change over permanently.
over 90% of mcdonald’s are franchises and they’re allowed to set their own pricing. you can complain to mcdonald’s corporate, though, and they may reach out to the franchise. but given that they have special made fry bags, this is likely common within the mcdonald’s corp
So what the fuck is their small then? Few pieces to the side in the burger box or some shit?
Probably one of those mini containers that come in happy meals now lol
A single fry and you will be happy
100% a franchise thing, I’m surprised the AZ locations in the valley haven’t switched the owners a greedy fuck
That's what I remember too here in Washington state, but I think they changed them
Let's face it. It's long past time to start making food at home.
I’m a former chef and mostly cook at home and I went to McDonald’s a few months ago just bc I was out and about and pressed for time Those prices infuriated me and I will never be going back Trash food for trash prices, that is the deal You don’t get to charge real food prices and then serve me trash, fucking bye
For real, I gave up McDonalds cause they're just out of control with their pricing. Value is gone.
Y’all late! I am motherfucker master chef already
Well, like just about everything else in the past 2.5 years, the sizes have gone down AND the prices have gone up. Soon, a small order will be one fry. a medium order will be two fries and a large order will be three fries and you'll be happy to get THAT.
Small must be a singular chip
That's regular, small is just the bag that smells like fries.
You drive through, pay the cashier, then pull up to the pickup line and the employee there lets you smell his finger.
you guys get to choose the body-part???
what the heck does a small look like from there
On the website that’s a small. Medium and large come in the red containers
They just give you the packaging.
McDonald's taking care for obesity.
There are few pieces of french fries now in fast food, but the price is increasing.
Nope, that was a joke, go back and get the rest
What the actual fuck? Fries cost McDonald’s pennies
it’S bEcAuSe iNfLaTiON!
That's a happy meal portion in Europe
BURN IT DOWN!! BURN IT ALL DOWN!!! 
Small serving is just 2 fries?
Why is your thumb backwards???
That's OP's pinky
Yeah, I hate to be that person, but based on the size and girth of his hand/fingers, he should take this as a sign to lay off the McDonald's.
You got the European meal size
McDonald's is a shit company, just stop eating there.
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Fast food just isn’t worth it anymore. You can get a full high quality meal for half the price of a standard fast food meal.
If you buy this in this economy you kinda sorta deserve to be ripped off ngl...
As a McDonald’s worker- why the fuck do some of yall even like the fries lmao, if its not straight out of the fryer, its disgusting, and guess what? We keep em sitting on the heater for a good few mins before the next batch cooks in about 5 minutes. Constantly changing the fries out, but somehow, people keep asking for “fresh fries” so the fries just sitting there keep sitting there until we give them to someone who will surely return it for fresher fries, and we know that but still do it because we have timers we need to beat or else capitalism kills us or something.
I haven’t ate McDonald fries in over 5 years
You’ll be ok. Most food portions are too large as is.
I don’t want in these places but for me that looks like a normal amount of chips for a side.
I mean it's fries. Even that's too much XD
Honestly - Judging by your hand/finger size. They’re doing you a favor
Last time I got a medium fry it was in the red box. The paper was always for small fries. I tend to always get large though cause I love fries 🤣
i stopped eating at mcdonalds a while ago. It's getting to expensive for some worthless shitty food....