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

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Post by maehwasu » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:13 PM UTC

betenoire wrote: post #80

linkregister wrote: post #65

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You might not want to visit a farm, processing plant, warehouse, grocery store, or restaurant. They all throw away enormous amounts of food. Throwing away a Big Mac because it got too cold is a rounding error in perspective. That said, we produce more food than we ever have. Is there a difference to starving people whether a grain of wheat went ungrown or was wasted? What was the author meant to do, walk the hamburge…

My head agrees with you. My mom's voice in my head fills me with guilt.

Time to free yourself from the moms.

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

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Post by nicky0 » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:14 PM UTC

linkregister wrote: post #71

msie wrote: post #60

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Seems disrespectful to poor, starving people.

1. 40% of food in the U.S. is discarded. https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/wasted-food-IP.pdf 2. Much food is never harvested. A large portion of it is also never taken to market due to blemishes. http://californiawatch.org/health-and-welfare/food-waste-rem... 3. Supermarkets discard about 1/3 of their food due to spoilage, blemishes, and overripeness. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/25/351495274/s…

Is this low, high or average compared to other countries?

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

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Post by icebraining » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

67726e wrote: post #37

lightbyte wrote: post #34

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You personally might not be able to, but there is a lot of research that shows children can't always understand that they are watching an advertisement, and what that entails. That's why the US has lots of regulations regarding advertising to children.

> That's why the US has lots of regulations regarding advertising to children. We have regulation on advertisements to children? That's a little surprising.

https://www.ftc.gov/sites/default/files/documents/public_sta...

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

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Post by emodendroket » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:19 PM UTC

sqeaky wrote: post #87

emodendroket wrote: post #59

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You're talking about the demographic who believes in Santa Claus, right?

In a Country that largely believes virgin birth and one very specific zombie. One crazy belief is not sign of universal insanity. Perhaps though it is a sign of susceptibility, which is what we seem to be talking about.

I just knew some smartass was going to liken Santa Claus to God.

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

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Post by Banthum » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:22 PM UTC

linkregister wrote: post #71

msie wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seems disrespectful to poor, starving people.

1. 40% of food in the U.S. is discarded. https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/wasted-food-IP.pdf 2. Much food is never harvested. A large portion of it is also never taken to market due to blemishes. http://californiawatch.org/health-and-welfare/food-waste-rem... 3. Supermarkets discard about 1/3 of their food due to spoilage, blemishes, and overripeness. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/25/351495274/s…

Multiplying together, only about 30% of the food grown is actually consumed?

Is that really true? Whoa if so.

Oddly enough, it kind of makes me feel better about food security.

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

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Post by temp246810 » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:23 PM UTC

Off topic: I've trained myself to look for a McDonald's first when in a pinch and need coffee. This vs looking for a Pete's or a Starbucks.

If all you need is a basic drink, they get it more or less right for several hundreds of a percent lower.

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

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Post by marricks » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:33 PM UTC

I wonder why this is sitting at the stop when the MS critique with less votes in less time in at the bottom of the page?

Hacker News story placement can be confusing at times. I would understand if they have some tech centric metric somehow, but this isn't even tech?

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

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Post by slavik81 » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:35 PM UTC

nicky0 wrote: post #92

linkregister wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

1. 40% of food in the U.S. is discarded. https://www.nrdc.org/sites/default/files/wasted-food-IP.pdf 2. Much food is never harvested. A large portion of it is also never taken to market due to blemishes. http://californiawatch.org/health-and-welfare/food-waste-rem... 3. Supermarkets discard about 1/3 of their food due to spoilage, blemishes, and overripeness. http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2014/09/25/351495274/s…

Is this low, high or average compared to other countries?

It's fairly normal. In the first world, we waste a lot of food because consumers can afford to be picky or forgetful. In the third world, they waste a lot of food because storage and distribution infrastructure is worse.

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

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Post by komali2 » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:40 PM UTC

msie wrote: post #60

gjm11 wrote: post #54

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Asshole ? Why? What harm or pain did Ed cause to anyone by throwing the food away?

Seems disrespectful to poor, starving people.

Respectful sure, but I could argue I'm disrespectful to the world's poor every time I light a joint, kick back on my couch, pig out on taco Bell, and watch Vikings in my air conditioned condo.

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

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Post by sqeaky » Thu, Apr 20, 2017, 10:41 PM UTC

emodendroket wrote: post #94

sqeaky wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In a Country that largely believes virgin birth and one very specific zombie. One crazy belief is not sign of universal insanity. Perhaps though it is a sign of susceptibility, which is what we seem to be talking about.

I just knew some smartass was going to liken Santa Claus to God.

Both are fictional, believed by a large demographic and don't instantly signal insanity, just gullibility.

Gullibility, which is what we were talking and why advertising to children is bad. If we started teaching our kids to do things like try to test for Santa they would be more likely to come to correct answers for the rest of their lives, and in general be less gullible.