One of my friends introduced me to the McChicken patties recently and it got me pretty excited.
You can order 2 McChicken Patties which is probably the equivalent to 8 Nuggets for just $3.60 (1.80 each). You can usually also get them to throw in sauce for free as well. I usually grab big mac sauce or sweet and sour.
The thing that stumps me is that a full mcchicken burger is north of $5. Which means that the bread lettuce and mayo costs over $3.20 O_O
There is tight, then there is ozbargain tight. This takes it to a new level.
Hmmm I;ve seem some pretty 'tight' suggestions. This one seems quite reasonable in comparison :p
But I don't want to use a knife and fork.
Eat it like a potato cake.
Scallop! :)
Like a $3.40 bag of fresh hip-hop.
$1.80 for crumbed cardboard; no bargain.
i loled
You could also get 20 bites for $4, which I think taste much better than nuggets (provided they're not several hours old and hard as rocks, of course). Nuggets are basically the worst value for money you can get.
nuggets and the occasional cheese/ham burger are the only maccas food I eat…
Yes I know whats in them…
20nuggest and a burger…
… you think Maccas buys their nuggets from a supermarket?
I dunno if it's Maccas or some other fast food chain which claims they stock their chicken from Inghams?
Inghams is not the same as a home brand. Inghams actually farm their own chickens.
ALDI/Coles/Woolies/McDonalds/KFC don't have their own Chicken Farms, they use the likes of Inghams and Steggles too.
Every farmed animal will have more expensive and cheaper cuts, and in the market you are likely to get what you pay for. You are unlikely to get a piece of Chicken Breast in your cheap chicken nugget.
There is no information to "leak"- they source their chickens from where ever is cheapest for them which at least meets their minimum quality standards. This could be a range of suppliers at once or subject to change. For example, McDonalds only offer the "McRib" for a limited time whenever the price of pork drops below a certain threshold.
https://mcdonalds.com.au/about-maccas/our-supply-chain/suppl…
You think McDonald's goes and buys nuggets from Coles in bulk? Seriously? You don't think they are bug enough to have their own everything and cut out the middle man?
Would be interesting to pay the old Macdonalds "farm" a visit. Im curious what those primary school kids have been consuming on a regular basis.
E I E I O
You're funny.
What is your opinion on the beef patties?
Hahahahahahahahahhaahhahahahahahahahahaha righto then.
You realise he's right, don't you?
Well, in the US that's pretty much exactly what they're made from.
Not sure about AU.
Go take a look at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbPK9mF4xqU
He also has a good one for Chicken Nuggets:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9B7im8aQjo
One guy in my group of friends always seemed to be eating nuggets. That is, until we all started calling them "chicken tumours".
Does anyone on here work at Maccas and can leak some information
Well, I'm a national buyer for McDonalds, and every week I go down to Woolies and ask for 7 million frozen nuggets. Why do you ask?
They contract chicken processing plants to make them to their recipe. For example, we used to live near one that made nuggets for McDonalds. Whenever something went wrong with the machinery (such as nuggets not getting battered uniformly, or stuck together), they were rejected, bagged, and sold in I think it was 5kg boxes.
The plants do NOT make the same nuggets for anyone else, so you can't just buy them by knowing a brand. In fact they were completely different to the other nuggets the same plant produced.
I'm pretty sure they don't sell the rejects anymore. McDonalds probably demand they destroy them or turn into pet food. Staff at the plant used to say they weren't McDonalds - to try and cover the plant for legal reasons probably - but they definitely were. The shapes were die-cut exactly the same shapes, the meat was die-cut from the same type of meat according to the different shapes. The batter was an exact match. The aroma and taste was dead on. They were McDonalds alright.
Find the nearest chicken processing plant and ask if they sell chicken nugget seconds to the public. Don't ask if they're McDonalds because they probably wouldn't say yes even if they were. Just look at them and look for the few McDonalds die-cut shapes and batter that looks the same, just uncooked (obviously). Considering the amount of McDonalds stores, they must be being made in several places around the country.
Manager for 20 years here. We use no frills chicken nuggets.
