McDonald's Fries
Bob Myers wrote:
>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>>It seems a little ironic to me that McDonalds would insist on perfect
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>potatoes where
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>>their food is so far from perfects. I realize that they sell billions of
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>burgers, but
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>>mass appeal, especially with their special appeal to children and teens
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>does nothing
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>>to enhance my view of their products. I will take those roughly chopped
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>fries from a
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>>chip truck over the golden arches fries any day.
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>Actually, their food DOES come very much closer to
>"perfect" *for what it is supposed to be* than any of
>their competitors. Note, however, that in this context,
>"perfect" doesn't at ALL have to equate to "good" in terms
>of taste, nutrition, etc..
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>I had the good fortune to be sitting next to a McDonald's exec
>on a trans-Pacific flight once; he was on his way to Australia
>and New Zealand to work out some deals with meat suppliers
>their for their Asian operations. Learned a lot about what
>Micky D's is all about, and you can basically sum it up in
>one word: consistency. McDonald's never is going to make the
>absolute best hamburger or whatever in the world, but
>they know that and that isn't really what they're shooting for.
>The point is to make a product that the public will buy, and
>then to make sure that that product is absolutely the same no
>matter what McDonald's you happen to walk into. And at
>least in my experience, in THAT sense they're the best in
>the world. No matter where I am - and I get around quite
>a bit on business - if I HAVE to go for "fast food," either
>due to a time crunch or just because I have no "known good"
>local options, I am likely to go to McD's. I never expect
>to have a "great" burger or whatever there, but I am always
>absolutely certain that whatever I DO get will be exactly the
>same in, say, Taipei as it is in Denver. And I can tell you from
>(bad) experience that a lot of their American-type competition
>in those same locations can't say the same thing.
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>In that light, their demanding that their suppliers provide
>potatoes (or whatever) to some pretty tight specifications
>is very understandable.
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>Bob M.
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>You are not wrong. The thing about Maccas is that no matter where you are you know exactly what you're getting, with very little risk of food poisoning thrown in for free. The traditional Aussie burger at its best is superior to a Big Mac, but you can be sadly disappointed a lot of the time.
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>Have you heard of the practice of using the price of a Big Mac relative
>to the average wage as a guide to a country's prosperity?
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Christine
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