<![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink - Consumerist Comments]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> This has been offered here in St. Louis, MO for the last two years. It sells very well. I get it sometimes with the new Sweet Tea they have (just launched this summer.) Many times the stores here run out of cups from people buying the drinks (probably because of the humid STL weather.)

This has also caused all of the gas stations to combat with cheaper fountain drinks. Many times the Quik Trip stores and other gas stations here will have drinks ranging from .25 to .69 cents.

Mobil gas stations offer .25 20 oz fountain drink, coffee, or ICEE/Slurpee/whatever the day after the St. Louis Cardinals score 6 or more runs in a game. This is probably the second most popular drink special in STL.

MSUHitman

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> McDonald's is doing what any company in a free market does--responding to consumer demand. If consumers demanded smaller servings, McDonald's would provide them.

Just why is it McDonald's responsibility to ensure that people stick to a healthy diet? It's not like they put a gun to anyone's head and make them eat Big Macs.

Let's stop pretending that this is a public policy issue. People are responsible for their own decisions. If they choose to eat junk food, that's their problem.

It's no secret that regular soda is full of sugar, that a 42-oz drink has 3x the calories of a 14-oz., or that fast food is bad for your health. If people decide to eat at McDonald's anyway, hey, it's a free country. And if you don't like McDonald's, you have the inalienable right not to eat there.

fishiftstick

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @rockergal: same, but i'm kinda used to the metric system =P.

ZonzoMaster

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> So, if I weigh 175lbs and want a 20oz. Coke that's okay. But if I weight 350lbs and want a 42oz. Coke, that's not okay?
To hell with personal responsibility! McDonald's is forcing me to drink 420 calories of diabetes inducing HFCS! If it had real sugar in it, they probably wouldn't be able to drink it all...

methane

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> 42oz?! Jeez thats almost as big as the suckers you get at Seven Eleven...

Papa Midnight

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> "Making matters worse, Hugo ads are available in several languages, making sure that minorities - who are disproportionately affected by the obesity epidemic - are aware of the budget beverage."

Remember folks, McDonald's hates minorities.

middy

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @nequam: My fault for quoting a shill site in the first place.

Dervish

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> What is the big deal? They want to compete with the giant drinks at convenience stores? They've been doing it for years and the price of the Hugo is pretty much in step with such places everywhere I've been in the country.

MissAnnThrope

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Dervish: Fair enough. Thanks.

nequam

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @nequam: Ok, I'll admit that a website with an agenda is questionable, but they do cite several scientific papers on the subject. How about [www.mckinley.uiuc.edu] , a website from the McKinley Health Center at Urbana-Champaign?

"There is no evidence that caffeine in beverage form is dehydrating. Its diuretic effects are usually compensated for by the beverage's fluid content."

I'd think that this is doubly true for someone who sips at it all day while living a fairly sedentary lifestyle. This site also lists 300 mg (about 3 cups of coffee worth) as a moderate intake. 136.8 mg (and you're assuming the cup contains no ice, which is probably erroneous) just isn't that much. Again, caffeine and its diuretic/dehydrating effects should not be something to worry over, here. I'd be much more worried about the sugar content and overall calories.

Dervish

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> New research connects drinking more than one can of soda a day to metabolic syndrome.

McDonald's offers new drink size that is equivalent to several cans of soda.

Do they plan these releases or what?

EthnicRedneck

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> For an extra 10 cents you can get a 42 oz soda on a Taco Bell combo meal (instead of the regular 32 oz). It's been that was for a while here in MI.

xian

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Dervish: The website you cite is essentially an ad for caffeine supplements for athletes. You include the phrase "under normal caffeine consumption." The fact is that Coke (for example) contains 45.6 mg of caffeine per 12 ounces. That's 136.8 in the Hugo. Your source says that side effects for an athlete (150 lbs) consuming 210 mg of caffeine include: "Anxiety, jitters, insomnia, inability to focus, GI unrest, irritability, and dependency with withdrawal side effects." Would you consider 136.8 mg of caffeine "normal consumption" for an average-sized non-athlete? GI unrest? good god!

nequam

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @jacques: I believe it is only $0.07-$0.12 cents for the syrup, plus a trivial cost for the CO2, water, and the cup itself. So, it's a huge margin, even on this scale.

