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Nancy2 > wrote:

> On Feb 21, 6:03*pm, ImStillMags > wrote:
> > At Applebee¹s, almost no actual cooking is done: premade food in
> > plastic baggies is heated in microwaves and dumped onto plates. Ms.
> > McMillan deplores this practice while also finding it fascinating. ³I
> > watch an endless assembly line,² she writes, ³a large-scale mash-up
> > that hits the sweet spot between McDonald¹s and Sandra Lee¹s ŒSemi-
> > Homemade Cooking.¹ ²
>
> I'd take it all with a grain of salt. All the franchises (Applebees
> and the like) and WalMarts have individual managers/owners. So "one
> size fits all" doesn't work here.

And part of that franchise agreement is that they will use certain
vendors. Haven't you ever heard "We're not allowed to do that"?
More's the pity, too.


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