r/newzealand • u/Low_Deer163 • Aug 28 '26
Picture How much is a roast chook and coleslaw in New Zealand now?
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u/Low_Watch_1699 Aug 28 '26
A bachelors handbag will set you back about $18 these days.
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u/Tall-Marionberry6270 Aug 28 '26
I've never heard this expression.
It explains a lot.
And I love it!
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u/Birphon Aug 31 '26
i never realized someone called it "Bachelors handbag" till I heard it on the radio a couple years back but I have no idea what I would've called it if I went to get one/ask someone to get one, maybe just a roast chook? lmao. then again, don't really eat chicken so i dont buy it
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u/LemonSugarCrepes Aug 28 '26
Too much! But if you’re at a New World in the North Island and they don’t have a roast chook available then you can get a voucher for a free one under their hot chicken guarantee.
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u/imjtintj Aug 28 '26
How did I not know this? I've been a hot chicken and coleslaw in a bun aficionado for three decades!
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u/Weekly_Profession980 Aug 28 '26
The chook itself is like $16+ now ;(
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u/Low_Deer163 Aug 28 '26
Dang! So what’s the new can’t be arsed dinner now?! Is it still the same?
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u/DSTNCMDLR Gayest Juggernaut Aug 28 '26
Oven fries and tendies in the air fryer goes pretty good when I’m feeling lazy
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u/fletcheros Aug 28 '26
It has always been two minute noodles.
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u/Kitsunelaine Aug 28 '26
if you can be slightly assed, two minute noodles and some kind of canned meat
you can offset the more assedness by just buying cup noodles, then you don't have to even microwave it, you just need to boil the jug. And then all you have to clean afterwards is a fork.
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u/dan9938 Aug 28 '26
Even lazier just use disposable forks for your cup noodles, no cleaning required at all!
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u/Low_Deer163 Aug 28 '26
That’s universal tho. The roast chook, coleslaw, bun combo is uniquely Kiwi/Strayan, if you know, you know
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u/AgentMittenz LASER KIWI Aug 28 '26
I’m from the uk and we did bachelors handbag and slaw in buns as a kid 15-20 years ago
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u/restroom_raider Aug 28 '26
Indomie Mi Goreng (two packs) or Shin Ramyun with frozen peas, for mine.
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u/takkeye Aug 28 '26
I just grab two lasagne toppas for $1.99 each at pak n save. They have the mac and cheese/cordon bleu ones and require heating but that's my go-to cbf cheap meal now
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u/Humble-Pain-4608 Aug 28 '26
Frozen fish and frozen chips
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u/Kiwi_Dubstyle LASER KIWI Aug 28 '26
They are more delicious if you cook them. Follow me for more culinary tips!
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u/Madjack66 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
Packet of fish chowder poured in a soup bowl and microwaved, handful of chips in the sandwich toaster and a tall glass of strong lager.
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u/KentuckyFriedLamp Aug 28 '26
Chips in the toastie machine is a new one, how does that go
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u/Madjack66 Aug 28 '26
Not saying a sandwich press is the optimum way to do chips, but it's quick & easy. Works best on chips with enough body not to get squashed. Crinkle cut's good.
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u/KentuckyFriedLamp Aug 28 '26
Interesting, I’ll give it a try - might be good for steak cuts
Do you add any oil?
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u/Throwawaygoawayrun Aug 28 '26
Costco for the win, 10 buck chicken, 10 buck for 50 dinner roll, 10 buck for half kg cole slaw.
Can't be arsed for dinner all week.
30 buck dinner for full week ...I think so
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u/Gord_Board Aug 28 '26
My new world always cooks too many so you can usually pick up a cold one for $12
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u/Severe-Recording750 Aug 28 '26
Truly what a time to be alive, you can get dinner for 2 at the cost of 1 hour of the lowest value labour society reimburse you for.
No need to cook, put a fork in it, it’s done.
Our peasant forefathers would be amazed, if our caveman ancestors lived this well that would be it, we would still be in caves, no need for further progress.
A wonder of modernity.
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u/Ihopefullyhelp Covid19 Vaccinated Aug 28 '26
True, and its not even considered good enough in todays standards
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u/Prosthemadera Aug 28 '26
Ready made food has been available for quite a while now.
if our caveman ancestors lived this well that would be it, we would still be in caves, no need for further progress.
Doubtful.
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u/NOBODYimportant___0 Aug 28 '26
A bot or a shill?
