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I got just got a large 5-topping pizza from Dominos last week for $9.99 and they gave me a coupon for $3 off if I order another large this week. So $16.98 for two large 5-topping pizzas. Just gotta keep your eye out for deals/coupons because the "normal" prices are kind of insane now.
I’d rather pay triple for actual pizza, not cardboard with sauce
@@TheRockkickass fair enough but sometimes you need a quick cheapy pizza on a random weekday
@@dr_waffle_house look I get it. I grew up in Brooklyn dude. I literally can’t stomach the chain stuff. I do get why people do it though, especially outside the northeast
@@TheRockkickass You sound pretty full of yourself right now, pun not intended.
@@SubtleHawk that doesn’t mean I’m wrong
At subway the vegetables are free so you can ask for extra vegetables without being charged.
I really think they should have stated where in the US these items were purchased, because all of them were much higher than where I live.
This video is over 5 years old
Those prices from the US side are much higher than in my area not to mention we have rewards and coupons to get it for even cheaper
Same. Pizza might be close but everything else is way cheaper than they stated.
Laurence has a new puppy. This strange baby voice comes out of Laurence's formerly British mouth when he's addressing the puppy, and it's hilarious. 😄
BTW: in terms of THIS video, it's typically down to economy of scale. When you have a bigger customer base, like the US does compared to the UK, you buy ingredients in larger quantities and thus pay less per unit. Of course you can also manipulate the system to make a bigger profit if your customers don't rebel against it. Ergo, Shake Shake gets away with charging an outrageous amount for their quantity of fries... because a captive audience there mainly for the burgers lets them get away with it.
The fries are expensive in the US right now because of a potato shortage. There was a heat wavs in the western states last summer. In Idaho, where a lot of our potatoes are grown, the plants cooked in the fields.
And they live close to Ireland which is the potato capital of the world.
Not where I live, the fries cost the same now as they did a year ago.
i imagine this is filmed over the course of days so none of the food goes to waste or their is enough staff in each studio to eat that much in one day. or maybe they put what they dont eat in the fridge to spread out the load over multiple days like my roommate does, absolutely savage.
8:02 fun fact, McDonald’s once owned Chipotle, Donatos Pizza, and Boston Market!
Fast food prices in Canada are also about 30% higher than in the USA. I watch a food review guy in Canada who does fast food reviews in his car. And he pays at least 30% more for the same thing we have here in the USA.
Subway depends on franchise owners and who's making your food the best way to tell is if they preway their portions in portion trays
It can depend a lot on cost of labor and cost of the ingredients not just portion size.
Even in the US, I think price varies by region and ownership. For instance, some companies (say Dairy Queen and McDonalds) owns some restaurants while franchising others out. Prices in LA and NYC may be higher than Minneapolis. Thoughts?
I was in NYC for a couple of weeks in the late 90s and I had Mikky D's in Times Square.
It was a complete ripoff as everything else is there.
$7.50 for a Quarter Pounder while at the same time in Texas it was about $3.50.
But New York prices are always going to be ridiculous which is why it's not my favorite place in the world.
I'd rather spend that kind of money in London or Bordeaux.
@@christianoliver3572 I really doubt that it is fair to call it a 'ripoff'. To stay in business, the restaurant has to cover its costs. Many costs are much higher in NY city and state. The taxes are quite high, real estate is very high whether you purchase or rent, getting supplies in is more expensive, getting trash out is more expensive, and labor costs are considerably higher. Some of that is government action and some of that is the natural limitations of doing business on perhaps the most developed island in North America. Ripoff has the connotation that McD's is just abusing the limited availability, but to the extent that it just reflects the costs, that is not fair. And besides, people are free to eat elsewhere, and there are lots of eating choices, so if someone chooses McD's, that's their choice. The few times I was there it seemed the local joints had much better prices than the chains for whatever reason and provided good foods with unique character, so I would recommend being a little more adventuresome.
