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6779430 No.6779430 [Reply] [Original]

so why is mcdonalds losing money?

>inb4shill

im genuinely curious. it cant be the quality of the food. it's shit but its better than it was.

my theory is the price is to high.

>> No.6779434

black clientele drove away everyone else

>> No.6779437

>>6779430
>my theory is the price is to high.

THAT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE AN IDIOT.

>> No.6779439

Burger King is literally raping McDonald's fat asshole

>>6779434
>meme

>> No.6779440

>>6779430
I think alot of people are going for what they consider more healthy options like chipotle and panera, even though they're probably worse nutrition wise

>> No.6779449

>>6779430
>it cant be the quality of the food.
it is.

>> No.6779453

>>6779434
people dont like redguards
skyrim belongs to the nords

>> No.6779457

they marketed towards blacks for 10 years then let one run the company

>> No.6779463

>>6779440
Yeah, Chipoltay and "fast casual" is making mega gains (like 20% revenue increases per quarter or something) and that entire revenue stream is coming from former McDonald's customers

>> No.6779470

>>6779449

It's always been shit, so low quality food wouldn't lead to them making less money than they once were.

>> No.6779472

>>6779449
it has always been shit. in the 90s to mcniggets were dark meat.

>> No.6779478

>>6779437
how am i an idiot? a combo cost like $8.00ish where a similar one else where costs $6.00ish

>> No.6779479

>>6779430

>>6779430
I don't think that you homosexuals on this NEET board can even comprehend that Mcd'z does not even make money from selling you plebs shill. The super majority of their profits come from income from franchise revenue and real estate owned; which has nothing to do with the burgers you fat fucks guzzle.

>> No.6779485

>>6779478

>idiot, does not understand the global industrial complex.

>> No.6779486

>>6779485
hows that first year of college going anon?

>> No.6779495

most of employes are uneducated dindus that slow shit down and fuck up orders and give people bad experiences that make them less inclined to return

>> No.6779503

>>6779495
thats literally every fast food place.

>> No.6779505

>>6779470
>>6779472
The difference is that people now expect shit food to taste better than that. Salty greasy isn't enough anymore. People want some spice and acid, too.

>> No.6779507

If a McDonald's shuts down what would the next business be to move into the building?
McDonald's are pretty recognisable just from the external architecture.

>> No.6779510

>>6779507
unemployment agency

>> No.6779512

Because the entire country is losing money, thus people have less money to spend on big macs and are opting for shitty ramen noodles

>> No.6779527

>>6779507
clown college, barber college

>> No.6779529

>McDonald's is losing money
But is this actually a crisis? They're still leading the fast food industry and have one of the most recognized brands in the world.

If McDonald's dies, then all fast food places might as well get fucked.

>> No.6779535

>>6779430
America is obese and they are the poster child of the epidemic so people feel guilty when they go
McDonalds prices increased and people would rather pay an extra couple dollars at one of the many new fast food chains that offer higher quality, like 5 Guys or Smash Burger.

>> No.6779542

>>6779472
Is your dumbass trying to imply some bullshit that dark meat isn't good? Nuggets are like one of the only chicken dishes that taste better with white meat, usually white meat is a shit part. America is the only country in the world where white meat cost more than dark meat

>> No.6779568

>>6779486

pretty great, I saw a vajayjay once,

>> No.6779570

it literally makes me shit in 5 min, like clockwork.

>> No.6779571

>>6779542
anything dark. (like your skin color) is injury to white.

>> No.6779576

Business articles over the past year have attributed the menu complexity as one of the root causes of problems in US McD's. It takes workers so much longer to get an order out when you have such a big menu that they just lose business from people who don't want to wait that long. There are instant, immediate effects, like when people look at a drive-thru and it has 7 cars backed up they'll skip it, and long-term effects of just negative experiences with long waits. The problem of an extra ten seconds per order is compounded during lunch and other busy times, which is precisely when people don't have time to wait a few more minutes.

In Asia, the problems are quite different, ranging from adulterated ingredients, competition, and economic factors.

>> No.6779579

Millennials view McDonald's poorly and the older generation who grew up on them are dying out.

>> No.6779583

>>6779542
not according to el pollo loco jagoff

>> No.6779601

One simple reason. No matter what MCD's you go to, the food is always made like it thrown together by a retarded crackhead and the employees look mad you are there and it feel grimy.

>> No.6779611

>>6779430
millennials dont rely as much on shit food as their predecessors.

>> No.6779644

>>6779430
>Quality is shit
>Price is too high

Simple blacks and mexicans no longer eat MC Donalds Burger King has lines out the doors full of colored people.

Chipotle and Panera stealing MC Donalds customers shit im even seeing niggers and spics go to restaurants now

>> No.6779676

>>6779611
This. There are so many fit type guys at my job who only eat veggies and lean meat and talk about lifting all the time. They're all younger than me too.

>> No.6779695

China is the new America for McDonald's. It makes economical sense for them to close up in the West and focus on fattening up another continent.

>> No.6779704

I dunno, they have a crappy combo you can get for $3.50 now which is a double cheeseburger small fries and a large drink.

That's the cheapest crap food to get as far as I know.

Although you can get similar deals from other fast food places like Carl's jr such as 2 burgers for $4 no drink or fries, which are much larger and better quality burgers.

McDonald's still has the smallest patties of any fast food place, might as well go somewhere else pay the extra dollar and get something with 4x the meat and toppings.

>> No.6779748

i've been traveling europe for a few months now and mcdonalds is big all over the continent i mean it is always packed whereas back home there is hardly anyone there

i pretty much use the place as a wifi hotspot when i go around because they are literally everywhere

>> No.6779801

>>6779430
who the fuck said mcdonalds was losing money? it's one of the biggest corporations in the world. piss off with your jive ass turkey b.s.

>> No.6779843

>>6779430
I'm gonna guess it has to do with stagnant wages of regular folks and skyrocketing real estate prices. McD's corporate business strategy was always about real estate and franchise location income.

>> No.6779846
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6779846

>tfw Maccas is still making good money in Straya

>> No.6780430

>>6779430
Their menu is too big. Most of the stuff noone orders. I wish they would seriously consolidate on the menu so they can focus on what they're known for, i.e. cheeseburgers and french fries.

Source: I work there

>> No.6780468

shitty advertising

>> No.6780471
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6780471

>>6779430

>times change
>people change
>pot smoking

>> No.6780481

>>6779430
McDonalds make most of their money from Real Estate.
They're doing ok.

>> No.6780486

>>6779507
One in Delaware I know became a Filipino bakery and buffet. Then that closed, too, because who wants AYCE ginisang munggo?

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6780487

>>6779801
their own CEO for one

>> No.6780519

>>6779576

get a load of >>6779576
>>6779576

when does school start again

>> No.6780559

boring food... I'm tired of it

I can't remember craving mcdonalds sober

>> No.6780869

>>6779440
>>6779576
>>6780430
MCD is losing share confidence and SSS (same store sales). The menu thing is true, but that is a symptom, not a cause. The food quality is also part of the problem, but it is not new. The root cause is that MCD made attampts to capture their next generation of addicts and badly miscalculated the bullshit detectors of the children of gen X, who are born with the cynicism of a Bismarck and develop it into a high art at the hands of their acidicly pissed off parents, who were fucked over by every company and corporation that ever heard of them (gen X).

