/ck/ - Food & Cooking

This initiative is part of McDonald's broader effort to improve its burger quality, recognizing that customer perceptions have indicated a preference for burgers from other chains. It involves retraining workers, ensuring global compliance with new specifications for buns, and addressing challenges such as inconsistent cooking on grills. Despite potential concerns from franchise owners about the cost and implementation of the initiative, McDonald's is optimistic about the positive impact on burger taste perception.

Burger King, another major player in the U.S. burger market, is also investing in burger improvements, examining broilers and incentivizing franchisees to replace equipment that affects taste and quality. Both McDonald's and Burger King are scrutinizing every component of their burgers for possible enhancements.

In summary, McDonald's is undergoing its most significant burger menu upgrades in decades, aiming to provide a better-tasting product and stay competitive in a changing fast-food landscape.

nobody can afford mcdonalds anymore thanks to the president.

They are saying all this bullshit to justify insane price hikes.

>>19958860
this is a big nothingsburger. their suppliers will still be the exact same. and franchises don't give a fuck, they will still cut corners on staffing and training and the grills will continue to be overloaded and products will continue to sit under heatlamps. this is just a complete no substance move.

>>19958860
>McDonalds trying to compete with Five Guys
Oh FUCK no, we don't need Five Guys prices at McDonalds

Australia puts beets on burgers who the fuck would listen to them on this subject?

>brioche
Chasing trends that aren't even trendy anymore

Welcome to the FOURTH fucking McDonald's thread on /ck/ right now!

It's 'always' like this, you faggots need a perpetual /mdg/ containment thread.

>>19958898
Cry more about it faggot

>>19958898
Fifth and there's one gaslighting the fact that the fish sandwich was always small and made with a half slice of cheese

When five guys isn't much more there is no reason to go to mcdonalds.

McDonalds is about to price themselves out of their own market segment. I can call a local bar and order a burger and fries to go that absolutely destroys McDonalds for just about the same price as a Big Mac value meal.

>>19958860
They did really well with the fresh Quarter Pounder patty.

Now they're getting cocky.

DUMB
We want shittier, CHEAPER burgers. I want to pull up and get a BAG of burgers and McChickens for 6 bucks. I want it FAST, and I want it DELICIOUS, and I want it NOW.

>>19958867
>the president controls the price of mcdonalds
lmao

>>19958867
>American economic and political priorities

>>19959035
They're actually cutting costs by falling back to local supply chains
Don't worry they won't lower prices
>>19959042
Pretending like the globalists don't control the US Executive branch and that the US economy doesn't affect everyone around the world is pretty simple-minded

>>19958860
>rethinking lettuce
Their biggest problem currently (besides prices) is that the Deluxe version of their burgers suck because the hot patty - particularly the DQP - literally cook the lettuce and tomato. This was something they tried to fix with the McDLT in the 80's and get flak for the extra packaging.

>>19959035
>We want shittier, CHEAPER burgers
Not gonna happen. Never getting cheaper. That only happens with commodity prices. As you go up the value-add chain, the prices almost never go back down again. Thanks Biden.

What's worse is that fast food is likely going to get the cigarettes treatment soon because we actually let governments get away with what they did. They're going to destroy fast food by making it even more ridiculously expensive or literally swap out the animal protein for bugs and plants in order to get a "pass" from the govt.

>>19959042
>waaa America
You're obsessed with Americans or you wouldn't be here. You just have to save face with yourself and act like you're over it.

>>19958860
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XataHYAT1H8

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Will this be the tipping point that causes fatasses to just learn to cook?

>>19959091
I was wondering this yesterday when I was driving by a McDonalds around lunch and the line was wrapped around the building. At what point will people finally say "screw this" and abandon them? There has to be a point where these morons realize it's nowhere near worth it anymore.

Why not just automate it at this point? This shits all so calculated down to the last metric. The only reason they haven't automated yet is because they have to make sure McCafe bought doesn't blast grandmas cooch with 200 degree coffee

>>19959096
It's very tiresome for anyone with even an ounce of memory. I remember when the narrative was that McDonald's was causing obesity because their greasy food was cheaper than cooking healthy food. Fast forward to the current year: they removed the supersize menu, printed the calories clearly on the menus, and nobody even talks about obesity anymore, and now they're bitching about McDonald's being too expensive. Like, I'm not going to deny that the economy isn't fucked up, but let's not act like McDonald's customers were ever savvy consumers.

I don't understand how anybody eats the McDonald's burgers
They haven't been good in decades and the line always circles the fucking parking lot for no reason
Wendy's, whataburger, even burger King have better burgers
How is McDonald's still alive
Who fucking eats mcdonalds

>>19959162
Wendy's and BK are not better than McDonald's lmao. Whataburger is mostly just in ultra obese cities, I do agree, it's good shit when I'm traveling.

Also, I eat McDonald's at least twice a month, love it.

