McDonald's Ice Cream Machines
Discussions center on why McDonald's ice cream machines frequently break down, with blame on corporate mandates forcing franchisees to use unreliable Taylor machines that benefit suppliers, alongside insights into McDonald's real estate-focused business model rather than food sales.
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that's exactly what mcdonalds did: https://blog.wallstreetsurvivor.com/2015/10/08/mcdonalds-bey...
McDonalds uses a different model than the other fast food places.
That is actually what McDonalds is doing, burgers are just addition.
You’re making it out to be far simpler than reality. McDonald’s is more than just an ice cream place, they sell Big Macs, fries, a clean place with wifi, and cheap coffee. It would have to be the sum of those worse off than a competitor.A bad ice cream machine could just mean sub optimal profits / experience.
Didn't McDonald's solve this problem decades ago?
Did you watch the film? The idea is that McDonalds are knowingly letting another company overcharge their franchisees, it's not about safety. Supposedly other fast food chains use the same machines without these problems.
I think of McDonald's as being pretty savvy, having dominated for decades in a competitive domain with large volume and low margins. In violation of Hanlon's Razor, I'd bet the reason is more malice rather than stupidity. Or rather, the specific form of malice more precisely called short-sighted greed.
Remember. Mc Donald’s are not in the Burger business.
McDonald's the corp isn't hurt by this, individual franchise owners bear the cost. In particular, mcdonald's the corp mandates the particular icecream machine that is used, rather than allowing the franchise owner to pick from several machines. The video argues that this is done because mcdonald's is interested in benefiting the company that makes and services the ice cream machines.
Does this mean that McDonalds will be banned as well?