Manager of Woolworths maybe. McDonalds do NOT use no-frill nuggets.
so that must mean you are about 25 years old
been getting em for ages now old news I grab em whenever im out and in need of quick feed I love em cant get enough
Anyone know if you can also get the grilled chicken patty by itself as well? If so, how much does it cost?
You can. Not sure how much they are though.
Im thinking Mcdonalds double down ;D
"Double down" always make me think of pron.
Have McChicken patties gone up in price? They were $1.60 two weeks ago!
There can be price differences depending on the situation of the store.
Ok, I thought McDonalds was the same price Aust. wide.
Since I saw the cheapskate nugget-replacement trick on here, we've bought the patties a couple of times to make a quick lunch… take them home, fresh bread roll, bacon, mozerella cheese, salad - not too bad.
You do realise that Mcdonalds sells burgers also, right?
Well, that's debatable. ;-p I put some wet socks in a microwave years ago to try and dry them out. They smelled just like a Big Mac.
gold!!
I tried making some homemade big macs this week… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcu4Bj3xEyI
the taste is close enough. the patties are dead on using 100% lean beef mince. i used extra lean from coles.
Wait a minute. You DELIBERATELY tried to emulate the taste of a Big Mac… why set the bar so low!? LOL!
Come to think of it, how would it be possible to get even the cheapest mince available to taste as bad as their beef patties.
Doesn't hungry jacks have much cheaper nuggets?
Yes but they aren't as good. Soft and oily.
Man they've gone up. Used to be $1.60. My friends and I call them chicken cookies.
I have always thought that the two tasted different. I must try it.
Someone in another thread said patties are a better product than nuggets. Bought the patties three times now and that certainly hasn't been my experience. Well, that is, unless the nuggets have dropped in quality. (Haven't bought any nuggets for a couple of years.)
I think the nuggets are better than the patty. I like both. I get some of the mayo to dip it in
I think the key is to ask for them to give it to you fresh!
Every time I asked the 15yo girls at the counter to give it to me fresh they called the cops.
this is the stupidest thing i ever have heard. we all want to save money but this is ridiculous. why don't you also ask for ketchup packets so you can fill your sauce bottle at home. i feel sorry for you that you have to go these means to get a meal. i wonder what you would do if you lived in a third world country and not the great country we live. let the negs begin.
Okay, I'm genuinely baffled by your comments. What is so ridiculous about this? What has any of this got to do with appreciating that we live in a developed country?
People are buying meat patties intended for burgers, instead of buying nuggets as a snack. There is no wastage of food here, it's not like people are buying whole burgers and throwing the bun/salad etc out just to eat the patty.. so I don't quite understand where your whole "I wonder what you would do if you lived in a third world country" rant means. They're still paying for the patties. The patties are available for purchase. There is nothing underhanded here.
Patties are pretty good value compared to nuggets, so some people prefer to buy those (means they get fuller without paying as much, which is sensible… what is so ridiculous about that?).
I'd really like to know what angers you so much about this.
P.S. There are now fast food joints selling massive fried chicken 'patties' SEE HERE 'Hot Star Large Fried Chicken' in Sydney and Melbourne. $8 gets you a whole breast filled flattened out into a huge schnitzel like disc, battered and deep fried, eaten out of a paper bag just like a massive cookie lol.
Same thing as the patty, only it's pure chicken (rather than processed like a chicken patty might be), is bigger, and is a crapload more expensive.
I am not angry just baffled by what people do to save a couple of dollars. I would rather pay for something I want rather than save money by buying something I don't want. false economy I think.
I would rather pay for something I want
And some people want cheaper alternatives. So that's what they pay for.
Don't assume that everyone has the freedom and means to buy what they want all the time. For some, a few cents saved here and there helps a lot.
P.S. what makes you assume that the people who order patties instead of nuggets aren't enjoying the patties, or would rather eat nuggets regardless?
well my dad asked me to grab some salt when I came back from the shops the other day. When he mentioned he wanted "the little packets" I got confused - he actually meant he wanted the little sachets of salt from maccas
Was just searching through the McFlurry Ozbargain page and found this page, which details a whole analysis about the OPs post. It's pretty funny someone has the time to do this.
yeah I do this from time to time as well