>>19959037
>>19959042
The Biden team is very upset about the viral dangerous misinformation about McDonald’s being expensive proliferating TikTok. It is now working with both TikTok and influencers to set the story straight about the price of McDonald’s Big Macs.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/24/bigmac-price-tiktok-biden-economy-inflation/

>Some economists think these kinds of comments are not just wrong but dangerous. They have been astounded by polling data on Biden’s economic approval and surveys of consumer sentiment, where results during the Biden administration are similar to the Great Recession, when unemployment was close to three times as high as it is now. These economists fear that these exaggerated stories will ultimately lead to a worse outcome — perhaps helping Trump win reelection — and that it is vital to make clear that this remains by many measures one of the best recoveries in modern U.S. history. They also express confusion over why consumers continue to spend so heavily, if the pessimism is driven by economic insecurity.
>These stories soon reached the White House Office of Digital Strategy, which tracked the meme as one of many exaggerated examples of the nation’s economic woes, according to a White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to reflect internal discussions. In reality, inflation has been steadily subsiding, and last week the government reported price hikes had eased yet again in October. The average Big Mac nationally as of this summer cost $14.58, up from $8.89 — or roughly $6.50 — before Biden took office, according to an index maintained by the Economist. That’s up more than 70 percent, but it’s not $16.
>The White House official said the administration is working with TikTok creators to tell positive stories of Biden’s economic stewardship, while also working with social media platforms to counter misinformation.

>>19958898
what are you gonna do, McCry about it?

>>19959218
You said this in the other thread

>>19959211
>ackshyually the Big Mac costs 14.58 on average NOT $16
This is why everyone is happy the newspapers are dying

>>19959211
Digits and now we know who's behind this

>>19959223
well, don't get yourself worked up into a McFury

>>19959211
This is literally what they did when commies took over in the Soviet Union...they told people that food wasn't going up and there were no food shortages, and it was all in their mind.

>>19958894
>Australia puts beets on burgers who the fuck would listen to them on this subject?
you want a glassing cunt?

>>19959195
Wendy's is definitely better than whatever slop they sell at McD. Dave's single with cheese & bacon, baconator etc are all premium offerings. Also choice of a cesar side salad instead of fries is a plus. A salad costs like $8 at mcdonalds, you get that for free with a baconator meal.

>>19958860
>https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/mcdonalds-burger-new-menu-2400d22b
I thought they did this already. The main things are they put more sauce on the big macs and they fry the rehydrated onions with the burgers instead of putting them on raw.

>>19959237
kek

>>19959091

Wtf just put more sauce and give me wetter pickles + stack the burger better so it doesn't come completely dissected

>>19959393
Wendy's prep quality's gone to shit recently.

>>19959211
>they're not $16, merely $14.58 (double what they used to cost)
some real Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia vibes

>>19959702
I think this was a shitpost since the article is behind a paywall, still funny

>>19958867
>nobody can afford mcdonalds anymore thanks to the president.
Holy shit. Unfathomably Based Biden.

Cool are they going to reduce prices down from their insane levels? And don't blame covid and inflation you retarded niggers you can literally get cheaper burgers from bars and sit down restaurants now that's how fucking crazy MCDs prices have gotten.

>fast food press release
>highest posts per minute on the board

>>19959393
one true thing there the caesar is better than fries. wendy's burgers are not better tho and I've tried em a bunch of times. when they have buy 1 get 1 free burgers i'll get 2 baconators + lettuce/tomato/onion
it's ok but mcdonald's qp is just better

cant wait for the new juicy big mac bros

>>19959737
> Cool are they going to reduce prices down from their insane levels?
Only if trump is president. If Americans hire the current retard again the average Big Mac combo meal will be $30 by 2028

sounds like theyre going to inject 1/8th of a pound of water into your 1/4 pound patty

>>19960188
that’s false because the big mac doesn’t utilize 1/4 lb patties. so shut your mouth

>>19958911
I know it's not healthy but whenever 5 guys is mentioned I just think about how Zoe Quinn got a train run on her to get her game on steam or something only for it to disappear into obscurity and giggle.

>>19959096
>>19959091
Never, women will wait an hour at Starbucks to get a sugar filled coffee every single day of the year and pay 4X the price for it and will continue to do so despite home coffee being cheaper and better

Fast food addicts will never quit

>>19959091
Not likely. Dumb people and chronically poor people will stick to their habits of just never cooking and even if its $2 more than yesterday they probably won't notice for about 6 months. I know I was shocked for my once a week fast food visit; girl pointed out whatever combo I got was $14 and had been that way for 4 months. I don't eat enough to have not noticed the pot of boiling water got just a little hotter. Even the guy behind me was like "yeah huh, prices have been going up for the same shitty food".

Its just like if starbucks raised their coffee prices 50 cents every 3 months. That wouldn't spur those idiots to buy a fucking coffee machine and make it for cheaper.

