• octopus_ink@lemmy.ml
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    10 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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      10 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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        10 months ago

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

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          10 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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            10 months ago

            Something of higher quality. Like good chocolates, a nice meal, ice cream, breakfast for dinner… Maybe it’s pretentious, but I’d prefer my daughter see places like McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King, etc as quick alternatives when you just don’t want to cook or need a snack. Not as a treat you should really be looking forward to.

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      10 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.