Avoid Combos at Fast Food Places

This strategy isn't for everyone.

Popular consensus deems that fast food is disgusting, causes cancer, over priced, causes diabetes, and causes degradation of American culture.

With all that being said, I find most fast food really delicious. AMERICA

Even though lots of people hate fast food, those are probably the same people that will eat at Burger King from time to time.

A five second google search shows that 30% to 40% of Americans eat fast food at least once a week.

Avoid fast food whenever possible, but if you must eat Taco Bell, don't spend too much money on it.

 For this example, lets assume the average American eats fast food once a week (52 times a year).


I would really recommend choosing a restaurant that offers a dollar or value menu. Most combos come with a burger, a soda, and fries. Each numbered combo goes for $5 to $7.50.

From experience, the burger goes the longest way in providing satiation. Go ahead and sacrifice the soda and fries.

Order from the dollar menu and buy 2 or 3 dollar burgers/wraps/chicken sandwiches. Get water if you need it because it is usually free.

Eating 3 dollar menu burgers will make you feel just as full as eating a number 1 combo, maybe even more so.

If it is a true dollar menu, the cost of 3 burgers will come out to $3.18 to $3.22. Roughly half the cost of a combo.

Annual cost of eating fast food 52 times a year at $6 a combo.
52 * 6 = $312

Annual cost of eating fast food 52 times a year at $3.18 each visit.
52 * $3.18 = $165.36

Annual savings by avoiding combos at fast food places = $146.64
Monthly savings = $12.22

Once again, I do not encourage eating more fast food then you already do. I only encourage saving money with every visit to McDonalds.