Bottom tier food. Bottom tier company. I don’t know why anyone eats this level of trash anymore. Inflation has hit fast food harder than other types of restaurants, or groceries. It doesn’t make sense justifying paying these prices for this when you can get better food for comparable prices now. There used to be an expectation that this food would at least be cheap.
I went to Arby’s yesterday because it was cheaper than McDonald’s and Taco Bell. Was not disappointed. Arby’s still slaps IMO.
Addiction
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Value menu is as expensive as a meal. No more free refills.
How un-American.
what an austere dumb cheap fucking company. i went in last week and there wasn’t anywhere to get my own soda or ketchups or anything, just a plain dining room. i loved waiting 10 minutes for the 1 guy slaving away back there to get my drink with the food as well instead of having cups by the order kiosk, which WORKED FOR YEARS AND YOU STILL PROFITED HANDSOMELY YOU FUCKING CHEAP FUCKS GOD IT MAKES ME SO SICK IT NEVER ENDS
next they’re going to phase out menus, it’s just 1 button you hit it and it takes $20 from your checking and they give you berder and 10 grammes of french fries
what a fucking dogshit world. companies used to actually give a shit about UX, but now they’re making it as shitty as possible out of attrition
Their food has been trash since covid started (i’m sure some will say sooner)
The snack wraps went off the market, the selects are gone, the nuggets are thinner and more flakey
And i’m sure they just want to make it more difficult to get a drink without ice so they can give as little as possible.
It was never good, just priced properly to match the shitty quality.
Actually mcdonalds is way better than it used to be decades ago. It still blows me away how bk fell so much in quality (this may be just in the cities or my city) while mcDeesnuts rose. Not that its good now, but its been worse.
Maybe it’s regional, but I cannot possibly fathom why you would think Mcdonalds would be better. There’s two mcdonalds in my area, i’ve visited 3, and all of them have fewer options than they did 4 years ago, and whats still there is definitely worse than it was back then.
Like I certainly gave it a chance, but there were times when I couldn’t even finish the nuggets and was starting to feel sick. I went from 10 nuggets to 6 nuggets to just looking for other places to eat.
They greatly improved the quarter pounder while back and they went to much more of a cook to order process. Again not saying they are good just that back in the 80’s they were really crappy. Back then other fast food places would make fun of heat lamps with thier competitors and they meant mcdonalds who actually did use them extensively. Back then BK always cooked to order unless they were completely slammed. Overall for the fast food that is pretty much available everywhere I think wendys has kept up quality the best but they have still missed a step or two over the years. I agree with some other sentiments though. At this point I can grab a real burrito or burger at a non frachise place and its not much more but waaayyyyy better.
80s???
I’m thinking like 4 years ago not 40
yeah yeah and I got that. Its just that they used to be so bad I had to point that out. As bad as they are, they have been waaayyyy worse. And could be again.
Old nuggets make me question all the life decisions I made which led me to get McDonald’s chicken nuggets.
Fresh nuggets? Pure crack. I find myself having to talk myself down from buying another 10 piece.
Maybe the employees at your McDonald’s are cooking too many early on and giving you old nuggets. But I promise you. If you show up 10 minutes before closing and request a 20 piece and force those poor people to cook you some fresh, they are still amazing.
My experience was the opposite. I hate all fast food burgers so my opinion is based on chicken sandwiches but BK has always been so gross to me. Soggy and flavorless. I had it most recently like 2 years ago and I was kicking myself for going there
The McDonald’s chicken sandwich is OK. Not the best but acceptable. However the only thing I order there is breakfast (bacon egg and cheese bagel) which is more expensive than it’s worth but still tasty
Snackwraps were one of the best menu items anywhere. Such a shame they’re gone
Wendy’s had the same snack wraps and were a million times better. Then both went away when covid started and I was sad… Wendy’s has a new one now but it’s super expensive and tastes terrible. I feel like the selects where only ever good the first time they released which was like 20 years ago, never liked them when they came back… as for the nuggets your crazy! Still the same and still love them, it’s the only thing I don’t mind getting from them every once in a while. Everything else is meh, and the chicken sandwiches are gross.
Any McDonald’s around me hasn’t had self service fountains for years. I assumed up to now it’s been a franchisee decision
Who cares. Their food and restaurant sucks and always has.
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I can tell you this, there’s no way to operate those machines that doesn’t give a massive profit margin. This isn’t about affordability, it’s about control.
Partially true. I fix coke stuff for a living. They do keep it chilled with a multiplex unit in the backroom. That’s the secret to their pop. It’s basically a big tank of water with coiled copper tubes to chill the water to just below freezing. There’s an agitator motor to keep it from icing over completely and that cold water is recirculated 24/7 to keep drinks cold. But they absolutely do not add more syrup than anybody else and it’s the exact same formula as anywhere else.
The real reason is that they’re switching to automated processes. Customer comes in, punches button on screen, drink served. Plus many don’t want to dump their older ABS 1.0 machines after upgrading the one in the drive through to a newer 2.0.
They have fallen far from the days of $1 any size fountain drinks. So far now in fact, I fear I must begin to acquire my Mountain Dew elsewhere.
But Mountain Dew isn’t served at McDonald’s. Taco Bell has it. You’re good.
I do concede you appear to have caught me in a lie, good sir
Don’t try to bs the fat man.
When they say “soda fountains”, is that just USA talk for drinks machines?
I must have heard the phrase a hundred times but it only just clicked in my head that that must be what a soda fountain is 😅
It makes sense to just have one machine that employees have to maintain and refill. Sounds like you can still ask for a refill.
Go to 7/11 if you want to make your gross soda combos lol
Why are soda combos gross but alcohol combos are not?
People will spend $15 on a cocktail with olives and shit in it, but no we gotta draw the line at people putting a splash of Mr. Pibb into their Coke Zero…
(I love self-serve fountain drinks and I’ll die on this hill, motherfuckers.)
I’m gonna die on this hill with you! 👍
Edit: Where TF you find Mr. Pibb these days?
Iwojima, baby. Mixers unite.
Wow, the instructions are clear now!
I ask for a refill, I get 80% ice, 10% drink, and 10% air.
Thank you kindly creepy clown restaurant!
