Waring: I dont drink fast food beverages at times because Next time you get a fountain drink at a fast-food joint, you might want to ask for no ice. Samples of ice taken from branches of McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Starbucks found that the ice contained higher levels of bacteria than samples of water taken from the restaurant's toilet. (We'll pause for a moment to let that sink in.) Most of the time the ice sits in your drink as it melts
I always order my drinks with no ice in them, that way you get a full cup and get the most for your money because the drink already comes out cold, it doesn't need ice.
@AuntDuddie I would but i just don't do soda. I find it kind of yukky. I can't see spending $100 for the syrups and the starter kit to make something at home that I don't normally drink. It's like by a kit to make beer.
I love how you say "'Soda is expensive at the drive through". In Norway we pay $3.47 for a MEDIUM coke at McDonald's. My favorite is Coke btw, always have and always will be.
@chrysb81 Diet Mt Dew is the best diet drink on the market. Unfortunately, they are still using Aspartame for their sweetener. I hear that isn't good for you. it affects your joints.
I live in Tucson and we get the $1 drink special at McDonalds as well but I still appreciate what you have done here Jack. My roommates and I have often contemplated these exact ideas when it comes to fast food and restaurant chains so whether a place has a special or not, we always like to know what the better buy. I hope you keep this series going and I think you should also include gas station drinks too since Circle K, Quick Trip, etc. tend to have drink specials.
@n2n001 no. I chose not to continue sponsors. I think it clutters the show. I hate commercials as much as anyone. If I am meant to make money then it will have to come other ways. I try to do a show that I would want to watch. :D
Here in Florida McDonald's the small medium and large are all 1 dollar. Originally it was just a promotion that was so popular that its now just standard.
I don't drink soda, I usually get/bring water if I eat out. However, my boyfriend does drink a lot of soda, and I'm not sure if this chain is nation-wide (we're in NY), but when he gets food he stops at Cumberland Farms (it's a kind convenience store) and can get any size drink (including slushies) for 89 cents. They also do any size hot beverage (coffee or hot chocolate) for 99 cents.
@Umbers35 Where do you shop? Around here, 2 liter bottles sell for about $1.70 regular price. They go on sale quite often for about a buck a bottle. Once in a while they will go on sale for 70 or 80 cents.
The soda itself is comparatively cheap to most restaurants. The cup costs them more. That’s why they use cups as units for inventory. Nowadays many fast food restaurants let you fill your own and even take refills-you know they wouldn’t do that if the soda syrup and CO2 were expensive!
@zombiejlt1 I thought about gas station drinks but you totally control what goes into the cup. I have so many great "playing with your food" ideas. wait until you see me unroll burritos or order hot wings and 3 different places. It's going to be a blast.
I worked fast food in the 70's, was even a manager for a while. Soft drinks were, as is now with most if not all restaurants, the highest profit item by far. (Ever notice how restaurant drink orders are always taken first?) All our employees were trained to 'suggestive sell' drinks at any opportunity. Now when (or if) I buy, I always order without ice. It's dispensed at 40°F (same temp as your refrigerator), and is plenty cold for me, plus you get a LOT more product for your money! Try it!
Here in Sweden, you get a medium Coke with the meal. So its included in the price. Also we've started to fill our own cups so most people take without ice to get more soda.
So after being overweight all my life, failed diets, exercise programs, and all (turns out my thyroid is all jacked. Im on medication to correct it and have lost 30lbs since september.), I'm getting weight-loss surgery. Once it's over, I'll only be able to eat 4oz per meal. I'd like to challenge to to do a show showing how to make a full, healthy meal that is only 4oz. Think you can do it?
I always get the McDonalds iced coffee with no ice because they actually give you the same amount of coffee for each size. They just put more ice in the taller sizes to compensate.
Seeing as you can get 16 ounces of soda for $1.25 in vending machines, Taco Bell has the closest, best offer. McDonald's and Hardee's are making you pay more to make a profit - even though they probably mix a lot of water with their drinks, meaning you're actually paying more for less. I like the idea of the series Jack, hope you continue this and put more Fast Food elements in it. :)
Convenience stores are usually cheaper. There's one here in Colorado called Loaf N' Jug (weird name, I know) Where you can buy a 64 oz (about half a gallon) cup of soda for $1.60, and bring it back whenever you want for an 85 cent refill.
Considering you can usually find a generic 2 liter bottle of cola for around a dollar (and name brand ones are often on sale for around $2), fast food soda really isn't worth it. Buy one, then wash and keep the plastic cup and lid so you can reuse it. Or just use a travel mug and fill it at home before you go out. The nice thing is that pouring your own lets you decide how much or how little ice you want to add. Besides, you really don't know how often fast food places clean their ice makers.
