The final days of McDonald's?

When I was a kid, I hated McDonald's because I only wanted ketchup on my Quarter Pounder, so they had to make mine special and I had to wait while everyone else was already eating their burgers, which, as you noted, were already made and pulled from the rack.

 

My childhood best friend liked his stuff plain, too. Whenever we went, it was a major pain, because you'd have to wait for the next batch that was scheduled, then out of that batch they'd make one to order. The new approach changed all that.

 

That would be quite fun to watch, because: 1) I suspect there would be other investors to whom the separation of real estate from the core business would seem to be a very dicey proposition, and therefore; 2) they'd try to find their own activist investor to make that case. Could be quite the amusing pissing match.

 

Here is what I like about McDonald's:

• Their Cokes are good and they have nice straws.
• Their food is easy to eat in a car.
• They used to have reliably clean bathrooms when on road trips.

Other than that, it's a good sign that Americans are staying away. And good that fast-casual places like Chipotle are much more popular than your old-fashioned burger and fries and mystery meat taco fast food places.

I also think if Americans are turning away from soft drinks to water, that's a killer for places like this. The soft drinks and tea are almost pure profit.

 

I love Egg McMuffins and Sausage McGriddles - neither of which is available here during "all-day" breakfast.

At least in this metro area, McDonald's is struggling because many of the stores are dirty and virtually all of them are mismanaged and filled with surly, incompetent employees, much more so than the average fast food emporium.

 

My college SE (not the one who posts here) used to do that to make sure they made his food fresh. Which led to a road trip where he ordered a Whopper, no onions, with onion rings.

 

I can't even walk by a McDonald's without that fucking smell making me want to vomit. I don't know what exactly the smell is, but it surrounds every single McDonald's and it sure as hell doesn't smell like food.

 

You deserved to wait.

 

As long as I can get Chick- Fil-A, who cares? Doesn't impact me.

 

Oh you can just EAT ME.

It's odd, because on the one hand I can see the wisdom in making sure biscuits are offered all day in the biscuit-heavy areas. On the other hand, the biscuit-heavy areas have far superior biscuit options. Bojangles, Biscuitville and Tudor's offer better biscuits than McD's, but none offer Egg McMuffins, so why not deal in the area where you have brand credibility and lesser competition?