

Writing this review, I feel a sense of nostalgia thinking back to when The Fellowship of the Double embarked on their journey to find the Double Big Mac. I personally can’t see the difference – could someone at “MacDonalds” let us know please? McDonald’s tell us fans that the Double Big Mac and Mega Mac are two different entities and that it is the first time the Double has been on-sale in the UK. In the distant past, the Mega Mac has been on-sale in this country and it also features permanently or promotionally on menus in other regions across the globe. Our quest for the Double Big Mac started 8 years ago on a fledgling BURGER LAD® website, but it hasn’t appeared on the UK menu for much longer than that. Land, Sea, and Air Burger: $5.49 to $8.The quest for the Double Big Mac is finally over.įrom Wednesday 18th November, the four beef patty version of the flagship burger will be available at McDonald’s until Tuesday 29th December as part of the 2020 Festive Menu. You basically need to order three McChickens (which is on the Dollar Menu, so that's $3) and one burger, so it's only $4 if you order a McDouble (which is also on the Dollar Menu) or $6.99 if you get a Big Mac (which clocks in at $3.99). The Big McChicken is a Big Mac with McChickens for buns and an additional McChicken in between the patties. So, without further ado (or further econ jargon), here are 10 secret menu items and approximately how much they'll set you back. But my point is that, while we can estimate the price of each McDonald's secret menu item, it's going to cary depending on where you are. Sorry - I got carried away talking about economics when we're really here to talk about food. For example, the index has ascertained that living in Juneau, Alaska is almost twice as expensive as living in Conway, Arkansas, because the price of a Quarter Pounder (with cheese, of course) is $4.82 and $2.24 in each location, respectively. cities using the Quarter Pounder as the reference point. It's actually spawned a spinoff called the Quarter Pounder Index, which uses the exact same principle to establish the relative price of living in various U.S. The Big Mac Index (can this be what we mean when we talk about BMI from now on?) is actually a really popular method for teaching this particular aspect of economics, because it's relatable and - sorry I have to use this word - digestible. For example, when the average price of a Big Mac is $4.79 in America, and $2.74 in China, the takeaway is that the yuan is undervalued by 43 percent. The index is a sort of tongue-in-cheek demonstration of the economic principle that the relative price of something around the world is indicative of the strength of various currencies. The cost of ingredients and labor in a particular location gets reflected in the price of your food, a phenomenon that the Economist capitalized on when building an interactive-tool called the " Big Mac Index" back in 1986. You might not know this, but McDonald's prices (like almost any franchise restaurant) aren't consistent from location to location, because in some markets, the restaurants are just more expensive to run. Interestingly, customization is only one reason that secret menu prices aren't stable.

This freedom is huge, and provides you with seemingly endless options, but the flip side of that liberty is that the prices of secret menu dishes can vary wildly. But how much does the McDonald's secret menu cost? The whole idea that underpins any secret menu is that you're utilizing combinations of ingredients from across a traditional menu in order to customize a dish into exactly what you want. The McCat is out of the McBag: McDonald's has a secret menu that you can order off of, filled with options that range from the relatively mundane (like the Mc10:35, which is an Egg McMuffin with two McDouble patties inside of it) to the completely outrageous (like the Monster Mac, which is just, y'know, a normal Big Mac except it has eight patties in it).
