McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money (2015) • Hacker News Board

Re: McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money (2015)

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Post by DanBC » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 12:59 PM UTC

SuperGent wrote: post #244

pbhjpbhj wrote: post #216

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I thought UK McDo were a single company and not franchisees?

Most of the UK stores are owned by the parent company. There are a few franchisee stores though.

More than half UK stores are franchised.

http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk/ukhome/whatmakesmcdonalds/questio...

> There are 1,200 McDonald's restaurants in the UK. 65% of which are franchised and 35% company-owned. We take great care in selecting our franchisees and once they're with us, we invest heavily in a comprehensive training programme and providing ongoing support for them.

> We actively encourage our franchisees to expand their business and this is evident in the fact that, on average, a McDonald's franchisee owns five restaurants. Our franchisees commit to operating their restaurants for 20 years so they're also often heavily involved in their local communities – for instance, being involved with local business groups, local environmental initiatives or supporting local grassroots football.

Re: McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money (2015)

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Post by greedo » Wed, Apr 26, 2017, 4:36 PM UTC

PhantomGremlin wrote: post #263

greedo wrote: post #140

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It's killing me that I can't remember the distributor! Sixteen years of working through them and my mind is a sieve. This was in SoCal, and they had the contract for almost all of the region.

I will guess that it was Golden State Foods. They are a supplier to McDonald's, and California is The Golden State.

Ah yes, Golden State Foods! TYVM.

Re: McDonald's Real Estate: How They Really Make Their Money (2015)

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Post by fuckemem » Thu, Apr 27, 2017, 10:21 PM UTC

dvtv75 wrote: post #268

omegaham wrote: post #197

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That consistency is worth a lot . I can grab a coffee and sit down with my laptop in Portland, Boston, or Yuma, and I will have the exact same mediocre experience. I don't care about having a transcendent coffee journey; I care about getting a predictable cup of coffee, a kinda-comfortable space, and wifi to check my email. That's it. I can hunt for some coffeeshop that might be great or might be awful, or I can head…

So, instead of taking the 50/50 chance of something being great, you'll accept downright poor instead. I'm not actually poking fun of you, one of my friends has the same attitude - something that I just can't understand. I'd rather try and find something that was decent than something that's not.

Sounds like for the OP the coffee isn't the product, but rather a space to work and think.

Having to choose a coffee show, see if they have wifi, charging, not to noisy etc. is an inconvenience if you want to just get started on something quickly. You might only have an hour before a meeting if you are travelling for example.