>Quarterly profits down 12%Impressive... very nice
>>20970248It's honestly amazing. I don't know how these companies keep managing to make slop worse.
>>20970248Why is there an extra arch?
>>20970250ACKdonald's?
>>20970251>sacrifice profits for a political conspiracyI would understand your angle if they were holding steady but nah
>>20970249By reducing the level and quality of service. The last 5 years they spent untold millions in mass remodels to mostly remove the front counter and put up walls separating the front counter from the kitchen, so you can't even see if there's customers waiting. They're trying to shut out the walk-in customers and move then to synchronous, one-at-a-time drivethru, and accomodate delivery pickups than actuate flesh-and-blood customers.
>>20970314By bankrupting themselves? Profits going down 12% is catastrophic numerically for an enormous company.
>>20970248It’s primarily a real estate company. What do you expect?
>>20970248I had mcdolan's for the first time in years a couple weeks ago because I was in an airport and it was the only place not packed full of drunks at 10 AM. The paper-thin patties meme is real, pretty sad. The burger tasted good but I was still hungry, wasn't worth the $6. See you in another 2 years ronald
Makes me sick every time I eat it.Moreso in downtown than suburbs.Diarrhea poop bad.They need to take out the bad shit in their food.Also they're probably not changing the oil frequently enough.
I'm 90% of their profits because i can't help buts spend $30+ dollars a week doordashing them. It's just better than an orgasm to blow out my gut filling it with five slop burgers i can't stop myself
>>20971612>i can't stop myselfYes you can anon. I did it. It's just not worth it anymore. McDonalds makes me sick to eat it now.
I haven't eaten McDonald's in two years.
>>20971629its so delicious nothing in my life gives me as much positive emotion as felling myself with it
>>20971631For me it's like a decade. I don't even remember the last time I ate there. I'm confused as to how they are in business. I don't know anyone who eats there.
>>20971636People like you is what makes me convinced that they lace the food with something addictive. It's the only explanation for why anyone would go there as an adult.
>>20970248>charge more>sell less>charge more to compensate>sell even lessIncredible. Great. Outstanding. Amazing.
Reminder: 15% of ALL dine-in or takeout sales (this includes fancy restaurants, fast causal restaurants, literally ALL restaurants) are JUST McDonald's. Every restauranteur I've ever spoken to is painfully aware of this astounding figure.
>>20970777Jack in the Box exited the Chicago area in the late 70s/early 80s due to a spate food-borne illness that happened there. Now they are re-entering the same area. If Jack in the Box can survive a food scare, and return to the same area where it happened no less, then McDonald's can survive too. Nobody even remembers this happened back then. So it's just a matter of time.
They made their stores look like concentration camps. They shit up the food even more than it already was. They did not compete with a quality fried chicken sandwich (and still haven't). They jacked the prices up. Things will only get worse.
>>20971664>they jacked the pricesinflation is a bitchfast food is a luxury
>>20971696Lazy parenting is why no one should ever be a parent. Humanity will die out, sure, but there it is.
>>20971645>>20971636It's stupid poor people. They have zero impulse control and no ability to plan/prepare for the future. Going to McDicks is easier and quicker than cooking, so that's what they do.
>>20970251
>>20971666I can get a quarter pound burger and chilli cheese fries from a local place for 5 bucks. They are fucking you over and your making excuses for them! Don't be a retard.
>>20970250Meds.
>>20970706They're still making profits. Just not as much. But so what? They're still insanely rich. >inb4 nooo line must go up infinitely!
>>20970251The prices have been shit from bad advertising practices. They spent billions on regular ones, and probably another trillion unaccounted for on social media ones that don't need to be disclosed since the FTC doesn't care about them.
>>20972186>another billionGoddamn it
>>20970248I stopped going to or eating McDonalds back in 2006 when I was 15 or 16. I’ve never regretted that choice. It’s sad seeing the place I loved a craved as a kid get turned into dystopian nightmare food because people are too scared to interact with each other face to face these days.
