[dagw]

if you want the best value on food then go to the grocery store.

Assuming your time and transportation has zero cost. And even then you're going to have to be buying pretty massive quantities to get a big enough of a bulk discount to even have a chance to make yourself a burger for anywhere near $1.

[MisterBastahrd]

Rice and beans are healthy, filling, cheap, and can be stored dry in large quantities. Nobody HAS to eat a fast food sandwich. The real problem here is that companies want to pay their employees so little in order to enrich their investors that they are reducing their own customer bases.