McDonald's to retire self-service soda fountains by 2032
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#2If only they can fix their milkshake dispensing machines.
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#3This article made me grieve the loss of my precious chicken selects. Damn those were good. And my angus third-pounder with red onions.
Re: McDonald's to retire self-service soda fountains by 2032
#4This article made me grieve the loss of my precious chicken selects. Damn those were good. And my angus third-pounder with red onions.
I noticed it mentioned that in the article. Did those get discontinued in the US?
They're definitely still a thing in the UK, along with the McPlant (which I'm not sure was ever successful stateside). It's interesting how the menu differs geographically.
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#5Didn't Dean Kamen invent those to get funding to make water purifiers.
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#7The writing between the lines is that McDonald's is preparing to do away with human order-takers altogether, replacing that role with a food runner that can occasionally take an order but mostly just takes food to people's seats. The ordering will move to digital kiosks and online.
And when you do all of that, having the fountain machine on the customer side makes almost no sense.
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#8If only they can fix their milkshake dispensing machines.
It works fabulously. If a McDonalds has a "broken" milkshake machine it most likely means the workers did not maintain it in a hygienic manner. Stop eating food from that store. Requiring these machines in the stores is a hidden gift from McDonalds corporate to your intestinal tract.
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#10I don’t remember when was the last time I had to serve myself a drink at McDonald’s. Always got it from the counter. Could be my specific situation of being in Canada and rarely going to McDonalds that almost always happen to be either smaller urban locations or part of a larger highway service centre.