McDonald’s general discussion
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Big tasty's are great fresh off the grill, but they go cold so quickly. When they add the cheese and lettuce and sauce, all chilled, it just sucks the heat out of the patty in a minute or two. Same with the bacon.
My local mcdonald’s ran out of iceberg lettuce today so my big mac looked rather sparse. The thing is they are literally next door to a tescos. Are their food safety standards so strict that they can’t pop into a supermarket and pick up a lettuce?
A happy ending though - I had purchased an iceberg lettuce at the weekend for some BLT sandwiches so was able to rectify the matter on my return home.
A happy ending though - I had purchased an iceberg lettuce at the weekend for some BLT sandwiches so was able to rectify the matter on my return home.
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Got a philly cheese stack last night and wasn't impressed, The cheese sauce made the whole thing seem very dense and hard to eat.
And i know people keep going on about it but the cost of McDonalds now is insane.
And i know people keep going on about it but the cost of McDonalds now is insane.
I tried one of those phillies, it's pretty mid, unremarkable, no notes. rip off for the money, I would say.
They went though a period of lots of discounts on the app, about a year ago, which made it ok, but most of the offers seems to be delivery only at the moment... and a 30min+ old Maccies is just minging.
For the price, you almost may aswell go to an actual resterant and get a proper meal, or order pizza/kebab if you are feeling dirty.
They went though a period of lots of discounts on the app, about a year ago, which made it ok, but most of the offers seems to be delivery only at the moment... and a 30min+ old Maccies is just minging.
For the price, you almost may aswell go to an actual resterant and get a proper meal, or order pizza/kebab if you are feeling dirty.
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Burger van burgers are better than McDonalds.
Yes.
There are no knives* in a McDonalds Kitchen. Literally everything is pre-prepped and cut to size before it arrives in the store.
They might have a couple of pairs of scissors in the office stationary collection.
*back in the day when they still did the round veggies burger, we needed to cut it in half to make a veggie wrap, they supplied a large plastic knife which wasn’t sharp enough to cut anything, it more just mushed the veggie burger into 2 pieces.
We used to also have to cut up the chicken legend burger to top it on a salad, again you use this blunt ‘blade’ which wasn’t sharp and it just sort of mushed it into pieces.
Not McDonalds, but a mate of mine works for a restaurant chain and it drives him up the wall that the chefs often can't be bothered to pop down the road and buy something like a lettuce and would rather just skip it from all the dishes.
They can't buy things like sauces where it might affect allergens etc, but for things like fruit, vegetables etc it's fine.
It's also a franchise... The branch manager can't decide buy burgers from ASDA or cash and carry... They have to buy the official ingredients from official suppliers.
Brand integrity, consistency of quality across restaurants, etc.
Brand integrity, consistency of quality across restaurants, etc.
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Been a while since I've been but got one the other day for breakfast. Somehow, they managed to mess up two orders of Double Sausage and Egg McMuffins, got home and one was a Triple Sausage McMuffin with no egg and the other a Double Bacon and Egg McMuffin with no sausage.
Presumably you bought them both for yourself.. They've pretty much covered all bases there! Hahah
I honestly think the Philly cheese stack is the best burger they do personally!
I just had one. I don't eat Maccies often so I might not be the best judge, but I recently moved somewhere right near one so sometimes it's the only/best choice.
Probably the best McDonalds burger I've had, but still only a 4/10. Seemed really quite small for the the 1100-1200 calorie count as well (with fries and OJ). Everything was warm but not hot, despite getting it in store.
I think I'll stick with the wrap of the day if I go again.
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We considered going to McDonald's this evening, but decided against it. We've had some massive waits in recent years due to all the deliveroo/uber eats etc. We have also had some fairly poor meals so the family desire for McDonald's has diminished.
We thought we would give Tim Hortons a try. Very disappointing. Burger meat tasts like school burgers. Shakes weren't nice.
We decided we would have been better off with McDonald's.
We thought we would give Tim Hortons a try. Very disappointing. Burger meat tasts like school burgers. Shakes weren't nice.
We decided we would have been better off with McDonald's.
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This might be a myth but McDonald's used to make all the food in advance, so you'd go, order and as long as it was a "normal" order you'd get it straight away.
These days everything is cooked to order so it takes so damn long. It's not "fast food" anymore.
These days everything is cooked to order so it takes so damn long. It's not "fast food" anymore.
It's not cooked to order as such, all the components are cooked and placed in warming trays, then each item is assembled to order so the only wastage is on trays if they've been sitting too long. For getting exactly what you want it's great (pickles be banished!) but it means there's more frequent hold ups if they're waiting for something to be cooked if a tray is empty.
I miss the days of grabbing a double off the warming rack that's been sitting there for 5 minutes and is perfectly melted without having to wait 10 minutes for one to be assembled. My spending at McD has significantly dropped off as it's not fast or good value, I'd rather pay more for a microwaved burger king.
I miss the days of grabbing a double off the warming rack that's been sitting there for 5 minutes and is perfectly melted without having to wait 10 minutes for one to be assembled. My spending at McD has significantly dropped off as it's not fast or good value, I'd rather pay more for a microwaved burger king.
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I always go for the double cheese Quarter pounder. But sometimes you can't beat the basic cheeseburger.
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Okay fine "assembled to order" then. But my point remains, this process makes it so much slower than it used to be.
It's a nightmare when it's busy.