McDonald’s general discussion

[Stu999]

McRib is back from 16th October.

 

[Stu999]

I always thought the Mc rib was terrible, it's not really any better than the 'Rustlers' microwave jobbies you can get from the supermarket for about £1.20 when they are on offer....

...and I bet McD's will be charging about a fiver a piece for them.

I’ve never had one TBF. Will probably try this time.

 

[Stu999]

Hopefully in the UK they're not as tight with the sauce on the McRib. They're a permanent menu item in Germany and every time I get one they're pretty much caked in sauce like this and it's great:

But when I had one in Spain back in July they were really tight with it:

Still enjoyed it, but the messy German one was still king.

With the German one do you not just taste the sauce and nothing else? I'd prefer the Spanish one TBH.

 

[Stu999]

Still yet to sample the boil in the bag rib special.

I probably wouldn’t bother.

 

[Stu999]

Chicken Royale tops any burger on the standard (and probably special) McDonald's menu. No need for a thread, it's a well known fact.

That's my BK regular order.

 

[Stu999]

Bet it's always consistent? Unlike McDonalds.

Yeah, never had a bad experience with it. The chips at my local one are always hot too, sometimes have to wait for them to cool down a bit.

 

[Stu999]

The BBQ ranch stack thing was pretty good. The chocolate orange pie I got was vile though. The outside of it was oddly crispy.

 

[Stu999]

True, but the franchisees want to minimise wastage and at quieter times they don't want to be binning hundreds of pounds of food weekly so will cook to order.

We’re in the age of ‘big data’. Surely they can analyse their most popular items and busiest times and do a degree of prediction to reduce the overall wait times?

 

[Stu999]

Saw this article and thought of you this thread

A photographer visited McDonald’s in more than 55 countries. Here’s what he found

Gary He spent several years traveling to hundreds of McDonald's around the world. He experienced firsthand how the fast-food chain incorporates local flavors into its menu items.

edition.cnn.com

McBaguette and McSpaghetti. Great stuff.

 

[Stu999]

That’s just semantics though imo. Fast food or quick service is the same thing. I googled fast food and McDonald’s is the first entry on my page. That will be because McDonalds have paid to have those words in their SEO.

I was gonna say, what's the difference between 'fast' and 'quick'.