@loganx77 In America, you can order a "meal" at these places (which will include a drink) but if you ask, you can buy things separately, too. They will not force you to buy a drink.
In Wisconsin the large sodas are all different from those three places. McD's is 33oz, Taco is like 32oz (so pretty close), and Hardees (Carl Jr's) is 44oz. That's where the diff in Large is. As for prices, the McD's is a 1.00/lg, Taco is like 1.89/lg, and CJ's is like 2.30/lg. The difference in price is mostly because of the size for CJ's. This could have been a smidge more accurate if you'd gotten the Med Coke from CJ's (As it's about 32oz)
McDonalds Lg size Cokes are $1.00 here in Michigan too! But the McDonalds in my area put almost 3/4ths the cps size in ice! I always order my drinks at McDonalds with light ice. But $2.14 for a 32 oz soda is bull shit! How much is an average gallon of gas there Jack?
This is why I always get a soda without ice in it. I want a 32 oz soda to actually contain 32 oz of soda. I worked fast food after getting out of high school, and even with price increases since then, a large soda only costs the store around $0.25 to make.
Fast food drinks are pretty much a rip off, especially if you get ice. I had a friend who worked at McDonald's and part of their training for the large sweet tea was that you had to put enough ice in the cup so that only a happy meal sized cup full of sweet tea would fit in the cup.
I with you Jack. Getting a soda from a fast food place really isn't worth it. Most of the time the soda is not the right mix. (to much carbonation) So here is what I do. I buy those little flavored water packets. You justr mixed you mix with water. They come in single packs and you can get ALL kinds of flavors. Then order water and add one. Its better for you and you save money. :)
you got the least ice in the mcdonalds drink , but here in Australia McDonalds is always the one to put in more ice and less drink out of all the fast food places
I work at hardees/ carls jr and wen we do our sodas we are supposed to not wait for the foam to settle. We just fill it up slap the lid on and there you go. But I always wait for the foam to settle because I hate ripping people off
@Rob2OH3Jack Most if not all fast food soda is mixed right in the serving nozzle at a 5:1 carbonated water to syrup ratio. If the mix is even a little off, customers immediately begin complaining. However, far as ice goes it's no holds barred
fisrt off when i go drive thoght its ually cause i'm on my way out of town for some sort of drive so depending on how long the drive is and what i order disides if the sotas worsth it and 2 me sodas sodas
In Washington, at Mcdonalds, they sell any fountain drink, coffee, tea, and any size for $1. So a large Coke price would be the same as a small coke price. I don't know if they have it anywhere else but I know the deal is in Washington because I live here. :]
It's "sometimes" better to not order sodas? Try, "it's ALWAYS BETTER to not order sodas." They're a huge contributor to obesity. Get iced tea instead, unless it's that McDonald's sweet tea in which case you might as well have two Cokes.
My 2 cents worth is.... I always ask for a small amount of ice when I buy a drink from a fast food joint. However, many times I ask for water. Cool idea to compare. You get 2 thumbs up!
Actually McDonald's is the best value because its soda has a bigger syrup to carbonation ratio than any other fast food place. Also, the owner of all the McDonald's in my area set up a promotion that has been going on for a while (with no end in sight) that is any size soda for $1. So you are paying $1 for a better controlled, more flavorful soda, with less ice meaning more product. Seems to be a winner to me. :D
I always ask for no ice when they fill the cup. I usually just get the dollar size pop and refill it. The point I want to make, though is that soda sales are a huge profit for restaurants. They charge 2.00 for what I've read, costs them pennies. It's difficult to get reliable numbers but I've read that soda sales are almost all profit. Want to save money at restaurants? Drink water. Buy soda when it is on sale, and drink it at home. A family of 4 could save almost $10 on their bill.
McDonalds here in Chicago is only a dollar for any size drink includes iced tea.McDonalds Coke is absolutely incredible although I'm sure the sugar content is through the roof.The taste is incredible
@fae430 actually a large coke is a dollar and I live in California. Probably some franchises don't offer deal but California has nothing to do with the price being high in McDonald's. I also think he ordered something else other than coke.
Soda machines are the highest profit margin item in any fast-food joint or convenience store. I just order water. It pairs well with anything on the menu.
So a lady is too slow turning, so you try to cut in front of her, but she's in the wrong? WTF?!!!
What he did is extremely common in cali. None of those mfers know how to drive.
