- I have 10 huge, new fast food hacks and secrets
to save you a lot of money at McDonald's,
Starbucks, Chipotle, Burger King, at KFC, Subway,
Starbucks, and more.
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Other than the subscribers of this channel,
I have virtually no friends.
I also have virtually no money on certain days
to spend on fast food anymore.
I'm repurposing a lot of my funds toward diapers
for my two-year-old baby daughter
and different expenses.
And fast food is a convenience,
but even at that convenience, it can cost you a lot of cash.
I'm going to put that cash back in your wallet.
Before I get to those secrets,
I want to remind you guys that on my personal website,
MattsDailyDeals.com, I've got all sorts of deals
and coupons to get you through your week.
Even things for the whole back to school season
that include $19 tech backpacks that I've used and loved.
I do use affiliate links,
which means I'd benefit monetarily
if you're kind enough to use one of my links.
The first hack that I want to showcase
is tied to Burger King.
And this actually is a trick tied to their menu prices.
The Whopper Jr. is exactly the same thing
as a regular hamburger.
Look at the burger,
look at the bun,
look at the cheese.
What's the big difference?
The big difference is that a regular cheeseburger
has no mustard and it requires a little bit of lettuce,
tomato, and extra onion to make it
the Whopper Jr.
Now I know what you're saying and you're thinking
and if you've frequented Burger King,
you are aware that the toppings,
if you order them in a whole portion,
have a fee associated with them in most cases.
So if you want to add lettuce or tomato, there's a fee,
but did you know that if you use the word light,
that won't cost you a thing.
So if you say you want light tomato, light lettuce,
onions, which are always free
and have no fee associated with them, doesn't count.
But the chef in the back likely isn't going to really adjust
your portion that much with the word light
versus a full serving.
And you're going to save a lot of money
by adjusting the regular cheeseburger.
So again, order a regular cheeseburger, no mustard,
add light lettuce and tomato, extra onion,
whatever it is that makes you happy and use the word light.
That will ensure that when this whole cheeseburger
is fully loaded up, you end up with the Whopper Jr.
You end up also with two completely different prices.
In some regions,
and every community and neighborhood is sometimes different
With regards to prices,
a cheeseburger can cost you as little as a dollar
where a Whopper Jr. is $2.19.
Now these prices of course will different by area,
community, wherever it is that you're watching this,
but it's half the price or less
if you load up a cheeseburger
and make those simple adjustments as hack number one.
For the second hack, let's talk about Starbucks,
the Apple of coffee, one of my favorite places
to get an overpriced beverage.
But anyhow, enough about me.
In my last fast food hacks video,
and don't forget to check that out
because I offered a completely different set
of tips and advice,
I discussed how much ice Starbucks put
into many of its beverages.
But what I didn't mention,
which I want to discuss right now,
is that Starbucks actually brews many of its iced beverages
at a much higher strength.
So for example, if you were going to get an iced tea
or one of the drinks that you see on your screen,
when they sit on a counter, specifically their black tea,
it's over-brewed, it's made extra strong.
And what does Starbucks do to it?
They typically dilute it.
They add a little bit of water
and then they throw ice into a cup.
Rather than pay for Starbucks to over-ice
and dilute your beverage,
go one size smaller than you typically want
and then add your own ice.
To save what could be 30% or 40% at Starbucks,
this is the suggestion.
Order whatever drink you want one size down,
ask for a cup with just that beverage,
make sure they add no water and no ice.
And then ask for another cup full of ice.
So for example, order a tall iced tea beverage
in a cup with no ice and no water.
And then get either a grande or a venti cup
filled with ice.
By the time you pour it in,
you're going to be at the exact same composition.
It won't be diluted and you won't be overpaying.
This trick even works on lemonade.
You're going to notice that when you customize
the sugar level, there's all sorts of watering
and fun things that go on
to their highly acidic lemonade mix.
This is my suggestion.
Get a grande lemonade, no water, no ice
and then fill of venti cup up full of ice.
By the time you pour that in
and the lemonade dilutes a little bit,
you're going to be at the exact same potency
and paying 30% to 40% less.
Before I get to Taco Bell and McDonald's
and a few other awesome savings,
let's talk about Chick-fil-A.
This is actually a game changer for those of you
that like a little bit of bacon on your chicken.
So I said that way too excited.
You could tell that I really don't get out much.
Bacon.
That's probably creepy for a lot of you, too.
I apologize.
I didn't mean for it to come out that way.
