The slow death of McDonald's in North America?

If McDonalds plays the McCafe thing right, they can really cut into Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks. I got a McCafe cappuccino once but either the dude or the machine screwed it up. I could tell it would have tasted pretty good if the proportion of coffee to milk hadn't been way out of whack.

the mccafe thing is already cutting into dunkin' donuts and starbucks, mainly because it's significantly cheaper. mcdonald's is adding mccafes at all of its u.s. outlets.

http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/apr2009/db20090422_083186.htm?campaign_id=yhoo

The McDonald's coffee I've had is terrible. Weak and tasteless (Not that Starbuck's is so great, mind you, but it errs in the opposite direction). Is McCafe's coffee different?

That McDonald's photo reminds me of Krusty's comment on the ribwich, "I don't mind the taste!"

Good to see all those women in high places. Looks there's one and...er...another one.

Except EDF naturally - bloomin' hippies.

the mcdonald's in my town is ass, I won't go in there. but when I walk by it I still want to buy their fries.

when I was a kid going to mcdonald's was really exciting and fun! I can't imagine it would be for my son these days, unless there are nicer mcdonald's somewhere.

The regular McDonald's coffee is pretty bad - drip coffee that's been kept on the heater pad for god knows how long, til the water evaporates off and all that is left is bitter and acrid mud.

McCafe's coffee however is pretty decent, at least here in Hong Kong - it's a better cup than Starbucks. They used a lighter roast, so your coffee doesn't taste all burnt. Coffee is brewed to order - if you get drip coffee then they use some industrial sized single-serve machine. The quality of lattes, macchiatos etc. still depends on how skilled the barista secondary school kid working at minimum wage is at frothing the milk. I think if their beans were of better quality they really could be pretty good - the equipment is definitely up to par.

I had a McCafe cappuccino and it was surprisingly OK; I expected grossly sweet and got something with a bit of (the correct kind of) bitterness to it.

McDonald's coffee has so much caffeine it's like a cattle prod shoved up my ass. I drink it every morning.

Actually quite cute, and I like the recyclable aspect:
http://fashionista.com/2012/06/mcdonald-draper-mcdonalds-new-uniforms-are-inspired-by-mad-men/

Sorry, but if you're not wearing a brown polo shirt i'm sure as hell not going to trust you with my McNuggets.

Admittedly the mod thing kinda makes sense, though. Not too difficult to imagine Grimace tooling around on a Vespa

http://cdn.gunaxin.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/grimace-valentine.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/vmQqk.jpg

not gonna lie, i'm totally interested in what the arancine might taste like

http://e.fastcompany.net/multisite_files/fastcompany/imagecache/1280/poster/2014/06/3031843-poster-mcdonalds.jpg

je suis en train de l'aimer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93KTpF9JDWo

http://i.imgur.com/yHPO2Rm.jpg

I just had a McDonald's shake. Don't do that. Never do that.

I mean honestly it wasn't *that* bad but it was sooooo fucking sweet, just crammed down with syrup. I did at least take the whipped cream off.

Person sitting next to me on the bus this evening had just been to McDonald's, because there was that warm cardboard smell.

The frozen yogurt's actually not bad tho for $1

http://blog.wallstreetsurvivor.com/2015/10/08/mcdonalds-beyond-the-burger/

Today McDonald’s makes its money on real estate through two methods. Its real estate subsidiary will buy and sell hot properties while also collecting rents on each of its franchised locations. McDonald’s restaurants are in over 100 countries and have probably served over 100 billion hamburgers. There are over 36,000 locations worldwide, of which only 15% are owned and operated by the McDonald’s corporation directly. The rest are franchisee-operated.

I predict the slow death of McDonald's in North America is going to be a very slow, long, drawn out, exceptionally tedious event.

I predict the slow death of McDonald's in North America is going to be a very slow, long, drawn out, exceptionally tedious event.

I dunno, it's been a pretty exciting slow death thus far!

for a huge fast food chain ya

p nuts

theyre determined to not die

Mayor McCheese would have won

Crooked HamBurgler

I remember liking their fries before I became a dietary vegan, though I thought their burgers were the worst (blandest/sweetest/most catering to childhood tastes) of the main franchises. Their core market is harried parents, and rural folk who don't know any better, I think.

Now I have no desire to eat anything they have to offer.

Fast food for me is only sampled on road trips, and I'll drive another 10 miles to the next Subway or Taco Bell, which at least have options (too few). I've heard McD overseas have a more interesting menu. I could live with McD India fare.

rural folk who don't know any better

lmao

Well, or have no other choices. The only places I've seen long lines at a McD are off the interstate and at airports.

http://i.imgur.com/VRYBGUu.png
RIP

looks like all day breakfast was a good idea

I ate McDonalds yesterday AMA.

did anyone see that movie The Founder a few months ago? Michael Keaton played Ray Kroc. p good i thought. didn't know their main source of income was real estate.

looks like all day breakfast was a good idea

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Friday, April 21, 2017 12:56 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Their decision to go after Starbucks also helped their bottom line imo

what about the grand mac has anyone fucked with that yet

you mean is there a video of somebody fucking a grand mac?

McDonalds hamburgers taste so strange to me. Sanpakyu otm up there

Still like McChickens though. Even though they too, taste nothing like actual chicken.

I figure the grand mac is just a stunt to give them something new to talk about in ads, because their franchisers aren't interested in doing anything new that requires substantial investments rn.

you mean is there a video of somebody fucking a grand mac?

c'mon you and i both know there have to be multiple videos out there of somebody fucking not just the grand mac but the entire macdonald's menu, doubtless with particular focus on happy meals

hell yeah hit me with some links

/r/fuckdonalds iirc

There's an infamous but LOLworthy-as-hell video of someone who at least wants to fuck a McDonald's burger - well if not quite a video at least an animated GIF - and the amazing thing is it's not from some internet rando who posted it online, but rather an actual paid McDonald's banner ad!

http://www.myconfinedspace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/id_hit_it_-_mcdonalds_banner.gif

It appeared on espn.com in 2005 before some horrified McD exec managed to reach ESPN and get it pulled within an hour, but not before several bloggers captured it for all eternity. Exhibit A for why advertisers (and ppl in general) shouldn't try to be hip by using slang catchphrases until they're sure they know what they mean....

Here in Joliet our local McD's is busy nearly all the time. It's particularly mystifying as there are excellent Mexican restaurants all around it, plus a BK and a Checkers. There is so much traffic in and out of there that it's a frequent car accident zone. And I must admit that I'm guilty of hitting it once a month or so, meself.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2017/04/22/mcdonalds-new-uniform-hot-or-existentially-depressing/?utm_term=.a4f7a84bcdb5&tid=sm_tw

mcd's jumping on the health goth bandwagon two years too late