{"id":69468,"date":"2023-11-16T02:36:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/?p=69468"},"modified":"2023-11-16T02:36:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T02:36:39","slug":"former-mcdonalds-chef-reveals-if-filet-o-fish-is-getting-smaller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/likecelebwn.com\/lifestyle\/former-mcdonalds-chef-reveals-if-filet-o-fish-is-getting-smaller\/","title":{"rendered":"Former McDonald's chef reveals if Filet-o-Fish is getting smaller"},"content":{"rendered":"
A former McDonald’s chef has revealed whether the claims about the chain’s Filet-O-Fish ‘getting smaller’ are actually true.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mike Haracz, who worked for the franchise up until 2019, took to TikTok after being ‘tagged in a bunch of videos’ asking him to respond to speculation that the signature burger was becoming more like a ‘little slider.’<\/p>\n
The Illinois-based content creator decided to order the item for himself at the drive-thru before admitting that\u00a0it did indeed appear to be ‘tiny.’<\/p>\n
And other social media users were quick to flood to the comments to share their own thoughts on the revelation.<\/p>\n
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Mike Haracz, who worked for the franchise up until 2019, took to TikTok after being ‘tagged in a bunch of videos’ asking him to respond to speculation that the signature burger was becoming more like a ‘little slider’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The Illinois-based content creator decided to order the item for himself at the drive-thru before admitting that it did indeed appear to be ‘tiny’\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the TikTok video, which he shared with his 209,300 followers,\u00a0Mike started off his playful investigation by asking: ‘Is the Filet-O-Fish getting smaller?’<\/p>\n
He explained how recent images from other customers showed the menu item looking ‘much smaller’ than he remembered it.<\/p>\n
‘I’m not sure what’s going on so I decided I’m just going to go to McDonald’s right now, buy one\u00a0Filet-O-Fish and let’s see what it looks like,’ he declared.<\/p>\n
The former chef recorded himself picking up the order of a single sandwich which cost $5.42 with tax.<\/p>\n
The burger includes a steamed bun, fish filet, half slice of cheese and sauce.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said: ‘I haven’t been to Subway in a while but like, could you get a six-inch sub with a lot more produce and other stuff on it for about that cost? I mean it seems a bit expensive.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mike then opened the box before commenting that it ‘definitely is bigger’ than in some other customer videos but added: ‘It is still certainly tiny.’\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘This looks about average-ish. Actually, the filet itself looks a little thinner than normal. Tastes like a Filet-O-Fish,’ he added.<\/p>\n
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He explained how recent images from other customers showed the menu item looking ‘much smaller’ than he remembered it\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Mike then opened the box before commenting that it ‘definitely is bigger’ than in some other customer videos but added: ‘It is still certainly tiny’\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The video has caused quite the stir and has so far been view more than 95,300 times as well as receiving dozens of comments\u00a0<\/p>\n
Mike concluded: ‘I don’t think it’s any smaller than it has been for awhile. It is very expensive.’<\/p>\n
The video has caused quite the stir and has so far been view more than 95,300 times as well as receiving dozens of comments.<\/p>\n
Most of his followers agreed that the size of the burger has decreased over time as one person wrote: ‘It’s DEFINITELY being smaller.’<\/p>\n
‘Last I saw one, it was a rectangle not square like years ago. Seems trimming an edge gets six fish out of five,’ another person added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A third person wrote: ‘They definitely shrank and recently. I laughed when I got one recently.’<\/p>\n
‘Had one two days ago, the BUN was definitely smaller when I had it,’ wrote a fourth person.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘They always were small, even in the 70s when I ate them,’ confessed another person.<\/p>\n
But, on the other hand, other followers did not think the item changed much in size.\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘Looks standard to me,’ wrote one foodie, as another person commented: ‘It honestly seems the same to me. Price has definitely gotten ridiculous.’<\/p>\n
One person had a theory for the decrease in size and wrote: ‘They may be making the fillet thinner because they have a double fish fillet.’<\/p>\n
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The debate comes after Neily Bob, a US-based content creator posted a video of the Filet-O-Fish and wrote in the caption: ‘McDonald’s Fish Filet is the latest victim of #shrinkflation’\u00a0<\/p>\n
McDonald’s Fish Filet is the latest victim of #shrinkflation #food #fyp #mcdonalds #eating #eat #money #thisiswhywecanthavenicethings #inflation #fastfood #new <\/p>\n
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One Australian customer posted a picture of the Filet-O-Fish between a McChicken and beef burger to compare the sizes\u00a0<\/p>\n
The debate comes after Neily Bob, a US-based content creator posted a video of the Filet-O-Fish and wrote in the caption: ‘McDonald’s Fish Filet is the latest victim of #shrinkflation.’<\/p>\n
Shrinkflation is when the size of an item decreases, while the price stays the same or increases, according to Corporate Finance Institute.<\/p>\n
The foodie held the burger up and gave his followers a 360 degree view of it and said: ‘It was already small. The Filet-O-Fish has shrunk by, I’d say 20 per cent.<\/p>\n
‘It is comically smaller. I know my hands are large but that’s ridiculous.’<\/p>\n
But US foodies aren’t the only ones bringing up McDonald’s apparent shrinkages.<\/p>\n
One Australian customer posted a picture of the Filet-O-Fish between a McChicken and beef burger to compare the sizes.<\/p>\n
The person wrote on a markdown Facebook Group: ‘Have McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish always been this small? I don’t remember it being mini, kid-size like this.’<\/p>\n
A spokesperson from McDonald’s said ‘there have been no changes to the size of the burgers.’<\/p>\n