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I recently went to a McDonald's in Austria. I was blown away by how they were going exactly for the community center vibe. There was a bar with four or five i
by stevecalifornia 10y ago
I recently went to a McDonald's in Austria. I was blown away by how they were going exactly for the community center vibe.
There was a bar with four or five internet connected tablets a half-basketball court next to the jungle gym and patio seating like you'd find at an upscale resteraunt. It also had a dedicated coffee and desert bar. Also, the cash registers were gone and in their place were four huge touchscreens for ordering. The place was like a restaurant from 50 years in the future.
I was shocked at how nice it was and that we don't have any in the US.
- xeromal 10y agoThere are a few in the US. They are just in select locations. I wrote software for McDs a while back and they were always coming up with high-tech initiatives. Too bad the environment was cut throat or I would have enjoyed working there.
- keithpeter 10y agoWhat was the cause of the cut-throatness if I may presume to ask such a thing? Some form of performance related pay or just heavy headquarters politics? (in UK McDonalds is a franchise operation I think, not too sure, so each restaurant is its own little enterprise with standardised training &c)
- noonespecial 10y agoThere are "specialty" McD's in the US, they are just rare. This one springs to mind: http://www.yelp.com/biz/mcdonalds-orlando-10 http://www.yelp.com/biz/mcdonalds-orlando-10
- ArtDev 10y agoThere appears to be no similarity better domestic and foreign McDonalds. Foreign McDonalds have much fresher better tasting food. They can't cut corners like they do in the US.
- mattbettinson 10y agoThere are lots of the touch screens in Ontario, Canada, in and around Toronto. Really neat.