These kids don't want their coffee from MCD, and they want their burritos from Chipoltle. They think MCD food is artificially processed toxic waste, and the over-done menu represents their verdict on that. One failure after another stacked up on the menu board.

The net of this is also that the US franchisees are righteously pissed off and many of them won't be there in two more years.

Europe is MCD only bright spot. They've introduced self-ordering technology there which lets you key your burger and sides and drinks, layer by layer. So you can key, "pattty" "patty" "cheese" "lettuce" and that's what you get. People spend more because of the thrill of being in control. And they say they love it and sales are up where it has been deployed.

Their future in the US depends upon real innovations like that, because as it is going, MCD in the US has five years till the death spiral begins. They are where Sears was in 2003.

>> No.6780918

In the US at least, profits for pretty much all businesses have stagnated or declined. Food prices have been rising (beef is up something like 30% in just 2 years) and much of McD's appeal is inexpensive food so they can't raise prices too much to match the rising cost of ingredients.

Then like others have mentioned, millennials prefer a wider variety of flavors instead choosing chipotle, or local places serving pho & bhan mi, food trucks, etc. which offer much higher quality food for only slightly more money.

Also, most grocery chains have been upping their prepared food game and have slowly been stealing revenue away from fast food and fast casual.

>> No.6780934

>caring about McDonalds
let it go

>> No.6780941

>>6780918
All good points. Beef is killing their margins. In fast food, the sandwich segment in general, and subway in particular are also in real trouble. I don't expect Subway to grow in the US again maybe ever.

>> No.6780998

>>6779507
One I know became a chinese buffet and it still has the fun palace

>> No.6781022

>>6780941
Subway shutting down doesn't seem like as big of a deal. I get the sense that opening one is cheap compared to McDonald's and they seem temporary. By that I mean low overhead costs and many of them are in shopping centers, gas stations, and nondescript buildings that can be anything. It's like when they throw a subway together they know they'll be lucky if it lasts 10 years.

>> No.6781046

>>6781022
It is true that millions of grannies and grandpas mutual funds and retirement plans don't have Subway in their portfolio.

Which is what I think >>6780934 and the memeboys don't get about how important MCD really is. They pay a dividend higher than the 30 Treasury bond. When they miss one or cut it, a whole bunch of people who haven't had a Big Mac in 30 years will notice.

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>>6779439
My guess?

They took away the Super Size option. They started adding greens apples and salad to their menu. They changed the meat flavored fry lard to some canola healthy shit. The price of a Big Mac online is nearly $5 god damn dollars. They switched the prices of the dollar menu the fuck up.

Technically, they're fixing shit that was never really broken.

The conspirtard reason the prices are dropping? : people are finding out the food is pure horseshit and isn't real at all; hence the "see? our patties are meat with pure 100% meat..... h-honest!" starring that one chink with the weird eyes. The meat isn't real - it's just a cocktail of beaches and catfood and other shit. Same with the fries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0R-gXRwReXM..

The McNuggest have weird metal shavings and worms in them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghv9ZRFMZfo..

The McRib is literally a meat slurry of random discarded animal body parts blended together.

And other further examples that make McDonald's more than undesirable in this day and age to consume that I have no time to name.

This company loves advertising that it feeds 2 Million People a day. Okay, so you can imagine that the ingredients will be stretched the fuck out, effecting the overall quality of the food. To the point where they're adding anything and everything into their food items to continue to feed that many people - A DAY. I wouldn't be surprised if you ingested sanitized human remains or feces in your McDonald's meat at one point in time.

>> No.6781237

>>6781046
Nah I get what you mean, you don't know what you missed until it's gone sort of thing?

>> No.6781252

>>6779507
-convenience store with bars on the windows selling tobacco, fo'ties and lottery tickets
-payday loan
-welfare office
-police station

Basically the only entities other than a MacDonalds that can survive in a Negro neighborhood.

>> No.6781375

>>6779430
The association that it's unhealthy that most people make (backed up by often seeing fat/obese/ham-planets eating there), others feeling that the value just isn't there for the quality/quantity of food.

There are lots of reasons, but those are two that I thought of off the top of my head.

>> No.6781425

>>6779430
it's quality vs. price. I can order a mediocre burger at mcdonalds for $5, but that's getting way closer to a $8 burger and fries combo at the bar and grill. (way better burger quality too).

Mcdonalds sells because its fast and cheap. and when its starting to seem not-so-cheap, all they have is fast, and that's not going to bring as much people in.

>> No.6781638

>>6781233
Fuck you talking shit on the McRib. I haven't seen it in years and I always want one.

>> No.6781646

mcdonald's is so shit in the US compared to Europe, it's like it's two different companies

Euro McDonald's is the model US McDonald's needs to align itself towards

>> No.6781650

A nug meal is like $12 after taxes where I come from. For that price I can go to a different restaurant that hasn't had a feature length film telling the public how shitty they are.

>> No.6781680

>>6779430
Because a double cheeseburger, medium fries and medium drink cost over $5 when 10 years ago they were all in the dollar menu. There are over 20 franchises and restaurants within 2 blocks of any McDonalds, half of which are cheaper or comparable to it, so there's no incentive to eat there anymore.

>> No.6781858

>>6781650

Holy shit where are you at? In WA 20-piece nuggets are $5. Add drink and fries and it's still like $8.

>> No.6781971

>>6780487
why is CNN the only one reporting it ? that sounds like theyre making it up and just rehashing the story every month or so

>> No.6782579

Management keeps pushing stores to open in really awful locations, specifically locations that already have competition, whilst also pushing retarded menu options that end up costing money.
They pretty much all have to be open 24h now, which loses most of them a fair bit of money, and the all-day breakfast thing, and most of the novelty things they pop out for a couple of weeks a year also cost them a fair amount of money.
Oh, they also punish stores for losing money based on those marketing decisions, too, supposedly.
Yet another business killed by cancerous centralization~

>> No.6782584

>>6781971
rt has been reporting it too.
Although they're probably not much better.
But still, there's literally nothing stopping you from looking at the stock index for McDiarrhea's and checking for yourself.

>> No.6782588

mcdonalds made a decision years ago to pander to the bottom of the market, blacks and poor folks, whereas they once marketed toward children and families.
while america became more health conscious, especially toward children, other firms like subway exploited these new preferences and leveraged it to their advantage. mcdonalds was never viewed as being anywhere near healthy but now the children/family market has shrunk.

who's left except blacks and poor folks. whites and middle class people have better options when looking for fast food from the standpoint of health and menu options. mcD's is now seen as the place selling poor food made by poor people to other poor people. this mood has become cultural and it's hard to turn around.

