Discussion The fast food thread

The Helper · Feb 6, 2024

I cannot believe that the new Mc Donalds Double Big Mac only has one piece of cheese on it. WTF are they thinking?

tom_mai78101 · Feb 6, 2024

The Helper said:
I cannot believe that the new Mc Donalds Double Big Mac only has one piece of cheese on it. WTF are they thinking?

You are probably just unlucky. You need to buy it again to see if it's really just one piece of cheese.

The Helper · Feb 6, 2024

I have literally watched youtube videos of them making it - it is really only one piece of cheese.

The Helper · Feb 15, 2024

Wendy’s is sweetening its breakfast lineup with a new treat that comes from an unusual place: Another fast food chain.

It’s a risky bet that other chains have made before. Partnerships between rivals can boost sales, but they can also anger restaurant owners.

Beginning February 26, Wendy’s is partnering with Cinnabon to add a new a cinnamon roll-like baked good to its morning menu, marking a unique partnership between two chains that often compete for similar price-conscious customers.

It’s common for fast food chains to partner with other brands they might not consider direct rivals. “This is a way to license the brand and get it reach well beyond its existing store base,” according to Jonathan Maze, the editor-in-chief of trade publication Restaurant Business.

Wendy’s newest breakfast item is made by another fast-food chain

Wendy’s is sweetening its breakfast lineup with a new treat that comes from an unusual place: Another fast food chain.

www.yahoo.com

The Helper · Feb 27, 2024

Wendy’s is looking to test having the prices of its menu items fluctuate throughout the day based on demand, implementing a strategy that has already taken hold with ride-sharing companies and ticket sellers.

During a conference call earlier this month, Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner said that the Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain will start testing dynamic pricing, also known as surge pricing, as early as next year.

“Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing and daypart offerings, along with AI-enabled menu changes and suggestive selling,” he said. “As we continue to show the benefit of this technology in our company-operated restaurants, franchisee interest in digital menu boards should increase, further supporting sales and profit growth across the system.”

Wendy’s Co. plans to invest about $20 million to launch digital menu boards at all of its U.S. company-run restaurants by the end of 2025. It also plans to invest approximately $10 million over the next two years to support digital menu enhancements globally.

Burger chain Wendy's looking to test surge pricing at restaurants as early as next year

Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner said that the it will start testing dynamic pricing, also known as surge pricing, as early as next year.

apnews.com

The Helper · Feb 29, 2024

Wendy’s says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants

Wendy’s says that it has no plans to increase prices during the busiest times at its restaurants.

The burger chain clarified its stance on how it will approach pricing after media picked up on comments by CEO Kirk Tanner that the company would test features like dynamic pricing at restaurants.

Companies like Uber have used dynamic pricing, or surge pricing, to moderate use by customers during the busiest days of the year, or when drivers or cars are in short supply during the day. Prices rise and fall with demand using that business model.

This month during a conference call with investors and industry analysts, Tanner said, “Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing and daypart offerings, along with AI-enabled menu changes and suggestive selling.”

Wendy's says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants

Wendy’s clarified its stance on how it will approach pricing after various media reports.

apnews.com

The Helper · Feb 29, 2024

AI has come to the hiring process — and it's made those mandatory personality tests all the weirder.

As 404 Media reports, companies as disparate as McDonald's, Olive Garden, and FedEx are now requiring that job applicants take personality evaluations, which are then sorted by an AI system whose operations are cloudy at best.

The aforementioned companies are all contracted with Paradox.ai, a "conversational recruiting software" company whose strange personality assessments include images of blue-skinned humanoid aliens that applicants are, apparently, supposed to identify with.

In one Reddit post fielded by the fine folks at 404, for instance, the applicant is presented with a photo of two blue aliens standing in a restaurant kitchen. One of the humanoids is evidently tearing up spices by hand as another stands beside them, and below the image, applicants are given the confusing directions to "simply click 'Me' if the image describes how you generally are and 'Not Me' if it does not." Above them, the word "Traditional" is, for some reason, written as a sort of header.

McDonald’s Making Job Applicants Take Weird AI Personality Tests

AI has come to hiring at McDonald's and Olive Garden — and it's made those mandatory personality tests all the weirder.

futurism.com

The Helper · Mar 2, 2024

Don Gorske, 70, becomes one of Guinness World Records’ longest-running holders with intake of two McDonald’s burgers a day

Don Gorske did not have many people betting on him to live into his 70s with his half-century-old habit of eating Big Mac hamburgers daily.

But cutting down his intake of the famous McDonald’s burgers to two a day (rather than his previous high of nine), skipping fries with his meals and walking six miles daily for exercise has not only helped him become a septuagenarian – it has also allowed him to extend his Guinness world record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to more than 34,000.

“Many people thought I’d be dead by now,” the 70-year-old Gorske said on Thursday in an interview published by the organization which is known for maintaining a database of more than 40,000 world records. “But instead I’ve been … one of Guinness World Records’ longer-running record holders, so that’s pretty cool to me.”

It’s hard to overstate how central McDonald’s and its staple product have been to the identity of the retired prison officer from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. That’s the case despite longstanding warnings from experts who say regularly consuming fast food, including McDonald’s, can contribute to weight gain, obesity, heart disease and other health problems because the meals are densely packed with calories, sodium, sugar and fat.

US man extends record for most Big Macs eaten in a lifetime to over 34,000

Don Gorske, 70, becomes one of Guinness World Records’ longest-running holders with intake of two McDonald’s burgers a day

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The Helper · Mar 10, 2024

Weird History Food: The Cult Of Diet Coke

Ahh... the diet drink phase... Tab, Diet Rite, even Coca Cola got into the craze! Come join us as we trace the origins of diet soda, and how Diet Coke emerged and took over the minds of so many over the years! With so many flavors and options, what's yours?

The Helper · Mar 11, 2024

The popular burger chain is expanding yet again!

In-N-Out is a beloved burger chain on the West Coast known for its secret menu items and cult status. Once only a fast-food joint for those living in places like California and Arizona, In-N-Out has since been working on opening new locations in the Tennessee area and New Mexico for the first time.

Now, the popular burger joint that used to be a stickler on expanding outside its origins, can add yet another state to its growing list.

In-N-Out recently revealed it will soon expand to Washington State for the first time. The restaurant is slated to be located in the Ridgefield area around Union Ridge Town Center.

The company is only in the proposal stages for this new location, but we hear customers can expect a spacious venue with a drive-thru and a covered patio once construction begins.