FWIW, baseball statiums have sold a drink at least as big for a while in a "collector's cup" along with the promise of a free refill. On a hot day in bleacher seats, when your brain is not 100%, that sounds like a good deal. Of course, about 40% through you realize you can not finish this drink ever. Darn marketing.

TVarmy

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Ickypoopy beat me to it. I was going to say that the convenience store has been selling the Super Big Gulp for ages and that sucker is 44oz!

synergy

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> 42? Thats hugo? The most common sale at my local gas station is 44oz, they also have 64oz, but the latter just isn't easy to tote around.

42oz is less then a can of coke bigger then a 32oz drink, and is equal to 3.5 cans of coke.

Is that REALLY a LOT? Doesn't seem like it to me!

pragakhan

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Is this... a lost reference? The Hugo?

hmmm... Sad

huginn

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Observer2121: Gatorade is worse for you than pop. It has just as much sugar, worse kinds of it in fact, and enough salt that it makes you over-drink. Hugo Cups + Gatorade = the easiest way to make people's stomachs asplode.

@bbbici: The "Thin Elite" consists of the other end of the retard spectrum, where teenage girls have more ribs showing than an ethiopian child, and image-obsessed bitches dishonor the great taste of food by puking it back up. The only advantage the Thin have over Fatso's is at Super Paper Mario...

Somewhere inbetween fat and thin lies happiness, and the ability to eat french fries because you know you're going for a run later that night.

Thrust

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Are you people suggesting that merely by selling a larger cup that people will drink more soda? Ameircans are by and large greedy for soda, I see people sitting in the restaurant getting their free refills, why not save them the short walk and give them a bigger cup? McD's isn't forcing anyone to buy this. My problem with McDonalds is not the size of the cup but rather the choice of drinks, where is the Green Tea, where is the vitamin water, where is the Gatorade? Can't they give us watery drinks such as these as a selection?

Observer2121

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> It's called "Hugo" because if you eat enough Supersize meals with these babies on the side, you'll end up looking like Hurley from "Lost."

TedSez

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> What's wrong with the 42 ouncer? Nothing, especially at this good price. Get two straws and share with a friend! Or use only one straw if it's a really good friend.

Howie999

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @catskyfire: Yeah, dry wit. It certainly was an exaggeration. But then again... [www.sfgate.com] ... I wasn't completely blowing smoke.

Jasmo

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> In L.A. , this 42 ounce soda sells for .69 cents.

While I think this is an obscene amount of soda, I was just a little pissed when I ordered a medium Diet Coke and was charged $1.79!

gruffydd

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> i love this. the fatter and dumber the majority get, the more power the members of us 'thin elite' have.

bbbici

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> i wish i could get 42 oz of iced coffee for that price.

RebekahSue

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Jasmo: "you didn't really think I was serious, did you?"

Any reason I shouldn't have? You didn't make any of the usual sarcastic marks to suggest you weren't. And it's something that a lot of people believe/repeat. Right up there with the 'you'll catch cold if you go outside with wet hair'.

catskyfire

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Dude, I don't think my bladder is that big....

QuirkyRachel

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Thems soda thingy ain't available in Alberta :(

Drink Brawndo, the Thirst Mutilator. It has Electrolytes.

Thrust

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> One last thing. Don't think you are drinking healthier by drinking fruit juice. 8 ounces of fruit juice has 100 calories and a LOT of sugar.

Chicago7

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> You know, 2 liter bottles of soda are usually on sale somewhere for 99 cents!

:D

Also, you can buy your own soda maker at sodaclubusa.com and drink until you puke!

Chicago7

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @TeraGram:

And 5 times the caffeine of Coca Cola! You must have been FLYING!

Chicago7

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Ickypoopy:

With a HANDLE? That is AWESOME!

Chicago7

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @catskyfire: you didn't really think I was serious, did you?

Jasmo

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @catskyfire: Ok. Re: Diabetes, Catskyfire is close to how it works.

