'Beat the cost of living!' Aussies' sneaky tricks to save money on fast food

“If this doesn’t get you on the Australia Day honours list nothing will!" A local has started the conversation with their hack and now everyone is chiming in with their own. 

With the cost of living soaring, it’s no surprise that people have been trying all kinds of things to get the price down on their favourite items.

One Aussie has shared their genius hack to get what they want a little bit cheaper, and has others jumping on the bandwagon, proving that even a few cents can make a big difference.

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“Life hack!”

An Aussie Redditor has taken to the platform showing others a unique hack at Hungry Jacks.

“Beat the cost of living with this life hack,” they said in the post.

“Is this what it feels like to turn lead to gold?”

In the photo, you can see the user has added a Double Whopper to their order for $10.90, plus two slices of cheese for 50c each - a total of 60c cheaper than ordering a traditional Double Whopper Cheese.

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“Onwards to house ownership!”

Commenters on the post were thrilled with the advice, saying that though it’s only a small savings, it might be worth the hassle.

“Onwards to house ownership!” said one commenter.

“If this doesn’t get you on the Australia Day honours list nothing will,” another joked.

“You might’ve just saved me $50 a year sir/madam,” said another.

However, others clarified that Double Whoppers actually come with four slices of cheese usually. So, whilst this means it isn’t quite the hack it was made out to be, maybe it doesn’t matter if you don’t mind a little less cheesiness.

“The double whopper has 4 cheeses anyways,” one commenter said.

“Well the double whooper cheese has 4 cheese slices so if you added another 2 it would be more expensive,” another clarified.

“I work at hungry and the reason for this is a double whopper cheese has 2 pieces of cheese on each patty so if u want to make ur own “double whopper cheese” u would need 4 pieces of cheese,” said another.

What’s your best hack?

Other commenters took the opportunity to share their own fast food hacks to ensure you get the most bang for your buck.

Some stayed on the Hungry Jacks bandwagon.

“I used to go to Hungry Jacks, where a regular cheeseburger was $4 but a BBQ cheeseburger was $1.50? I used to say; “can I get a BBQ cheeseburger without the BBQ sauce please?” and they’d say ; “so you want a cheeseburger” and I’d say; “no, I want a BBQ cheeseburger without the BBQ sauce”,” another said.

“Over time it got annoying so I started asking for the BBQ sauce on the side and that made them ask no questions (they’d give a little plastic BBQ sauce container).”

Others have been pushing the limits at Domino's.

“Dominos: If you order a ham and cheese pizza and add pineapple, it is 50 cents cheaper than ordering a Hawaiian pizza,” one commenter said.

“I remember at domino's you could order a $5 pizza (yeah I know) and change ingredients to any other for no difference. I think I used to get spicy veg trio because it came with the most ingredients and change them to all the premium ones like duck or Mediterranean lamb and make a killer $5 pizza,” said another.

But, most had hacks over at Macca's - bonus points for Happy Meal orderers!

“Also a happy meal is just a small cheeseburger meal, but $5.00 instead of $9.00 and you get a toy,” one commenter noted.

“I save up my maccas points and use it for quarter pounders then add the extras to make it a double quarter pounder for like $5,” said another.

“I get the kids a happy meal with a chicken snack wrap and change the drink to a fancy coffee for like a buck extra. And you can get a soft serve but ask for it in a sundae lid and it’s over half a sundae for 60 cents,” another commenter said.

Originally published as 'Beat the cost of living!' Aussies' sneaky tricks to save money on fast food