@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 right plus Times Square it’s an expensive city
The prices at McDonalds here in the same city are different from each other. I can order the same things at one and it's a dollar cheaper than another McDonalds just a couple of miles away
Worth remembering that the exchange rate wildly distorts prices. The US dollar has been extremely strong for over a decade, while the pound has plummeted since Brexit.
Not accurate pricing for most of USA. The whopper is normally right around $5 for example not 7 and change.
Guess they get US prices in NY. McD Lg Fries $3-39 (£2.79) in Abilene, Texas
They were $4.19 in Missouri (outside of St. Louis) when I got some the other day.
Deal at my local Little Caesar's (4 minute walk): $7.99 for large two topping pizza.
I don’t know where the US food was acquired, but the fast food sandwiches in our area are consistently lower than the prices portrayed in the video. And generally less than the UK price. Region makes a difference!
Yes you are correct. There are places where prices are lower and places where are higher, (depending on local economy).
I believe these guys may have just averaged the prices across the states.
But cheaper means more fast food comsmption, and poorer health
There were several times when the UK food looks like it is made of higher quality ingredients (e.g. donut holes). That may explain some of the price difference in some situations.
We grow most of what we eat and the U.K. imports most of what they eat. Importing makes everything more expensive and leaves you vulnerable to the vagaries of markets. You guys really need to do something about that before something worse than the pandemic supply shortages and Brexit hits. Everyone needs to start growing more of their own food supplies. You can grow potatoes in a bag and tomatoes are so easy. You can grow a salad on your kitchen windowsill. Think microgreens.
12:36 that big container of ranch would be for a party or large event when you’re ordering 100 or so pieces of chicken. Not just for a normal individual American meal. We’re not that fat!
That large pizza at Pizza Hut you can get it for $9 here if you order online and pick it up yourself.
Omg yesss I always order a lot from Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts also tropical smoothie cafe Bahama breeze and Disney world food
Strangely fast food in other countries same chains are almost always better due to local additions. McDonald’s in Thailand has fried chicken . Muslim countries have very nice lamb burgers.
The reason a lot of these things are more expensive in the UK is because the headquarters are in the US, so import costs come along with that. Also, you guys pay more overall so that you have guaranteed healthcare and access to secondary education. We don’t have that here. You guys have it better overall, I promise you.
I'm with Millie, I don't care for food that people have been fondling!
Your VAT kills your retail level prices compared to much in the USA
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When USA is c heaper, mainly due yto wages here being somewhat in the crapper. Just saying. (tho is IS getting better, McD's was offering $17.00 USD/hr (but likely no or virtually no benefits).But some European countries looked like (in one vid I waTtched prior to things starting to upswing here... more llike McD's offering $12.50-$13.00 USD/hr In the $25.45-$31??/ USD/hr. not sure if that was UK... More thinking was like Denmark, or other far N area....
The U.K. has V.A.T. The U.S. has sales tax.
I don't know how much V.A.T. is but it's probably more than any individual sales tax, which is usually less than 9%.
Sales tax does not apply to stock moved within the same corporate structure.
Sales tax only applies to the sale price. Wholesale taxes are lower than retail taxes. I'm under the impression that V.A.T. is the same top to bottom.
They are gouging you guys on the New York style pizza.
Dont' be depressed the quality is far better in the UK.
That was more like a medium/large pizza. No way could you call that xxl in west Michigan.
Prices can be insane here in the states.
Depends but Florida is cheap
@@casketman14 I live in Florida and not everything is cheap
One reason food is so much cheaper in the US is because the food comes from the US whereas it has to be imported into England.
We go to a pizza place called PAPA MURPHY’S it’s a take and bake pizza (they make it up you take it home and bake it ) for half the price of other pizza places I believe there only in th U.S. and Canada
During the pandemic, when you showed your covid shot card, Krispy Kreme would give you a free donut every week for a year in the US.
One day I would like to go to a Krispy Kreme--hahaha. The closest one to me is 136 miles. I live in the land of Dunkin' Donuts in Massachusetts/New Hampshire. No Krispy Kremes in either state. The closest to me is actually in the Mohegan Sun Casino (an Indian Reservation of all places!) in Connecticut--hahaha.