>>19959409
>I thought they did this already.
They make menu tweaks regularly. All the chains except I think in n out, 5 guys, and the other places that don't try to dazzle you with NEW! products.

Its very telling though; portions get smaller, corners get cut, corporate gets a shitload of complaints and blames it on the staff cooking it wrong, then they change up the recipe or something stupid to generate a little buzz and the cycle repeats. Why make anything "good" when you can just say something is "new"?

Taco bell is famous for this:
>New queso enchulupa roll up deluxe!
Its the same ingredients with a different name. at least TB gets it right making it cheap and consistent.

>>19960234
>dumb people won't notice
Why not? You did.

>>19959744
Well what the fuck else are we going to talk about? The same beef from the last 2000 years? Oh I know, we can talk about some retarded themed diet that makes no sense and fruit! can't forget about fruit!

Post some OC cooking content like the good old days or at least something of substance.

>>19960251
I don't go the same place every couple of days like others. Are you still at that 4th grade reading comprehension?

>>19958867
wtf I love Biden now.

>>19959037
They sure tried to take credit for hot dog buns being 4 cents cheaper than the previous year.

>>19959211
> The White House official said the administration is working with TikTok creators to tell positive stories of Biden’s economic stewardship, while also working with social media platforms to counter misinformation.
I get Obama made open propaganda against Americans legal, but they don’t have to rub our noses in it.

For me it is the mcchicken the best fast food sandwich

>>19959162
Don't think of it as food. People don't eat there because they need to eat. They eat there because they are addicts.

>>19960436
Jesus christ

i miss getting whatever burger i wanted with just random pocket change.

the future is fucking fake and gay.

>>19958860
No extra special sauce please. It has enough as it is.
Also yes. get rid of that shit lettuce and give us actual whole leaves

>>19960781
Look at the bright side.
The deep state just tried a dry pass on a psyop here to see how it would do and we crushed it in an afternoon.
If the future was truly hopeless, their propaganda wouldn't be necessary.

>>19960163
>trump is going to cause deflation of the dollar
Well, I think even he can't be incompetent enough to have that much of a devastating effect on the economy, but I've been wrong literally every time I've thought that about him before.

>more sauce
Ruined.

Burger King is shit because every one I've gone to seems to just put a gallon of sauce on the burgers its ridiculous.

>>19958860
>rethinking lettuce

>>19958860
I'm not reading all that shit but from the looks of that first sentence I'm guess they're just lying again to justify charging airport food prices but at regular mcdonalds

just rethought lettuce ama

>>19961037
I’m thinkig about thos; beans

>>19960842
Big Macs do need more sauce. I always ask for extra. Shittier franchises try to charge you for it.

>>19960827
>No extra special sauce please. It has enough as it is.
it doesn't have enough sauce
>>19960827
>Also yes. get rid of that shit lettuce and give us actual whole leaves
whole leaves don't belong a burger, you fucking nutcase, it's not a salad

>>19958883
Franchisees need to be shot in the fucking head. Their lack of consistency, and genuine racism over anyone who doesn't order in Spanish is retarded. They might as well open their own goddamn restaurant at this point since every since franchise restaurant i have been too, no matter the state, or restaurant, have all been mismanaged and shitty. Restaurants have fucked up bad when I'm so Goddamn disappointed that I would genuinely rather cook at home.

>>19961193
>I would genuinely rather cook at home
It's finally happening. The Americans are healing...

>>19960837
It would help if you'd elaborate so that if they try it anyway we'd be able to see it for what it is immediately

>>19960839
>I've been wrong literally every time I've thought that about him
You and every other TDS nutjob

No vegan burgers? Fuck you! Die McFaggots!

>>19958860
This is about as stupid as White Castle deciding to change their formula and switch to full-sized burgers. McDonalds has a unique flavor and texture that says "McDonalds." They do not need to change this. What they need to do is reintroduce diversity to their menu (chicken tenders, snack wraps, salads), stop raising their prices for at least two years, and run regular promotions to bring people into their store. They're not going to cut into the Five Guys market, ever. And, they shouldn't want to. They're about to pull a "New Coke" and eat some major shit.

>>19961244
>vegan

>>19959243
No one thinks you fags are tough anymore after you meekly let your government ship you all off like cattle to coughcentration camps

>>19961037
You done thinking about lettuce?

>>19958867
literally NGMI, shitbrained yankee

>>19959035
>We want shittier, CHEAPER burgers
Here you go, you fucking poor.

>>19961592
these are a good idea but i like the pizzas better

>>19961268
that never happened, but its funny that you think it did

>>19961268
>after you meekly let your government ship you all off
We had the most violent anti-covid protests on the planet.

>>19961647
yum milk

>>19961037
>just rethought lettuce ama
Did you think about killing people with it, the way Chipotle did?