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>>6782588
>subway
>exploiting children

i /ck/ what you did there

>> No.6782607

>>6782601
youre welcome anon. was i subtle and dry enough?

>> No.6782689

>>6779430
people dont want to eat shit anymore. and it doesn;t matter how much better you make your food if people dont buy into it. mcdonalds is not only losing a battle of reputation, they've already lost a battle of strategy, they overexpanded so of course they will see losses no matter what butthurt exects don't want to hear.

the final nail in their forward momentums coffin is that a lot of places serve better food than they do for less money now. all they have left is the drive through.

>> No.6782708

>>6779430

heres why and it may surprise you...

theres this guy named andy vandenburg. he worked at united subcontractors inc and everything he touched turned to shit. he didnt understand the words "profit margins" and drove several branches into the ground.

before being fired he told me he was going to MCD college to be able to open MCD franchises or something.

hence, andy vandenburg's reverse midas' touch has caused MCD to spiral downward and will eventually end up like those USI branches; dead and gone.

PS: FUCK YOU ANDY YOU GAY FUCKIN RIGHT EARRING FAGGOT

>> No.6782896

McDonalds is expensive as fuck over here in Germany, the only things that had a good price to food ratio were the burgers from the 1 Euro menu (but now they cost more than an Euro).

A single Big Mac costed 3.50€ the last time I checked (2-3 years ago). You can get a Kebab twice the size for the same price.

>> No.6783082

>>6782896
>McDonalds is expensive as fuck over here in Germany,
Indeed.
full menu:
>7 + 9 €
I can almost eat at a real restaurant for that amount of cash!
But, to be fair, the quality of their ingredients at least appears to be quite OK.

Also:
>fast food
>Still have to wait 10 minutes
pick one

>> No.6783089

>>6783082
McDonalds doesn't claim to be "fast food".
Fast Food is term that very few establishments label themselves with.

>> No.6783100

>>6779846
>tfw they don't have chicken patties available in the Create Your Taste menu yet though

seriously though maccas is going great here, probably because of a lack of competition from other fast food places. You wanna eat out here it's either maccas, a proper restaurant, a takeaway joint (shoutout to where I live for have eight fuckin fish n chip shops in a 1km radius), or a cafe, and maccas is by far the cheapest. Maybe Hungry Jacks? Not bloody likely though.

>> No.6783242

>>6780430
Has complex menu become a meme.
McDonald's is for poor people and children, it has always been this way.

>> No.6783358

>>6782896
Kebabs confirmed for the reason McDonalds is going out of business.

>> No.6783373

>>6780869
I do not know enough to agree or disagree with your, but I really liked how this post was written. Just wanted to let you know I enjoyed it.

>> No.6783527

>>6779570
Yeah. Me too. I have two 24 hour McD's within a quarter mile of my place which I would've thought was great 10 years ago but I think my body just started rejecting it as a substitute for a proper meal a few years back.

>> No.6784301

>>6783373
Thanks anon. I was a stock analyst in another life. We were never allowed to say what we knew to be the case. Like here. "MCD" is their ticker, btw.

>> No.6784645

>>6779535
this. I would eat McDs and more fast food tbh but I don't want to get fat

>> No.6784656

>>6779430
Has McDonald's really resorted to asking a taco bell review forum for business advice?

>> No.6784673

>>6779430
too many black people behind counter, its dirty.

>> No.6784681

They bet that everyone would always be addicted to their garbage food and be emotionally invested in their brand.

Also, the poor and obese are realizing that they can't afford this shit, and can get their salt and fat fix elsewhere for cheaper.

They bet wrong. They had a great run though. They'll probably still be around for a good while.

>> No.6784711

>>6784681
They bet that and at the same time are destroying there brand because every time I walk into a mcdonalds I feel like I'm entering the ghetto

>> No.6784724

>>6784711
Funny, everyone else told me they were driven out of there by that fat smelly sperglord who keeps walking in and muttering to himself about how he just walked into the ghetto.

>> No.6784737

>>6784724
I don't go to mcdonalds often breh. I'm just telling you my experience from the times I do go in (long road trips, airport, after giving blood/ having blodd work)

>> No.6784742

>>6784724
but yes, the fat smelly people also destroy their brand image

>> No.6784756

>>6779430
Reputation for food being shit, as exemplified by "pink slime" stories.

Also, when most normalfags think "fast food", they think "McDonald's" first, and "fast food" also has an association with Americans getting fatter and fatter, causing some to not want to go there anymore.

Among people trying to eat healthier, once you don't eat the meals served at fast food places for a while, trying to eat fast food again after several months of never eating it will make most people feel sick, helping to turn people off from going to fast food again on a frequent basis.
Given the normalfag association between "fast food" and "McDonald's", when some decides to try fast food again after a long hiatus, they go to McDonald's, and then feel sick from eating McDonald's food.

Working there equals even lower prestige (again, because of normalfag association of "fast food" and "McDonald's"), and people still think it's a place for teenagers to work.
Result is most employees at the restaurants are shit-tier, regardless of age, because most people who consider themselves to be "above" working at McDonald's are not desperate enough to work there (those who do consider themselves to be "above" working at McDonald's but are working there anyway end up being among the shit-tier employees because they don't give a fuck).

All in all, it's because McDonald's got too successful to shake off any negative press.
Normalfags might forget about the bullshit of this-or-that celebrity or politician, or this or that entertainment company, but will never forget the bullshit of McDonald's.

>> No.6784997

>>6779430

I do not go there since they stopped hiring Americans.

>> No.6785457

>>6780486
You talking about the one in Newark? That was a Taco Bell for like a decade before it was the Phillipino Bread House

Also, consistently amazed when I see Delaware people here

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>>6779430
Political hacks like to raise the minimum wage because retards think more money is the same as more wealth. But then they can't figure out why a hamburger at mcdonalds cost $5 now when it was a $1 before. The plebs have more money, but their wealth is the same. At least the politician got elected and they will vote for the same troll that promises them a higher minimum wage next time too. Except the pleb will be buying their hamburger off a touch screen using an EBT card.

>> No.6786878

>>6783089
>Fast Food is term that very few establishments label themselves with.

"Come to Bernie Burger, the home of Rapid Sustenance!"

>> No.6786882

>>6786842
>implying inflation didn't exist before minimum wage

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>>6782708
srsly tho

>> No.6786973

>>6786882
so by all means, add more inflation.

>> No.6787626

>>6779430
They look a kindergarten classroom

>> No.6787808

Former McWorker

I live in white midwestern US, where all our Marky Walhbergs are fancy and have paintings of British people foxhunting from horseback.

The chicken that is supposed to be like normal chicken (ie. not injection molded paste), is the worst thing on the menu. The Burgers taste like chemicals and look like bits of recycled cardboard thats been stamped into shape. The McRib would make us sick while we cooked them because they smelled so bad. It too looks like recycled cardboard thats been stamped into shape.
Speaking of which, the ventilation systems are set up so that the air over the fryer and bread toasting thing is pumped over to the front counter, making customers hungrier.
The eggs we used were pre cooked, and sent to us in little individually wrapped packages as egg patties. They're kept in the freezer by the door. Same thing goes for all the veggies actually, they're all pre-cut and frozen until we need them. Though we assembled the yogurt and salads ourselves.

