McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
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Re: McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
#2The two McDonalds restaurants that are on Seattle's 15th Ave NW (at Market and Mary Ave NW) are both doing this via Uber Eats. I suppose they almost had to get in on the game considering it seems like basically every other food-selling establishment north of the ship canal has signed up with at least two food delivery outlets.
I don't really see the attractiveness but, hey, options are options.
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#3Yeah... a lack of delivery WAS the reason I had been avoiding McDonalds.
Re: McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
#4Ultimately, McDonalds will have to transition to being a full-service vending machine.
Realistically, in an automated world, their flesh-and-blood employees provide negative value.
I wish dearly that I could just enter my own order on the POS system when I am in such places
Re: McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
#5Ultimately, McDonalds will have to transition to being a full-service vending machine. Realistically, in an automated world, their flesh-and-blood employees provide negative value. I wish dearly that I could just enter my own order on the POS system when I am in such places
Around where I live (SW Missouri) most of the McDonald's already have screens where you can enter your own order.
I wonder if McD's sees this delivery stuff as an easy way to increase revenue without vastly increasing cost. If they can pair it with downsizing in-building personnel due to automation could turn out to be a big win for them.
Then in a decade or something they can just automate the delivery with autonomous cars/drones.
Re: McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
#6Ultimately, McDonalds will have to transition to being a full-service vending machine. Realistically, in an automated world, their flesh-and-blood employees provide negative value. I wish dearly that I could just enter my own order on the POS system when I am in such places
That's a done deal at our local McDonalds, and it's horrible if you special order, they never get it right, not sure but I think it's the kiosk...
http://www.pcmag.com/news/349707/mcdonalds-pilots-mobile-ord...
Re: McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
#7So what happens when they put pickles on a burger ordered without them /s
The big issue with fast food is cost. It's usually eaten by those in a rush and the poor. It just seems ridiculous how complicated and expensive the menus gotten.
Even with the coffee, which they seem to be pushing hard. Is now obfuscated under 100 unnecessary drinks.
Re: McDonald's delivery to be available in 3,500 restaurants by the end of June
#8Ultimately, McDonalds will have to transition to being a full-service vending machine. Realistically, in an automated world, their flesh-and-blood employees provide negative value. I wish dearly that I could just enter my own order on the POS system when I am in such places
That's a done deal at our local McDonalds, and it's horrible if you special order, they never get it right, not sure but I think it's the kiosk... http://www.pcmag.com/news/349707/mcdonalds-pilots-mobile-ord...
They remodeled the Seattle Northgate location and put in screens. Was not an easy experience despite some pretty slick software. They will have to retrain their customers to the new system (much like they trained us to use the extra value meal numbers back in the 90s).
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#9Yeah... a lack of delivery WAS the reason I had been avoiding McDonalds.
This.
The people eating McDonalds and the people paying for food delivery are not the same people. I'm pretty sure their intersection is statistically insignificant.
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#10Ultimately, McDonalds will have to transition to being a full-service vending machine. Realistically, in an automated world, their flesh-and-blood employees provide negative value. I wish dearly that I could just enter my own order on the POS system when I am in such places
That seems to be the direction they're moving. Several flagship McDonalds have popped up around NYC with fully self-serve computer ordering kiosks. I haven't been yet, but people are talking about them -- people who I've never heard talk about McDonalds before.
They've got a pretty big gulf of social-class-stigma to get past, but it seems like McDonalds is at the beginning of a comeback.
Delivery might be a guilty pleasure gateway.