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Wall Street Journal: Only One in Five Millennials Has Ever Eaten a Big Mac
Breitbart ^ | October 11, 2016 | Katherine Rodriguez

Posted on 10/12/2016 7:52:49 AM PDT by C19fan

The death knell has tolled for the Big Mac. Only one in five millennials, aged 18 to 34, has ever tried or knows what a Big Mac tastes like, according to The Wall Street Journal.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Food
KEYWORDS: fastfood; hamburgers; mcdonalds; millennials; nutrition; trends
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To: RightWingNut
I don’t think Dave Thomas would like what has became of Wendy’s either !!!

You mean Dave Thomas with his paper-thin burger patties?

41 posted on 10/12/2016 8:34:08 AM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Everywhere is freaks and hairies Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity?)
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To: dfwgator

I can’t blame McD’s for that, that’s where they are... whites for the most part have abandoned it, as the quality has fallen.

As to staffing, its hard to get a white kid to work for minimum wage in a lot of the country.. and if you can get one in the door, they won’t stick it out, because the work ethic of the most of the rest of the staff will often see them picking up the slack and they’ll get tired of it and move on.

I started out in McD’s back in the late 80s in High School, I walk into the same store today, and am amazed how far the chain has fallen. However, that McD’s is in a suburban neighborhood, mostly white, but staffed with mostly minority... I go to another one closer to my office in a mostly urban neighborhood, and the service and quality is vastly superior on the inner city store, surprisingly. The inner city store clearly has better management from top to bottom, and in spite of being located in a “lower” socioeconomic community, they clearly expect and demand better from their employees and get it.

But one chain that just needs a reboot from top to bottom is BK... their service and quality are so bloody inconsistent you literally have no idea what you are walking into when you visit one of their stores.

It’s almost like its a TOO BIG TO FAIL operation, it should collapse under its own ineptitude, at least my experience in most of their stores... but they are just so big and have so much momentum they keep on trucking in spite of the incompetence. Now don’t get me wrong, I have been in some very well run BK’s, but its clearly the exception, not the rule.

Wendy’s is the best national burger chain generally speaking for quality and service.

Chick Fil A however is the Gold Standard for both in a national quick service chain. I have never once had a bad experience in any Chick-Fil-A I have been to, either in service, or quality or cleanliness.


42 posted on 10/12/2016 8:35:24 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: irishjuggler

The Big Mac was invented by James Delgatti, the original Pittsburgh McDonalds franchisee. My grandfather knew him.


43 posted on 10/12/2016 8:35:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: tet68

They did, recently. It was called the Grande Mac. Tasty.


44 posted on 10/12/2016 8:36:19 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: HamiltonJay

Whataburger here in Texas is good.


45 posted on 10/12/2016 8:36:46 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: irishjuggler

See Post 28.


46 posted on 10/12/2016 8:37:14 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: wally_bert

See post 28


47 posted on 10/12/2016 8:37:41 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: dfwgator

Yes, Whataburger, in and out, Jack in the box... but I don’t call them national chains, because they are not really nation wide, but regional..

There are basically 4 quick service burger chains that are national in the US.

McD’s, BK, Wendy’s and Hardee’s/Carl’s JR.

The others are regional.


48 posted on 10/12/2016 8:40:28 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: erlayman

The fact that you were born with “canine” teeth means you were born to eat meat.


49 posted on 10/12/2016 8:42:26 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: C19fan

It’s kind of the worst of all possible worlds. Very little juicy meat, 46 grams carbs (sugared bun & that middle bun, the sweet sauce).

A quarter pounder with cheese is the exact calorie count (550) but drops to 42 grams of carbs, picking up the balance with more meat.

The real indulgence is the double quarter pounder with cheese ... 200 more calories of protein and fat, but not a single more carb, and usually cooked to order to boot. Skip the fries and have it with a diet coke and it’s basically virtuous unless you are on a low-salt diet.


50 posted on 10/12/2016 8:45:47 AM PDT by only1percent ( who)
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To: C19fan

Surprising. I had always heard they went well with Pot.


51 posted on 10/12/2016 8:47:19 AM PDT by showme_the_Glory ((ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government))
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To: tet68

Big Boy still does a good job. Super Big Boy (no bun for me) and salad bar and I’m all set.


52 posted on 10/12/2016 8:50:22 AM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: C19fan
The Big Mac is one of my favorite things from McDonald's.

I need to have one every so often, maybe every two months or so.

53 posted on 10/12/2016 8:52:28 AM PDT by Family Guy (A society's first line of defense is not the law but customs, traditions and moral values. -Williams)
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To: Family Guy

The only sandwich of theirs’ I can stomach now is the Filet-o-Fish.


54 posted on 10/12/2016 8:54:12 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: llevrok
And put a bird on it, for pete’s sake.

Portlandia, ping!

55 posted on 10/12/2016 8:55:35 AM PDT by Flick Lives (Voting Trump. It is not just a vote, it is a chance to burn down the rotten Uniparty.)
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To: C19fan

We’ve got all of the fast food burger joints in our town, including Freddie’s, and a soon-to-open Five Guys.

But the best service, cleanest, best fries, and best burgers (IMHO) are found at the local Dairy Queen.


56 posted on 10/12/2016 8:57:36 AM PDT by FrankR (You're only enslaved to the extent of the charity that you receive!)
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To: C19fan

In SoCal, home of burger joints, there are so many better alternatives.

In N Out being just one example.


57 posted on 10/12/2016 8:58:18 AM PDT by truth_seeker
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To: Gamecock

We have a local place that I describe as being like 5 Guys, only they have beer and wine, and Bell’s Oberon is usually one of the beer choices. And they have outside seating.

How can you beat that!?

I never liked the Big Mac back in the day, I was a Quarter Pounder guy. But I bet I haven’t had one in two decades.


58 posted on 10/12/2016 8:59:41 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: truth_seeker

Quarter pounder cheese is much better than Big Mac!!!’


59 posted on 10/12/2016 9:00:45 AM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: dfwgator
special sauce

Mayo, mustard and catsup. Or maybe some bodily fluids if your melanin content varies from the preparer...

Scratch that last; it was mean and uncalled for. Besides, Jesse Jackson is no longer working in food service.

60 posted on 10/12/2016 9:08:16 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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