>>19961200
O-B-S-E-S-S-E-D

>>19961647
and you still took the jab.

>>19961685
>being an anti-vaxer in 2024 - 30 days
Please get a personality.

>>19959091
Everyone knows how to cook. You genuinely think millions eat fast food a day because they can’t figure out how a stove works?

>>19961700
I mean they're certainly not eating it for their health, so there's gotta be some reason.

>>19961712
fuck off anime

>>19961700
Yes, I've taught women in their 30s and 40s how to cook
Second-wave feminism destroyed more generational kitchen knowledge than emancipating the slaves

>>19959091
if my trip to Norway is any indication, no at all. They become so accustomed to the poor quality and high prices they actually turn it into a pathetic status symbol.
>Look at me I'm so rich I can afford to eat out at this (terrible) restaurant!
the restaurant food over there is genuinely worse than most fast food in the US, they can't even do something as simple as pizza better than dogshit like dominoes.
The only good food there is home cooked, which is excellent, but few people seem to indulge in.

>>19961863
>>Look at me I'm so rich I can afford to eat out at this (terrible) restaurant!

>>19961863
>>19961878
Niggers will actually do this. If it costs $50 for a big mac they will be flashing their big mac on Instagram or whatever the fuck every first of the month when their gibs come in. Girls will seethe if you don't want to take them to McDonald's for your first date. This is the future we chose.

>>19961558
yeh

>>19961674
no mostly just thought what if lettuce was red

>>19961933
Red Leaf is kinda slimy and not particularly crisp. Can be ok in a salad blend, but would be a terrible decision on a burger.

>>19959037
The decisions made by the president and his team impact the economy and therefore impacts the price of McDonald's. If the president impacts the economy for the worst, McDonald's affordability becomes worse.

>>19959042
Mega corporations started massively lobbying for legislature when Obama made a few changes in office. McDonald's is literally lining their pockets to keep legislature that benefits their business. So yeah, American fucking politics literally involves superpacs and corporations allowed to have political stances and push ideologies,even McDonald's.

Welcome to burgerland.

>>19960436
I will always hate Obama and Obama will always be one of the worst presidents of all time. He is literally not an American citizen and passed anti-American legislature using his skin color (even tho he's half white) and then ran off to Hollywood with millions of dollars and now he and his wife spend their time producing shitty Netflix shows (no im not joking)

>>19961940
my further thought was that if all lettuce was red, i bet burgers wouldn't have lettuce and tomato in. also a solid chance one of those wouldn't be in your standard salad. feel like the contrasting colours probably helped make people think pairing them made sense.

It’s funny how desperate libshits are to explain the dogshit economy away as not bidens fault somehow because they know he’s going to lose.

Sorry fags, no one wants to pay $16 for a McDonald’s burger and your guy is the one that caused it.

>>19961996
I dug deep into his citizenship and it's legit, he's American
He's still a CIA plant, but they dotted their Is and crossed their Ts
The only thing they faked was the birth certificate but even if they published the real one he'd still qualify as a natural-born citizen, he just might not have won in 2008 if the truth came out, it would have been an issue that took a lot to explain for a population with a limited attention span

>>19962026
>colours
opinion on burgers discarded with prejudice

>>19961996
It sounds like stoned student talk but I always think anyone who actually wants to be a politician shouldn't be allowed to be one. I have political leanings like everyone, but the kind of weird nerd who couldn't achieve any of the other look-at-me power positions, like acting or being in a band, and so decided to do politics means they're a freaky power-grabbing social failure who can't be trusted and should be ruled out of running for office entirely based on the fact they wanted to do it in the first place.

>>19962034
Red pill me anon.

> If you only knew how bad things really are....

McD's new McStarbucks thing ramping up.

Ahhh -- government financed Florida tariff sugar.

>>19962048
He was born in Kenya but as an American natural-born citizen
If he was born in 2007 it wouldn't count, but in the 60s it was valid, so you'd have to explain all the differences between aughts law and 60s law and there's no way a dude with a mussleman name born in Kenya would have won that election
The CIA has a program to seed potential future leaders through foreign military bases and aid programs, they make and shape people in places where the laws are flexible compared to the US
I know one of their fails, he's a junkie because of the sexual manipulation, couldn't get over it, blames himself
Grew up in Africa on a military base, became a community organizer, then just started fucking whores and doing drugs, has a bunch of kids from different babymommas
There must be thousands of them

>>19958867
>the president is in charge of sending hundreds of billions of your money to a country in which he has personal vested interest

>>19958860
Oh look, zoomers get to experience a New Coke moment.

>>19962124
Absolutely soulless

>>19962217
New Coke predates millenials too not just zoomers.

