• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    It better get much further than spitting distance from what carryout at a local pub buys me price-wise. Currently it’s essentially the same price whether I go get a hand-formed burger and fries with actual fresh lettuce and tomato from the local pub as it is if I get a meal from McD.

    They were only ever winning on cost and speed, and now they can’t even compete there.

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      5 months ago

      And yet I still see queues stretching round their drive through. I don’t understand who is still paying so much for lower quality food.

      Maybe parents whose kids see mcds as their treat?

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        5 months ago

        If my kid ever sees McDonald’s as a “treat,” I’ve failed them.

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          5 months ago

          What should be a “treat” based on your views? Just wondering not judging or anything.

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            If you tell your kid McD is something special then whenever you pass a McD it will feel a craving and want it. This is how brand obedient consumers are made. If instead you let them have McD for a week or two they will see the food for what it is.

            Fsst food chains hate this simple trick

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      5 months ago

      The speed has especially taken a shit in recent years.

      What happened to the rows of burgers behind them? Now you have to wait like 10-15 minutes for it, while a bunch of delivery guys crowd around.