I love Krispy creams their donuts are fresh
Some of this stuff makes you want to hop on a plane haha.
When you say Jersey, where is that? Obviously not New Jersey in the U.S.
Wingstop ranch probably has a literal cult; hence why they have such a large option.
It’s for parties. We eat wings as a football party food in the U.S.
It had been 5 years since I ate at Whataburger when I got myself a double patty burger with cheese meal deal yesterday ( it included a medium drink and medium french fries)
I was shocked to discover it cost $13
5 years ago I could get the same order for $9
Wow, I just had my first Whataburger meal (they just opened in my area) and I got the triple with cheese meal (i.e. with fries and drink) and it was under $9
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When the American guy said ‘hey Siri’ 7:19 , my damned IPad thought he was talking to it!😂
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😭😂 that’s funny
All these probably cost even more on your tiny island in the middle of nowhere. (i mean Jersey, not Britain.😁)
To be fair though, the UK is a bunch of islands. Islands are more expensive to supply food than mainland countries. So go easy on yourselves.
Hi Jim and Millie, good to see you! Please react to: Wolters World- "The Dont's of California." It's a really good video.
Look to Simpsons, “there’s very little meat in these gym mats”.
You probably have healthier food, over there.
You can get 5.00 pepperoni or 7.00 all meat at Little Ceasars everyday anytime. Medium size I believe
in your state. in my state, the pepperoni is $8 and the all meat is $10. prices vary wildly in the usa depending on where you are.
I'm in Montana
One problem, for the US prices they didn't include tax!
Theres no tax on food in Ohio
Exactly!
Because they are counting the price the company charges, not the government. State taxes vary as well
@@bethany8734 there is no taxes in Vermont for fast food
@@marydavis5234 That was my point.
Everybody knows when you go to 5 guys you get the small fries... theyre gonna load the bag up anyway.
They give you alot of fries. I usually give half to someone
You should watch the UK food wars on that. The portions are twice as big in the UK as the US, and both sides get screwed on the fries.
@@lavenderoh Actually in the US, 5 guys throw two hands full of fries in your bag, I always get the small fries as it is enough for three people.
5:19
I never tried five guys before
USA fast food workers make 1/3 UK wage and none of the benefits. The piece differentiates are wax profit for the restaurant owners. There is a McDonald’s workers USA vs the world UA-cam video, “all the thing American got wrong”. Thanks for sharing. In the USA if you take vacation, your looked upon as lazy and maybe fired. Some place like walmart the boss will tell you to clock out and the ask you to do stuff before leaving work.
I love Maryland Fried Chicken.
Where are they getting these prices for the US?
Probably from 2019. They don't seem to be including the most recent inflation.
@@crystalh450 well they’re actually more expensive than in my area that’s why I’m asking lol.
@@casketman14 no, I am saying they are actually more expensive in everyone's area because of inflation. The prices they are showing here probably weren't the actual cost unless you go back in time to 2019 before the pandemic stuff happened and they shut a bunch of businesses down.
@@crystalh450 things were even cheaper in 2019 but the prices they state are probably 30-40% more than they really cost. That’s like airport terminal prices
@@AmericanNoiseMaker have you been shopping lately? Food in general is up 40% or more from where it was in 2019 in my area.
You should do a reaction video to big smo workin
All I know is when I was in London I got a burger and it cost me over $25 after conversion. It was not even good so never again
If some things are bigger in uk how come they always complain about Americans portion size?
This is the first time we have seen it bigger in UK its mot common at all :D
@@TheBeesleys99 check out the Five guys episode!
Because Europeans are just trained to think that way. But as a British American, it's all lies. Americans EAT smaller portions. The difference is American food in restaurants typically only comes in one course, or appetizer and main course. Most people share the appetizer and only eat half their meal. Versus Europe, their individual courses are smaller portions but they're only meant for one and then they'll typically have at least 4 courses, like soup/salad, appetizer, side, main, etc and eat 100% of that and then also order dessert. It's absolutely insane how much Europeans and Asians can eat!
