Yeah, this is a big issue. Even before inflation went crazy they were too expensive.
I went into one while I was traveling and this was the first food I had seen in a while. I went inside, saw the prices, and turned around to leave. BK was only another 30 miles, I could wait.
It could be the best burger in the world and I wouldn't care. I am not spending $30 on a combo meal.
I'm in AZ, which is medium cost of living. $21.27 for a cheeseburger, smallest fries, and a regular drink.
I will say they do, at least online, offer a $16.69 combo deal for the same items though, which is something I haven't seen (though haven't been to five guys in a minute).
Still, in-n-out is $10.83 for same items...such a steal.
five guys is 13.99 for a combo i can barely finish in the grand ol state if nj. considering a big mac combo is the same cost and i could eat about 5 of those, 5 guys all day
The difference is the small fries at In N Out are ridiculous and way more than enough for two people so you can easily split them.
The fries at In N Out Five Guys on the other hand are garbage and not even worth eating. I'm Canadian so I haven't eaten a lot of American chains' fries to be fair but In N Out's are worse than any I've had.
It's because In-N-Out fries are not pre-fried and then frozen before shipping to restaurants, they cut whole potatoes literally right in front of you and then fry it once. Other places get their fries pre-cut, pre-fried, and frozen from their distributor and then fry it again which makes it taste MUCH better.
Basically In-N-Out makes their fries worse by making them fresh and they don't care since their whole thing is cheap + fresh (that's why they own everything and haven't expanded very fast, they need to build a distributing center in places they want to expand before they can build restaurants).
Their burgers are good but overrated imo (still great for the price though). However their fries suck absolute ass. If you ever go just get burgers and avoid the fries.
Some people will say "you gotta get animal style fries though", but sorry, putting disgusting slop on top of bad fries just makes them worse.
Their plain fries do suck, but there's something about getting the animal-style fry that works. I think it's because of the tasteless fries, you get the tastier flavors of the onions, cheese, and sauce.
Yeah In n Out has kept prices pretty low, if only their fries were better I’d say they are the best bang for your buck for a good burger chainjoint these days.
I think five guys has to have some pretty variable pricing based on location because it’s literally more expensive for me to go to Burger King and get a similar sized burger and fries than the five guys around here. BK is like $17 for a double whopper a fries while Five guys is about $16.
I think the difference here though is that BK isn't food. Five guys is a little more expensive than Wendy's. But better. As long as you're not comparing to the value menu
Fair. But it’s still better. Downvotes to shit but that’s how I feel. Haven’t been to a Five Guys in maybe 10 years because I found it really rubbish for me what I wanted. I don’t eat burgers often, but when I do, I want them to taste good
I mean... I have the Wendy's app on my phone and every time I go (which is not often, once every three or four months) I have a free large fries offer just waiting for me. So I get nuggets, large fries, and a Frosty for $6 like the old days.
Same. If a place has gamified their menu order process then I’m checked out and going somewhere else. I don’t go out all that often and I don’t want to play games when I’m just hungry for something to eat, and I don’t want to walkout of a place feeling like I got taken advantage of because I don’t use their app.
Not sure why so many people are against ordering on your phone. Get to order before you go so no waiting. Constant deals on food. I have all the fast food apps and save a ton of money and never have to wait
Not sure why so many people are against ordering on your phone.
Because I don't want 50 different logins.
Because I don't want 50 different apps on my phone.
Most importantly:
Because I understand that these businesses are excessively overcharging everyone to make their users feel like they get a deal. This is only to entice them into overpaying more so that they get the "rewards." They are still making excessive margins on you, even with the rewards. I refuse to encourage this behavior.
But Shake Shack tastes so much better. Smaller portions, but whenever I go/went to Five Guys, I build a classic Whataburger and it’s just not as good. Shack Shake is something different
It's not like I eat at Five Guys often (especially considering the nearest one to me is 30 minutes away a city over) but it's the difference between paying $20 (McDonald's) or $30 (Five Guys) for a meal. So I don't really care about the slight extra cost since it isn't all the time.
There's literally a bar near me that specializes in wings and has a hella cheap wing combo (pound of wings, plus fries and drink) on Tuesdays, barely more (even after a 20% tip) than I'd pay for a double quarter pounder combo.
McDonalds, for me at this point, is just what I get when I literally have no other ideas, I want it quick, and I know it'll be consistent (unless I go on a weekend when all the shitass teenagers that constantly fuck up orders are working)
I used to think the same thing, but I had five guys recently in Canada (I hadn't been in a few years) and I was surprised because I had a Bacon cheeseburger (the most expensive burger choice) + "small" fries + refillable drink and the total was $25.17 CAD tax in or a little over 18 USD.
A similar combo at McDonalds would be 20-22$ tax in for a much much worse meal (14.5-16 USD).
Traditionally cheaper fast food like McDonalds and BK has gotten so expensive in Canada that it's not even worth it anymore, it's gotten to the point where five guys isn't even more expensive (you don't have to pig out and take the bacon cheeseburger like I did, lol) and it's just so much better quality.
Reddit loves harping on this issue, but the one near me has burgers for $12. That's roughly equivalent what most fast food places have priced their burgers to.
Try the classic combo dude, seriously. The “little” fries would be like a large at McDonalds, and the “little” burger is the same, but it’s just one patty. the burger, fries, and a shake literally only cost me $17.41.
Five guys really isn't that expensive if you factor in quantity. Yall just need to stop ordering the default burgers which are like over a half pounder equivalent
You have to think of it this way. A lot goes into a five guys burger. Generally spend like 2-3 hours each morning hand rolling and pattying out the beef. They also tend to pay their employees a bit more than fast food joints.
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u/Comfortable-Brick405 10d ago
If money isn't a factor