You are either A) Born with it, B) At risk of developing it, or C) Never gonna get it so stop worrying. Problem is, you know if you're (A), but the only way to tell if you are (B) or (C) is to actually develop a form of diabetes. The people in (B) who have the potential to become diabetic are no different than people who have the baldness gene or history of cancer in the family. It is something that if there is a family history of, you have the chance of having it, but it can skip you too. If it's NOT in the family history, you can STILL get it, but your odds are lower.

RE: The big cup, and why it is the next best thing to free porn...

Take my dayjob. I sit at a desk (with plenty of time to F' the dog on the Consumerist apparently), and don't really get to move around a lot. A nice big honkin cup 'o wakeup juice is just what is needed. And it being LESS than the price of the medium or large I normally get, Kupo!

Oh, and no, no Hugo in Canada. Or at least, not at my local clownstand.

Thrust

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @The Nature Boy:

Seems like a much easier diet...I don't have to watch what I eat all day. Just drink 5 a day and I know my caloric intake is JUST RIGHT! Yay, McDonalds!

Toof_75_75

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> When I worked thier in high school(1999ish). We had humongo size(something to that effect). Which you got a 44 oz drink and 44oz cup of fries.

Also 42 oz is small compare to the corner stores around here(south texas). Every once in a while they have a 64oz fountain drink for 99cents.

JoseRZ

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> I recently went into a McDonald's just for the 42 oz. cup. My local McDonald's has decent iced tea. I'm pretty sure I received more than sixty-nine cents worth of lemon slices when I asked for them.

Total drink caloric content? Maybe 5 cals due to the lemon juice.

TeraGram

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Why does McDonald's get criticized for everything? Go to a gas station, you'll see enormous cups for soda, and they have been offered for years. It's up to people to fill it with either diet soda or something without the calories (minute maid light lemonade is pretty good). Regarding the ingredients in diet soda, who knows what is worse, aspartame or HFCS? At least you don't get all the empty calories with diet soda.

jmackowi

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Sorry, wrong quote - should have been @Thain:

Dervish

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @catskyfire: [www.firstendurance.com] would seem to disagree with you - "Depending on several factors, the diuretic effects caused by caffeine can be considered weak to negligible under normal caffeine consumption and for people without urinary tract problems." They quote a number of published scientific studies. I wouldn't worry too much.

Dervish

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Sweet! So if I inhale 5 of these suckers, I can knock out my 2000 calorie diet/day, and not have to worry about eating anything else! God bless America and its fatassedness.

The Bigger Unit

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Finally, they brought a bigger size back!

I think that it's a smart move to be more "health conscious" when it comes to food and stuff, but don't take away my supersize drink and fries! You can sit there and call me fat and unhealthy, but at the end of the day, I'm happy with how I am. I enjoyed a Big Mac with a whole bunch of fries and more soda than I need!

I KNOW I don't NEED that much soda, but I WANT that much soda! Excuse me for drinking a lot while I eat. If I only ate and drank what I needed, life would be boring. I'd be eating bread and water. I go to McDonalds because I want to eat that food. It's not like I have no choice of food otherwise, and I'd find it pretty hard to believe that anyone would find McDonalds being their only choice for a meal. That being said, I don't mind having a big tummy as long as I can enjoy my meals. If I cared about being fat, I'd work out.

geeoph

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> 42 ounces? Please. Tell me when they have my 64s that I get at the gas station.

@mopar_man: @rockergal: When the commies took over in Russia they switched to metric. Are you some kinda commie? Metric = Un American. Next you'll be wanting the title changed to "1,715,440 joules Without Taking a Bite..."

"For the brochures for the US they should print the information in TSP/TBSP!"
Those are useless. Canadians, USians, Brits, Others, they all have different definitions of those.

EtherealStrife

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Murph1908: Yes! I drink a lot of pop (yeah, yeah, all my teeth are going to fall out, I know the consequences and I'm not going to sue anyone so leave me alone) but I ordered a medium from Wendy's last time I was there and the thing is MASSIVE. The value size is what the old small used to be.

Youthier

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Jasmo: "Soda gives you diabetes. Just so you know!"

No, it doesn't. Diabetes is a medical condition wherein the body cannot either: A: Make the insulin to process the body's sugars (Type 1) or B: Handle the insulin being made (Type 2).