Waring: I dont drink fast food beverages at times because Next time you get a fountain drink at a fast-food joint, you might want to ask for no ice. Samples of ice taken from branches of McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Starbucks found that the ice contained higher levels of bacteria than samples of water taken from the restaurant's toilet. (We'll pause for a moment to let that sink in.) Most of the time the ice sits in your drink as it melts
leaving the air conditioner on full blast to keep the ice from melting. Your logic makes me giggle.
I always order my drinks with no ice in them, that way you get a full cup and get the most for your money because the drink already comes out cold, it doesn't need ice.
"Playing with your food"
-does drinks
Or order with no ice
@FlatandSharp0 i'll keep that in mind for future episodes. thanks. sorry.
@AuntDuddie I would but i just don't do soda. I find it kind of yukky. I can't see spending $100 for the syrups and the starter kit to make something at home that I don't normally drink. It's like by a kit to make beer.
@DickLodge68 this was in the drive thru. that won't work. Your not allowed to drive back and refill.
That's why I walk in, I either don't get ice or get some ice
@sikesy7 my fast food places have buttons that are for small med and large. they pour the same each time.
@SeverusAlex your English is fine. Thanks for watching.
I love how you say "'Soda is expensive at the drive through". In Norway we pay $3.47 for a MEDIUM coke at McDonald's.
My favorite is Coke btw, always have and always will be.
@Rob2OH3Jack I promise more are to come.
@loganx77 God bless you guys in Sweden. Love that you watch the show. Thanks.
@chrysb81 Diet Mt Dew is the best diet drink on the market. Unfortunately, they are still using Aspartame for their sweetener. I hear that isn't good for you. it affects your joints.
I live in Tucson and we get the $1 drink special at McDonalds as well but I still appreciate what you have done here Jack. My roommates and I have often contemplated these exact ideas when it comes to fast food and restaurant chains so whether a place has a special or not, we always like to know what the better buy. I hope you keep this series going and I think you should also include gas station drinks too since Circle K, Quick Trip, etc. tend to have drink specials.
This is a great idea for a series. The Pizza analysis episode has alwas been one of my favourites! Good stuff, looking forward to the next episode!
@Darkyodajedi it's all coming in time. I promise.
@n2n001 no. I chose not to continue sponsors. I think it clutters the show. I hate commercials as much as anyone. If I am meant to make money then it will have to come other ways. I try to do a show that I would want to watch. :D
Here in Florida McDonald's the small medium and large are all 1 dollar. Originally it was just a promotion that was so popular that its now just standard.
I don't drink soda, I usually get/bring water if I eat out.
However, my boyfriend does drink a lot of soda, and I'm not sure if this chain is nation-wide (we're in NY), but when he gets food he stops at Cumberland Farms (it's a kind convenience store) and can get any size drink (including slushies) for 89 cents.
They also do any size hot beverage (coffee or hot chocolate) for 99 cents.
In Singapore, a can of soda (Coke) only cost 55 cents, which is about 40 cents USD. Is it significantly cheaper or about the same in the states?
@Umbers35 Where do you shop? Around here, 2 liter bottles sell for about $1.70 regular price. They go on sale quite often for about a buck a bottle. Once in a while they will go on sale for 70 or 80 cents.
No Pepsi stuff for me! Anyway, Do you think you could do a Soda Stream review? I have been thinking about getting one.
@da3daluz wow. didn't know that.
Hey she didn't cut you off.. she was first .... you were the anxious one :) ... check your video she was first on the solo line!
@TheDarkwind2005 lots of requests for soda stream. Not sure I want to buy one for the show. Maybe I'll prom dress it. LOL
New series sounds great! Keep it going, along with your usual shows, of course!
The soda itself is comparatively cheap to most restaurants. The cup costs them more. That’s why they use cups as units for inventory. Nowadays many fast food restaurants let you fill your own and even take refills-you know they wouldn’t do that if the soda syrup and CO2 were expensive!
Didn't wander too far off Valley View, did ya Jack?
@zombiejlt1 I thought about gas station drinks but you totally control what goes into the cup. I have so many great "playing with your food" ideas. wait until you see me unroll burritos or order hot wings and 3 different places. It's going to be a blast.
@rwbishop great info. I will remember.
Jack, this is a great idea. More like this please.
@mrkrabz1991 I wanted places that are nationwide. I love In-n-out but it's only west coast.
@bobbybob3680 let me rephrase: So Cal loves to stick it to you. LA and OC always pay more than the rest of the state. It's painful.
I worked fast food in the 70's, was even a manager for a while.
Soft drinks were, as is now with most if not all restaurants, the highest profit item by far. (Ever notice how restaurant drink orders are always taken first?)