The only thing of value on the menu, are the fries, new coffee things, spicy McChicken, and maybe the apple pies. But honestly, if the apple pies vanished one day, I wouldn't be sad.
Oh, and the spicy popcorn chicken, but they dropped those a few months before I started working there. Same goes for the chipolte bbq, that was some good shit.

I should restate how nasty the McRib was. I dont care if you think they taste good, those things freaked us out, dont eat them.

>> No.6787830

>>6787808
had a mcrib once
there were bone fragments in it

>> No.6787843

>>6787808
Oh, I should also say that the majority of our customers were people coming in before work to get a "quick" breakfast, parents getting their kids a snack after school, or old people.

Also, I timed how long it took to make your average big mac meal during the lunch rush.
For the same amount of money, and the same amount of time, I could have ordered a similar meal from any local restaurant, and made it to-go. Be it Applebees, Cracker Barrel, or jimbobs burger place down the street.
Its about a minute of cook time per dollar you spend, assuming they dont need to dump a new basket of fries in for your order. And assuming you're not held up in a line.

>> No.6788132

>>6779434

Jokes aside this is actually why I did stop going to McDonald's, staff and clientele

>> No.6788246

>>6784656
kek

>> No.6788275

>>6779430
Profits are being siphoned away for construction of a new illuminati moon base

>> No.6788285

>>6787808
>spicy McChicken
We don't even those here anymore, no more Honey for nugs either.

I still think the increasingly complex menu is the root of their downfall. More kind of product to stock, more training for the employees. They should go back to their roots as a burgers and shakes joint. None of the regional chains (in-n-out etc) are hurting like McDs is.

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6788297

They did away with the best thing on the menu.

>> No.6788308

>>6788132
>>>/pol/

>> No.6788323

>>6788308

Sorry, I should have checked my privilege

>> No.6788325

>>6788308
Just because someone has an opinion you don't agree with doesn't make them a /pol/tard

>> No.6788326

>>6779439
>Burger King is literally raping McDonald's fat asshole
literally how

>> No.6788330

>>6788308

great meme bro where can i follow your blog

>> No.6788332

>>6788323
Just ignore the redguard, most people stopped going to McDs when it started looking like the ape house at the zoo.

>> No.6788336

>>6788326
google "burger king ass fucks ronald mcdonald"

>> No.6788338

>>6788332
This has been a meme for thirty+ years and it neglects the fact that mcdonalds are fucking everywhere, I don't know why it still has legs.

>> No.6788344

How can a company with so much money like McDonalds have such a shitty PR department.

>> No.6788357

>>6779430
>Too expensive for the value
>Not even good enough to justify the price

That's really it. A lot of edgy millennials trying to act like a bunch of "I'm too good for you" tryhards insists it's just because "Our world is growing up." No, people are just broke and would rather spend the same price for better tasting food or less for food around the same quality.

>> No.6788432

>>6788338

By your own admission mcdonalds are ubiquitous, by mcdonalds own admission they are in financial disarray, and by the common man on the street and poster in this thread it is universally accepted that whether in the inner city or suburbs poor, largely black clientele are the main consumer base

And, despite what signals the media are pumping into your head, there is a very real risk being around poor black dindus

>> No.6788434

McDonalds is for poor and fat people

>> No.6788443

>>6779430
Because they're spending their whole budget paying people to shill on here.
>Big Mac

>> No.6788453

>>6779430
Too expensive and the good isn't good

>> No.6788466

>>6779576
At the mcdonalds I go to they fucked the drive thru menu. They don't have a bunch of items on the menu and it's because they upped their prices to the point where you obviously wouldn't order it. To counteract this, they just don't show you the price then figure when you order you'll be okay with it.

A 6 piece of chicken nugget is like 2.99$ now or something

>> No.6788479

>>6779704
Jacks munchie meal is a better deal and it's like 6$

>> No.6788485

>>6779430

Because McD's is being attacked on all sides. Wendy's does what they do better, Five Guys does what they do better, Burger King has always been a thorn in their side, Taco Bell and Subway have been directly targeting their advertising against McD's for years, and most importantly: McDonald's hasn't innovated in a long, long time. Many other restaurants make innovation a part of their Menu, like Wendy's, Arby's and Taco Bell's ever rotating special menu item. McD's needs to cut the shit out of their fifty year old menu (shit pickles, slivered onions, pretty much everything about the Big Mac) and really sell their burgers without all the fluff and shit that detracts from them. Why go to McD's and have a 50% chance of having them fuck up your order when you can go to Five Guys whose menu is built around you building your own burger? It's not rocket science, but rich people are stupid as fuck.

>> No.6788495

>>6788453
What's good then? Great?

>> No.6788500
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McDonalds is evil

>> No.6788582

>>6788500
no man
jews, shitty parents and lazy kids are evil

>> No.6788617

>>6782896
Same for UK.
A big mac meal is around £5 here. I'd rather go and get a sandwich from a deli or something and save a couple of quid.
I also wont be hungry and ill an hour later.

>> No.6788645

They're pretty fucked by the look of it. Change the food to appeal to health conscious people and they lose, go all in appealing to the classic junk food eaters and they lose, keep trying to strike a balance and they lose. The brand is so far dirtied that even if they turned it all around they'd still need a generation or two to go by with no living memory of what the place used to be to bounce back from it's current image.

>> No.6788648

>>6779463

Pretty much.

>> No.6788649

>>6788582
lazy kids can go into the shitty parents category.

jews are making things shit in media tho

>> No.6788671
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>>6788338
Because there is truth in it.

>> No.6788693

>>6780430
This. I only go to McDonalds once every few years and only if it's the only thing around/open when I'm traveling. Last time I ate there all I got was a cheeseburger and fries and it was awful. How do you mess up a basic item like that?

>> No.6788708

>>6788693
because they dont serve actual fries and burgers
processed food items taste differently because they are designed and assembled.
as long as you dont see some bloke peeling potatoes dont expect the fries to be good.

>inb4 shills call me out for organic hipster

>> No.6788718

>>6788693
Because its not real food

>> No.6788740

>>6788708
When you grow up and it finally hits you that you were suckered into propagandist bullshit when you were a teen, you'll feel quite foolish.

>> No.6788752

>>6788740
a lot of assumptions, very little input, have a nice day.

>> No.6788759

Back in the 90s it would have been okay for a middle class person to go get their lunch at mcdonalds. Now it is seen as trashy/poor taste to eat there unless you have no time to eat anything else.

>> No.6788765

>>6788708
McDonalds used to have perfectly good fries back when they fried them in tallow. Some recipes for french fries call for frying once, freezing, then frying again, so it's obviously possible to make good quality fries from frozen.

>> No.6788786

>>6779479
>The super majority of their profits come from income from franchise revenue and real estate owned
Any link to info on this? That makes a lot of sense.