Papa johns is the best, to heck with anyone else
That is your Health Care tax lumped with it.
Wow. Left you hanging, and called you a know it all.
Lol I started laughing Millie is funny
The u.k. have higher food standards , I'm sorry but the fries in the u.s. mcdonalds why so many ingredients ?? . No thanks
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Maybe it's just me but Millie seems a bit out of sorts. Hopefully I'm wrong but if not I hope she feels better soon.
If she’s not out of sorts you’ve just insulted her. I know you mean well but this kind of comment is best avoided, just in case.
Hmm nah she's paying attention plus she curled her eye lashes. She said leave me alone
Can confirm our Taco Bell chicken quesadillas are now like $8
$5.39 at my local Taco Bell in Massachusetts
In Florida it’s $5.58
where i live in the usa a large pizza (16-17 inch) from an independent pizza shop starts around $23 and goes up depending on toppings. an average 3-4 topping large pizza is $30-$35 most of the time. the nationwide chains are cheaper, but the quality is terrible.
You're getting seriously ripped off--hahaha. All of the independent chains around me are $15-16 for a large Cheese pizza. The specialty pizza prices are $22-$23. I live in Massachusetts near the New Hampshire border.
Yes, Millie guys will eat dirt
we have gmo enhanced chicken as well so it makes them grow very fast... weeks to full size instead of months
You mean 'breeding?' Because there are NO GMO chickens in any market. The term GMO is not generally applied to breeding. Chickens have certainly been bred for quick growth with a minimum of feed, but that is a process that has been going on for thousands of years, though applied more systematically in the past 100 or so years.
Strange, my notification said the video was Chris Rock destroys Will and Jada Pinkett Smith....lol
That was the video before :D
5 guys burgers are AMAZING.....expensive but GREAT
Interesting. I wasn't aware there was a Jersey in the UK. I live in New Jersey USA but we locals call it Jersey.
How old are you? Just asking.
Jersey is a modest, but charming, island off the coast of France. Somehow it is a British island although it is far closer to France. It had the name before youse guys did.
@@thomasmacdiarmid8251 I realize it must have had the name first but this was the first I'd heard of it being from the UK. I learned something new, namely where this states name most likely came from, so I found the info interesting and commented on that. New being placed infront of any State name in the USA tends to mean it was named for some place in a different country.
New Jersey was named after the island of Jersey. Jersey became part of England in 1066 when William the Conqueror the Duke of Normandy conquered England becoming King and bringing his holdings with him which included Jersey and the other channel Islands.
@@shaner9155 I had assumed it was that, but didn't want to bother confirming. It seems odd that in the tumults since then which have wound up with Normandy joined with the rest of France, Jersey and other Brit channel isles were never taken by the French.
Everything's more expensive in the UK, then the states. Well, except scotch 😁 I should say to the state I live in really depends . Of it's within a 6 to 7 percent, it's close. Don't forget us sales tax
Are you guys visiting orlando Florida and Disney world it would be exciting to meet you one day when you guys travel
This is why we are one of the fastest and laziest countries in the world.
They should of mentioned dominos pizza that’s more expensive
Ya'll talk about jersey this or that. I can only imagine you're talking about jersey in the U.K.? being an American, hearing jersey makes me think of new jersey! Where are ya'll talking about?
LoL that's what many of us thought that but yeah it's UK Jersey which is an Island. 😅
There is a jersey in the uk it’s like a beautiful island look it up
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Instead of focusing on getting shafted on fast food prices, think of it this way; at least you have affordable health care for when those arteries start to clog.
Now ppl need to shut up about fat americans....we are tryin to save money 😩
I would be mad if I got less fries for a guaranteed amount of bag fries. I would go back and get the rest they owe me, considering I paid for them, and never got my full amount.
except no one (except maybe a dealer..) carries a scale with them lol
@@JAB2010 and in that case it's illegal
@@lavenderoh yup