$5 lunch challenge!

@streetcents

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A&W Buddy Burger

Why it worked

The video taps into the relatable struggle of finding affordable and diet-specific food options, using a popular challenge format. The humor derived from the creator's reactions and the unexpected food choices likely contributed to its shareability.

Summary

The creator attempts a $5 gluten-free lunch challenge, visiting IKEA and A&W. After struggling to find suitable options, they settle on a lettuce-wrapped "Buddy Burger" from A&W and a purple sweet potato from T&T Supermarket, costing $4.98 in total.

Structure

1Introducing the $5 gluten-free lunch challenge
2Searching for options at IKEA and realizing the difficulty
3Finding a lettuce-wrapped burger at A&W
4Buying a purple sweet potato at T&T Supermarket
5Presenting the final meal and its cost

Original caption

Trying to find a delicious and satisfying gluten-free lunch on a $5 budget 🥗 In this economy?!? #GlutenFree #FoodChallenge #Budget #StreetCents

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Product placement

IKEA: a store where the video creator goes to look for food. It merely appears. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. A&W: a restaurant where the video creator buys a burger. It ACTS as the source of the meal. Removing it would change what happens in the video. BUBS Wild Berry Pomegranate: a candy product that the video creator buys. It ACTS as a dessert item. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Ricardo's: a brand of candy. It merely APPEARS as a label on the candy. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. T&T Supermarket: a grocery store where the video creator buys a sweet potato. It ACTS as the source of the sweet potato. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Loblaws: a grocery store where the video creator looks for a sweet potato. It merely APPEARS as a sign. Removing it would not change what happens in the video.

On-screen text

$5 Lunch Challenge Gluten-Free 🥗

Transcript

challenge! You trust me? Only if you don't mess up gluten-free ish. Challenge accepted. I did that. Bread is gluten, so goodbye. Wheat, that means gluten. Even the ice cream alone has gluten. Shout out my celery, man. I don't know how y'all do it. $3 only, oh my, quite fresh. It's like they made it right now, which they probably did. The base is gluten free, the rice and the seaweed, but not the yummy yummy good good inside. 259 for one hash brown is insane. Cross contamination is a thing. I get it. But I'm just trying to feed Hannah something That is not obviously gluten, gluten-free gluten. How about a body burger? Sometimes hands my buddy, that's pretty on brand. Do you guys do the body burger wrapped in lettuce? I believe we do it. Now that my babies is a win. Oh my god, what goes with burger? Grapes? Uh no. Picture of kids, no. Purple, yeah. Hannah loves purple. 188 at la la. Let's see if they price match. No, yeah. Okay. This pocket doesn't open. That's what I call my sister. It smells like it's eating free. What the hell was that? I am feeling fine and dandy. about this hall. I'll tell you that much. Nothing can bring me back. Did they find this on the street? A e o a e o o. Oh. Wow. You got me a Bobs and a buddy and an Uber. Mhm. Everything starts with B. What? I'm going to use my fork cuz I'm sick. Say what? You guys don't have like napkins or like what? Girl, you work here too. Go get him. What do you think, buddy? We're not friends. Can we say that? There's like still bubble. Wow, it does taste like stale bubble. And that is a gluten freeish lunch for 498. Where's my change?