>> No.6788791

>>6788759
Were you around in the 90s? I honestly think it's the opposite.

>> No.6788807

we have a mcds, burger king, wendys all lined up on the same street. Mcds is all loud ghetto black people, bk is pretty much empty except drive through, wendys is always packed with middle class americans.

what people orders in
mcds - mcdoubles, mcchickens, fries, 20 nuggets
burgerking - whopper meal
wendys - everything from salads to meals to $ menus

>> No.6788836 [DELETED] 

out of the big burger places burger king whips ass on all fronts. I recently went there and was very happy with speed of service, food freshness, it looked like it was prepared by somebody who cared, fries were so hot they were literally too hot to eat, and whatever burger I got was big and good. It had a1 sauce and lots of meat, can't remember cheese or if it had bacon. the biggest complaint was the price, combo was almost ten bucks. I felt a little cucked paying that much for fast food but wasn't totally bummed because everything was tasty and filling.

I've fallen off going to wendy's but recently had a random jr bacon and small fry for dinner, I thought it was a decent burger and fry for the price, ran me about $3.50. favorite fast burger overall is whataburger, I hate mcdonalds except for the fish sandwich of all things, which is inexplicably edible.

how is burger kings business doing? I never really see anybody talk about it on here.

>> No.6789404

>>6779507
I saw one that became an AT&T store

it looks really bizarre

>> No.6790388

>>6779472
Why the fuck do people think dark meat is bad for you? It's slightly higher in fat but the payoff is it has a lot more nutrients than white meat.

>> No.6790489

>>6779430
THEY AREN'T LOSING MONEY, THEY ARE SAVING MONEY BY NOT EXPANDING/CLOSING REDUNDANT LOCATIONS AND MOVING THEM TO MORE PROFITABLE AREAS.

ALL THIS ALARMISM IS RETARDED FAGGOTS TRYING TO BRING ABOUT A RUN ON THE MCDONALDS BANK, BUT FAILING, SINCE EVERYONE LOVES MCDONALDS.

>> No.6790494

>>6788132

Pretty much this. It was more of a class issue than race though.

I used to pop in some evenings to get an ice cream and walk home, but the crowd at that time of day got way too big/rowdy for my anxious self. It started to spill over into the path I take home too, and with the setting sun/shitty lighting that is a nope.exe.

I don't think my ~3 ice cream cone a week businesses is missed though, so whatever.

>>6779440

This is so sad. It's shit you can recreate at home for the fraction of the price. I could never hope to emulate the greasy zest of a fresh McDouble, but froufrou shit like guac and bread? Come at me.

>> No.6790503

>>6790388

>tfw you prefer dark meat in most situations

I've had a monopoly on the turkey legs at Thanksgiving for more than two decades now, feels good man.

>> No.6790518

>>6779430
In the US there's really only two reasons to eat at McD's: the fries and nostalgia. Everything on their menu is done better by a competitor except for the fries. Better burgers are everywhere. So is better chicken. Even among those nostalgic for McD's, the generation raised on Happy Meals is now hitting the age where they're trying to eat healthier, and if you're going to pick an unhealthy indulgence it's not hard to do better than McD's. This generation isn't as likely to take their kids there because it almost seems like that would be bad parenting.

So who is left eating there? Mostly poor, ignorant people looking for a cheap, quick bite. And even they have other marginally better options available to them. While McD's would like to recapture a more middle class customer base most of the middle class is wary of the food they serve. And when they look into one of the franchises they do not see people of their social status well represented. So they stay away.

I don't see how they can remain profitable without a middle class customer base. But given their reputation and the quality of food they serve I see no way they'll win them back.

>> No.6792285

>>6785457
>>6780486
delaware hollaaaa

>> No.6792452

>>6779440
yeah at least chipotle has relatively decent ingredients

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>>6779512
>losing money
>He doesn't realize that the bailouts and GFC just concentrated 10% more of the monetary supply into the hands of about 300 people

We're not 'losing' money, there's just less of it in the circular flow.

>> No.6793772

>>6779529

This. Having a slump isn't good but it certainly isn't going to kill a multi-billion dollar company.

There will always a core audience that loves Mcdonalds and will get it.

>> No.6794112

>>6781858
>In WA 20-piece nuggets are $5

$4 for 6 nuggets in Ausfalia. The meal with a very small drink and fries is like $8.

>> No.6794123

>>6779430
It's the reputation and the quality of the food. There is much more competition today that has better quality and often lower prices.

>> No.6794159

>>6793772
>There will always a core audience that loves Mcdonalds and will get it.
Maybe so, but if that audience isn't indoctrinated as children there will be no future for the chain. Because most adults will not seek their food out without nostalgia as a driving force.

>> No.6794168

I don't know how you American dudes feel about McDonalds, but as a slav it's too expensive for what it is. It's low quality food and not filling enough. For the same money I can buy groceries and cook nicer food to last me the whole day.

>> No.6794169

well my local mcd's has changed size since the 80's to its small and too long to get shit

the other one is like 20 farther minutes away and across like 5 highways so nope

>> No.6794268

Aussie faggot here. We got that create your taste thing here. I haven't tried it yet.

When I got to Maccas I want it fast, I want fresh fries, and I don't want my burger made by a retard. If I go and any of these expectations aren't met. It will be awhile, like a year till I go back.

>> No.6794297

>>6779430
I ordered one of their "breakfast tacos" a few years back.

It was a fucking atrocity. It was just a flour tortilla that had been sprayed with cheese and filled with maybe 2/3 of a scrambled egg and only 4 small sausage balls (smaller than you find on pizza). Also, the thing was so small I doubt it would even fill up a solid half cup

I can get something better from anywhere else.

It is without a doubt their fucking quality.

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My theory is that more and more of their target customer base (the fat and the poor) are getting on foodstamps.

Until they start accepting foodstamps for burgers and fries, thier business will continue to decline.

>> No.6794358

I haven't been to a McDonalds that isn't in an airport in years. Everything's a ripoff in airports, so like 1.50 for a little wimpy hamburger is in that context not the worst deal. Outside of that context, it's not good enough or cheap enough to bother with.

>> No.6794528

>>6790489
A lot of financial shitters like to call lost growth as lost money

>> No.6794890

>>6779437
No more dollar menu at my locations

>> No.6795100

>>6779437
dude, in my area a double qtr meal is OVER $10.

i can go to Waffle house and get more food for less money, served nearly as fast.

>> No.6795130

>>6779430

Poor people, their main base, mainly eat off the dollar menu (which are net-neutral or net-negative in profits), while the people who buy the more expensive "fancy" burgers are now eating at Five Guys and the other 10000 copycats that are semi-fastfood.

>> No.6795142

>>6795130

Also, it has been overtaken by minorities. Nobody likes getting their food made by some gangbanging negro or Mexican.

>> No.6795146

>>6795100
let me point out thats for the large

a small (which is what is advertised on the board) that nets you a small cup of soda/tea/etc flavored ice and a paper pouch of 7 fries is something like $8.96

>> No.6795161

>>6795100

b-b-b-but we need to pay those poor employees $15 an hour because...well...because they say so!

