Adults ordering a kids meal for themselves

[y_p_w]

I've done it before. Sometimes a Happy Meal at McDonald's was enough at a decent price. In another topic I noted that I paid $2.99 (plus tax) to buy a King Jr meal at BK using a coupon although the original price is $3.99. At my local location, the costs would have been over $12 ordered a la carte. Part of it is the standardized bundled pricing, where this location has really high a la carte prices.

I used to get deals for free kids meals with the purchase of an adult meal, and when I asked I was usually told they don't have any requirement that a child be there. Some restaurants might actually require a child be present to get a lower priced meal or perhaps some deal. I recall In-N-Out was giving away free hot chocolate to children under a certain age if it was raining. I remember once I took a photo of my kid in the car sleeping while my wife stayed in and they gave me the free deal.

 

[dishdude]

I do it all the time for take out or room service. Some of those kid's meals are huge! I was staying at a Hyatt Regency that had sea bass on the kids menu, it was delish! Fleming's has filet mignon on the kid menu, you bet I ordered that.

 

[Leo99]

On one hand a meal is a meal. On the other hand, some restaurants might sell kid's meals at a loss assuming adults will be with them generating profits and don't want adults talking advantage.

 

[RooflessVW]

On one hand a meal is a meal. On the other hand, some restaurants might sell kid's meals at a loss assuming adults will be with them generating profits and don't want adults talking advantage.

Won't someone think of the poor restaurants?

LMAO

 

[joegreen]

I like to get a chicken sandwich and a kids meal from chick fil a because it comes with a milk

 

[y_p_w]

On one hand a meal is a meal. On the other hand, some restaurants might sell kid's meals at a loss assuming adults will be with them generating profits and don't want adults talking advantage.

I asked a manager once why their kids meal was so cheap. One item had an a la carte price that was higher than the kids meal that included it. He said it was a loss leader trying to get parents to take their kids there and perhaps cultivate a taste for them.

 

[bdcardinal]

There was a burger place by us and the actual mix of the hamburger was different for the kids burgers. It actually tasted a bit better to me and they would give me the kids mix whenever I went there and remembered to ask.

Same place only had chicken tenders on the kids menu. I would order one for my mom and they all thought it was funny. Another place here does that, they were started by the family that started Habit Burger but never sold out to corporate shills, and the people there always laugh when I say "its for a kid in her 70s."

 

[AutoMechanic]

I don’t see a problem with it but I’d have to order about 3-4 of them to fill myself up though so it ends up being better to just get the regular meal.

 

[walterjay]

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[The_Jeff]

On one hand a meal is a meal. On the other hand, some restaurants might sell kid's meals at a loss assuming adults will be with them generating profits and don't want adults talking advantage.

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[Aichiguy]

Cane's kid's meal is just right for lunch. If my wife and I go, we split the big meal. Portions are typically too big these days.

 

[cpayne5]

On one hand a meal is a meal. On the other hand, some restaurants might sell kid's meals at a loss assuming adults will be with them generating profits and don't want adults talking advantage.

Some restaurants have "for kids under XX years old" listed on the kids menu - if they don't, it's fair game IMO.

 

[SC Maintenance]

Some restaurants have "for kids under XX years old" listed on the kids menu - if they don't, it's fair game IMO.

When I had little kids I remember "kids eat free nights" at some places - but it always stipulated "with full price regular meal.

I don't think the fast food places have any restrictions.

I agree, whatever there rules are be fair to me. If it doesn't say they likely don't care.

 

[Number_35]

I don’t see a problem with it but I’d have to order about 3-4 of them to fill myself up though so it ends up being better to just get the regular meal.

That would have been me at your age - I had an incredible appetite. I would eat breakfast at home, attend classes in the morning, eat my bagged lunch, and drive over to the warehouse where I worked parttime for $2.95/hour. I'd have supper at home with my roommate, and often drove back down to school to study in an empty classroom. Around 9 p.m. I'd get hungry again and would drive over to the nearby McDonald's and get a Big Mac, a Quarter-Pounder with Cheese, and a Filet of Fish. IIRC, that cost $5.25.

The McDonald's supplement in the evening cost me over an hour and a half's wages. Pretty dumb when I think about it now.

Agreed, three or four kid's meals may have done the job, but I'm not sure it would have saved me any money.

In spite of eating like that, I weighed around 145. Sigh.

 

[chainblu]

There is a BBQ restaurant in my town/small city that won't let you order a kid meal unless a child is present. And if the wait staff sees the adult eating the kid meal instead of the kid, they will say something, but I don't really know what they would do about it. They also don't allow you to order takeout kid meals.

Other than that, it's actually a really good restaurant.

 

[charbaby]

I don't go to B-King, Micky-D's or Wendy's but we(wife & I) have gone to several local burger joints during "summer cruise nights" and ordered their "Kids Meals" for ourselves which include:

1) a regular burger with tomato, lettuce, pickle
2) their version of small fries
3) a small "all you can drink"
4) small kids cone any flavor(hard or soft)
5) $6.99-$7.99/ea. depending on which local Mom & Pop restaurant we go to.
6) In order to get all of that in the adult meal, we'd be doubling our cost.
And we're both full & satisfied! We don't typically eat like this but once in a while it's Okay!

 

[Dave Hess]

I saw a video of customers at Oliver Garden bringing BIG ziplock bags and putting pasta from Never Ending Pasta promotion and taking it home.

People trying to stretch the dollars.

<—— taking home and putting in freezer for next month dinners.

 

[John105]

How about kids being charged as an adult? My wife wanted to go to a sushi buffet on Mother's Day and I knew it would happen. They go by height. So my son paid the same $28.99 that we did, and he ate nothing. He is 11. Actually many places do use age 10 as the cut off, so the industry would say they didn't do anything wrong. But the height way he'd be a full adult as well at 9, also eating nothing. So that's the reverse imho and all is fair.

 

[demarpaint]

I've done it more than once.

 

[John105]

I saw a video of customers at Oliver Garden bringing BIG ziplock bags and putting pasta from Never Ending Pasta promotion and taking it home.

People trying to stretch the dollars.

<—— taking home and putting in freezer for next month dinners.

The crazy thing is when one stumbles upon Gordon Ramsay’s worst nightmare. An establishment with 2015 pricing and portions 2x normal. Order normally, maybe add a dish for $10.95, and have a complete second meal. What am I talking about….family of 3 and $55 before tip.

My wife said, “Someone needs to tell them!”

Shhhhhhhhhh!!!!