British Couple Reacts to US vs UK Fast Food Prices | Food Wars | Insider Food 

I’d rather pay triple for actual pizza, not cardboard with sauce

@@TheRockkickass fair enough but sometimes you need a quick cheapy pizza on a random weekday

@@dr_waffle_house look I get it. I grew up in Brooklyn dude. I literally can’t stomach the chain stuff. I do get why people do it though, especially outside the northeast

@@TheRockkickass You sound pretty full of yourself right now, pun not intended.

@@SubtleHawk that doesn’t mean I’m wrong

And they live close to Ireland which is the potato capital of the world.

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Those prices from the US side are much higher than in my area not to mention we have rewards and coupons to get it for even cheaper

Same. Pizza might be close but everything else is way cheaper than they stated.

I was in NYC for a couple of weeks in the late 90s and I had Mikky D's in Times Square. It was a complete ripoff as everything else is there. $7.50 for a Quarter Pounder while at the same time in Texas it was about $3.50. But New York prices are always going to be ridiculous which is why it's not my favorite place in the world. I'd rather spend that kind of money in London or Bordeaux.

@@christianoliver3572 I really doubt that it is fair to call it a 'ripoff'. To stay in business, the restaurant has to cover its costs. Many costs are much higher in NY city and state. The taxes are quite high, real estate is very high whether you purchase or rent, getting supplies in is more expensive, getting trash out is more expensive, and labor costs are considerably higher. Some of that is government action and some of that is the natural limitations of doing business on perhaps the most developed island in North America. Ripoff has the connotation that McD's is just abusing the limited availability, but to the extent that it just reflects the costs, that is not fair. And besides, people are free to eat elsewhere, and there are lots of eating choices, so if someone chooses McD's, that's their choice. The few times I was there it seemed the local joints had much better prices than the chains for whatever reason and provided good foods with unique character, so I would recommend being a little more adventuresome.

@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 right plus Times Square it’s an expensive city

The prices at McDonalds here in the same city are different from each other. I can order the same things at one and it's a dollar cheaper than another McDonalds just a couple of miles away

They were $4.19 in Missouri (outside of St. Louis) when I got some the other day.

Yes you are correct. There are places where prices are lower and places where are higher, (depending on local economy). I believe these guys may have just averaged the prices across the states.

But cheaper means more fast food comsmption, and poorer health

Depends but Florida is cheap

@@casketman14 I live in Florida and not everything is cheap

One day I would like to go to a Krispy Kreme--hahaha. The closest one to me is 136 miles. I live in the land of Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts/New Hampshire. No Krispy Kremes in either state. The closest to me is actually in the Mohegan Sun Casino (an Indian Reservation of all places!) in Connecticut--hahaha.

I love Krispy creams their donuts are fresh

It’s for parties. We eat wings as a football party food in the U.S.

Wow, I just had my first Whataburger meal (they just opened in my area) and I got the triple with cheese meal (i.e. with fries and drink) and it was under $9

LoL 😅😅😅

😭😂 that’s funny

in your state. in my state, the pepperoni is $8 and the all meat is $10. prices vary wildly in the usa depending on where you are.

I'm in Montana

They give you alot of fries. I usually give half to someone

You should watch the UK food wars on that. The portions are twice as big in the UK as the US, and both sides get screwed on the fries.

@@lavenderoh Actually in the US, 5 guys throw two hands full of fries in your bag, I always get the small fries as it is enough for three people.

5:19

I never tried five guys before

Probably from 2019. They don't seem to be including the most recent inflation.

@@crystalh450 well they’re actually more expensive than in my area that’s why I’m asking lol.

@@casketman14 no, I am saying they are actually more expensive in everyone's area because of inflation. The prices they are showing here probably weren't the actual cost unless you go back in time to 2019 before the pandemic stuff happened and they shut a bunch of businesses down.

@@crystalh450 things were even cheaper in 2019 but the prices they state are probably 30-40% more than they really cost. That’s like airport terminal prices

@@AmericanNoiseMaker have you been shopping lately? Food in general is up 40% or more from where it was in 2019 in my area.

This is the first time we have seen it bigger in UK its mot common at all :D

​@@TheBeesleys99 check out the Five guys episode!

Because Europeans are just trained to think that way. But as a British American, it's all lies. Americans EAT smaller portions. The difference is American food in restaurants typically only comes in one course, or appetizer and main course. Most people share the appetizer and only eat half their meal. Versus Europe, their individual courses are smaller portions but they're only meant for one and then they'll typically have at least 4 courses, like soup/salad, appetizer, side, main, etc and eat 100% of that and then also order dessert. It's absolutely insane how much Europeans and Asians can eat!

Theres no tax on food in Ohio

Exactly!

Because they are counting the price the company charges, not the government. State taxes vary as well

@@bethany8734 there is no taxes in Vermont for fast food

@@marydavis5234 That was my point.

You mean 'breeding?' Because there are NO GMO chickens in any market. The term GMO is not generally applied to breeding. Chickens have certainly been bred for quick growth with a minimum of feed, but that is a process that has been going on for thousands of years, though applied more systematically in the past 100 or so years.

Lol I started laughing Millie is funny

If she’s not out of sorts you’ve just insulted her. I know you mean well but this kind of comment is best avoided, just in case.

Hmm nah she's paying attention plus she curled her eye lashes. She said leave me alone

$5.39 at my local Taco Bell in Massachusetts

In Florida it’s $5.58

That was the video before :D

You're getting seriously ripped off--hahaha. All of the independent chains around me are $15-16 for a large Cheese pizza. The specialty pizza prices are $22-$23. I live in Massachusetts near the New Hampshire border.

How old are you? Just asking.

Jersey is a modest, but charming, island off the coast of France. Somehow it is a British island although it is far closer to France. It had the name before youse guys did.

@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 I realize it must have had the name first but this was the first I'd heard of it being from the UK. I learned something new, namely where this states name most likely came from, so I found the info interesting and commented on that. New being placed infront of any State name in the USA tends to mean it was named for some place in a different country.

New Jersey was named after the island of Jersey. Jersey became part of England in 1066 when William the Conqueror the Duke of Normandy conquered England becoming King and bringing his holdings with him which included Jersey and the other channel Islands.

@@shaner9155 I had assumed it was that, but didn't want to bother confirming. It seems odd that in the tumults since then which have wound up with Normandy joined with the rest of France, Jersey and other Brit channel isles were never taken by the French.

LoL that's what many of us thought that but yeah it's UK Jersey which is an Island. 😅

There is a jersey in the uk it’s like a beautiful island look it up

except no one (except maybe a dealer..) carries a scale with them lol

​@@JAB2010 and in that case it's illegal

@@lavenderoh yup