Mcdonalds new ordering system

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Alex L

2,575 posts

255 months

Thursday 31st January 2019
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Pass on the pork/beef/McRib question but I’ll try and find out

As for coffees and iced drinks, it wouldn’t surprise me if this range broadens as we’re currently trialing Barista Coffee in a couple of restaurants.

jjones

4,427 posts

194 months

Thursday 31st January 2019
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jsc15 said:
- Why does a chocolate milkshake always taste slightly of banana? If they come out the same nozzle that's surely an issue for some
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And vanilla shake is affected even worse, has a good 80% chance to have a taste tainted with artificial banana flavour which is minging. Does anyone buy the banana flavour? just ditch it. This has been the case for the last 20 years.

ThunderSpook

3,627 posts

212 months

Friday 1st February 2019
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I like the banana flavour, that and strawberry are the only ones I buy, and that’s only if the banana is not available. It’s just a shame that it often tastes of chocolate!

C70R

17,596 posts

105 months

Friday 1st February 2019
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kev1974 said:
If a small chain can do that then one with the logistics of McDonalds ought to be a bit more switched on when it comes to ordering in a few more imaginative special burger sauces or ingredients for promos than they do now.
You've got that completely the wrong way around. It's orders of magnitude more difficult for a huge organisation like McDs to 'just add a special' to the menu. It takes months of planning and logistics. Whereas a small chain (2-5 sites) can do this weekly without any hassle, and someone of Honest's size can probably do it monthly.

David87

6,667 posts

213 months

Monday 4th February 2019
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Just back from the Netherlands. They have a double Big Tasty at the moment. eek Wasn’t hungry enough to appempt one, but I can confirm that the Double Cheeseburger I had was somehow nicer than a UK one. Can’t really put my finger on why.

KungFuPanda

4,334 posts

171 months

Monday 4th February 2019
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In the US, they are doing any two items from a choice of:

10 Nuggets
Big Mac
Fillet of Fish
Quarter Pounder with Cheese

for $5!!

Freaking bargain!

captain_cynic

12,126 posts

96 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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KungFuPanda said:
In the US, they are doing any two items from a choice of:

10 Nuggets
Big Mac
Fillet of Fish
Quarter Pounder with Cheese

for $5!!

Freaking bargain!
In the US they have decent competition in every single town. They cant afford to price it like they do in the UK.

red_slr

17,313 posts

190 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Breakfast Wrap £3.09 now at my local. £2.79 at others in the same area.

Craikeybaby

10,434 posts

226 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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ThunderSpook said:
I like the banana flavour, that and strawberry are the only ones I buy, and that’s only if the banana is not available. It’s just a shame that it often tastes of chocolate!
I also like the banana flavour, but 75% of the time I go to McDonalds (various restaurants) the milkshake machine is broken.

Stella Tortoise

2,659 posts

144 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Bring back root beer.

Alex L

2,575 posts

255 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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red_slr said:
Breakfast Wrap £3.09 now at my local. £2.79 at others in the same area.
There are price variances across restaurants but usually the most expensive is no more than about 20p higher. McDonald's don't hike the price exponentially in services or transport hubs like its competitors.

skinny

5,269 posts

236 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Stella Tortoise said:
Bring back root beer.
Did they ever have it in the UK?

bingybongy

3,880 posts

147 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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skinny said:
Stella Tortoise said:
Bring back root beer.
Did they ever have it in the UK?
Yes, it was fking rancid.
Probably in the early to mid 80s. The coke wasn't Coca Cola either it was also crap.

anonymous-user

55 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Soft drink floats would be cool. As well as brining the mcrib back, which are bloody lovely.

InitialDave

11,971 posts

120 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Out of interest, did anyone else use to have a Wendy's local to them? We had one in Doncaster ~20 years back, but it seems they were very limited in how many were in the UK.

kev1974

4,029 posts

130 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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Why have so many of the refurbed restaurants got those stupid areas that look like piled up crates to sit on. No tables just lots of different height boxes. Hardly ever see many people sitting on them, they just seem like a waste of space. Was in Kensington store today and they had one of these areas sitting doing nothing, not just in the ground floor, but another one in the basement. Was irritating because there were no tables free, just this weird crates area.

Alex L

2,575 posts

255 months

Tuesday 5th February 2019
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kev1974 said:
Why have so many of the refurbed restaurants got those stupid areas that look like piled up crates to sit on. No tables just lots of different height boxes. Hardly ever see many people sitting on them, they just seem like a waste of space. Was in Kensington store today and they had one of these areas sitting doing nothing, not just in the ground floor, but another one in the basement. Was irritating because there were no tables free, just this weird crates area.
It’s called a “bleacher,” and I don’t really get them either but they were all the rage with our interior designer a couple of years ago. The last one I saw installed was in Leicester Square, which does get used but mainly as a result of every other seat being taken.

Alex L

2,575 posts

255 months

Monday 11th February 2019
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As a heads up from the 25th Feb to the 1st March you'll get a free Cheesy Bacon Flat Bread with any hot drink purchase if using the app...


Craikeybaby

10,434 posts

226 months

Monday 11th February 2019
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Was disappointed to discover that the buffalo wrap is no longer wrap of the day on Monday.

ThunderSpook

3,627 posts

212 months

Monday 11th February 2019
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What is?