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Re: McDonald's Sales Growth Slows as Mideast War Hurts Results

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Post by graypegg » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 3:48 AM UTC

CharlesW wrote: post #4

The actual problem is fairly simple: Over the past three years McDonald's pricing has become delusional, especially considering the quality of the food. They were able to coast on consumer habit for a while, but their salad days are over (literally and figuratively). https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/9/24027094/fast-food-pri... To keep it a bit tech-related, their mobile app is terrible, even by fast-food app stand…

Last time I used the McDonald’s app here in Québec, I was surprised to see only ⅔ of the translation keys were actually translated into French. Those_snake_cased_keys_everywhere interspersed with successfully translated French values.

Re: McDonald's Sales Growth Slows as Mideast War Hurts Results

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Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 4:12 AM UTC

lotsoweiners wrote: post #9

CharlesW wrote: post #4

The actual problem is fairly simple: Over the past three years McDonald's pricing has become delusional, especially considering the quality of the food. They were able to coast on consumer habit for a while, but their salad days are over (literally and figuratively). https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/9/24027094/fast-food-pri... To keep it a bit tech-related, their mobile app is terrible, even by fast-food app stand…

> even though no food prep is started until you arrive This is my biggest pet peeve about both the McDonalds and Chic Fil A apps. I have about a 3 minute drive to both restaurants and hate that I can’t just order on the app and have the order ready by the time I get there. I honestly have no idea what the point of a mobile order is if I have to wait 10 minutes in the curbside pickup spots after arriving when I could…

The point of the app is to be the equivalent of self check out at the grocery store: you take your own order.

Re: McDonald's Sales Growth Slows as Mideast War Hurts Results

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Post by daveoc64 » Tue, Feb 06, 2024, 4:14 AM UTC

lotsoweiners wrote: post #9

CharlesW wrote: post #4

The actual problem is fairly simple: Over the past three years McDonald's pricing has become delusional, especially considering the quality of the food. They were able to coast on consumer habit for a while, but their salad days are over (literally and figuratively). https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/9/24027094/fast-food-pri... To keep it a bit tech-related, their mobile app is terrible, even by fast-food app stand…

> even though no food prep is started until you arrive This is my biggest pet peeve about both the McDonalds and Chic Fil A apps. I have about a 3 minute drive to both restaurants and hate that I can’t just order on the app and have the order ready by the time I get there. I honestly have no idea what the point of a mobile order is if I have to wait 10 minutes in the curbside pickup spots after arriving when I could…

It's a lot faster to just give them a code than to read a complicated order.

It's especially great for making substitutions and tweaks to your order.

Re: McDonald's Sales Growth Slows as Mideast War Hurts Results

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Post by devilbunny » Thu, Feb 08, 2024, 2:13 AM UTC

lotsoweiners wrote: post #9

CharlesW wrote: post #4

The actual problem is fairly simple: Over the past three years McDonald's pricing has become delusional, especially considering the quality of the food. They were able to coast on consumer habit for a while, but their salad days are over (literally and figuratively). https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/9/24027094/fast-food-pri... To keep it a bit tech-related, their mobile app is terrible, even by fast-food app stand…

> even though no food prep is started until you arrive This is my biggest pet peeve about both the McDonalds and Chic Fil A apps. I have about a 3 minute drive to both restaurants and hate that I can’t just order on the app and have the order ready by the time I get there. I honestly have no idea what the point of a mobile order is if I have to wait 10 minutes in the curbside pickup spots after arriving when I could…

Huh, the Chick-Fil-A nearest my house has a rack that they put the completed orders on near the door. If you mobile order and then head that way, it will almost always be sitting there waiting on you when you arrive (but I'm farther than 3 minutes away).

I haven't gotten curbside from them since COVID lockdown, though.