While sugared sodas can make diabetes worse, and certainly can exacerbate undiagnosed diabetes, it is not the direct cause. But the same problem can come of eating a lot of grains, potatoes, and corn. (Complex carbohydrates still become sugar to the body. To the body, sugar is sugar, whether refined cane, corn syrup, or a bag of carrots.)

catskyfire

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @murph

I work at a retail store and when I came back from lunch once at wendys a co worker and i debated which size drink I had received. I had gotten a medium, but she would not believe it was anything less than a large!

endless

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> If they do the Hugo the same way they do the rest of the drinks, half or more is ice, so how much soda do you really get?

I like the idea, myself. I tend to get a large drink and then (gasp) take it with me, and continue drinking it for awhile longer.

As for the name, I give them points for cleverness. The essence of 'huge' with a slight difference. As for it being named like a hurricane... I truly hope that just because natural disasters get names, that they don't become completely taboo to use. Especially a natural disaster that happened nearly 18 years ago.

catskyfire

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Soda gives you diabetes. Just so you know!

Jasmo

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Here are prices from our local McDonalds -

You can order:
Large Drink (1.59) + Cheeseburger (1.39) = 2.98

or get twice as much everything, for cheaper:

Extra Large Drink (0.89) + Double Cheeseburger (0.99) = 1.88.

Go figure.

joemono

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Yasth Ummm...mild or not, a diuretic dehydrates you, so yes, the caffeine solution in soda will dehydrate you (not to mention the sugar). What kills me is the fact that people will drink this much soda and think that makes up for the fact they haven't had any water all day. It's also kind of sick that a 20 oz. water costs more than this.

Thain

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> I don't understand what the big deal is. So McDonalds is selling large cokes? Wow... Hold the presses. You can get a giant drink at 7-11 (a slurpee, which is even more fattening but at least worth it). You could go for a 2 liter bottle at the grocery store. Have them offer cheap bottled water, that'll be something to write about.

Besides, the real benefit of the huge coke is that two people can split it: one person gets the huge meal, the other one gets a mac, and you've got a meal for two people.


@KIDGENIUS: Fountain sodas are usually watered down compared to the stuff you buy in the bottles. Though 410 still seems like a little.

uricmu

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Threnody: You forgot:

6. Profit

UnStatusTheQuo

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Maybe the 410 is with ice? There's no way there are that few calories in 42 ounces. According to Coca-Cola there are 99 calories in 8oz of regular coke. 42 ounces gives 520 calories.

kidgenius

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @awall25: Small, medium, large, extra-large, Hugo and Katrina! You'll be on the Ponchetrain to thirst satisfaction as your basin overflows with flavor!

Naaah better not.

umbriago

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> I'm an admitted soda addict. I love the Hugo drink. Where I live (California), it's only 69 cents, which is a damn good price. Now, the cup is fucking huge. Do I drink it all? Hell no. When I am super thirsty, I'll fill it with Diet Coke or something so as to miss some of the calories. However, it is still cheaper to buy the 42-oz Hugo than it is to buy a 12 oz kiddie drink, or the 16 oz dollar menu drink. Now, why would I pay a full dollar for 16 oz, when I can pay 72 cents after tax for 42 oz?

defectiveburger

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @B: No caffeine does not dehydrated you in solutions you find in soda... it just isn't truth. It isn't salt water it is just a mild diuretic very blah.

Oh and honestly I don't see anything too wrong with this if... you take it and pour it into one of those insulated cups for the entire day. I know a lot of busdrivers and the like do that already.

I almost wish they did have this around here, I have no problem throwing soda out, and it would be the cheapest drink on the go.

yasth

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Even with all of the attention to obesity and physical problems, people will still buy this mess. I don't blame McDonald's, I blame the people who are shoveling this mess down their throats. And I blame the parents for their kids actions, although the kids are probably just mimicking the parents.

txinfo

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> This isn't some brand new thing...it's the same size as the old "super-size" drinks that McDonald's used to have before their "menu simplification." Personally, I drink diet sodas, and it's been frustrating not to be able to get myself a mammoth soda on the few occasions I find myself at a McDonald's.