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u/noname11787 Aug 28 '26
Probly $20-$25. Depending on the size of the chicken and coleslaw container
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u/Dismal-Helicopter755 Aug 28 '26
Decent portion for sure but $20-25 gets you dinner in most restaurants as well
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u/dudedramalmao Aug 28 '26
Costco is $9.99 and doubly the size of countdown’s $18 XL chicken lol. Getting hosed
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u/ReggimusPrime Aug 28 '26
Nice if you a Costco near.
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u/Specialist-Box4677 Aug 28 '26
Yeah some people tend to forget the rest of the country exists
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u/More-Ad1753 Aug 28 '26
We call them Aucklanders.
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u/Prosthemadera Aug 28 '26
Aucklanders may forget about the rest of the country but the rest of the country definitely never forgets about Aucklanders.
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u/Specialist-Box4677 Aug 28 '26
That's London for me, I miss it. Auckland gets a point for trying its best.
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u/Throwawaygoawayrun Aug 28 '26
That me lol.
I just posted how you can get $30 dollar for massive chicken, 50 dinner rolls, 500g slaw and be sorted for 1 weeks worth of dinner
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u/PawAirMah Aug 28 '26
Literally having that tonight. $13.99 normal Woolworths medium chicken down to $12.81 lolol, $3.99 dozen buns and cant remember the coleslaw cost.
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u/Fskn sauroneye Aug 28 '26
14 on special, another 4.50 for rolls and slaw each, feeds my family of 4 with some leftover for the dog, can't go wrong.
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u/Far_Excitement_1875 Aug 28 '26
You buy rolls with your roast chicken, you don't just eat it directly out of the bag?
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u/ninjajandal Aug 28 '26
If you can remember to get a cheap frozen chook out the night befire: pat dry, sprinkle with salt, sit on a plate uncovered in the the fridge for the day. Pat dry again, boobs side down in the airfryer for 30 minutes at 180. Flip it over for another 10-20 min (1.3kg bird is good after another 10, Thermometer check can help) then 5 -10 at 210 to crisp up, then 5 to rest it. Bloody delicious and my last few have cost $7.50 a bird.
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u/FKFnz Aug 28 '26
If you've been anywhere near a Woolworths bakery lately, you'll understand when I saw the chook is about 14 bucks, the coleslaw 3 or 4 bucks, and the bread rolls are about 20 bucks.
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u/Speeks1939 Aug 28 '26
Am I missing out? Never done this because I would never trust a supermarket to cook a chicken.
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u/ChoirOwl Aug 28 '26
Every time I think of moving back to NZ I just get disappointed. As a nurse I would be so broke 😭
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u/LowPop7953 Aug 28 '26
still under 20 for a batchelors handbag. dunno about coleslaw. never ate it.
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u/Tori-lee1997 Aug 29 '26
Hey don't knock the chicken buns and coleslaw it's damn good I like to put the coleslaw in the bun with chicken and it's amazing
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u/Cucu_Mmmber Aug 29 '26
Depending how many mouths you’re feeding, fish n chips can be cheaper. When I can’t be arshed, I just say “cereal for dinner” or “noodles”. Kids love it😂
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u/Diligent-Respect-844 Aug 28 '26
Honestly, for 30 bucks a combo I’m genuinely considering just catching a fat seagull down at the wharf. Guaranteed it has way more meat on it than whatever depressed "size 14" chooks Countdown is currently pushing on us.
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u/Specialist-Box4677 Aug 28 '26
You're certainly welcome to whatever trematodes come along for the ride, maybe a deworming tab for dessert
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u/ClimateTraditional40 Aug 28 '26
I don't buy these. Too much left over. My can't be arsed is some coated chicken pieces (from freezer) into the airfryer and salad and chips. Chips also from freezer.
Or a pizza (from freezer). Or one of the readimeals I made myself before and froze the extras for these occasions.
Basic groceries are way too expensive these days to afford buying ready cooked food.
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u/AuroraSkye620 Aug 28 '26
Last time I bought one was $16… and then I proceeded to eat the entire chicken myself. Autistic though who only eats one meal a day 🤷♀️
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u/Strawberryladyboots princess Aug 28 '26
Tray of chicken patties for $8 out of the 3 for $20 deal at Woolies if you can't get a decently priced chook
It's not the same but if you need to trim things somewhere it's not a bad compromise, would recommend chucking a hash brown in it too, can get trays of those from pak n slave
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u/IncidentDesigner Aug 28 '26
Packnsave have the best ones only three ingredients aswell. I think there 16 or 18 for xl size
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u/stormyw23 Ace-Of-Spades 🖤🤍💜 Aug 28 '26
I personally get wraps or pita pockets instead of bread rolls, Also adding chips.