All our employees were trained to 'suggestive sell' drinks at any opportunity.
Now when (or if) I buy, I always order without ice. It's dispensed at 40°F (same temp as your refrigerator), and is plenty cold for me, plus you get a LOT more product for your money!
Try it!
Here in Sweden, you get a medium Coke with the meal. So its included in the price. Also we've started to fill our own cups so most people take without ice to get more soda.
@IsaakHunt local beverages rock. I love to go get locally made root beer. Very good.
i normally order soda without ice for two reasons, you get more soda for your money and i cant handle really cold beverages
1:57 What kind of Toyota is that on the left? Looks like a Mitsubishi Montero Sport's back.
Next time you go to a fast food place what I do is I order a large soda with no ice and you'll pay the same but more soda for you
So after being overweight all my life, failed diets, exercise programs, and all (turns out my thyroid is all jacked. Im on medication to correct it and have lost 30lbs since september.), I'm getting weight-loss surgery. Once it's over, I'll only be able to eat 4oz per meal.
I'd like to challenge to to do a show showing how to make a full, healthy meal that is only 4oz. Think you can do it?
I always get the McDonalds iced coffee with no ice because they actually give you the same amount of coffee for each size. They just put more ice in the taller sizes to compensate.
@Stereotypeblackguy My mom and dad are from East New York. God bless Brooklyn.
Lmao im going to get a coke because coke owns
gets to order: ill take a large pepsi...
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Seeing as you can get 16 ounces of soda for $1.25 in vending machines, Taco Bell has the closest, best offer. McDonald's and Hardee's are making you pay more to make a profit - even though they probably mix a lot of water with their drinks, meaning you're actually paying more for less. I like the idea of the series Jack, hope you continue this and put more Fast Food elements in it. :)
MCDS because in my town there large drink is One Dollar and I Love Dr Pepper
Convenience stores are usually cheaper. There's one here in Colorado called Loaf N' Jug (weird name, I know) Where you can buy a 64 oz (about half a gallon) cup of soda for $1.60, and bring it back whenever you want for an 85 cent refill.
hey is 2023 and i just want to point out that after multiple strokes, jack still doesnt have object permanence.
Considering you can usually find a generic 2 liter bottle of cola for around a dollar (and name brand ones are often on sale for around $2), fast food soda really isn't worth it. Buy one, then wash and keep the plastic cup and lid so you can reuse it. Or just use a travel mug and fill it at home before you go out. The nice thing is that pouring your own lets you decide how much or how little ice you want to add.
Besides, you really don't know how often fast food places clean their ice makers.
@loganx77 In America, you can order a "meal" at these places (which will include a drink) but if you ask, you can buy things separately, too. They will not force you to buy a drink.
In Wisconsin the large sodas are all different from those three places. McD's is 33oz, Taco is like 32oz (so pretty close), and Hardees (Carl Jr's) is 44oz. That's where the diff in Large is. As for prices, the McD's is a 1.00/lg, Taco is like 1.89/lg, and CJ's is like 2.30/lg. The difference in price is mostly because of the size for CJ's. This could have been a smidge more accurate if you'd gotten the Med Coke from CJ's (As it's about 32oz)
idk if its just my area, but mcdonald's drinks are all $1 each, no matter what size. i order no ice anyway to get more beverage
Weird, a large soda at my local McDonald's (in Indiana) is $1.09.
Dylan Wang Probably because of tax.
McDonalds Lg size Cokes are $1.00 here in Michigan too! But the McDonalds in my area put almost 3/4ths the cps size in ice! I always order my drinks at McDonalds with light ice. But $2.14 for a 32 oz soda is bull shit! How much is an average gallon of gas there Jack?
This is why I always get a soda without ice in it. I want a 32 oz soda to actually contain 32 oz of soda. I worked fast food after getting out of high school, and even with price increases since then, a large soda only costs the store around $0.25 to make.
What happened to the pizza episode in Playing With Your Food ?
ur from alberta? what town
@CorneliusSneedley That is exactly right. So where are you confused? LOL
If you ask for "No ice", they HAVE to give you a full cup.
Great videos man, was looking around at ceramic knife videos when I came across this channel, keep up the good work :). Subbed!
is that a washing and drying machine in the background?
In Denmark, the largest size we can get is around 16 ounces (500 ml) and it costs around $5. Amazing.