Let's look at the grilled chicken sandwich at Chick-fil-A.
I don't know if you guys are aware of this,
but bacon on any sandwich is just over a buck.
So if you add bacon to any original
or grilled chicken sandwich,
you're paying closer to five dollars.
If you order the club, which is the exact same thing,
your prices will start at $6.25.
So a reminder guys, get the classic chicken sandwich
or the grilled chicken sandwich,
then ask to add the bacon for a dollar.
Do not overpay for the club,
which will take you to the exact same place.
You can even see from the photos.
It is the exact same thing except you're just giving
some of your hard earned money away
to another massive establishment.
The fourth fast food hack and savings secret
is tied to Taco Bell.
I don't know if you guys are aware of this,
but Taco Bell has a beefy Frito burrito.
Now the real trick comes from customizing this delicacy.
What starts as a big one dollar burrito can be customized.
You can add extra meat, beans, rice, sour cream, cheese,
whatever it is.
By the time you're done,
and you get all of your fun ingredients into this burrito,
you are looking at a price that is much closer to $3.50
or $2.95, depending on how you customize it
and what you add.
The difference is though you're starting
at that one dollar base.
So rather than going for a much larger, expensive option
that has all of those ingredients included,
it's actually cheaper to load up with the one dollar base
or two dollar base and pay a la carte.
This is one of the few exceptions in fast food
where it actually pays to add the ingredients independently,
similar to that Chick-fil-A bacon trick we just discussed.
For hack number five,
we're going to head on over to McDonald's.
But don't worry all of the KFC lovers out there,
a very cool trick that I now use as hack number 10,
which I will get to as quickly as possible.
For those of you that are aware
of McDonald's is ready to serve you
and they're very happy to do so,
except McDonald's is happy to charge you
one dollar for a medium water.
And let's face it, sometimes you just don't want
to spend money on a beverage
or maybe with all the wonderful delicacies you're doing,
you're trying to go light on the drink.
Instead, ask for two small cups.
Both cups will be free while that medium water order
will cost you one dollar.
For a fast food hack number six, let's stay at McDonald's.
And if you guys watched my last video,
I explained a very quick trick to ensure
you always get fresh eggs at McDonald's.
And I also alluded to how all of the breakfast sandwiches
were made sometimes with ingredients
you did not want anywhere near your mouth.
Now let's discuss french fries or McDonald's fries.
And for those of you watching, I guess that'd be all of you
if you got to this point,
sometimes I don't make as much sense as I'd like,
what is your favorite french fry?
Is it at Burger King?
Is it always McDonald's?
Where are the best fries?
Please weigh in.
If you guys have a fast food hack,
please share it with the other subscribers
and viewers of this channel.
But if you want to get the freshest fries at McDonald's,
rather than asking them to give you a new set of fries
or trying to instruct people,
which sometimes gets awkward and angry,
ask McDonald's for no salt fries.
Ten out of 10 times,
they will make you fresh fries.
Now you may be thinking no salt on fries?
Why am I listening to this idiot on YouTube?
Well, first of all, they'll be fresh.
Sometimes they're a little bit more crispy, not soggy,
not sitting for 30 minutes under a heat lamp,
but you can also control the sodium.
Maybe you want a little bit of extra salt.
Ask for the salt packets, those are free.
Grab the salt packets, put on as much salt as you want.
When McDonald's seasons the fries it's on a shaker.
They go like that.
There's not necessarily an art to it,
but there is an art to ensuring that you can get fresh fries
that are pretty much made to order.
Just ask for no salt.
That is one of the game changers
if you are someone that loves McDonald's french fries.
Fast food hack, number seven
is something that works primarily at Wendy's and McDonald's.
But I think you could also have this work to your advantage
at Burger King and that's for all of the onion lovers
out there.
In fact, even if you don't like onions,
one of the reasons, no, you're not knowing my location,
Wendy's, thank you very much!
Sorry, I had a pop up.
The onions that you typically eat in fast food
are dehydrated onions.
They're not fresh.
And sometimes they go through a process
you don't really want to consider
if you just simply want the crunch, the texture
and that spice on your burger.
So I'm going to tell you guys right now,
if you don't want to consume rehydrated onions,
simply ask the kind of people behind the counter
for fresh onions.
They have a way to do that.
A lot of the time those vegetables are actually precut
before they go through that whole process to preserve.
Get the fresh onions if you can.
I think that makes a world of difference.
