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What could McDonald's do to fix its business?
My Way via Drudge ^ | Apr 24, 2015 | CANDICE CHOI

Posted on 04/24/2015 4:04:32 PM PDT by G Larry

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To: G Larry

Good food.
Good service.
Clean restaurants.

But they’ve lost me for good. I get a burger once every two weeks and I am not giving McDonalds a dime. When I treat myself I go to Five Guys or one of the small gourmet burger joints in town.


21 posted on 04/24/2015 4:17:14 PM PDT by Gamecock (Why do bad things happen to good people? That only happened once, and He volunteered. R.C. Sproul)
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To: G Larry

The fries tasted better (sadly, well before I was born) because McDonald’s used to fry them in beef tallow. Now they use soybean oil.

We render our own bison when they die of accidents and etc. and the tallow gets saved for deep frying and it is awesome! Beef tallow would probably taste even better and I’d use it if we could get it!


22 posted on 04/24/2015 4:17:46 PM PDT by MeganC (You can ignore reality, but reality won't ignore you.)
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To: Karl Spooner
7 hamburgers for a buck.

Not even White Castle can pull that off.

23 posted on 04/24/2015 4:17:58 PM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: G Larry

We’re finally getting a Chik-Fil-A here in my small town. No doubt coffin nails for the local McD’s. I also wish someone would create a new Fish & Chips type place. I really think that is an overlooked market. Cod-Fil-A anyone?


24 posted on 04/24/2015 4:19:34 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: G Larry

and yes, we used to live McD’s

they basically have some reasonably good product designs, it is just that the products themselves seem to have been downgraded in quality

McD: you don;t have to duplicate others but do take a look at the successful new fast food burger joints.... (5 guys, Sonic, In and Out, etc.).

just put a McD burger next to any of the above and anyone can immediately see the large quality difference.

you can adjust size or whatever you wish to deal with price point issues, okay, but .... you have to upgrade your quality as your first step if you want your old, loyal customers back

just saying we don’t want to pay $15 for a couple of lunches and then have to belch them up on the car seat


25 posted on 04/24/2015 4:19:37 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (Another brilliantl- intelligent comment sent thru an amazingly-stupid spell checker)
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To: Liberty Valance

If you have a local KFC, it is probably toast


26 posted on 04/24/2015 4:20:21 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: G Larry

My price for fixing McDonalds is

$3,000,000.

They will dither about and think that they can fix it and then it will be too late. American business people are too vain and arrogant to look for help until it is too late for the business. Goodby Ronald.


27 posted on 04/24/2015 4:21:10 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: G Larry

You are correct about the fries. In 1991, McDonalds stopped frying their fries in beef tallow. They stopped doing it to cowtow to the health nazis, and those health nazis have been proven wrong since about beef fat and heart disease.

They tasted amazing when fried in beef tallow. Even Julia Child was angry about the change in the recipe in 1991. She loved McDonald’s fries.


28 posted on 04/24/2015 4:23:26 PM PDT by hawkeye101 (We need more General Patton, and less patent leather)
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To: taxcontrol
McDonalds is NOT a food company, it is a real estate company.

I used to have family connections in McDonalds Corporate and that's what they used to say, a real estate company with a system to extract revenue from that real estate. I'd also add that it's a supply and logistics company, and that end of the business is hard to turn on a dime.

29 posted on 04/24/2015 4:23:52 PM PDT by Bubba Ho-Tep
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To: GeronL

Ha! KFC is already gone. County chained the doors because of delinquent back taxes.


30 posted on 04/24/2015 4:25:28 PM PDT by Liberty Valance (Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
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To: Organic Panic

That was pink slime, not worms.

The pink slime looks more like a giant pink snake. :)


31 posted on 04/24/2015 4:26:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Liberty Valance

wow

CFA makes many times more profit per location than KFC too


32 posted on 04/24/2015 4:29:03 PM PDT by GeronL (Clearly Cruz 2016)
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To: G Larry

Use real food ingredients instead of desecrated remnants like pink slime.


33 posted on 04/24/2015 4:29:12 PM PDT by semaj
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To: G Larry

Bring back pink slime.


34 posted on 04/24/2015 4:29:55 PM PDT by moovova
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To: hawkeye101
Maybe most of their really good customers have died off..


35 posted on 04/24/2015 4:30:05 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: G Larry

Cook using lard and real butter.
Even processed meat tastes good cooked that way.


36 posted on 04/24/2015 4:30:36 PM PDT by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Yo-Yo

I remember how good they where back in the 1960’s, with the works. LOL!


37 posted on 04/24/2015 4:31:32 PM PDT by Karl Spooner
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To: G Larry

Go back to beef tallow for french fries; especially since the nonsense about fat has been debunked.

Per store sales would go up at least 10%.


38 posted on 04/24/2015 4:31:40 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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To: G Larry

First thing I’d try is rolling back to all the original food production specs. The shakes have changed the burgers have changed the McNuggets have changed and the fries have changed. And I would integrate this with reduction in overhead with an eye toward downward pressure on prices (automatic burger makers).


39 posted on 04/24/2015 4:35:22 PM PDT by TalBlack (Evil doesn't have a day job...)
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To: G Larry

For a period of time, Wendy’s quality took a hit. Hadn’t had a Wendy’s in many years prior to having a 1/2# double with cheese in an airport last month. It was great. I’ve had five more since then. The quality is back at Wendy’s.


40 posted on 04/24/2015 4:36:45 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
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