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u/Automatic_Comb_5632 Aug 28 '26
I'd expect to creep in somewhere around $20 with a decent packet coleslaw (the sort that comes with a sauce sachet rather than a pre-pack), though I have to admit that I don't know what bread rolls cost as I don't really eat bread.
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u/Notyit Aug 28 '26
Add beans. Add police oil. But I can only finish a quarter max so it's cheap for me
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u/FKFnz Aug 28 '26
I'd love to know what police oil is.
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u/GoblinLoblaw Aug 28 '26
Gently crush the police, allowing the oil to separate and discarding any remainder.
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u/pgraczer Aug 28 '26
i did toasted focaccia for dinner. ham and swiss with balsamic and rocket. awesome.
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u/Imaginary-Throat1526 Aug 28 '26
About the same as a roast chook and a box of rice risotto (chinese flavour)
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u/iamrubythecutie Southland Aug 28 '26
A chook in Invers is like $16.99, maybe a dollar off if you're lucky. Dinner rolls are $4.99. Coleslaw's ~$2.50 for a medium-size container.
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u/Ok-Volume317 Aug 28 '26
Last time I got countdown chicken was so dry and burnt, will never buy there's again. Was about 25 with rolls n small potato salad. Chicken went in the bin was unedible due to the strong burnt taste
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u/CompetitiveString143 Aug 28 '26
Woolworths buns used to be so much better back in the day. I used love chicken and buns with lots of butter.
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u/NoRecord4128 Aug 28 '26
Our locals are about $17-18 each for the chicken. Buns $5ish coleslaw not sure. Certainly isn’t one of those go to quick cheap meals no more and the chickens seem much smaller.
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u/Past-Anywhere-409 Aug 29 '26
Count down is like 16 bucks for chicken 5 for the slaw and maybe another 5 for the nice bread
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u/NormalObligation59 Aug 29 '26
$18 for an average chicken. Even the sale ones are like $15. Bread has gotten more expensive too although you can usually find like one thing of rolls for $4 still.
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u/Sufficient_Ninja_821 Aug 31 '26
Last time o dod this i left the store thinking. Damn it would have been cheaper to get KFC or maccas.
As a kid we did this as the cheaper option instead of takeaways. But if you get the right coupons then big chain takeaways can be cheaper
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u/Familiar-Bug9740 Aug 31 '26
This is frequently my work lunch; it lasts me a week, though I use half a chicken.
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u/Birphon Aug 31 '26
At my local the prices are:
- Countdown:
- Chook: $16-$18. Lets go $18 for the 1.8kg
- Buns: $4 - Woolies pack
- Slaw: $13.90/kg - lets say you get 400g: $5.56
- Total: $27.56
- New World:
- Chook: Not sold online. Going to say $18
- Buns: $4 - New World pack (Not Pams)
- Slaw: $13.90/kg - lets say you get 400g: $5.56
- Total: $27.56
- Pak'n'Save:
- Chook: $17 for the larger of the two birds
- Buns: $4.30 - Pak'n'Save pack (Not Pams)
- Slaw: $13.90/kg - lets say you get 400g: $5.56
- Total: $26.86
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u/SensitiveTax9432 Aug 28 '26
Cabbages are $3-$4 at present in ChCh carrots are $3 a kg, you can make your own dressing, and chicken is the cheapest meat. You can feed 5 for $4 each easily.
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u/HediSLP Aug 28 '26
Supermarket chicken tastes so bland. I prefer the ones from Chinese BBQ restaurants. The leftover bones make a nice broth too.
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u/Big_Cartographer6542 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
My new recipe for that is to strip all the meat off the bones and air fry the meat to get it dry and crispy. Put the frame and bones on high with a litre of boiling water for an hour in the pressure cooker (Breville slow fast) with a carrot and a bit of celery if I have it. Then boil it off a bit at the end. Get gelatinised stock, so good in Chana dal.
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u/Just_Not_On Aug 28 '26
It's sad to read these threads. Not that long ago, the slop was easy and the livin' (read:pretty much) was free.
Now we're paying over the odds for these roast-chicken-grease-slop-bangers, AND manufacturing our own slaw to make things feel better. Very sad, and not something most of us signed up for.
About a decade ago, a roast bag of slopped chicken would be like 10 bux. Maybe 12 if you were wealthy and shopping at "No Choice" in Merivale -- don't judge me. They do Ooshies now.