Fast food drinks are pretty much a rip off, especially if you get ice. I had a friend who worked at McDonald's and part of their training for the large sweet tea was that you had to put enough ice in the cup so that only a happy meal sized cup full of sweet tea would fit in the cup.
getting a pound of ground beef, and a 2 liter is the best deal you can do. also getting cheese and buns from 99c store, cant beat that
I with you Jack. Getting a soda from a fast food place really isn't worth it. Most of the time the soda is not the right mix. (to much carbonation) So here is what I do. I buy those little flavored water packets. You justr mixed you mix with water. They come in single packs and you can get ALL kinds of flavors. Then order water and add one. Its better for you and you save money. :)
you got the least ice in the mcdonalds drink , but here in Australia McDonalds is always the one to put in more ice and less drink out of all the fast food places
the catch to getting a drink with your meal is that the drink becomes cheap when you finish the combo with it
I work at hardees/ carls jr and wen we do our sodas we are supposed to not wait for the foam to settle. We just fill it up slap the lid on and there you go. But I always wait for the foam to settle because I hate ripping people off
Hey Jack, what's your daytime job or is this channel your full-time job?
mc'd s drinks there are 2+dollars there? anysize drinks here in central illinois at Mc'd s for the last couple years have been a buck lol year round
Ipleqse do another episode.
3:56 it looks like there is more soda in the Carls .Jr one?
This video has been flagged as inappropriate for children.?? I had to confirm m age before watching
@cataxo444 Yes I do. Not on purpose though. LOL
@OmGiTzMeH916 no way. They all charge a lot compared to the rest of the USA.
This movie theatre by my place called Cineplex Odeon, has these medium sized drinks the size of 1 and a half of those Carl Jr. drinks.
@Rob2OH3Jack Most if not all fast food soda is mixed right in the serving nozzle at a 5:1 carbonated water to syrup ratio. If the mix is even a little off, customers immediately begin complaining. However, far as ice goes it's no holds barred
order no ice it's the nastiest item on the menu
@awesomedman100 diet mt dew is amazing.
fisrt off when i go drive thoght its ually cause i'm on my way out of town for some sort of drive so depending on how long the drive is and what i order disides if the sotas worsth it and 2 me sodas sodas
I live next to so many fast food restaurants. There's a Jack in The Box, McDonalds, Burger King, Wendy's, Taco Bell, and Arby's!
In Washington, at Mcdonalds, they sell any fountain drink, coffee, tea, and any size for $1. So a large Coke price would be the same as a small coke price. I don't know if they have it anywhere else but I know the deal is in Washington because I live here. :]
It's "sometimes" better to not order sodas? Try, "it's ALWAYS BETTER to not order sodas." They're a huge contributor to obesity. Get iced tea instead, unless it's that McDonald's sweet tea in which case you might as well have two Cokes.
My 2 cents worth is.... I always ask for a small amount of ice when I buy a drink from a fast food joint. However, many times I ask for water. Cool idea to compare. You get 2 thumbs up!
Actually McDonald's is the best value because its soda has a bigger syrup to carbonation ratio than any other fast food place. Also, the owner of all the McDonald's in my area set up a promotion that has been going on for a while (with no end in sight) that is any size soda for $1.
So you are paying $1 for a better controlled, more flavorful soda, with less ice meaning more product. Seems to be a winner to me. :D
In Illinois, all drinks, any size small-large at McDonalds are only $1
The lady cut him off while she was ahead of him? Lol. He’s a clown. I bet if he rear ends someone he says they were in reverse going towards him. Lol
hell yeah! love this new series.
I always ask for no ice when they fill the cup. I usually just get the dollar size pop and refill it. The point I want to make, though is that soda sales are a huge profit for restaurants. They charge 2.00 for what I've read, costs them pennies. It's difficult to get reliable numbers but I've read that soda sales are almost all profit. Want to save money at restaurants? Drink water. Buy soda when it is on sale, and drink it at home. A family of 4 could save almost $10 on their bill.
2.14 at mcdonalds? its $1 here where i live for large anything. whether that be soda or sweet tea.
@dmcatee100 more lazy man recipes on the way.
I almost never drink soda.
"No ice, please." Problem solved.
McDonalds here in Chicago is only a dollar for any size drink includes iced tea.McDonalds Coke is absolutely incredible although I'm sure the sugar content is through the roof.The taste is incredible
@fae430
actually a large coke is a dollar and I live in California. Probably some franchises don't offer deal but California has nothing to do with the price being high in McDonald's. I also think he ordered something else other than coke.
water is the only element that expands when it freezes so if the ice melts there is less in the cup than if it wouldnt have melted
@fae430 Cali jacks you on everything.
Soda machines are the highest profit margin item in any fast-food joint or convenience store. I just order water. It pairs well with anything on the menu.
Fountain pop is pretty cheap for the restaurants and stores to buy. I guess the cups are really expensive.