I really don't understand why people don't just drink diet soda...it takes about a week or maybe two to get used to it (cold turkey approach), and after that it fulfills your carbonated cravings without bloating you to mammoth proportions. I knew someone who dropped 60 lbs just by switching to diet with no other lifestyle changes (of course, they drank a lot of soda).

mbleigh

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> they had these cups a while back in a small town where i went to college...they're massive. they dont even fit in your cupholders in the car. but then again, the gas stations such as race track and qt offer the same thing here in texas.

anams0184

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @JustPeteHere:

Thinking the same thing..... Does that mean the drink is cursed with bad luck?

jmuskratt

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @mopar_man:
I agree! I love the metric system.

rockergal

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Hurricane Huge destroyed my parents house when I was a kid, so I'm really excited about drinking a Hugo-sized diet coke.

Thanks for helping me relive those memories Mcdonalds!

awall25

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Is it possible to just order a cup of ice at McDonalds? A buck for a massive cup of gradually melting ice water isn't that bad if you're going to be out and about for the day. It'd beat bottled, anyway.

bluemeep

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]>

For the brochures for the US they should print the information in TSP/TBSP!

Or....the US could just get with the rest of the world and use the metric system.

mopar_man

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @mopar_man: true, but regular soda is not just carbonated water and corn syrup ... I'm sure the extra negative effects of aspartame make the drink only marginally worse

meese

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @JustPeteHere: yeah... LOST in that giant cup! Wait a minute, you may have solved the mystery of the show! The plane crashed inside the cup.

ptkdude

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> You really never realize, even if you are looking at the "Nutritional Information" (and I think that is an oxymoron in regards to McDonald's) brochures at McDonald's what the actual sugar, fat and sodium contents are in the food you are eating. They show the information in grams and milligrams! Unless you are able to convert them to tablespoons and teaspoons in your head (or use a gram/teaspoon converter online) it almost impossible to know how much you are really eating. For the brochures for the US they should print the information in TSP/TBSP!

That way when yo drink the HUGO it might be helpful to realize you are getting 25 (or however much) teaspoons of sugar in that refreshing drink!

SkyeBlue

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @Ickypoopy: I remember when movie theaters had those, with free refills. Cause the best thing to go with sitting in a dark theather for 2+ hours is 96 ounces of soda.

B

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Besides a few people, I doubt most people that eat at McDonald's care how many calories are in something. Somebody that routinely has a Big mac, large fries, and a soda (pop, Coke, whatever each of us calls it), isn't going to say "oh-my-god it has 410 calories I better order something smaller". I haven't eaten at a McDonald's in many years- their food sucks (as does most fast food).

I think if you naturally watch your calorie intake, you are going to know this huge cup of soda has a lot of calories and avoid it.

ncboxer

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Great, I love the large sized cups. Great for a long trip. Calories do not matter to me, since I only drink diet. Even the low calorie lemonade would be what? 40 caloires in that big cup?

sonichghog

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> To all you people drinking 42 ounces of diet soda: ever read up on the delightful stuff that non-sugar sweeteners are? I think I'll take my calories and burn them off with a walk.

mopar_man

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @VA_White:
In my english class, you only lost points for misspelling a word once, and as long as it was consistantly misspelled the same way, there were no more penalties.

banned

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> What is the big deal? So they are selling large amounts of soda?

Its not like convenence sotres haven't been doing it for years. I remember AM/PM used to sell a 96oz *BUCKET* of soda. Yes, it was so big it came in a bucket, with a handle.

Ickypoopy

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Damnit. I was going to go for A&W for lunch, but now I HAVE to see if Hugo hit Canada or not... I hope they have Katrinasize Fries.

Thrust

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> You know, I think of the name Hugo and all that comes to mind is the huge guy named Hugo on Lost. Do they really want to associate the name of their new "product" with someone who looks like he mistook the movie Supersize Me for an advocacy piece?

bis70

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Grr. I forgot the main point of my post...

I am a certified pop-a-holic. But even I am stunned by what's a 'large' and what's 'small' these days. I ordered a medium at Wendy's the other day, and it was what once was the extra-large. Portion sizes are, without a doubt, the source of the obesity problem. 400+ calories for a soda. Jeesh. I am all for personal choice and responsibility, but when the 24 ounce that made me change my ways is now the 'small,' and these 200-400 calorie sizes are the standards, it's easy to get your perspective messed up. Especially when you are a teen without the early frames of reference.

