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The Big Mac Test: What a £1.50 Burger Tells Us About 35 Years of Inflation

Jonathan26 May 202613 June 202606 mins

A Big Mac cost around £1.50 in 1990. If it had only risen with inflation, it would cost £3.75 today. So why are we paying £4.99? I did the maths.

Jonathan

Hi, I’m Jonathan, a Scottish-based personal finance blogger with an obsession for making every pound work harder. My interest in this space started years ago when cashback sites first launched. Discovering that you could get the exact same product for less, just by being a little more deliberate about where and how you spent, genuinely changed how I approached money. That moment sparked an ongoing drive to find smarter ways to save without sacrificing quality or convenience.

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Total saved £3,654.67

As at 11/08/2026

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