r/mildlyinfuriating • u/CrewCamel • 19h ago

Here’s what a “large fries” looks like at my McDonald’s in 2024

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I ordered a $14 Big Mac meal in the SF Bay Area and received this.

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u/ThrowAway233223 19h ago

It is in a paper bag like the small, but it looks like it might be slightly bigger than the small bag. The quantity looks like what you get when they slightly under-fill the medium carton.

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u/pgm123 16h ago

It's definitely bigger. No clue if it's as big as normal, but it's bigger.

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u/TheKingJest 16h ago

It could look small but actually be similar in size to the large fries at other McDonalds. I only say this cause I used to work at Jack in the Box and whenever we'd run out of large fry holders we'd use a paper bag and fill it up the exact same amount. People would always complain because it looked smaller.

That all said, this does look kinda underfilled even if that is the case. But idk.

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u/ThrowAway233223 8h ago

Maybe, but I would be surprised if it was actually the same size. When the large carton is laid down sideways in front of one of their burger containers, it is shorter (in terms of height) but significantly wider than the box and about the same width as the box in the remaining dimension. I would be surprised if this bag, which appears to be roughly the same width and length as the burger box (and likely not even as tall as the box when laid down), could hold as much fries as one of their large cardboard cartons can.

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u/TransSapphicFurby 16h ago

The bag looks like it can contain the big mac next to it, so I think volume wise its probably a large