A man has come up with the ‘Mcdonald’s Fries Theorum’ (Picture: Zhang Peng/LightRocket via Getty Images)
A man has become the hero we need but do not deserve by answering the question: Is it better money-wise to buy medium or large McDonald’s fries?
Jim, otherwise known as ‘Everyone’s Favourite Jim’, presented his ‘Mcdonald’s Fries Theorum’ on Twitter on Wednesday.
His wife had told him that she only orders medium fries as a larger portion doesn’t ‘actually have any more chips in them’, so you aren’t getting a good deal.
Saying that he’s swamped with work, the graphic designer decided to put his wife’s theory to the test – complete with spreadsheets and kitchen scales.
Jim first weighed a medium and large portion of chips in the McDonald’s packaging – the larger fries weighed 20g heavier than the 116g medium ones.
‘FALSE: There are more fries in a large. Job done,’ Jim said.
When ordering McDonald’s, my wife asked for medium fries rather than large “Because there’s not actually any more chips in them, it’s a con!” So I decided to test it.
FALSE: There are more fries in a large. Job done.
But, the large fries are in a larger box… pic.twitter.com/pXxKwmAXOq
— Everyone’s Favourite Jim (@JimmerUK) March 15, 2023
But Jim stressed that this is with the weight of the box. ‘So I zero out the scales with a bowl and weigh the chips,’ he added.
The medium fries weighed 109g, while the larger portion landed at 127g.
‘Which interestingly (excuse my fast and loose usage of “interestingly”) means that the large has 2g of extra cardboard,’ he added, showing a photo of nine chips laid out in size order on the scales.
‘A large has 116% of the fries of a medium, but, at £2.29 vs £1.79, is 128% of the price.
‘Surely, then, there is a point where it’s cheaper to buy more medium portions than large portions. Turns out, there is. And it’s not as many as you might think…’
With the power of maths, Jim managed to work out the exact moment when buying medium fries actually gets you more bang for your buck.
‘If you buy five portions of medium fries, it’s cheaper than four portions of large fries by 21p and you get 37g more fries!’ he said.
I wanted to find the crossover point where buying just one more portion of medium fries made it more cost-effective than buying large fries. And here are the results.
See it? pic.twitter.com/WxVrMvRLQH
— Everyone’s Favourite Jim (@JimmerUK) March 15, 2023
This works up to 7 mediums vs 6 large where you get 1 gram extra of fries for £1.21 less! After that, it gets cheaper but you do get fewer fries. pic.twitter.com/VA4IbaTMSo
— Everyone’s Favourite Jim (@JimmerUK) March 15, 2023
This works up to seven mediums vs six larges where you get one gram extra of fries for £1.21 less! After that, it gets …read more
Source:: Metro