>>19962230
No it doesn't, and I'm not even that guy

>>19959211
>some dipshit buys a travis scott meal and it costs $16
>blames it on biden
>prices actually have gone up but the meal the guy bought was some goyslop promotion
>democrats can't handle messaging so they sperg out and start with UM ACTUALLY shit that's overly defensive
>can't answer actual questions as to why prices have gone up
>now we have to have a culture war over big mac prices and it's shoved in our faces every day because a bunch of frilly media faggots are trying to best each other over their favorite sports team

fucking nukes can't fly soon enough

>>19962128
wtf retardation are you using to compress your images? That shit looks like AI diarrhea

This news was published literally like 6-8 months ago. You're giving clicks to some faggot intern who needed to pinch out an article before End of Day on a Friday and just managed to pull an almost year old scoop from his ass so he doesn't have to worry about a deadline during the weekend. Fucking neck yourselves.

>>19962433
>The changes are now rolling out in the U.S., including on its Big Mac.

>>19961674
Imagine eating a leaf and dying. your genetics are weak and your bloodline won't survive the winter.

>>19958860
>and introducing a buttery brioche bun
So their sugary buns will now have more sugar. They should put Luthers on the menu while they're at it. Those will bring in the foot traffic for sure.

>>19962128
>$0 drinks
I'm fucking jealous bro

>>19962124
I had to look up what the fuck was going on with this CosMcs. thats their trial run store where they want small-format restaurants for "digital delivery" and drive thru only. Basically eliminating the dining room.
Why?
Because then McDonalds corporate can buy smaller parcels of land, build a slightly smaller building, and remain competitive as real estate leasing to franchises is how the company makes the most money. Smaller parcels of land were off-limits to McDs before because they simply couldn't put the restaurant and parking on too-small pieces of land.

Holy shit. So instead of making good food, making it cheaper, increasing value, maybe having a building design that doesn't resemble something an autistic german designed, their plan is to make it ugly and smaller so "teens" or "urbanites" or "scholarship recipients" don't loiter inside the building.

Get rid of soda fountains because poors would refill too many times. Shitty burger is shitty so La'Quand'nish-a can't chimp out without a lobby. No homeless can fall asleep in a booth from 1am to 6am anymore. Either this will be a fantastic flop or it'll re-structure how fast food restaurants look forever.

>>19963330
>So their sugary buns will now have more sugar.
Brioche buns are light, fluffy, and buttery. They're not adding more sugar after seeing subway get roasted using cake for their sandwiches. I'm sure they'll add industrial oils and solvents to imitate that butter flavor

>>19959211
Your quote:
>The average Big Mac nationally as of this summer cost $14.58, up from $8.89 — or roughly $6.50 — before Biden took office, according to an index maintained by the Economist. That’s up more than 70 percent, but it’s not $16.
Quote from actual article:
>The average Big Mac nationally as of this summer cost $5.58, up from $4.89 — or roughly 70 cents — before Biden took office, according to an index maintained by the Economist. That’s up more than 10 percent, but it’s not $16.

For me it's the McCulver's!

>>19958860
When has quality ever been a desirable factor in the US?

enhance this, whitey!

>>19958898
We should make a mcChad's general.

>>19958867
Literally the one good thing Biden has done is making mcslop unaffordable

>>19958860
>and introducing a buttery brioche bun with randomly scattered sesame seeds.
Is it important that the seeds are randomly distributed

>>19959211
Why did you change the numbers from the article? Are you a journalist?

>>19958867
this is why i'm voting trump he will make mcdonald's cheap again

Is this the thing they already did in Europe like a year ago? Because I couldn't even tell a difference.

>>19963850
Yes, just like it's important that there are exactly four different nugget shapes.

>>19958867
They hated him because he said the truth

I've lost a lot of weight this year. When does "I'm eating less fast food because it's overpriced" cross over into "I'm starving more because I can't afford food"

>>19964450
Sorry about the weight loss. I have been working on my gains for the last decade. Pic related. A little gif I put together with transitions. I use to be a little shrimp but now I am finally happy being a big man.

>>19958860
>The goal is to enhance the quality of their burgers and compete with higher-end burger chains
The goal is to justify charging you $10 for a mcslop sandwich by making it look different.

>>19958860
I don't care. I have mcdonalds breakfast maybe twice a year, it's ok but having it regularly would probably give me somekind of cancer and make me bankrupt.

i dont regard the creatures that consume mcdonalds as human

Never have to worry about McRibs being dry, they slather them in smoke, tangy, delicious BBQ sauce specially crafted for the McRib, limited time only.

>>19964482
its brown corn syrup. Stop it.

>>19964489
It's handcrafted southern BBQ sauce made by a team of scientists working together with the top BBQ pit masters in the American South.

>>19958898
mcdonalds has been losing business like crazy recently as their quality is in the shitter, their service is in the shitter, the prices are through the roof and the sizes are a 3rd of what they used to be so they are trying to advertise everywhere

>>19964493
any retard using corn syrup in their BBQ sauce is lazy and their bbq is automatically shit.

