Mcdonalds new ordering system

[wyson]

craigjm said:

They don’t actually cook to order anyway what they actually do is assemble to order. The new system is not a guarantee that your food will be any hotter. In reality it cuts down on waste as they throw less away than when stuff would have reached its time on the shoots.

Oh didn’t realise that. Thought they were trying to stave off the threat from 5 guys etc and trying to up the quality the customer gets, but what you said makes more sense.

[fiatpower]

chrisga said:

First McD's for ages yesterday. Sad to say used to be a regular pre-lockdown but not living near one we've avoided for a while. Since when did they start charging for sauces? Do they all do that now?

I think it depends on where you go to. They are meant to as I remember being charged for them like 10 years ago but my local one just throws a few in the bag when you ask

[theplayingmantis]

Lord Marylebone said:

You sound like a friend of mine who proudly told me that he spent £14 in Greggs and ate near enough the whole lot in one sitting

On your other point, it is really quite a stretch to suggest that eating 'normal' portions of food must automatically equal some kind of sedentary lifestyle, which of course, it doesn't.

Edited by Lord Marylebone on Tuesday 11th April 14:48

i did once eat (well sample, even a trencherman of my capacity struggled) the entire menu at quick when just off the ferry on the way to the euro's a few years back. it was part dare from my mates, part curiosity, part inebriation and part greed.

part 2 - is 2 mcmuffins really such an abnormal breakfast portion? (i have no dog in this fight as havent had one in ages)

[UTH]

theplayingmantis said:

Lord Marylebone said:

You sound like a friend of mine who proudly told me that he spent £14 in Greggs and ate near enough the whole lot in one sitting

On your other point, it is really quite a stretch to suggest that eating 'normal' portions of food must automatically equal some kind of sedentary lifestyle, which of course, it doesn't.

Edited by Lord Marylebone on Tuesday 11th April 14:48

i did once eat (well sample, even a trencherman of my capacity struggled) the entire menu at quick when just off the ferry on the way to the euro's a few years back. it was part dare from my mates, part curiosity, part inebriation and part greed.

part 2 - is 2 mcmuffins really such an abnormal breakfast portion? (i have no dog in this fight as havent had one in ages)

I am definitely not what you'd call fat by any means, but when I eat Maccas, I don't pussy around, so 2 McMuffins would probably be the norm on a hangover (only time I'd eat Maccas breakfast)
I'd easily have a Big Mac, Double Quarter pounder with cheese and possibly a triple cheeseburger chaser if I'm really hanging for a lunch recovery.

[craigjm]

theplayingmantis said:

part 2 - is 2 mcmuffins really such an abnormal breakfast portion? (i have no dog in this fight as havent had one in ages)

Well a double sausage and egg is 551 calories, a hash brown is 127 and let’s say you have a regular white coffee that’s 30 calories so 708 calories which is pretty much 1/3 of the recommended daily intake. Add in a second McMuffin and you’re at 1259 which is over half of the recommended intake from breakfast.

I guess it depends how active you are, how fast your metabolism is etc but they are clearly saying a breakfast is one otherwise there would be a double double sausage and egg meal on the menu

A double double sausage and egg meal is also 72g fat and 25g of saturated fat against a recommendation of 30g per day.

It’s all blah blah but in reality based on what they serve as a breakfast meal your “almost £10 for breakfast” is still as far as McDonald’s are concerned 1.5 breakfasts really

[Rufus Stone]

craigjm said:

Well a double sausage and egg is 551 calories, a hash brown is 127 and let’s say you have a regular white coffee that’s 30 calories so 708 calories which is pretty much 1/3 of the recommended daily intake. Add in a second McMuffin and you’re at 1259 which is over half of the recommended intake from breakfast.

I guess it depends how active you are, how fast your metabolism is etc but they are clearly saying a breakfast is one otherwise there would be a double double sausage and egg meal on the menu

A double double sausage and egg meal is also 72g fat and 25g of saturated fat against a recommendation of 30g per day.

It’s all blah blah but in reality based on what they serve as a breakfast meal your “almost £10 for breakfast” is still as far as McDonald’s are concerned 1.5 breakfasts really

Nah, it's a decent breakfast that doesn't leave you hungry

Personally I only have two meals per day, breakfast and dinner, so half the required intake for each.

[ZedLeg]

I used to get a bagel and a muffin for breakfast, reserved for the worst hangovers.

The idea that anyone going to mcdonalds is considering their balanced diet while standing in the queue is

Edited by ZedLeg on Wednesday 12th April 06:13

[otolith]

theplayingmantis said:

as for 2 mcmuffins for breakfast, see no issue with that, i think a lot here must leave sedentary lives, those of a robust build who exercise/play sport regularly 2 mcmuffins is perfectly reasonable imo without being a big fat lumps.

Powerfully built?

[theplayingmantis]

otolith said:

Powerfully built?

Quite.

Losing a few pounds as I type...

[Puzzles]

i miss the breakfast wrap

[Sway]

Puzzles said:

i miss the breakfast wrap

You and me both.

There's a Tim Hortons next to my local McDonald's, they do a decent wrap but the hash browns and sausages aren't as good.

[BrabusMog]

Sway said:

Puzzles said:

i miss the breakfast wrap

You and me both.

There's a Tim Hortons next to my local McDonald's, they do a decent wrap but the hash browns and sausages aren't as good.

I’d love to know the commercial reason for them removing it menu.

[anonymous-user]

Sway said:

Puzzles said:

i miss the breakfast wrap

You and me both.

There's a Tim Hortons next to my local McDonald's, they do a decent wrap but the hash browns and sausages aren't as good.

Agreed on both counts.

The McD’s breakfast wrap was really good. Very strange they have removed it.

But, as above, the Tim Hortons breakfast wrap is basically identical to the McD’s. I had one last week in fact.

I also love the Tim Hortons French Vanilla coffee as well. Very nice.

[Sway]

BrabusMog said:

Sway said:

Puzzles said:

i miss the breakfast wrap

You and me both.

There's a Tim Hortons next to my local McDonald's, they do a decent wrap but the hash browns and sausages aren't as good.

I’d love to know the commercial reason for them removing it menu.

Apparently, it was a pain in the arse to do as it used every 'station' and couldn't just be stacked and done.

[stevemcs]

Sway said:

Puzzles said:

i miss the breakfast wrap

You and me both.

There's a Tim Hortons next to my local McDonald's, they do a decent wrap but the hash browns and sausages aren't as good.

And me

[otolith]

theplayingmantis said:

Quite.

Losing a few pounds as I type...

[Koyaanisqatsi]

Puzzles said:

i miss the breakfast wrap

Me too. The closest I've come is the Breakfast Roll and sticking a hash brown in it but alas, it is just not the same as using a simple wrap as a vehicle containing all those breakfast items.

[snuffy]

I miss The Big Breakfast.

But they stopped those years ago now, so that's pretty much when I stopped going to McDs.

[wyson]

snuffy said:

I miss The Big Breakfast.

But they stopped those years ago now, so that's pretty much when I stopped going to McDs.

I loved that as well. Seems we are in a minority though, definitely saw many more ppl eating the McMuffins.

[theplayingmantis]

snuffy said:

I miss The Big Breakfast.

But they stopped those years ago now, so that's pretty much when I stopped going to McDs.

yep was great.

tim hortons is dire for non breakfast in uk at least. horrible. not tried the breakfast as was so disgusted by the burgers etc on 2 non consecutive occasions, at 2 locations. (i thought the 1st time may have been one off...) rank.