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Apparently I’ve been out of the loop recently when it comes to how much a person is supposed to consume during a meal. Does “value meal” now mean that you only need one to feed your whole family?
I know that these larger than life sizes have been around for a while. We’ve all seen or heard about the movie Super Size Me, but I feel that recently the sizes of drinks have reached an all time BIG!
This came to me during a recent trip to one of my favorite fast food restaurants…which will remain nameless. I ordered the usual medium value meal and assumed it would be the perfect size. Needless to say, I completely underestimated the power of $5.29.
The biggest shock, by far, was the size of the drink. I mean really…do they actually expect the average person to drink all of that in one sitting? Save some for the next person! I think I may run an experiment to test whether the ice melts or the bladder pops before a person can finish a “medium” drink?
Since I feel like I can’t escape these mega drinks I decided to do a bit of research, and I discovered some pretty crazy facts.
For example, you may not be able to order a Supersize soda at McDonald’s anymore, but feel free to order the newly introduced Hugo, which is 42-ounces and 410 calories. If that doesn’t put things into perspective, how about the fact that when McDonald’s first opened, a soda was 7 ounces, but today, the child size is 12 ounces, a small is 16 ounces, and the large is 32 ounces.
Either the human bladder has grown tremendously or we all need to take a step back and think before we gulp. Find out more interesting facts here.
Contributed by: Ashley Hollingsworth