>>20970248...after jacking everything 20% for 2 yearsFuck em.
>>20970248it's been like this over the past 20 years, all they have to do is make decent sized burgers for affordable prices, yet they simply cannot.
>>20970248i simply can't afford mcdonald'smeat dumplings for tonight...
>food and quarterly profitsyummy
>>20970700do you have any proof?
BASED JFK
>>20970248I'm loving itHow many franchises down?
>>20970249>By making people buy the equipment and pay for construction and still paying me rent and franchise fines I'll make a fortune I literally do nothing I just ordered them around >Wait franchises owners, don't leave me, 70% of my restaurants are owned by you, if you leave I'll loose most of the market to fucking wendies >Sell my burgers for me reeeeeEconomic professors all over the world breaking down because their idea of the perfect business just collapsed
>>20970700Ironically the franchise owners fault, what the fuck is corporate going to do?
>>20972990Pork and shrimp?
Unless they’re selling slop for slop prices shit ain’t worth it.
>>20970248Honestly, as a fast food connoisseur, it's because their menu is extremely one-note, their potions are smaller for the price, and their signature sandwich, the Big Mac, is quite frankly hot garbage.
The $1 10pc nugget deal is epic though and I will continue to eat that on a weekly basis
>>20971666It isn't simply inflation. It's the guise of inflation while companies take advantage of Americans expecting to have to pay more by bumping up prices moreso.
>>20970700>By reducing the level and quality of service.ISO9001 operationalized shit serviceremarkably shitty quality all around at every location.
>>20973045One trend I've noticed with Indian franchisees of fast food chains here... They have learned how to get all the equipment, training, branding etc from owning say a Nando's chicken franchise. After a year or so, they cancel the franchise contract, rebrand and reopen the store as a "Nana's Grilled Chicken", with their own supply chain and home made hot sauces etc.Kinda like what happened to McDonald's in Russia.The third world don't care about your copyrights, they will take your franchise model and steal and copy all the good bits, then abandon your business relationship. Indians are ruthless! I hope they destroy every franchise fast food chain just like this.
>>20970248As if that makes a difference
>>20970700To be fair people who actually go inside a mcdonalds to order and eat are garbage.
>>20971662It was from selling undercooked hamburger meat to a bunch of school kids. Pretty sure they all died, including some teachers
>>20973283it was like that in L O N D O N to a degree when I went there years ago. Never ending fried chicken places all with different plays on the KFC brand some even using the same colours. >I hope they destroy every franchise fast food chain just like this.the chains are doing their best to destroy themselves. as all the other anon's have said, quality and service are significantly shitter and prices are significantly greater.
>>20973425Yup same in Indonesia. JFC (Java Fried Chicken) has way more outlets than KFC, is cheaper and apparently much better quality. American chains just can't dominate anymore. The glory days are dieing with their boomer cult consumer base.
>>20970700>They're trying to shut out the walk-in customers and move then to synchronous, one-at-a-time drivethru, and accomodate delivery pickups than actuate flesh-and-blood customers.Man, I noticed this last time I got my twice a year craving for mcds. I've been going to that location for like 5 years now and its striking how there are more and more partitions and just odd design choices. The front counter has 1 register, and like 10 feet of pickup order space. Can't look into the kitchen anymore, and just a general feeling of dread in the dining room area. But at the same time I kinda get it. hundreds or even thousands of square feet of customer and dining room area that goes largely unused now. Its a strange societal phenomenon where I see people get their food at the drive thru then will sit in their car alone and eat their entire meal before driving off. It happens every time I stop at a fast food place either for lunch, just to pee, or a quiet place to get some work on my laptop done. Kinda glad I only get a craving for that shit like twice a year. Wendy's putting fake fireplaces in to make it a lounge space is odd. Taco bell turning their dining rooms into minimalist tech-bro lounges in about 37 shades of grey with faux wood. I don't even want to know what BK's interior looks like anymore.
>>20970707What real estate do you think they bought to cause mathematical profits to be down this quarter?
>>20970248Rising prices, smaller portions, and now you get listeria and possibly die if you eat there. I hope fast food dies.
>>20973448>I hope fast food dies.Where do you think the poors and dumbdumb cooklets will go? They're not just suddenly going to start grocery shopping and cooking at home.
>>20973482>poor and dumbdumb cookletsI am not sure what they're doing but the drop in sales and profit at McFat and other major chains is directly related to their pricing out of said cohort of customer.
>>20973443>I see people get their food at the drive thru then will sit in their car alone and eat their entire meal before driving offThe rare time I get fast food this is me. It's not some anti-social avoidance, the atmosphere inside those places is just dreadful.
>>20973482the american diner shall rise again
>>20973523The great Midwest Coney Island phenomenon can't happen. There aren't enough greeks in the world to open that many diners and coney islands. If that did happen, it'd be a mess of ihop/wafflehouse/dennys nonsense where the menu has 600 items on it and its all done poorly with drunks and undesirables in the dining room.
>>20973535Is greeks owning diners a common thing? I thought mine was just weird like that.t. semi urban NC
>>20973535Let a boy dream.
>>20973540>Is greeks owning diners a common thing? I thought mine was just weird like that.Theres a fuckin lot of greek diner/coney/restaurant owners. Its mind boggling how common it is in some areas. Theres a greek place in my little town that was just bought by another greek family that owns and operates like 3 breakfast/lunch type places. I don't understand why and its 100% family owned and run. They always have cousins working there.
>>20973051idk, i buy them from a dodgy international european mini marketprobably fucking horse - i don't read the label, better off not knowing
>>20970248They went too "urban", once they started naming meals after SoundCloud rappers I lost my appetite
>>20973540I didn't realize it was a thing either until someone pointed it out to me and now every diner I've been to I've noticed it has been owned by Greeks. What causes this?
>>20973540My favorite diner in my area is greek and mexican.
>>20970248Maybe the McDonald's Corporation can install the Customer Retention app to get the best deals on customers. All it will cost is the personal data of the corporation's senior leadership.
>>20970700The Taco Bell locations in my town tried shutting down the dining rooms permanently, only allowing delivery drivers to come inside for pickups while everyone else had to use the drive-thru. The city council threatened to pull their business license since they were licensed under a traffic plan that stated x% of customers would be dine-in so the impact on the area from traffic would be low. If they wanted a drive-thru only business, they'd have to submit a new traffic plan, pay impact mitigation fees, and go through the licensing procedures again. They decided to just reopen the dining rooms for the required 80% of business hours.
>>20970248Don't worry, they've figured out a fix.
>>20974384Can't blame them for that one. The government in that location requires businesses to charge a fee for single use bags.
>>20971646>Zionist modus operandi
>>20973028Compare today's mcdonalds to yesteryears?
>>20971666im from euroep and havent been to mcd in years, too expensive for what you get
>>20971612>doordashYou can eat anything on doordash for free if you refund it. Say there was a hair in your meal, you'll get a full refund + delivery refunded too.
>>20970250Why the 2 extra arches?
>>20971629actual subhuman
>>20973028Have you been inside of a McDicks recently?
>>20973384What can I say. I find it comfy and nostalgic. Reminds me of when my dad would take me to Mickey Ds on Sunday for hotcakes.Also, I'm not eating in my car that's unsanitary
>>20973421Jesus Christ
The taste of McDonald's hasn't changed for me over the years, but I still constantly post things like "McDonald's tastes different" and "It makes me sick now." hahaI must be stopped!
>>20970700They have definitely stressed drive through, as well as using kiosks over ordering at the counter, and it's about efficiency. They can move more people through that way. It's faster for everyone, uses less labor, and yeah, if they move more people they make more money. COVID showed them this. Stores went DT only, then did record sales, and they looked up and went Hmmm... They were already moving that direction, but it definitely kicked them that way even harder >>20973049Lolno. Owners don't make decisions at that level. They can get together in their co-op's and throw a fit and try, but that's all corporation in the end.
>>20974001This. It can't be overstated how unappetizing blacks are
I used to get mcd twice a week then stopped going there last october for some gaza boycot, then I realized it really wasnt that good for how much it costs. havent been there in over a year now and just realized ithappy anniversary
>>20975351>>20975513I didn't know McDonald's had shills.
>>20975564I hadnt eaten McDonalds in about a decade.I went in for the $5 meal deal, it 100% has changed taste for the worse. It 100% has gotten smaller portion sizes.I went in a few times for breakfast, and holy shit I cant believe how bad their mcgriddles and sausage biscuits have gotten.SAD!
>>20975934>new to /ck/
>>20975953Actually yeah. Been on 4chan for ages but just developed an interest in cooking.
>>20974389>Can't blame them for that oneOh yes the fuck I can.
>>20973520why don't you just drive home and eat it there?you americans...
>>20976479Because if I'm getting fast food it is entirely because of the convenience of having a meal on the go. If going home is an option, I'll eat better food.
>>20972168I work for giant company that is doing some insane shit to save money after a 4% profit decrease. I cannot imagine whats going on internally at McDonald's after a 12% drop. They must be eating each other and performing mass executions.
They don’t care. Money has become a means of enslavement for 99.9% whilst the 0.1% horde it away to keep everyone desperate and vulnerable.
>>20973540>Is greeks owning diners a common thing?it absolutely ist. New Yorker
>>20973586>It's literally poisonNo its not, you just have a weak gut. I haven't had mcdonald's in probably three years, but i have full confidence i would be able to eat a quarter pounder without shitting myself.
>>20975564>tfw anon just purchased a one way ticket to Rapesville
>>20975664We're proud of you for stepping out of the darkness and journeying into the light Anon. Here's to the next year
I don't think americans will ever break free of the stereotype.
>>20970248stopped eating there when i found out mcdonalds is a zionist corporation like starbucks and they support the mass genocide of civiliansnever stepping foot in a mcdonalds again fuck them
>>20977092>removing poison from foodYeah, I hope we do break free of that stereotype. Kind tired seeing literal poison in what used to count as affordable food. Its potato, hot oil, and salt. Why does that cost $4 at mcdonalds of all places?Imagine the level bootyblast making seed oils illegal to use or sell and food goes back to being food again and in an odd twist of fate leftists demand horrific seed oils and corn syrup returned to everything. We could see food empires crumbling because of eliminations of adulterants in foods and health overall getting better. People losing weight because they're not eating corn, oil, and sugar in every fucking bite while 1 political party demands that returns. What a time to be alive.
>>20977152This is your brain on schizophrenia. Don't do retardation kids; not even once.
>>20970250
>>20977152Pretty delusional to think that Americans will stop overeating because the law says so. As I recall a young woman with a dream named Michelle Obama tried this in my town and was hunted with torches. Though, it'd be nice if corn consumption went down, and we started seeing more crop variety. But suicide by fork is never going away in this country.
>>20977238>Pretty delusional to think that Americans will stop overeating because the law says soAmericans rarely follow laws. But the laws prohibiting lab grade chemicals in foods tricking the brain into simply eating more will help reduce overeating. Ever notice you can eat an entire bag of potato chips but you couldn't eat 2 baked potatos? Thats because of the adulterants in the chips. RFK wants to remove seed oils, additives, and a lot of carcinogens from foods that have led to obesity and health problems.
>>20977268"mcdonalds didnt used to make people fat" is an insane revisionism though, also, fucking TRUMP eats mcdonalds daily, do you really think he's going to allow RFK to take out the shit that he likes in mcdonalds?
>>20977268>lab grade chemicalslol Definitely wouldn't want any chemical in the food supply that hasn't been studied in a lab. But I get what you're apparently trying to communicate. > Ever notice you can eat an entire bag of potato chips but you couldn't eat 2 baked potatos? Thats because of the adulterants in the chips.It is extremely simple and easy to eat two baked potatoes. You should watch me. But stand back, because it's not a pretty sight. This is a really important point to make, but you're failing to make it here. Do you understand what this word means? I don't really get it, it's like you're just saying they're contaminated, or tainted, or whatever. It's not a word that means a specific thing, and as a result it can't be used to explain the phenomenon that you're pointing to as proof. People eat chips casually because they taste good and they're greasy. Are we going to make them non-greasy, and bad tasting instead? That's how you would stop people from eating them. Behavior control from the law is a very ugly business, and I don't think you've really thought through these implications, other than saying that it's all poisonous, and implying that many problems will be solved, without having an understanding of the problem that you aim to solve, or the people you intend to inflict your solution onto.
Protip: Punch the order touchscreen real hard.
>>20977273Yeah, I do. Mcdonalds has been changing their recipes regularly over the years. What makes you think a change for the "healthier" while slightly raising the price would stop someone like Trump from eating it? And nobody ever said "mcdonalds didnt used to make people fat" other than ancient boomers who remembered when a quarter pounder was the biggest burger on the market. A Mcdonalds meal used to be approximately what a happy meal is today. Now its 1800 calories with zero nutritional value.
>>20977278>I'll try playing semantics over word games!When your grandmother made french fries at home it was potatos, oil, and salt. I'll wait for you to look up what mcdonalds (and others) use to flavor and preserve the frozen potatos, and what they use to make the fry oil last longer so they don't go through 1000 gallons of oil every day by sheer volume. Spoiler: its not just oil they fry the fries in. And thats not even considering how bad the oil itself is. Tallow, and canola oil is far better than soybean oil, peanut oil, and whatever the fuck else is cheapest for restaurants to fry in.
>>20977298>>I'll try playing semantics over word games!You should try forming coherent sentences. What is this post? >I'll wait for you to look upWow, you'll really wait for me to look up your talking points for you? That's great. Very considerate. If you don't actually know the contents and health implications of the things you're trying to outlaw other than being against their vibes then you're not prepared to talk policy. I think McDonalds is gross and I don't eat there. If the extent of your understanding of their food supply is such that the most solid criticism you can make is that it "seems gross", then the only thing you're prepared to do is also not eat there.
>>20970248I bet it was California's $20/hour wages.
>>20977298>canola oil is far better than whatever the fuck else is cheapest for restaurants to fry inanon, canola oil is by far the cheapest oil for frying. that's why almost every restaurant uses it.peanut oil is better because it has a higher smoke point and imparts flavor. tallow is better because it's delicious. but neither is healthier than canola oil. they're all grease, and tallow has more transitive fats (the kind that cause liver failure) than vegetable oils.
>>20977346>neither is healthier than canola oilDumb rapeseed shill
>>20977298What are they frying the fries in, anon? Is it cum?
>>20976436>blame a corporation for following the law
>>20977092That was quick.
>>20977357They throw an "anti-foaming agent" into the oil, America only.
>>20977092>literal who on xitter responding>one like on his post>obviously making a joke>esl runs to screencap it and share the picture on 4channel for upvoties >SEE? AMERICANS ARE LIKE THIS!!
>>20977438Last nights fights were great. What a card.
>>20977268you can eat a giant bag of chips because the water was removed. An enormous bag of potato chips weighs less than 1 pound.
>>20977525ok, and? What exactly is this "anti-foaming agent" and why is it bad?
>>20977627It's artificial cum, probably.
>>20977627It’s bad because I love to see your moms pussy froth up wheel I’m railing her out from the back
>>20977528literally everything within americas entire history could be played off as "obviously a joke", this excuse doesn't work anymore, your entire country is retarded.
>>20971666Bullfuckingcrap, you can't put blame fucking inflation on $3 hashbrowns. That's just pure jewry plain and simple. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuMjjIjX8_8&People are going to places like Chilis more because if the service at McDonalds is ass, and the food at McDonalds is ass, and NOW the prices are matching that ass, they might as well shift up slightly
>>20977298Oops. You went full retard. I'm anti-sneeds but you apparently have no idea what you're talking about. Canola is complete shit and peanut is far from the worst.