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my mcdonalds suddenly upped the price of their 10 piece mcnuggets to $4.49. the 20 piece is $5.00 and it pisses me off so much that I stopped going. 20 nuggets is too many for one person, and $4.49 is too much for only 10 nuggets.

>> No.6795176

>>6795165
so buy two 5 piece instead?

>> No.6795201

>>6795165
>20 nuggets is too much for one person

Are you literally 6? And you realize you can just have half and save the other 10 for next day, right?

Of course not

>> No.6795222

>>6795176
not an option at my mickey d's

>>6795201
dont even try and pretend mcnuggets are good reheated, fucko

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6795294

>>6795165
>It's impossible to resell nuggets to only end up paying $2.50.

>> No.6795970

>>6795294
>ay mang u wanna buy dees nuggets dey poppin fresh

As if I would buy food in a "restaurant" from someone who was not employed there

>> No.6795993

>>6795970
>Hey! If I buy this 20 piece, do you want to buy the 10 piece off of me for cheap?
>Implying he can't watch everything you do in the restaurant.
Nice try, son.

>> No.6796002

>>6780869
This. Nice post

>> No.6796032

>>6795294
>>6795970
>>6795993
>go to fucking ghetto hang out
>stand around trying to resell food you just bought
>end up being one of the many ghetto retard regulars at micky d's

Don't do this.

>> No.6796033

>>6795222
But you can only buy them reheated, fucko

>> No.6796497

>>6780869

This. And the nig nogs and Mexicans who are the employees. No one wants their food made by dirty hands these days.

If we are going to have them making our food, we want to SEE IT to make sure it's clean. Hence the Chipotle model.

>> No.6796528

Going to McDonalds in Europe was such a trip

>be in Gothenburg
>every McDonalds triple or quadruple the size of what I'm used to
>still fucking PACKED most of the time; you'd think there was a party going on when you walked by
>it was clear some employee just got handed the aux cord: rap music blasting. Nigger, pussy, whore, etc. all uncensored
>trash EVERYWHERE; no one bothered to take their tray to the bin and clearly the employees couldn't be fucked either

All in all I had a fun time 8/10

>> No.6796533

>>6779430
They don't have a perpetual stew on the menu.

>> No.6796539

>>6780471
Dude, when I'm high I'll rip into some McDonalds
Won't touch it when I'm not.

>> No.6796616

>>6796528
wow, sounds like it was worth every 50 cents you paid for it.

>> No.6796622

>>6796616
>50 cents
>in Sweden
>for anything

top kek of the mornin to ya

>> No.6796627

>>6779430
My complaint is that they don't have vegetarian sandwiches. Egg and cheese biscuit is still my jam though because fuck breakfast crunchwraps.

>> No.6797990

>>6779437
rude

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>> No.6798594

>>6798562
That always kills me. You can just imagine the white ad man feeling really "with it" as he wrote that copy.

>> No.6798601

Because the only people who work for them don't speak English and manage to get people's orders wrong consistently.

>> No.6798752

>>6798562
>>6798594
when I was a kid in the early 90s, mcdonald's was a place where I went with my mom sometimes and could reasonably expect a civilized experience, now I'm a grown ass man and avoid mcdonald's because it's fucking barbarian tier. I don't know if it's just my area that has become this way but mcdonald's is just a fucking shady place to go nowadays, full of blacks being obnoxious, i.e. loud as fuck ghetto ass women yelling at each other, bloodshot eyes "niggas" carrying on, bums loitering everywhere, fatherless kids screaming at unholy levels to match their single mothers, and the beaner at the counter is rude as shit, etc. last time I walked into the mcdonald's near my apartment I thought "I'm too white for this shit" and 180'd out of there. it's basically a microcosm for what happened to the entire country of USA

>le /pol/ reply

don't even bother, we both know it won't be funny and I don't even browse /pol/

>> No.6798757

>>6798752
I've haven't seen a McDonalds that wasn't a fucking ape house in a looong time.

Ignore the faggots who mention /pol/, its a catchall retort for niggers who can't refute your point. Its like when they suck their teeth upon losing an argument. They know they can't debate you, so they just toss out a quick hostile response.

>> No.6798789

>>6798752
That's because McD's used to be considered a middle class place. Then two things happened: the middle class generally upped their game in terms of taste, beginning to favor lighter, more vegetable driven fare AND the Dollar Menu made McD's the go to for the lower classes.

Put these together and you have a middle class that not only looks askance at the food served there, but also the patrons eating it. I'm an example. I'm pretty solidly middle class, and the last time I ate there was when they had triple cheeseburgers for $1 as part of the Small Soldiers movie promotion. That would have been 1998.

>> No.6798796

So what happens if one day McD just removes their entire menu and add an entirely new one out of nowhere?

>> No.6798801

>>6798789
Small soldiers promotion was at burger king you fucking hebrew

>> No.6798930

>>6798752
Try going to a McDonalds that's not in downtown Detroit then

>> No.6798953

>>6779430
Burger King, Rally's, Taco Bell are all cheaper where I live

McDonalds is killing the dollar menu, the BK nugget deal is killing Mickey D's too. Subway is expanding even after their pedo spokesman got vanned. Subway has outnumbered McDonalds for years because a Subway has lower startup costs.

>> No.6798958

>>6798752
Where I live it's not the blacks usually, it's the white trash that scream at their kids for fucking nothing.

>> No.6798960

>>6798789
>thinks there's still a middle class

lol

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>>6780430

Right Fucking Here

*Cut 60% of the menu
*Focus on improving the basics
*Drop prices
*Specials on different days
*McPoverty Packs instead of lol salad

Nobody goes to McDonalds for an Angus Burger and Salad. They go for fucking cheap & quick burgers. They fucked up trying to be trendy instead of being humble burger pushers.

>> No.6798966

>>6781375
Last time I was in one I was the thinnest person there 220lb, it was hot out, but the AC was cranked so high I thought I was in a walk-in cooler. Wheezing Hamplanets in poor health everywhere shuffling slowly around and eating way too much crap.

>> No.6798993

>>6788297

which was just a blatant Chick-Fil-A rip-off.

which begs the question: why would I go to McDonalds over Chick-Fil-A?

>> No.6799001

>>6784756
>Among people trying to eat healthier, once you don't eat the meals served at fast food places for a while, trying to eat fast food again after several months of never eating it will make most people feel sick, helping to turn people off from going to fast food again on a frequent basis.
>Given the normalfag association between "fast food" and "McDonald's", when some decides to try fast food again after a long hiatus, they go to McDonald's, and then feel sick from eating McDonald's food.

I can verify this. I stopped eating shitty food a few years ago and started eating real food I prepared myself.
After a couple months I felt better, wasn't sick all the time etc. Every now and then I get a burger or something and end up feeling queazy for days after.

