You don't need to app unless you want to take advantage of some deal, like I have recently with $2 breakfast sandwiches, but that deal is about to end. I'm new to the app, so maybe the future deals won't be as good.
One does not need an app to eat fast food. You can just pay the posted prices if you want to eat there. The app just gets you discounts and ordering convenience.
OK so we will charge those who cannot or do not have the App more. Typically older or technically challenged individuals. That seems smart! Not!One does not need an app to eat fast food. You can just pay the posted prices if you want to eat there. The app just gets you discounts and ordering convenience.
Correct, that's pretty much the business model these days in many fast food places. They want you to use the app (which is not that difficult to do) to have you place orders and pay ahead of time. That way, they need less counter help and can track inventory to an extent. My friends (all over 70 years old) use it at Whataburger daily and it's very effective and saves us money. I have a hard time seeing resistance to using these apps.
This coincides closely with my experience, and what I've been saying here for some time. The government is reporting 21% inflation, while we're actually paying more like 40% more. Yes, this is just one example. But the claim is that all their expenses - labor, paper and food - went up 40%. Not 21%. So we're not just talking about the price of a burger here.
That's quite a difference from your Whattaburger scrambled eggs and sausage platter at $3.48.
Yes, I understand you don't actually need a phone to eat at McD's - but you do have to have a phone to take advantage of some of their "deals." Clearly, they are mining data that way which is their right. My right is not to play their game - and I don't.
That's just great! NOW, I need an EXTRA phone just to eat fast food. Who would have ever thought it?
It's nice to know that McD's is finally realizing that some of us are resisting their significant price increases. I started resisting a couple of years ago. I don't think I've been to McD's in that time and don't plan to in the future - but YMMV.
I was actually thinking about that exact lawsuit when I posted my original comment about the coffee not being hot. But even 5 to 10 years ago when I was getting coffee more regularly at McDonald's, it was at least hot, not just a little warm. Anyway, at least they came through for me that last visit.Regarding coffee - McD's has a history of issues with coffee being too hot. See:
Liebeck v. McDonald's Restaurants - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Yeah, I heard the hand waving talk from the CEO and I don't buy it.
Me too. IMHO, they have the best biscuit on the market. And, their 10% senior discount is a winner for me.
Yeah, beef has outpaced "normal" inflation. We've switched to chicken and pork (and veggies.)
Yep, expense account type breakfast at the hotel.
I value your contributions to this site, so let me recommend an oldie but goodie book to you, Who Moved My Cheese?. It's a small book, entertaining, and a short read.
Breakfast at a hotel is like bringing a car to the dealer for a repair. You know it’s going to be expensive and won’t be as good.
I remember that book. And the cheesy (no pun intended) video our management showed all employees, trying to get us to accept "changes" like layoffs and benefit cuts.I value your contributions to this site, so let me recommend an oldie but goodie book to you, Who Moved My Cheese?. It's a small book, entertaining, and a short read.
Fast food joint apps are not a hill to die on.
LOL. My employer in early 2001 distributed that book to the departments to read. We also had a watch a video about a Pike Place fish market at that same time. It never came up again over the next couple decades.
