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McDonald's gives its restaurants an AI makeover

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ImJamal wrote: post #139
autoexec wrote: post #85

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At one point I noticed that a Big mac and a large fry was $10, and that I could spend an extra $3 or $4 and get a steak, a baked potato, a salad, and loaf of bread at Outback.

If you go to Outlook you will miss the "fast" part of fast food which is one of the selling points.

You're not wrong. They've also got late hours while outback doesn't, but I realized that the food itself isn't really worth what they charge for it. There are circumstances when I might end up at a McDonald's but if I have the option to not eat their food I'll take it.

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autoexec wrote: post #85
kortilla wrote: post #30

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> and the prices are so high that you can and should just go elsewhere and buy real food. Not sure what you’re implying here, but McDonald’s is still contending for the bottom for price on fast food. Groceries are of course cheaper if that’s what you mean by “real food”, but there aren’t restaurants that really compete with that value meal outside of Taco Bell/Time and maybe Burger King.

At one point I noticed that a Big mac and a large fry was $10, and that I could spend an extra $3 or $4 and get a steak, a baked potato, a salad, and loaf of bread at Outback.

The item in the top left (or #1) at many fast food restaurants is intentionally not the low margin cheap way to eat.

The cost of the Big Mac is certainly approaching sit down places, but that’s the “premium” burger. They have $5 meals now and you can always piecemeal from the value menu for $5-$6 a person.

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