The Top 5 Milwaukee Area Fast Food Value Menu Deals
Please enjoy today’s guest post written by our friend Nick from DudeFoods.com. We asked Nick to find the best deals on value menus around the Milwaukee area.
(DudeFoods is one of our favorite locally written blogs, focusing on unique, and oftentimes hilarious ways to prepare and eat various foods).
Whether they refer to it as the Dollar Menu like McDonald’s does, the Everyday Value Menu like Wendy’s or the Why Pay More Menu like Taco Bell, all fast food restaurants have them and they’re the pinnacle of cheap eats. I’m talking about the value menu.
Recently Milwaukee Consumer asked me for my top five fast food value menu deals, and although prices can vary not only from city to city but from location to location as well I think my picks should be pretty universal no matter where you live.
The McDouble (McDonald’s) Even though they dropped the second piece of cheese from their one dollar double cheeseburger and renamed it the McDouble a few years back, this is still a great deal. I mean, a regular cheeseburger on its own at McDonald’s costs 99 cents so why not just pay the extra penny and get two beef patties instead of one? Oh, and if you absolutely have to have two pieces of cheese on your burger, their double cheeseburger is still available for 29 cents more.
The Jr. Breakfast Burrito (SONIC Drive-In) This was an easy pick just based on the fact that SONIC serves this delicious value menu item all day long. Aside from one random rogue McDonald’s that I found that serves pancakes and breakfast burritos from open to close there’s really no other fast food restaurant around where you can enjoy breakfast for lunch or dinner.
The Jr. Ham & Cheddar Sandwich (Arby’s) Granted, their value menu items may be WAY smaller than most other fast food restaurants, but if you’re looking for a cheap alternative to the burgers and chicken sandwiches that populate most other value menus, Arby’s is the place to be with their value Jr. Ham & Cheddar and Jr. Roast Beef sandwiches.
The Frosty (Wendy’s) I don’t know what it is about the Frosty, but chocolate shakes from other fast food restaurants don’t even come close in terms of taste, and the best part is that you can still buy a small one for only 99 cents. If you’re a true Frosty fan though Wendy’s has an even better deal going on right now where if you donate a dollar to the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption you receive a key chain which in turn will get you a free Jr. Frosty (with any purchase) every single time you stop at Wendy’s until the end of the year.
The Entire “Why Pay More?” Menu (Taco Bell) Yeah, I know that not picking one specific item is sort of a cop out, but how can you choose when Taco Bell has so many great choices for so cheap? In fact, they probably have the best value menu out there with numerous items as low as even 89 or 79 cents. On top of that, their value menu is what Taco Bell routinely uses to introduce new items for 99 cents or less. While other chains keep their value menus the same for months on end, Taco Bell’s is routinely changing. In fact, it’s always sort of crazy to me when Taco Bell customers will order some of the $3 or $4 single menu items, when for the same amount you can order four items off their value menu and end up completely stuffed.
So now I leave it up to you Milwaukee Consumer readers. Do you agree with my picks? Disagree? What are your favorite fast food value menu items? Please leave a comment and let me know!
McDonald’s Half Off Deal on LivingSocial
McDonald’s and LivingSocial have teamed up to offer a deal that is sure to be very popular today. For $13 you can get a book of vouchers for five Big Mac sandwiches and five Large Fries at McDonalds! This is a 50% savings off the $26 retail value. If you’re interested in buying this deal, we suggest you make your purchase as soon as possible. The deal will sell out after LivingSocial has sold 1,000,000 vouchers.
Typically a customer would need to print the voucher from the LivingSocial website. However, this deal is a little different because you’ll get the voucher booklet mailed directly to you. The booklet contains ten separate tear-away vouchers which will never expire.
Big Mac fans out there will need to know that there is a limit of one Big Mac voucher and one Large Fries voucher per store visit per customer. A single visit is defined as all visits to the same restaurant within a two-hour period.
To purchase today’s McDonald’s deal visit the LivingSocial website.
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$30 Worth of McDonalds Coupons in Today’s Journal Sentinel
Today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has eight coupons for McDonalds valued at $30. The coupons are located in a wrapper over the front page of the paper, so you don’t need to hunt to find them! The coupons for Mickey D’s are valid until December 23, 2011.
The eight coupons are as follows:
- Free breakfast sandwich with the purchase of any breakfast sandwich
- Free breakfast sandwich with the purchase of any breakfast sandwich
- Free large sandwich with the purchase of any large sandwich
- Free large sandwich with the purchase of any large sandwich
- Free snack wrap with the purchase of any snack wrap
- Free small McCafe frappe or real fruit smoothie with purchase of a small McCafe frappe or real fruit smoothie
- Free breakfast platter with the purchase of any breakfast platter
- Free medium fries and drink with the purchase of any angus 1/3 pound sandwich
Pay with Monopoly Money and Get Free Large Fries at McDonald’s Today
The popular McDonald’s Monopoly game starts today and Milwaukee area McDonald’s restaurants are offering a unique promotion for free fries. If you pay for your order with Monopoly money, you’ll get a free large order of fries – today only! According to an article on the Menomonee Falls Patch website, the Monopoly money promotion is taking place only in the Milwaukee market at all 120 area McDonald’s restaurants.
The 2011 contest runs until October 27. You can get free game pieces on select food items (see below), or by requesting one through the mail. One out of every four game pieces is a winner. Prizes include food items, cars, gift cards from Walmart, Snapfish and Redbox, and the coveted $1 million cash prize.
Food items that have game pieces attached are:
- Big Mac
- Chicken McNuggets (10 and 20 pieces)
- Large Fries
- Medium Fountain Drinks
- McCafe Drinks
- Filet-O-Fish
- Hashbrowns
- Egg McMuffin and Sausage McMuffin with Egg
- Fruit and Maple Oatmeal
For information on how to request game pieces through the mail, and for full contest rules, check out the McDonald’s website.
Thanks to Milwaukee Consumer reader Terri L. for the tip on the Monopoly money promotion!
$1 off McDonald’s Frozen Drinks Through 6/15
McDonald’s is offering a coupon for $1 off frozen McCafe drinks through June 15. The coupon is valid for any sized Frozen Strawberry Lemonade, Frappe, or Real Fruit Smoothie. There is a limit of one coupon per person per visit.
To print the coupon, visit the McDonald’s website, and click on the link for the $1 off coupon in the lower left hand corner.
If you’re interested in this deal, you may also be interested in our previous post:
Half-Price Starbucks Frappuccinos Starting May 6th.
Thanks to Green Bay Consumer for the tip on this deal!