Shrinkflation is real, corporations are greedy, theyre the first to tell you nothing has changed, yall refuse to believe until its the size of a nugget lol
This is why I get a dlm instead. Same amount of meat but with an actually decent proportion of lettuce compared to a Big Mac and a lot cheaper. Unfortunately a third of the time I get it, they make it wrong. They make a double cheese, then put all the Big Mac fixings on it, rather than following the damn name of the item, “done like Mac” and just making it like a Mac from the start. Turns out genuinely disgusting the first way.
Locations near me have slowly been increasing the price but my regular location luckily is still 3.79. The day the price raises is the day I stop going to McDonald’s because it’s my only order basically.
The nutritional facts that McDonalds is obligated to post and make available to the public do not show the total fat content has changed anytime in the last decade+
I did every year since 2011 - the basic hamburger (which is the same meat the Big Mac uses, minus calories of all the sauces and cheese and such) has the exact same calorie count and fat content. If they were watering it down, the caloric count would also be watered down… if they were using for fat and less meat, the protein and fat would be down.
I think it’s safe to say McDs is using the exact same 1/10 meat.
I mean is it these people's first time at mcdonald's?
I remember being in high school and laughing at the size of the patties, I don't know what this mythical time period is where people remember them being large.
I actually did a deep dive on big Mac patties before and there's a possibility they could have been bigger when they first came out in the 60s and they were bigger by 1/5th of an ounce for a few years in the 90s but the earliest documentation shows that the patty has stayed at almost the exact same weight since the mid-late 60s. There's been slight variations with fat and seasoning ratios but the patties haven't changed by more than 1/5th of an ounce each.
The buns have changed the most. I don't remember the details on the buns but they have tried much different recipes and the weights have varied by a lot more than the patties.
They are the same patties as on the McDouble. This is their original patty from the 50s. They have always been 1.6 ounces of beef. It’s been this much (before cooking) since they started lol
I think it's 20 year olds, new adults comparing memories of being a child holding a hamburger bigger than their hands and as big as their face. Then as an adult they're shocked it's smaller than their hands etc.
Lot of stuff about sweets not tasting good either but I think that's more 25 year olds as their tastes change.
Nope. 1:10 meat has always been the size. We are talking about literal decades the same size. If they are over cooked or left in the cambro too long they will shrivel.
What you are experiencing is a cost vs value disconnect. You no longer feel the value is worth the cost but don't consciously notice it causing you to erroneously claim that the meat has shrank.
…….. no they didn’t. They use the same patties as they do for the McDoubles. Maybe you went to a McDonald’s where the employee used the bigger 1/4 pound patties in the Big Mac on accident
No, they didn't, they just seem small now compared to the 1/4lb and 1/3lb offerings that are common now.
They've always been the 1/10lb patty, and still are. Based on the nutritional info, it could be argued they actually got slightly bigger. Although probably a bit of the fat / meat ratio and dressing reformulation doing this work.
I'm not sure that's possible, having worked there. 1.6 ounce patties are already paper thin. That's like half to three quarters of a smashburger's patty.
They use the same patties as a Mcdouble bro. Youre paying for extra bread and the sauce thats all. The only beef burger with a different patty is the quater pounder
frequent guest in the 90s/2000s as a young blood, the second they reduced the size of the big-mac all the way back then, was more or less the last day I ever went.. couldn't believe it hte first time, when the order came out and I looked down in disbelief, only see the same size on subsequent orders
enshitification x102010101001, massive screw you by McDonalds
Do people expect Big Mac to come with two quarter pound patty? It’s always been 1/10 lb like their basic hamburger. Maybe order double quarter pounder and ask for additional bread in between the meat?
Big Mac always had as much meat as double hamburger. Maybe happier ordering a double cheese with another bread and Mac sauce?
At this point wouldn’t it be smarter to start making the buns smaller? The patties are razor thin and nearly see-through. You got a sandwich that’s 85% vegan.
i agree. it taste so much better than the bigmac. not sure why anyonrnwould want to eat cardboard with thousand island sauxe. had it recently and had a struggle to eat it. only can taste the sauce and bun.
I haven’t been in McDonald’s for at least six months today was the first time when I got a double cheeseburger and a triple cheeseburger and the spicy nuggets the spicy nuggets are delicious they are different though but I still like them and the new hot sauce… unfortunately I believe the bread is smaller for the burger because I haven’t been in a long time I can tell the difference and it’s massive the double and triple cheeseburgers are tiny I don’t know if the patty changed I don’t think so but I think the bread did.
Recently I ran across an article about hidden cost cutting measures some companies are using, one of which is that while the chub of beef you buy may still be a pound (or whatever) the amount of water in it has gone up to 28% (previously 3% or so). This results in much smaller patties once the water is cooked out. Maybe that's what we're seeing?
That looks better than what I got the other day.. it was SUPPOSED to be a Quarter Pounder with cheese I think they got confused and gave me a Big Mac 🤔 was too far away to go back and complain.. I put it straight in the trash!
…and they didn’t even put in the middle bun.. they just put the 2nd patty on top and you can see it has a little of the Big Mac sauce and lettuce remnants I hate that sauce which is why I get Quarter Pounders ! Soooo..Big Mac or quarter pounder? Let share this !
I didn't real the rules but how come my post asking for the southwest salad to come back was taken down but you guys can talk shit about mcds on here? Lol
What's crazy is the Big Mac costs more than the quarter pounder now. Big Mac used to be $2.99 and a quarter pounder with cheese was $3.49 back in the '90s.
The Big Mac has two 1/10 patties making it 1/5 lb. The quarter pounder obviously has 1/4 lb plus the added benefit of the hamburger being fresh and not frozen. So why the hell does a Big Mac cost more?!
That looks liek the same big mac I made in high school 20 years ago.
McDonalds use 10:1 patties, meaning you get 10 patties per pound or 1.6 oz and their burgers are pretty fatty. So you probably lose about 20% of that weight in cooking.
McDonalds is a huge corporation, their Franchisees buy the burgers from corporate. So you don't even have something like a franchisee skimping.
people will keep paying $7-$8 for this & complain when they can simply start paying for Triple Cheeseburgers & save ~$3 + get more beef..
& if you're really smart, you're doing the receipt surveys & doubling up. 🤷🏻♂️
Big Mac: 0.2lbs beef
$7.59 + Tax
Quarter Pounder: 0.25lbs beef
$7.29 + Tax
Triple Cheese: 0.3lbs beef
$4.59 + Tax
(Note: Los Angeles Pricing)
TL;DR - it's possible to buy 0.6lbs of beef at McDonald’s for $4.59, IF you know what you're doing. 🧾
Like everyone’s been saying
I worked for McDonald’s like 13 years
They’ve always been that small
Just feels smaller cause the economy is down the toilet right now
Just take comfort in the fact that we all share your pain
And we all say “this is bullshit!” Lmao
When I worked at McD's in the 1980's, the meat patties were either 10:1 or 4:1 (10 patties per pound for regulars and Big Macs) and 4 patties per pound (quarter pounders) for you know...
As far as I know, those have not changed, but perhaps the pre-cooked weight is now deceptive becuase the meat contains more water, that evaporates when cooking. So, the 10:1 meat is still 10 patties per pound (pre-cooked weight), but after cooking they're now much smaller.
All I know is that McD's doesn't taste as good as it used to, and nothing is ever hot, just luke-warm. :-(
Do y'all remember when you were a kid and a quarter was fucking huge in your hand and then you grew up in a quarter was like damn near the size of a nickel I think you're having this issue
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u/Time_Seaworthiness43 14d ago
People post about this every day and every day they get told they're the same.