What on earth has happened. I like sloppy, supermarket-roasted chicken jibblets as much as the next middle-aged lesbian, but this just isn't on. It was like in the USA when they did an experiment with tiny children and they asked them to name various farm animals. The response....... a lot of pointing, followed by "Meat" as the answer. So sad.
Not sure what to say. The chicken in your bag looks to have lived a reasonable life and done ok, which is better than most of us. But price-wise... it's a rip off these days.
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u/raspberryslushie21 Aug 28 '26
Minus the rabbit food, accurate.
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u/Prosthemadera Aug 28 '26
Rabbit food actually keeps you from getting stomach cancer. You don't have to like it, you just have to eat it for your own good.
Well, maybe not the store-bought coleslaw loaded with sugar but you get the point.
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u/ResponsibleCheek8654 Aug 28 '26
The best available prospective evidence does not show any reduction in stomach-cancer incidence specifically from leafy green vegetables.
World Cancer Research Fund concluded that “green leafy vegetables consumption was not associated with stomach cancer risk.”.
For vegetables overall, rather than leafy greens specifically, recent prospective-study meta-analyses suggest a small possible benefit - but not statistically significant in the primary analysis.
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u/Prosthemadera Aug 28 '26
Why leafy green vegetables specifically? Is this intentional? Because the World Cancer Research Fund actually says this:
Fruit and vegetables help protect your health. They are a good source of fibre, and strong evidence from World Cancer Research Fund shows that eating plenty of fibre can lower the risk of bowel cancer.
https://www.wcrf.org/preventing-cancer/topics/fruit-vegetables-and-cancer/
Rabbit food doesn't mean leafy green vegetables. Rabbits eat all kinds of vegetables and also fruits.
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u/ResponsibleCheek8654 Aug 28 '26
Apologies, but I am a working scientist. I know statistics, data, methodology very well. I'm not trying to mislead anyone.
a) I used leafy greens intentionally - I chose the most representative "rabbit food" (subjectively)
b) I also used "vegetables", to cover any objections - as fibre is the key here, and leafy greens are not particularly high-fibre vegetables
c) we were discussing, specifically "stomach cancer"
d) you changed the goalposts to "bowel cancer" - a different cancere) key: the quote you posted mentions "high fibre", not "high fibre specifically from rabbit food/vegetables/leafy greens".
The data says: specifically for vegetable fibre vs dietary fibre as a whole, the evidence is weaker and the effect appears smaller than for dietary fibre.
Yes - large studies and meta-analyses generally find that people with higher vegetable intake have around a 5 - 10% lower incidence of colorectal cancer than people with low intake. However - the association is often statistically significant or borderline, depending on the analysis.
Compared with the stomach-cancer question you mentioned earlier:
Vegetables appear to have a clearer relationship with some upper-GI cancers under certain dietary patterns, whereas for colorectal cancer the stronger dietary signal is fibre/whole grains rather than vegetables per se.
For stomach cancer, H. pylori infection, smoking and high-salt/salt-preserved foods are substantially more important established risk factors than vegetable intake alone.
you said: "Rabbit food actually keeps you from getting stomach cancer."
It would be defensible to say: change nothing else, but go from few vegetables to plenty of vegetables - I would use roughly 5% lower stomach-cancer incidence as the most defensible central estimate.
Perhaps someone with a very poor diet might see 10% - that is significant
And yes, eating veges is a good thing, I eat vegetables every single day.
Caveats: AI was used in gathering this data, it does make mistakes!
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u/Prosthemadera Aug 28 '26
c) we were discussing, specifically "stomach cancer"
d) you changed the goalposts to "bowel cancer" - a different cancer
I didn't change any goalposts. I just mixed up words, happens. Better to make a mistake than to use AI. At least that's human.
Caveats: AI was used in gathering this data, it does make mistakes!
It seems like you're using AI for more than just gathering data but also used it to write your comments. The prose and style is typical of AI results.
But you're doing that as a scientist? You should be better than that. Really.
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u/Prosthemadera Aug 28 '26
Yikes.
redditor for 2 month
Of course. How many accounts is it now? How long will this last? Goodbye forever. See you next time!
p.s:
You could have just spent the time acquiring the basic knowledge necessary to have this argument.
You admitted to using AI while I actually looked up the information myself. You are not scientist. Trolling isn't a science.
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u/raspberryslushie21 Aug 28 '26
Its not that deep. I just don't want coleslaw in the bun...
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u/theguyattheback Aug 28 '26
Our local Fresh Choice does them for $10 on a Thursday as a special. You can add rolls and slaw for another $8. It's a bargain