If you want to go out and get a burger, but don't want to spend 'go out and get a burger' money, then you may wish to mosey on down to your nearest Aldi.
I know, you want a towering mountain of meat, cheese and grease separated by layers of bread to have come from a place that's known for it.
Still, there's nothing stopping your kitchen from becoming a decent burger joint in its own right.
Aldi are selling four chunks of smash burgers, double the number of patties you'd get from somewhere like Five Guys, so you can craft your own 'fakeaway'.
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By the way, if you were wondering what smash burgers are and what makes them different to regular burgers; a smash burger is really pressed down to make them thinner and crispier as opposed to the girthier hunks of meat you'd normally find wedged between two buns.
Steady.
They're basically the thin and crispy pizza of the burger world vs the regular deep dish patties you'd normally get.
With four in one pack, you could just make a big burger all for yourself, or follow the unfun instructions on the packet which suggests you should share.
You can get four burgers for under three quid, spend some of the rest of that money on other burger ingredients and build your own meal free from the constraints of someone else's recipe.
On the other hand, you're spending some of that money in a place like Five Guys to have somebody else prepare your food for you.
Sure, you could go out, buy everything you need to build a ginormous burger and have your very own 'fakeaway', but that's time and effort, so you've got to weigh up whether it's what you want to do or not.
To be fair, Five Guys does pile on the fries like they're going out of style, so you might appreciate that extra touch.
They are one of the pricier fast food joints, though given how much change you'd get out of a tenner for a meal at some of the more established chains, they're maybe not such a glaring outlier these days.
As for why their prices are so high, they are generous with their portion sizes and procure some pricier ingredients.
According to their boss the price of food in Five Guys fluctuates depending on how much it costs them for the ingredients so if something is now pricier for them to buy then they're going to sell it to you for a higher price too.
It's just capitalism in action, guys.
Topics: Aldi, Food And Drink, Five Guys
Joe Harker