>>19958867
trump shouldn't have put those lockdowns in place and handed out free money

>>19964607
The lock down came from the states the federal government had no power over it. Also Trump had no control congress.

>>19958860
Hows about they remove the sugar from the buns?

>>19964617
no one fucking caresa =bout this but you

>>19963367
why would you want to eat petri-fied food inside a petri-dish when you can just go eat at your own petri-fied home?

I'll be benefitting from this because I have money, I used the app effectively, and I never get burgers at McDonald's, only other shit. So if they implement five guys tier burgers I'll go there plenty and save on the app. The rest of you poorfriends can choke.

How are they going to keep the drive through line moving?

>>19958867
Thanks, Obama

>>19958860
bologna they're trying to justify their new amazing prices of 10,000% increases

>>19961996
>quietly reauthorizes the Smith-Mundt Act in 2012, legalizing domestic propaganda
>goes to work at Netflix when his presidency is over
It sounds like fiction, doesn’t it? It’s crazy.
>>19962033
They keep trying to blame Blaumph, too. Sad.
>>19963367
I think McDonalds is seeing the future here. They stopped branding themselves as a “family” restaurant years ago. A dining room is a liability and additional expense when you’re no longer looking to have families sitting down. They can focus on the “fast” now. With apps like Doordash they don’t even need to build a delivery model. Just have a drive thru. Maybe a small lobby filled with lockers for pick-up where you key in a confirmation code to pop the lock. One person at the window taking orders, one person in the back to ring for help if a locker has problems, people and machines in the back cooking. No dining area, soda machines, no seats, no bathrooms. McDonalds will be first to do it and others will follow. Like you said, can’t have brawls or flash mobs if there is no dining room. This is our future. Pretty sad.

>>19959211
zoomers will defeat Biden, kek

>>19959211
>White House Office of Digital Strategy
What the fuck kind of 1984 sounding bullshit is this? I have no idea. Let’s ask Google:
>created by the Obama administration
>Trump gutted it to basically website management and use of social media to spread Whitehouse messaging
>Biden gets in and fattens it right back up.
This is insane. Pic rel doesn’t even go into details about support staff. So one reason why we’re all too poor to buy $16 McDonalds is because our government pays an army of people to tell TikTok influencers to stop talking about $16 McDonalds and instead say nice things about Biden. Unreal.

>>19962046
They shouldn't
Officials should be chosen via lottery from the electorate like it were jury duty and suffrage should be earned both mentally and physically rather than handed out just for being born.

>>19965587
>I think McDonalds is seeing the future here. They stopped branding themselves as a “family” restaurant years ago. A dining room is a liability and additional expense when you’re no longer looking to have families sitting down. They can focus on the “fast” now. With apps like Doordash they don’t even need to build a delivery model. Just have a drive thru. Maybe a small lobby filled with lockers for pick-up where you key in a confirmation code to pop the lock. One person at the window taking orders, one person in the back to ring for help if a locker has problems, people and machines in the back cooking. No dining area, soda machines, no seats, no bathrooms. McDonalds will be first to do it and others will follow. Like you said, can’t have brawls or flash mobs if there is no dining room. This is our future. Pretty sad.
It's over-correction from the Pandemic. Eventually, people will want to go outside again, and idiots like these companies will pay the price of putting everything on drive-throughs.

McDonalds manager here for a pilot store that started these initiatives earlier this year

Ask me anything Reddit!

>>19966228
Which measures, specifically?

>>19966228
Everything listed in the OP, did you even read?

>>19966233
oops for
>>19966230

>>19966228
how much did the blacks complain about the extra steps?

>>19966236
Fortunately, I dont live in the ghetto or near a ghetto so we are an all-white store

>>19966228
are the burger patties smaller?

>>19966300
The patties are the same, however with adding an extra step in the cooking process, being putting onions on the patties while they are on the grill, can extend the time which could cause shrinkage if they are not taken off the grill fast enough.

I haven't had this issue if all proper procedures are followed correctly and meat removed in a timely manner.

>>19966234
OP is rather vague. What 50 tweaks? What does “rethinking lettuce” mean? Are they adding new items or just changing what is currently available? Are they bringing back more options like salads or snack wraps?

>>19958860
dont care bring back the chicken tenders already

>>19966317
>What does “rethinking lettuce” mean?
It means you should forget everything you know about lettuce.

>>19966317
>What 50 tweaks?
It's 50 tweakERs.

>>19966317
I don't have a WSJ subscription because I'm not a faggot and I dont know every data point they wouldve listed

However

There's just subtle changes:
Cooking less more often
Adding onions on the burger itself while on the grill to caramelize slightly rather than adding onions to the sandwich
(no onion obviously available too, most stores will be cooking those to order)
For the condiments, the cambros were changed to hold less at a time which, for example

Lettuce can be out for a total of 2 hours before it is wasted, but the target is 30 minutes at most. So essentially keeping those things as fresh as possible without being an inconvenience. I will mention that exceeding the 30 minutes is still OK, but it's just an ideal target.