For all the Chipotle fans out there, in my last video,
I discussed a way you could always get more protein.
I don't know if you guys remember this,
I don't know if you watched, but I discussed how
if you asked for two different types of meat
with one protein order, you get almost double.
Why?
Well, when you ask for two proteins,
they charge you twice.
But if you ask for a mix of protein,
whether that be chicken and steak or beef or something else,
they've got a full scoop and they can't adequately
or accurately measure that protein onto the spoon.
So that will always result in more protein
for just paying that one single price.
But there is a second trick attached to that,
which I'm going to impart in today's video
and that is another Chipotle hack
where if you order a burrito bowl and a side tortilla
combined with your two different meat hack
that I just discussed,
you have enough for two meals rather than one.
What does that mean?
Why am I imparting this?
Well, if you want to enjoy a tortilla
and you want to really eat more awesome
with that burrito bowl, but maybe you're with someone
and you want a burrito bowl and they want a tortilla,
there is a way to make that happen.
And a lot of people don't realize you can actually
do a tortilla addition as a side.
That will save you a significant amount of money
and it is a great way to use that extra protein you get
and just pass that along right into the tortilla.
Double whammy.
For fast food hack number nine, let's discuss Subway.
And I'm going to share two tips for you.
It's a, it's also another double whammy!
Not only so I could say that and not be weird,
but also because there's two pieces of advice
that chances are you might not know one of them.
So the first thing is if you are with someone
and you both want the same basic protein on your sandwich,
it is cheaper and more effective to order a footlong
and customize each half
rather than ordering two six-inch sandwiches.
I realize this comes down to whether or not
you both want the same grilled chicken sub.
And then yes, you can ask them to cut a footlong in half
and customize both halves completely differently.
That's good.
You might've already known that.
What you might not know is that
Subway clings until the last very moment
to give you fresh vegetables.
Their whole eat fresh is actually contingent upon
how many tomatoes they can possibly sell
from the last batch.
You guys have all seen it.
We hover over the counter
and we see what looks like tomatoes from last week.
In fact, those tomatoes might be from last night,
but that doesn't mean you need to eat them.
What will take your Subway sandwich artists
no more than 30 seconds of their time
is there's a brand new bin of freshly cut vegetables
ready to go underneath that bin of subpar tomatoes
or lettuce that looks like it has been into a car accident.
Don't worry, ask them.
Nine out of 10 times, they are very happy, courteous,
and willing to give you the fresher vegetables.
And why, when you are paying for a Subway sandwich
to eat fresh, should you have to eat stale?
So make those modifications on the vegetables.
Don't be afraid to advocate for yourself.
There's plenty of ways to do that nicely
where you don't have to be worried about
someone spitting in your food
And now for the 10th fast food hack,
which could actually save you more money
than you are possibly considering,
let's head over to KFC.
And there's something tied to KFC,
which I've experienced that one of my other subscribers
identified in a video and that is tied to closing time
at KFC.
He mentioned it and I will attest to it.
And then I'm going to show you the actual comment.
And this is the tip.
If you go to your local KFC near closing time,
or right after the lunch rush
before they make some of their favorite new pieces
of chicken for dinner,
you can actually sometimes bargain with them
to get rid of chicken, giving you more bang for your buck.
And I know that sounds absurd.
Like bargaining for a used car with chicken.
It is actually a thing.
And I'm see if I can call up Mr. Steve's comments.
So this is what Mr. Steve wrote.
And I've been doing this for years,
which means I might've found my soulmate.
Mr. Steve wrote, "The best hack is going to a KFC
"right before they close.
"They don't want to throw the chicken away
"so they will bargain with you.
"I've gotten as many as 15 pieces of chicken
"with every side for 10 bucks.
"I've done that 10 times, at least, over the years.
"The key is going in the last hour before they close."
And the only thing I can add in addition to that,
it's actually worked in the busy city where I live
after the lunch rush, those odd times,
where if you go like 3:00, 3:30,
I've had similar success.
But definitely the end of the day,
and definitely a functional way
to get some more fried chicken at KFC.
If you've made it through all of my gestures,
some of my strange facial mannerisms
and hopefully some advice that will save you a lot of money.
I know guys, it's like 10 cents here on certain items,
but it could be a dollar, three dollars, five dollars,
and if you're taking your whole family for an outing,
you're trying to give yourself a special treat,
that's a lot of money that does add up quickly.
Of course, I want to save you as much cash as possible
in all departments of your life.
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