Murph1908

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> What size glove does the woman in the picture wear? The cup really doesn't look that large

Hoss

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> what's next? katrina fries, large enough to blow through the dams of your arterial walls? the andrew burger, heavy enough to topple a FEMA trailer! they could do a whole range of disasterously huge, disaster-named foods.

deweydecimated

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> I smell a LOST tie-in...

JustPeteHere

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Oh, and it's spelled 'ridiculous'.

______________________________

Meg has a "rediculous" mental block when it comes to that word. She spells it wrong quite consistently.

They are advertising the huge McD's drink here for .69 (for a limited time).

VA_White

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> When I was growing up, Mom always drank Diet Rite or Diet Coke. I drank the regular, but would drink hers when mine ran out. So I did have a taste for the unleaded.

But my preference was the sweet stuff. That is until McDonald's posted their nutritional information on a chart on the wall, and I saw that a large Coke (24 oz at that time?) had over 200 calories. I switched to diet right then.

Oh, and it's spelled 'ridiculous'.

Murph1908

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> I'm pretty sure McDonalds will be selling "Hugo" size fries in the near future as well.

LatherRinseRepeat

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Now, my question is, is this "Hugh-go" or "Huge-oh" size? One sounds like they are targeting the Spanish or Mexican groups, the other sounds like they are going more for the NASCAR nation.

Toof_75_75

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> @joeblevins: Well it's McDonald's, so the ice is probably loaded with sugar and fat.

Threnody

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> This is not a bad size. IF, that is, 2/3 to 3/4 of that cup is filled with ice.

rmz

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> They've had these for a while where I live. It's a pretty good deal if your thirsty. Right now they are selling them for only $0.69. I'm only drinking diet drinks right now so I'm not really that concerned with the calories.

rndmideas

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Actually, wouldn't it be significantly less than 42oz of soda since it will be filed with ice? Is 410 calories pure soda, or including ice?

joeblevins

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> It surely does undercut their other drinks! I got one for kicks recently and the drive thru lady mis-heard me and tried to charge me MORE for LESS (stupid useless medium). Crazy.

foghat81

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> They have those here. The small drink is $1 on the Dollar Menu and this thing is $0.89 so my wife and I get one to split. Most times it doesn't get finished.

mopar_man

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> 1. Drink unholy volume of caffeinated, sugary beverage.
2. Get dehydrated and very thirsty.
3. Mistake thirst for hunger.
4. Order new McDonald's "Hugo" meal.
5. Ghasp in horror as your pants no longer fit.

The should put the nutritional information on the side of the cup. After all, the bottle of Coke at the convenience store has it. Why should McDonald's get off easy?

Threnody

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Makes sense...soda gives them the most profits. Although, would $.89 undercut their other drinks? (I dunno, haven't been there this century). And will they be offering it in NYC where they'd be required to put the calories up there?

jacques

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Holy fat Buddha on a pogo-ball! WANT!

The only things good at Rotten Ronnies are their fries and their orange drink. Gimme a Hugo fries to go with that and I'd die of happiness.

Thrust

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Please don't think this gigantic soda has anything to do with their supersize menu? Are they kidding? Folks, this is about 1.25 liters of soda here... take your standard supermarket bottle (2 liters) and drink more than half of it in one sitting. That's what you have.

ptkdude

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Wait, what? Hugo?

It's a Supersize drink. Nice to see it back. Since I only drink non-sugar soda, calories aren't a concern for me here, so I missed being able to get a drink that size if I wanted one.

Coming soon, the Hugo fries. And then, you can Hugo-Size your meal!

Sidecutter

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Yeah, but you can't fill a Supersize meal with diet fries and 0-calorie patties...

Skiffer

]]> <![CDATA[Introducing The 42 oz McDonald's "Hugo" Drink]]> Suddenly I feel bad for anybody named Hugo. And yes people do drink more in the summer, but drinking caffeinated beverages when you are thirsty is counter-productive.

B

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