>> No.6799016

>>6795142

In my old town, all the McWalhberg's pretty much only hired Mexicans. The problem was when 75% of your town's population hates beaners, it doesn't help with sales.

>> No.6799033

>>6780869
I saved your post because it was well written and engaging.

>> No.6799063

They look pretty nice nowadays, but their food is still garbage tbh

>> No.6799116

>>6779430
I feel tired and out of it after eating fast food. I've never been one of those people who avoided fast food because I was too good for it but I really started noticing how much I feel like shit after eating it.

>> No.6799243

I'm not at all surprised by all of this. 10 years ago, we would go hang out at places like McDees and spend a few bucks. Now I'm not a teenager and the food makes me feel bad, and I end up spending $9 on some shitty food that I'm only eating because I haven't eaten all day and there's a long drive ahead of me. I opt for those fucking bottled smoothies that are everywhere in the US as meal replacements these days.

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Working in a Mcd is a strange experience, no one cares for hygiene, most of the other employees are teenagers and I mostly see fat people or teens/kids order. Most of the ingredients lay around forever and loose any similarity to what they were (salad turning black, "cheese" becoming a huge blop of yellow goo, the precooked bacon reverting to uncooked bacon etc.) Also lots of the people who go there feel like they are blessing our humble restaurant with their divine appearance - if you go to Mcd you are either too young or too stupid to cook, nothing else. Also to all the people ordering special stuff like no cucumber, FUCK YOU! if I just made a fresh plate of 10:1 and the manager is there so I can't just remove the slice I do a hundred different things before I start working on your order.
Pic related our grill

>> No.6799464

>>6798953

BK nuggets taste like dishwater though

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>>6799294
>the precooked bacon reverting to uncooked bacon

>> No.6799832

>>6799294
>>6799523
Mc Donald's confirmed for breaking entropy.

>> No.6799853

>>6799001
This sounds pretty overdramatic to me, but I suppose people react differently. I've only eaten a generic fast food hamburger once I can recall in the last few years, on a night when it was late, nothing was open, and I had nothing to cook with. I felt kind of uncomfortably greasy inside afterwards, but nothing more.

>> No.6799884

>>6779430
Agreed. Tge days when Mickeydees was the best value is far gone. A regular sammich meal costs like 10 dollars. For that you can hit other restaurants that provide both better service and a better product. The only reason the switch took so long was due to convenience, which, I guess why people like their stuff... apart from what I can only assume is cocaine to keep people hooked

>> No.6801128

>>6799294

What about your ice cream? It tastes pretty good and I loves me them $1 cones. Are there horrors to be had with your making that or is it just the meat/greens I should be wary of? It doesn't seem like you can fuck up ice cream, but if anybody here can enlighten me I'd like to know.

>> No.6801403

>>6799016

This is why I stopped going, they do not want to hire Americans I do not want to give them American dollars.

>> No.6801612

>>6801128
No, it's just some white stuff we fill in the machine, can't say much about it. We are supposed to wear gloves when refilling but only idiots touch the white goo.

>> No.6801651

>>6801128
softserve machines take a pretty decent amount of cleaning and maintenance. Remember the Bluebell listeria thing? improperly cleaned cold/damp machinery.

They don't always get enough cleaning and maintenance, it depends on the manager and local crew.

>> No.6801695

>>6779704
Hardee's (Carl's Jr.) here has a box lunch that has two double cheeseburgers, two small fries, an apple pie and a small drink for $5.30 after tax.

>> No.6801720

Can't understand why their prices are so high and keep going up when the food hasn't gotten any better. McD's is so expensive now that there's no reason for me not to spend the extra 0.50 cents for a 'value meal' and go to Culvers for an immeasurably better burger, cooked by a staff that doesn't look like the manager drove by the crack house and welfare office and picked up sistahs and hombres for a workforce.

>> No.6801749

>>6798993
Because I don't like the taste of politics in my food, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

>> No.6801757

>>6801749
You know McDonalds has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to political campaigns which has an actual effect on elections compared to an old man's personal opinion that goes against the Golden Class of the 21st Century, yeah?

>> No.6801769

A lot of younger people here don't really have a decent grasp on the current market and McDonald's history within the market.

For decades, longer than some of you have been alive, fast food barely existed outside of only the largest chains and roach coaches ("food trucks" for the hipsters reading along). You wanted something to eat? You either made it yourself, went to sit in a traditional restaurant (short order included), risked food poisoning, ordered pizza (and ONLY pizza came, none of this sandwich or wing bullshit)/asian, or went to one of the large-chain fast food restaurants...

And McD's was the king of fast food. Their marketing and business strategies took them there. You could craft a PhD on their case. But their rise isn't the point of this thread.

Their fall started to happen when Subway came in and shit all over their king-of-the-castle image. Not only was Subway growing absurdly fast (for any industry) but their model for the fast food industry had NOTHING TO DO WITH BURGERS. This shit blew the business world's mind. McD's had so carefully crafted a burger-based fast food industry with themselves on top but the fast food industry had suddenly expanded.

Now that a non-McD's model had proved VERY successful a ton of other fast food restaurants began opening or expanding.

Competition is chipping away at McD's, and nothing else. Sure, they've had plenty of little problems, but those are basically aren't material in the grand scheme of their business practices. Given how dense their store population is, it's not hard to see how any kind of competition can fuck them up.

tl;dr
>competition in biting into McD's market share

>> No.6801778

>>6801757
As do all major corporations. But Chik made a point of shoving their views down the whole world's throat. So much so as to make rap videos about their views. MCD does it quietly and under wraps. I'm going to assume most of their lobbying was focused on making sure they weren't regulated to the point of losing money. Rather than using a religious stand to try and take rights away from human beings.

>> No.6801780

>>6779430
Because the food is a consistence below average.

I dread to think how much they would lose if they paid their staff an acceptable wage.

>> No.6801788

>>6788485
I get what you are saying for the most part, but... FUCK YOU! The Big Mac is a gift from God himself, and is the only good thing on the menu.

>> No.6801789

>>6801778
Did they, or did angry leftists, giddy to have an evil white man enemy do those things, blowing up a personal opinion into a huge media sensation because every single liberal had to make every other liberal know how much they disapproved of an opinion they don't share?

Marriage is not a right. It's a government institution that has tax and legal privilege ramifications. If this has to be explained to you then you're a fucking idiot.

>> No.6801817

>>6798752
Suddenly I feel lucky to live in a college town. When I go to MCD here it's all college girls getting ready for the OMG BEST DAY EVAR! And a few frat boys lingering around bullshitting and drinking tea. And off in the corner is the same group of old white farmers talking about the weather and drinking coffee. Worst I ever see in any of the four locations here are the skater punk kids acting foolish, but when I was a teen I was one of them so they don't really bother me that much.

>> No.6801828

>>6801778

>But Chik made a point of shoving their views down the whole world's throat
>using a religious stand to try and take rights away from human beings

No they did not you faggot
Marriage is not a right and the only reason they cried about it is because of money, don't pretend it wasn't about the tax breaks because it was

>> No.6801831

>>6801789
Okay /pol/. It may be a "privilege" to get married, but if one person in this country has that privilege, everyone should have it. We're all fucking humans, we all deserve the same "privileges" BTW marriage is a right. I that has to be explained to you, then you're a fucking idiot.

