Comparison or Contrast Paragraph

The Mealtime Dilemma: Arby’s or McDonald’s?

            When it comes to choosing a fast food restaurant, Arby’s and McDonald’s are two good options. It is important to keep in mind, though, that while Arby’s and McDonald’s are similar in many ways, they are also very different. Three major differences are their value meals, their fries, and their hours. First, one major difference between Arby’s and McDonald’s is their values meals. Both Arby’s and McDonald’s have a value meal that allows you to buy certain food items for about a dollar. Arby’s value meal includes things like junior roast beef sandwiches, value fries, value drinks, value shakes, and turnovers. McDonald’s dollar menu includes the McDouble burger, fries, drinks, hot fudge sundae, and fruit ‘n yogurt parfaits. The menu offerings are similar at both restaurants, but one difference is that when I order a sandwich off the Arby’s value menu, I’m still hungry. The junior roast beef sandwich from Arby’s is only 87 grams, while the McDouble is 151 grams. That’s almost twice as large! Another difference between Arby’s and McDonald’s is their fries. Arby’s offers spicy curly fries, while McDonald’s offers traditional French fries. While the fries at both restaurants taste good, the curly fries are more fun to play with because they are curly—just like the name says. The fries are also different nutritionally. A value curly fry from Arby’s contains 240 calories, while a small fry from McDonald’s contains 380 calories. One final difference between Arby’s and McDonald’s is their hours. McDonald’s is open pretty much around the clock, while Arby’s doesn’t open until 11:00 a.m. McDonald’s even has a dollar menu for breakfast, with items like sausage biscuits, breakfast burritos, hash browns, etc. To conclude, both Arby’s and McDonald’s are excellent options for eating out, you just have to consider their differences when making a decision.