What if you only had $1 a day to spend on food?
Could you do it?
With dollar menus at almost every fast food chain in the country, you can get almost an entire meal for $1.
The bigger question - does that $1 meal fill you up, or are you left hungry for more?
This past week I put myself to the challenge and lived on a dollar a day for dinner. It wasn't easy. On most nights I found myself isolated while my wife ate a full meal and I was left picking at my dollar sandwich, starving.
Much to my surprise, not all fast food chains offer options for a $1. When I visited KFC and Arby's I had to turn around because they didn't have anything in my budget. The sharp contrast in quality of menu items between each restaurant was also amazing. Some restaurants (Wendy's/Taco Bell) had food that tasted good and didn't look cheap and trashy. Others, however really didn't care what it looked or tasted like because they — seemingly — had the attitude of, "you paid a dollar, deal with it."
Here's the rundown of my experience:
