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McDonalds $1 Menu victim of food costs... NOOOOO!!!

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  • shergakshergak Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The best fast food burger I've had was at Harvey's, and you get to pick your own toppings.
    It was sublime.

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  • grim123grim123 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    why has no-one mentioned popeyes? I used to lover thier chicken cordon bleu sandwich but then they had to go and stop making then. Also 7-11 sell a good knock off mc-ribb

    P.S. where's the love for the Filet-o-Fish best fish sandwich ever

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  • BasarBasar IstanbulRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Long John Silver's FTMFL!

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  • Toxic ToysToxic Toys Are you really taking my advice? Really?Registered User regular
    edited August 2008

    El Pollo Loco - Awesome chicken, it's probably as close to real food as you'll find at a restaurant with a drive-thru window.

    El Pollo Loco is so good that I tend to forget it's fast food.

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  • Fatty McBeardoFatty McBeardo Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Toxic Toys wrote: »

    El Pollo Loco - Awesome chicken, it's probably as close to real food as you'll find at a restaurant with a drive-thru window.

    El Pollo Loco is so good that I tend to forget it's fast food.

    And going there is also a great excuse to practice saying "The pollo? He's fucking crazy." in your best Edward James Olmos rasp.

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  • InquisitorInquisitor Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I'm starting to think that fast food places must really vary by region because god damnit, El Pollo Loco is some of the most tasteless bland stuff I've ever seen passed off for food.

    While, on the other hand Jack in the Box has some delicious stuff, like their spicy chicken or the sourdough jack.

    McDonalds is good if you want to eat cheap. Just go for their chicken. McChicken or the chicken nuggets or their other chicken burgers are decent. They are also nice if you are in the mood for really salty fries.

    Still, if you look around your area you can probably find better places then any major fast food chains pretty easily. Used to have a burger joint around here called the great grill which was amazing, but they closed up. There's also The Habit, they are good. Right by where I work so I often get to eat there for free too. There's a couple other good burger joints and diners like Rally's in the area.

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  • EvanEvan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I like how everyone thinks that if one McDonald's is bad in their area, all McDonald's are bad.

    Fucking restrauntistists.

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Evan wrote: »
    I like how everyone thinks that if one McDonald's is bad in their area, all McDonald's are bad.

    Fucking restrauntistists.
    You might have a point if the very essence of the McDonalds' concept is that they are all the same. If a specific McDonalds is better or worse than the average McDonalds it is a failure at what it was intended as.

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  • EvanEvan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Your thoughts do not flow. Please review and retype.

    The entire idea of McDonald's is to serve their food the same, regardless of where the actual buildings are. Some stores serve different food due to the difficulty of getting that food to that store, but essentially, they remain the same.

    Saying that all McDonald's, perhaps even all fast food, aren't healthy/are disgusting/low-quality is comparable to the ignorance of racism!

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Yea, typed a than instead of or. Mainly I was just ruminating that even a "Great" McDonalds is a failure to achieve the goal of a McDonalds which is to be just the same as all the others McDonalds.

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  • EvanEvan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Have you been to every McDonalds? If you've been to every single one, then I'll buy into your views.

    If not, don't hate!

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Uh....McDonalds' stated goal was to have the same food, anywhere. You could walk into one in NYC, San Fran or Des Moines and order a hamburger and that hamburger would be the exact same. For a while they had a famous "School" they required new franchisees to go to so they'd know how to properly cook things.

    According to that goal if you could make everything on the menu 100% better you'd be fucking up even if it is good for your customers.

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  • BasarBasar IstanbulRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Well I don't wanna play th devil's advocate but the BigMacs I had in the U.S. tasted different than the ones I had in Turkey, Germany, etc. Probably due to different local suppliers but other than the taste of the meat, they are all the same.

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  • EvanEvan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Uh....McDonalds' stated goal was to have the same food, anywhere. You could walk into one in NYC, San Fran or Des Moines and order a hamburger and that hamburger would be the exact same. For a while they had a famous "School" they required new franchisees to go to so they'd know how to properly cook things.

    According to that goal if you could make everything on the menu 100% better you'd be fucking up even if it is good for your customers.

    Don't assume you speak for everyone, because, well, you don't. McDonald's being the top money-making restaurant chain in the world just says one thing: you're wrong. It can't be all that bad if 27 million people eat there every day (In the US). That's almost 12% of the US eating there every day.

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    It doesn't mean that McDonald's is doing everything right. Something being popular doesn't mean it's good. See also: 50 Cent.

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  • ChuChu poops peesRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    For the curious I had a Big N' Tasty meal.

    Fun fact: I helped campaign to get more non kosher McDonald's in Israel! I had one of the first meals on opening day of the first non Kosher McDonald's in the Holy Land.

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  • DemerdarDemerdar Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    McDonalds tastes terrible to me :v:

    except for their fries.

    oh god it's like they sprinkle heroin on them instead of salt.

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  • FreddyDFreddyD Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Demerdar wrote: »
    McDonalds tastes terrible to me :v:

    except for their fries.

    oh god it's like they sprinkle heroin on them instead of salt.
    I feel the opposite way. All the fast food places changed their fry oil about 2 years ago and I have pretty much given up fast food since then. On the plus side, I completely lost my gut.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    You know what's addicting?

    Taco John's Potato Oles.

    Those things should be a controlled substance.

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2008
    I worked there once, a long time ago.

    Everyone, including the managers, would steal Potato Oles every 30 minutes, because man you had to stand there next to the smell and oh man it's like heaven.

    Seriously, they should put a bowl of them in front of someone they want to interrogate. Much more effiecent than any other form of torture.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    The best breakfast item at McDonald's is the Steak Egg & Cheese bagel. It shame they're so unhealthy, like everything there, I'd like to eat them more often. At this point it's like once a year.

    It's insane how many Subway's there are in the area. There's more subways here than Wendy's, McDonalds, and Burger Kings combined. Not that I'm complaining.

    That being said, Raising Cane's is the best chicken anything anywhere.

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  • ErandusErandus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mcdermott wrote: »
    FyreWulff wrote: »
    You know what's addicting?

    Taco John's Potato Oles.

    Those things should be a controlled substance.

    Oh fuck yes.

    With the cheese sauce. The cheeeeeese saauuuce...

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  • chasmchasm Ill-tempered Texan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    That being said, Raising Cane's is the best chicken anything anywhere.

    Indeed it is. Zaxby's is garbage by comparison.

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  • DeadlySherpaDeadlySherpa Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    mcdermott wrote: »
    It's insane how many Subway's there are in the area. There's more subways here than Wendy's, McDonalds, and Burger Kings combined. Not that I'm complaining.

    Same here. We've got two freestanding Subways, as well as at least two more that I can think of inside other places (Wal-Mart, and a gas station). That's four Subway locations, in a town of...maybe 30,000?

    Subway has a horrible underbelly in regards to franchise sales and maintenance.

    TL;DR bad things subway does

    It's mostly related to encroachment and then subsequent ball cutting of owners struggling with the new competition, but there's some serious issues with the corporation in terms of ruthlessness and cannibalization.

    That said I like their subs. Don't go there to eat anymore though; McDonalds is my vice. Like smoking or drinking, eating a few burgers and some fries and a large ice tea is at least as damaging to my health but the endorphin rush is oh so good afterwards

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  • YoungmanYoungman Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I worked at a McDonald's for a year and they let us have free food on breaks, so I really haven't eaten that much of it since I quit. It kind of wore on me. Can't lose with the breakfast, though. My god, those burritos sing a song of sausagey goodness.

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  • dlinfinitidlinfiniti Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    how do we feel about long john silvers? i've never been to one but have always been curious

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  • ErandusErandus Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    You can ask them for extra little crunchy bits.

    I eat there extremely rarely. I'm not particularly afraid of them though.

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  • Fleck0Fleck0 Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Erandus wrote: »
    You can ask them for extra little crunchy bits.

    I eat there extremely rarely. I'm not particularly afraid of them though.

    this is possibly something that belongs in a new thread , but I recently had a long discussion with a friend of mine about all the horrible things we've seen done to food in our experiences in various restaurants (and that part about being "afriad of a fast food joint jogged my memory pretty vividly". Ranging from McDonalds to somewhat fancier place like P.F. changs.

    The basic point we both took away from that conversation was, if you buy food from a place that prepares it where you can't see everything that happens from start to finish, there's a 100% chance you've eaten something you wouldn't want to at some point. It's just something you'll have to not think about, I know I try to. But I'll never eat at subway ever again.
    the reason I won't eat there involves semen, 'nuff said

    that said, Long John Silvers is pretty tasty

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  • SchrodingerSchrodinger Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Evan wrote: »
    Uh....McDonalds' stated goal was to have the same food, anywhere. You could walk into one in NYC, San Fran or Des Moines and order a hamburger and that hamburger would be the exact same. For a while they had a famous "School" they required new franchisees to go to so they'd know how to properly cook things.

    According to that goal if you could make everything on the menu 100% better you'd be fucking up even if it is good for your customers.

    Don't assume you speak for everyone, because, well, you don't. McDonald's being the top money-making restaurant chain in the world just says one thing: you're wrong. It can't be all that bad if 27 million people eat there every day (In the US). That's almost 12% of the US eating there every day.

    Wow, if this type of "popular=good" argument came up in every other discussion, people would be citing McDonalds as a counter example.

    People don't eat at McDonalds because it's good, people eat there because it's familiar. Someone needs to pull up the excerpt from Snow Crash.

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  • BasarBasar IstanbulRegistered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Fleck0 wrote: »
    Erandus wrote: »
    You can ask them for extra little crunchy bits.

    I eat there extremely rarely. I'm not particularly afraid of them though.

    this is possibly something that belongs in a new thread , but I recently had a long discussion with a friend of mine about all the horrible things we've seen done to food in our experiences in various restaurants (and that part about being "afriad of a fast food joint jogged my memory pretty vividly". Ranging from McDonalds to somewhat fancier place like P.F. changs.

    The basic point we both took away from that conversation was, if you buy food from a place that prepares it where you can't see everything that happens from start to finish, there's a 100% chance you've eaten something you wouldn't want to at some point. It's just something you'll have to not think about, I know I try to. But I'll never eat at subway ever again.
    the reason I won't eat there involves semen, 'nuff said

    that said, Long John Silvers is pretty tasty

    I am the live proof of that :winky:

    I worked at a delivery only pizza shop back in college. I was doing deliveries most of the time (90%) but occassionally jumped to the kitchen to do some magic. I had this little black notepad in my car's glovebox which had the names, addresses, order totals and tips written. Of course I worked my magic when I wasn't baking the pizza as well, usually happening somewhere between the shop and the final destination but oh all those wonders I created in the kitchen. Yeah, I was an asshole back in the day :lol:

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  • DevoutlyApatheticDevoutlyApathetic Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Evan wrote: »
    Uh....McDonalds' stated goal was to have the same food, anywhere. You could walk into one in NYC, San Fran or Des Moines and order a hamburger and that hamburger would be the exact same. For a while they had a famous "School" they required new franchisees to go to so they'd know how to properly cook things.

    According to that goal if you could make everything on the menu 100% better you'd be fucking up even if it is good for your customers.

    Don't assume you speak for everyone, because, well, you don't. McDonald's being the top money-making restaurant chain in the world just says one thing: you're wrong. It can't be all that bad if 27 million people eat there every day (In the US). That's almost 12% of the US eating there every day.

    You might want to try reading what I'm actually writing instead of what you assume I'm writing. I was talking about McDonalds' previously stated corporate mission and how that interacts with the judgment of the food quality of what they put out. So far I haven't really mentioned my personal opinion on my experiences with that chain. What I'm talking about basically applies to all fast food chains but only McDonalds has publicly stated the emphasis on consistency. I know the Hard Rock had a similar idea when it started to franchise.

    Of course, I personally don't care for much of McD's menu but their fries are good if they're nice and fresh. They've become a staple of the tail end of local road trips. At 2:30 am if you order them they tend to have to make them fresh so they're piping hot and tasty.

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  • DecadenceDecadence __BANNED USERS regular
    edited August 2008
    Of course, I personally don't care for much of McD's menu but their fries are good if they're nice and fresh. They've become a staple of the tail end of local road trips. At 2:30 am if you order them they tend to have to make them fresh so they're piping hot and tasty.

    That's just a conspiracy to poison drunk college kids. :P

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  • AbsoluteZeroAbsoluteZero The new film by Quentin Koopantino Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    I guess I'm late to the party here but I would just like to say

    Ha ha fatties. Eat a salad!

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  • EvanEvan Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    chasm wrote: »
    It doesn't mean that McDonald's is doing everything right. Something being popular doesn't mean it's good. See also: 50 Cent.

    OPINIONS OF RANDOM TURDS = FACT

    I forgot.. my apologies!

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  • Robos A Go GoRobos A Go Go Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    So, how do they manage to charge only a dollar for their dollar menu items, and what is the profit margin on them?

    I'd assumed that they were just unloading whatever meat was closest to expiration or something, but it doesn't seem like that's the case.

    And I'm a vegetarian, so I'd only eat at Subway, and even then only as a last resort because their bread sucks and they muscle out non-franchise sandwich shops.

    Course, I eat at Au Bon Pain every now and then, and I'm sure they're just as bad despite having the more diverse menu and soup selection.

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  • ÆthelredÆthelred Registered User regular
    edited August 2008
    Of course, I personally don't care for much of McD's menu but their fries are good if they're nice and fresh. They've become a staple of the tail end of local road trips. At 2:30 am if you order them they tend to have to make them fresh so they're piping hot and tasty.

    I don't like any of McDonald's burger fillings, so I always order a plain one without the gunk. It means my burger has actually just been cooked, as opposed to having sat on a hot plate for an hour.

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