>>20977723No, the xitter poster is joking, it’s not an “excuse”.It’s actually very obvious but it went over your head because you’re low IQ and an ESL (sad!)
>>20971636I'm working night shift (and travel a lot) and often times the only food available is mcdonalds or seven eleven garbage. It's an unfortunate situation of the lifestyle. I often go hungry instead, but shouldn't cause the fatigue/ hunger can be dangerous
>>20971662yeah, the food scare is totally why.
>>20973443>I don't even want to know what BK's interior looks like anymore.Eh, still the same, some of them still have to Touch Screens for games for kids to play, and if they're already there, a Playplace for any kids that come in. BUT, they have started putting up those touch screen order kiosks, and the workers have been told to make people use them.
>>20970248Post your worst mcdonalds stories.
>>20973443People eat in their cars now because the dining room is often a mess, but I take that as an indication that the kitchen is probably a mess as well and don't eat there. Last time I went to a McDonalds was spring I think...it was one of the last place to be taken over by Indians, but when they did, I ordered apple pie and I got them without the time to toss out label written at the end, so I don't go there again, as they screwed up the thing that should be screw-up-proof.
>>20973283That actually sound nice, more variety, if the Indian in question actually runs thing properly, there is a South Indian place I've eaten at for over a decade and never got food poisoning, things are cheap and good, they make from scratch, they keep place clean. But lately we have a lot of lazy indians buying up restaurants in Canada for LMIA scams and the food is awful -- there is still a good one that seem to care about making good pizzas - he hires non-Indians as well and I've only ever heard him speak English, even if it's accented. I think the problem with some foreigners coming in and only hiring their own is that not only do locals lose out on jobs, they probably have something to hide. I'll only eat at only one type of foreigner restaurant if it's a very small family entirely operation that clearly takes pride in making their own recipes.
>>20977273>>20977291McDonalds used to use beef tallow instead of toxic seed oil for their french fries, I think meat used to be fried with animal fat too -- black people have always eaten fried chicken but they only got fat after the switch to seed oils -- though it also happened when they were penned up in urban space rather than shacks with their own gardens. I had Jamacian neighbours growing up with their own gardens, they were fit, happy, non-aggressive, not dysfunctional. People who can and do grow their own food don't go out and play knock-out kings.
>>20980672Has to be the chronic internal organ inflammation messing people up. It'd be an interesting experiment if an entire state for example banned the use, sale, import, and whatever else and if that state's crime plummeted and health improved that'd end the seed oil industry overnight for anything but actual industrial lubricant.
>>20973540>>20973594>>20974019My grandparents came to America in the 50s from Greece and they opened a mom and pop restaurant in chicago that ran until the 90s. So did my uncles and their relatives. Back then running a food place what was Greeks did to survive.
>>20970248Tallow will save it
>>20975513which one is you, muttnigger?
>>20981454meds
>>20980315Here in Brazil (Rio, especifically) there is a location where a mother and daughter have been "living" in for quite some time. The two are insane bitches who pick up fights with customers and hog up tables for themselves. To pay for the meals, they scam locals and commit petty crimes. Apparently they live inside the McDonald's dining room during the day and sleep on the streets during the night. And the McD's manager doesn't throw them out due to fear of being legally persecuted or some bullshit like that.I actually work near this location and have spotted the two insane bitches a few times. They claim that the father of the girl is a rich man from abroad who is going to rescue them any second now...
>>20970248Yikes
>>20980315>Late one night during college I stopped at the local McDicks>This was back when McDonalds had a dollar menu.>There was a couple at the counter, fuming at the cashiers and the manager.>This man and woman, had thin dark curly hair, hunched shoulders, skinny frames and huge hooked noses>They looked so much alike that I thought they must be brother and sister>But then I noticed the rings on their fingers. >They were married>They were complaining about the price of the dollar ice cream cones>That's when I noticed the star of David around the man's neck...
>>20984825Oy gevalt
