The 5 guys fries are a really good example of where shrinkflation makes sense. I’d rather they keep prices steady and make the servings much smaller.
Boxes of dried pasta, on the other hand, I’d rather they just raise the price.

Who gets takeout french fries, though? They're always soggy and gross when you get them home.

Ha! Went to 5 Guys for the first time in a year over the weekend. Same experience - ordered online and had to wait for the fries. And I also agree with earlier poster - fry orders at five guys are huge and certainly a small or medium is enough for the entire family. Plus although I love most fries I don’t love the ones from 5 guys. Not salty or crispy enough.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fries are much worse at Shake Shack - super basic crinkle cuts.

Our family doesn't eat fries. Burgers only. Diet Cokes. Sometimes shakes.

No one in your family like fries? Have they tried them?

DP. We used to not order fries like the PP above. The problem was that a medium was more fries than my family of four would eat. We would end up tossing about half of them. I said for years they needed a smaller size. When they finally added a small, we started ordering. The small is the right size for 3 or 4 of us and we don't waste food. I don't order it when it's just me, but we do enjoy them when we order as a family.

THIS must be the person who has one pizza for a family of 4!!

No, this is the person who orders 1 slice of pizza for 4. An entire pizza would clearly be too much.

Is this the mom who couldn't figure out why her teenage boys were hungry all the time, and then told us that she gives them 4 chicken wings each for dinner?

Nope. But my kids eat their fill more on burgers and less on fries. I'm not sure why this seems to suggest to others that I restrict what they eat. I don't.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fries are much worse at Shake Shack - super basic crinkle cuts.

Our family doesn't eat fries. Burgers only. Diet Cokes. Sometimes shakes.

No one in your family like fries? Have they tried them?

DP. We used to not order fries like the PP above. The problem was that a medium was more fries than my family of four would eat. We would end up tossing about half of them. I said for years they needed a smaller size. When they finally added a small, we started ordering. The small is the right size for 3 or 4 of us and we don't waste food. I don't order it when it's just me, but we do enjoy them when we order as a family.

THIS must be the person who has one pizza for a family of 4!!

No, this is the person who orders 1 slice of pizza for 4. An entire pizza would clearly be too much.

I'm not sure why you think I'm cheaping out on my family. I have two 10 year olds. Those burgers are large for them. Once they have/finish the burger, they only eat a handful of fries each. I order two sandwiches (a burger and a hot dog) and don't want a huge amount of fries either. We can share a large fries at McDonald's but the medium fries at Five Guys is larger (almost double when they fill the cup, then add an extra scoop of fries into the bag after the cup). The new small size is now about the size of a McDonald's large fries, which is why it works for us.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fries are much worse at Shake Shack - super basic crinkle cuts.

Our family doesn't eat fries. Burgers only. Diet Cokes. Sometimes shakes.

No one in your family like fries? Have they tried them?

DP. We used to not order fries like the PP above. The problem was that a medium was more fries than my family of four would eat. We would end up tossing about half of them. I said for years they needed a smaller size. When they finally added a small, we started ordering. The small is the right size for 3 or 4 of us and we don't waste food. I don't order it when it's just me, but we do enjoy them when we order as a family.

THIS must be the person who has one pizza for a family of 4!!

No, this is the person who orders 1 slice of pizza for 4. An entire pizza would clearly be too much.

Is this the mom who couldn't figure out why her teenage boys were hungry all the time, and then told us that she gives them 4 chicken wings each for dinner?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fries are much worse at Shake Shack - super basic crinkle cuts.

Our family doesn't eat fries. Burgers only. Diet Cokes. Sometimes shakes.

No one in your family like fries? Have they tried them?

I didn't say we don't like them, I said we don't order them. Maybe 1 in 10 times we get fries? If that.

In my house, the reason to get burgers is to get fries. If I could feed my family only fries, I would, but that would get me called out by the mom police.

Shake Shack fries are horrible.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fries are much worse at Shake Shack - super basic crinkle cuts.

Our family doesn't eat fries. Burgers only. Diet Cokes. Sometimes shakes.

No one in your family like fries? Have they tried them?

DP. We used to not order fries like the PP above. The problem was that a medium was more fries than my family of four would eat. We would end up tossing about half of them. I said for years they needed a smaller size. When they finally added a small, we started ordering. The small is the right size for 3 or 4 of us and we don't waste food. I don't order it when it's just me, but we do enjoy them when we order as a family.

THIS must be the person who has one pizza for a family of 4!!

No, this is the person who orders 1 slice of pizza for 4. An entire pizza would clearly be too much.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The fries are much worse at Shake Shack - super basic crinkle cuts.

Our family doesn't eat fries. Burgers only. Diet Cokes. Sometimes shakes.

No one in your family like fries? Have they tried them?

I didn't say we don't like them, I said we don't order them. Maybe 1 in 10 times we get fries? If that.

In my house, the reason to get burgers is to get fries. If I could feed my family only fries, I would, but that would get me called out by the mom police.

Anonymous wrote:Who on earth would make an omelet at home when they crave a burger?!!!

Ok. Burgers take under 20 min to make too.