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Hamburgers with tomatoes. There just wasn't an easy enough way to handle tomatoes at the volumes McDonald's does. Interesting. My primary reason for always ea
by bokonist 16y ago
Hamburgers with tomatoes. There just wasn't an easy enough way to handle tomatoes at the volumes McDonald's does.
Interesting. My primary reason for always eating at Wendy's over McDonalds is the tomatoes (well that, and Wendy's has a much better meat to bun ratio). I wonder why Wendy's can handle the tomatoes, but not McDonald's? Is the volume a problem at the individual store level, or at the corporate, bulk purchasing and distribution level?
- GFischer 16y agoOnce again, McDonald's burgers overseas are different and do include tomatoes (not the BigMac, but other burgers like "McNifica" which is only sold in Mexico and Latin America according to Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_products http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s_products )
- edw519 16y agoIs the volume a problem at the individual store level, or at the corporate, bulk purchasing and distribution level? The volume is not the problem. It's the solution. At the time I worked there (long ago), McDonald's did from 300% to 1000% the per store volume of any of its competitors. It was built for volume. That's why the food is cooked before you get there, with default condiments. Tomatoes and volume just don't mix well, too much labor and too much food cost. Not sure if the volume ratios are still like that, but I wouldn't be surprised.