He is an evil man as well, he hates people based on an antique set of rules made up by people who were still kinda scared of the sun, and thought the earth was flat. All the while he only has those opinions because he's a closet homosexual trying to over-compensate in hopes that people won't know about it. And yes, his company, with his approval made sure to take his opinion public, and make sure that every fucking person knew how he felt.

>> No.6801834

>>6801828
see>>6801831

Whether you like it or not, it IS a right.

>> No.6801861

>>6801834

Nope as you just agreed it's a privilege, you might have noticed I called you out on why they wanted gay marriage

I don't care if gays get married, I care that you portray it as a human rights issue when it's about money

Whether you like it or not you don't get to redefine words either cum guzzler

>>6801831

>People who were still kinda scared of the sun, and thought the earth was flat

You're an idiot and making a very transparent attempt to claim everyone who disagrees with you is backwards, stupid and primitive to silence dissent
Frankly it's disgusting, people have worshiped the sun for thousands of years are you ignorant or dishonest as well?

>Every homophobe is just closeted

Not very tolerant nor progressive of you to encourage outing someone is it?

>> No.6801871

>>6801778

I go out of my way to eat chik fil-a just to spite whiny faggots like yourself

I hadn't even heard of them before this shit

you're the best thing ever to happen to their marketing team

>> No.6802260

>>6801612
>>6801651

Thanks anons!

Concerning the lack of cleaning and maintenance, I often run into "our machine's not working" at the place I visit the most. Would I be a dick for complaining or would Big Ronald actually get them a better machine/teach them proper maintenance? I know it makes me sound like a big god damn baby but it's quite a walk and I really wanted m-muh ice cream.

>> No.6802440

I liked going to mcdonalds when I was a kid, but I stopped when they changed their advertising from pictures of white families with the "we love to see you smile" slogan to some ebonics "i'm lovin" it bullshit. if I wanted to get my food from a bunch of coons I'd go to church's.

>> No.6802462

Stop doing a collective brand marked. Just let each branch dictiate itself.
So wtf am I talking about?
McD has franchises in a lot of countries. The reality is that you don't run McD the same in Scandinavia, the Estlands, France&Germany, various Asian countries, and more.

It wouldn't surprise me if the entire Angus push came from some big wig seeing that some Branch did that as a speciality, and earned a lot of money.
What the big wig forgot, was that it works because McD is different over there, price and quality wise. And alien brand wise.

>> No.6802566

>>6798993
Sundays

>> No.6802690

>>6782896
This, the value is horrendous.

>> No.6802701

Price is definitely too high.

I can get a better meal for under 8 bucks at some small, better-tasting food business. And it won't make me have hershey squirting shits .

>> No.6802729

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6802772

>>6788308
He's not wrong. Gib buh fee da nek buggle muh dik bix nood cracka ass cracka mufugga

>> No.6802784

>>6798562
>there's no tipping

OMG, /pol/ must have invented a time machine and went back to plant racist stereotypes in old ads, we all know Blacks aren't really like this.

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Went to mcdonalds yesterday and THEY MADE THE BIG MAC FUCKING SMALLER.

Literally a few centimeters smaller, fucking ridiculous. And of course, it's the same price.
Get fucked mcdonalds.

>> No.6802797

>>6802784
Hey jive turkey tippin is for squares my man

>> No.6802812

>>6801769
This, among many other things already posted.

There is no reason to go McDonalds anymore when there are competitors everywhere, each doing something better.
Want cheapest fast food? Taco Bell.
Want cheap burger and fries? Wendys and BK
Want something healthier? Chik fil a, Chipotle, Subway.
Willing to pay more for a "good" burger? Five Guys, Hardee/Carls Jr, etc...

What niche does McDs have anymore? Whatever you might want, someone else is doing it better.

>> No.6802899

Here's how to save McDonalds

Shut down 25% of all the McDonalds around the country

Remove to all the salads because they cost too much money to produce and they don't sell and no one fucking buys a salad from McDonalds and McDonalds will never be viewed as healthy

But the menu do to nothing but the essentials, Big Mac, Cheeseburger, McDoubles, Cookies, McChicken Sandwich, Chicken nuggets, nuggets, fries, shakes and focus making those quality and taste good.

Don't fucking make shit like the Angus Burger and the Premium Chicken Sandwich, this is McDonalds, not a five star restaurant. No more of that crap

Copy Subways, if you want to have a special premium sandwich, make it monthly. Every month, 1 special sandwiches or sides for one year and every year, make all those items different so people have to rush in to get it

Stop making the McRib for 3 years, let the public get a hankering for it before you bring it back, because they are bringing it back way to fucking much

Make that fucking Mint Shake the way you used to make it.

>> No.6803566

>>6779434
>>6788132

Thats why I stopped

When I went to japan I went in there a few times in the train station, I actually really like the food

>> No.6803604

>>6802899
you sound like you eat there a lot

>> No.6803742

>>6801769
This is true. Fast food outside of places like LA is really only about 40 years old. Before that you had short order places, diners and the like. Manhattan didn't have a McDonald's until 1972. So for many in the generation hitting retirement age right now McDonald's was not part of their childhood, though they probably took their kids there.

McDonald's made their success by defining fast food as the burger and fries, and serving it up quickly in a relatively clean environment at an affordable price. Stressing cleanliness, efficiency, casual dress and a no tipping policy made them easy to accept for people who were not used to eating out on a regular basis. This was a time when pizza was still considered a foreign food in much of the country, and tacos didn't exist outside of the Southwest. The main options for fast food were burgers and hot dogs, and the burger had already taken over the hot dog's place as the all-American junkfood meal.

But today just about everyone who is middle aged or younger is more restaurant savvy than the folks eating at McDonald's during its heyday. A burger and fries served quickly in a relatively clean environment is not enough to satisfy people who have distinct preferences when it comes to dining out. Even if you live in a place where there's nothing but chain restaurants you have a sub shop, a taco/burrito joint and a pizza joint that are your go to places. There's absolutely no novelty left in an uninspired burger and fries.

And since a cheap, fast burger and fries is the core of their brand there's not much they can do to compete without rebranding the business entirely. And you can imagine the trepidation that idea causes in the boardroom when they've been so successful up until now.

>> No.6803760

>>6802440
Kek

>> No.6803767

>>6779430
fyi. Don't say you have a theory if you don't have sourced facts to back it up

>> No.6803802

>>6781233
>This company loves advertising that it feeds 2 Million People a day. Okay, so you can imagine that the ingredients will be stretched the fuck out, effecting the overall quality of the food. To the point where they're adding anything and everything into their food items to continue to feed that many people - A DAY. I wouldn't be surprised if you ingested sanitized human remains or feces in your McDonald's meat at one point in time.

>Implying McDonald's sources all of their food from the same place