Cheese will be prepped differently, and tempered and ideally tempered for1 hour before use, which allows the sandwich to stay hotter, cheese to melt and room temp cheese also has better flavor

There's no new options to also answer your former equiry.

As for salads, I know they are testing pre made salads in some markets. I dont know what the reception was on that but I can look on the McD intranet.

As for snack wraps, if you ask nicely your local mcdonalds might allow you to get something similar, it'll just be the tortilla, lettuce, crispy chicken cut in half (or a whole piece cut, some come pretty small that are not suitable for sandwiches) and the sauce you'll probably just have to get as a packet on the side.
Like I said, may or may not let you but its always worth a try.

On social media, there is a large calling for snack wraps to return so I'm sure it will in the future but as far as my knowledge goes, it's not for sure planned.

>>19958860
>pickles
>meltiness

>>19958894
McCafé was invented in Australia

>>19966228
Does your ice cream machine work?

>>19958860
brioche fucking sucks

>>19958860
>buttery brioche bun
stop this nonsense brioche can not handle a burger, it's like trying to eat a burger on a soft dinner roll ffs

>>19966621
big this

>>19964444
Quads of truth

>>19958873
underrated

>>19958887
That is exactly what is coming, fren

>>19961700
>Everyone knows how to cook
You've never been to a uni dorm

>>19959393
>Wendy's
>Dave's single
>baconator
>premium offerings

>>19959035
>reverse 30 years of consumer demand overnight
Every time some queer complained about Ronald McDonald and happy meals being "predatory marketing towards the poor/children", they brought us one step closer to the situation we see today.

>>19961984
And what's wrong with this? Try to explain without quoting Das Kapital

>>19959042
>why do you care about the price of a common consumer good that is frequently used as a representative of the purchasing power of normal people?

>>19962255
I was born in 1983 (Millennial) and New Coke came out in 1985. I remember being outraged that they'd changed my precious Coca-Cola recipe, it just wasn't the brand I had grown up with anymore.

>>19959059
>cheaper
>muh wages, why can’t I afford anything?

Blame Biden for helping workers like you faggot. Vote trump and help Jewish Wall Street.

>>19959211
>nooo it only doubled in price to $15. Stop lying and saying $16!!!!

What a fucking Jewish idiot nigger who wrote this article

>>19959243
>glassing
You don’t even have nukes you abbo nigger. Stop walking upside down and get that kangaroo cock out of your mouth.

>>19966919
The article doesn't actually say that. The anon is simply lying.
See >>19963438

>>19966931
Ahh. Thank you fren. Other lying anon sucks donkey cock.

>>19958860
>Competition
Only in america. In europe macD is the unopposed king. I could slop a McChicken down ny throat every day

>>19966640
Seems tasty to me anon.

>>19966640
>brioche can not handle a burger
It sure as fuck can. Have you really never made a burger at home on a brioche bun? Or any sandwich with brioche?

>>19958867
I can though I'm rich though I can even afford Five Guys once a year.

>>19968158
sovl thoughbeit

>>19968158
tfw no bk gf ;_;

>>19968158
That manager should be given a raise for that

>>19968275
Bro just imagine having a BK gf, anytime you both wanted to eat there, you automatically pay 1980's prices due to half off.

>>19968282
she's also getting railed by De'Quan and the boys on the line when you think she's just "hanging out after shift"

>>19968306
Thanks, Rabbi

>>19958860
>implementing over 50 tweaks to its core menu, including its iconic Big Mac. The goal is to enhance the quality of their burgers

In other words, they are swapping real ingredients for cheaper, synthetic plastics and chemicals in order to make line go up

do people actually believe this bullshit still

>>19968309
don't come crying when you're imaginary bk gf pops out a mocha colored mutt

>>19968306
It's sad that your learned experiences that you have subjected yourself to have led to this conclusion

>>19958860
I wish McDonalds would charge $100 per burger

>>19967195
have you ever had a real brioche? but it fucking sucks as a burger bun because its not sturdy enough.
kaiser roll is the ideal burger bun

>>19968306
Mental illness

So they will cost more but probably taste worse?

>>19961978
Which decisions? PPP loans? ErC credits?

>>19968370
Fast food burger buns are at their best when the patty is nearly dissolving the bottom bun. Leave the sturdy shit for home cooked burgers.

>>19968370
You see that nice, sturdy, brioche bun? McDonalds patties will vanish in that. It won’t taste like a mushy Micky Dee. It will taste like a brioche bun.

>>19968473
You are confused

>>19968537
Brioche is good on a burger as long as the burger is soft.

zogslop 2.0 is still zogslop

>>19966585
Yes. In fact I have been to and worked in over 50 locations and it has worked every single time.

>>19969014
brilliant post from a brilliant anon

>>19958860
>The changes involve cooking ALL-beef patties
>ALL
>Opposed to what, exactly?

Uh..........Mackeybros........d...did we get to cocky?

>>19958860
>over $15 a meal
>30 minutes in the drive thru
>filled with chemicals

>>19969157
Up until now they have been using Some Beef patties

>>19959744
The literal fucking state,

LOL.
>Tracking the sloppa markets and providing you on the latest trends affecting the sloppa market.
t. Sloppa financial analyst

>>19968158
>higher pay
funny how they never say how high that pay is
>B-BUT YOU GET LE DISCOUNTED GOYSLOP!!!

Working at fast food is the biggest fucking scam ever, they work you like a dog and the pay is absolute shit, and there are basically zero advanced opportunities beyond shift lead for a tiny pay raise and twice as much work. Pretty much anything else you can do is better.

>>19958873
the prices are already way too fucking high. they need to do this and KEEP them the fucking same - it already costs as much to eat there as 5guys or even some restaurants. what the hell is the value proposition of a fast food joint anymore? drive-thrus? that's it?

>>19958921
for real. the last year or so, i've been to various fast food places. jack in the box, mcdonalds, burger king. every time, i leave looking at the food i got for the price i paid and go, wait, i could have picked up a real fucking hamburger and fries from my local joint for the same price and it would be 50x better. why the fuck will i ever go here again?
and.. so far, i don't. not fucking worth it. the whole purpose of fast food was that it was where you go when you have 3 bucks wadded up in your jeans pocket and you could get a burger and fry without having to leave your car. but yet the last time i went through, my local mcdonalds had the audacity to hand me a fucking tip tablet lmaaao fuck you, i'll come back when you bring back an actual dollar menu and your burgers don't start at $10, until then get fucked

>>19961696
Pfizer's being taken to court for provably lying about the efficacy of their product m8

>>19958860
I'm cautiously optimistic. Remember the chicken sandwich wars? Every fast food chain increased the quality of their fried chicken sandwich to the point where you can get a decent one almost anywhere now. It would be nice to see the same thing happen to burgers.

Honesty, McDonald's Quarter Pounders are already pretty solid, imo. Sure, they don't compare to a non-fast food burger but by fast food standards they're above average. It would be nice to see McDonald's raise their other burgers to the same level of quality.

>>19969157
Their patties are already all-beef. They're just reiterating that to dispel the age old mystery meat rumors that won't die. I'm not sure why people act as if McDonald's food is some mystery where no one knows what's in it. You can look up the ingredients list on their website quite easily. It's not great but it's also not as bad as people assume. Yeah, it's unhealthy but that's less because of "chemikillz" and more because burgers, fries, and chicken nuggets are unhealthy in general.

>>19963367
I would welcome the delivery/drive thru only model if it meant lower menu prices. We know it doesn't; they're going to keep all the money for themselves and raise prices again just for good measure until it finally results in decreased business. Apparently doubling their prices has worked out for them but I know I've stopped going.

>>19958860
>introducing a buttery brioche bun
dropped

>>19968158
>tfw no cute BK manager GF

>>19965864
Trump beat them with a few memes in 2016 and they're still livid about it

Have they ever considered axing all the stupid customization bullshit that confuses their felons and illegal alien workers so we can have fast service again? Sitting in drivethrus for 45 minutes for a shitty hamburger that costs triple what it did before Bidenomics is retarded.

>>19964613
>can't even read a sentence
your average Trump voter

>>19958860
>>19958861
tl;dr: "our food is getting even shittier for even more money. eat it now you fucking pig goy swine. and let niggers spit in it and get their artificial weave pube-hairs in it. and like it. fuck you."

I would eat at McDicks again if they made it so you could watch the wagie live on the app through security cameras make your food. That would get those worthless dregs hot under the collar. Even better if you could taunt them with text to speech commands coming out of a speaker next to their work station "I SAW THAT WAGIE, MAKE IT AGAIN"

>>19969567
If you support democracy then you support stupid people having power

>>19969597
i don't support it, I think the strong and smart should have the power, even if that makes it so that i won't ever be truly on top.

>>19969605
Your fellow democrats would lynch you for such opinions

>>19958860
looks like the boycotts are working

>>19969610
I'm not a democrat just for pointing out the degeneracy of a trump fanatic

>>19958873
This is it. Nothing else in this thread matters, this anon got it in one.

>>19968316
>In other words, they are swapping real ingredients
Do you think there are real ingredients going into a big mac now?

>>19968370
Thats why you toast it in the pan to give a little caramelization, and it soaks up burger juices. The only buns I've ever had "fall apart" were the cheapest possible shitbuns. Every other bun has held up well. Theres a reason chicken and fish sandwiches use brioche too; and its not because beef burgs tear up buns for no reason.