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It’s shady because he puts his name on crap and doesn’t care because everything is BS. Would you start a burger business without quality control? Would you let
by prepend 3y ago
It’s shady because he puts his name on crap and doesn’t care because everything is BS.
Would you start a burger business without quality control? Would you let random companies put your name on crap? That’s shady.
- no_wizard 3y agoLicensing deals aren’t the same as starting a burger business. Clearly the partnering institutions aren’t living up to par but he’s just licensing and marketing which is a pretty common arrangement for these sorts of things. Not sure I agree it’s shady, egregious maybe.
- pictureofabear 3y agoCertainly not shady. Many brands put their label on crap merchandise.
- basch 3y agoI believe he is supplying the food. So if the ghost kitchen is a burger chain, they have their own burgers and then separately cook his as well. All of the quality control issues should be from preparation.
- rozap 3y agoHow is this any different from Kirkland brand stuff from Costco? They just happen to have a reasonably high bar because they're playing the long game. It's not the practice that you likely have an issue with, it's the individual.
- prepend 3y agoGood example. Kirkland stuff is good. It would be shady if Costco put their name on anything and didn’t care about their product. So if you see something with the kirkland brand, you have some expectation of quality. And if you have a problem Costco will fix it (or drop the product). The MrBeast brand doesn’t really stand for anything. And he doesn’t correct quality problems.
- 93po 3y agoWhat are the quality problems? He seemed to me to put a lot of pride into his chocolate bars and the opening of his burger joint in a mall.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoKirkland Brand isn't Ghost Kitchens, it's usually reputable brands who slap a label on their product to build additional sales channels. The most common example is that Kirkland Vodka is widely reported to be Grey Goose, and it's speculated that Kirkland Mac & Cheese is just repackaged Kraft. No Brand or Quality Control needed; mostly contract and supply chain control since you're dealing with brands that already do good QC.
- andrewxdiamond 3y agoIt’s actually a quite interesting and experimental business model. The man is a business genius. You’re seeing the early buggy days of an insanely profitable food chain business model
- fennecfoxy 3y agoBusiness genius lmao, he got lucky and made a huge chunk of money on crypto. After that, the money makes itself. When they say it takes money to make money, that's pretty much it. Reach a certain threshold and the interest on it will pay off any failures you make. & because the general masses adore and love to watch rich people dance around screen, ofc his YT does well, he's got the money to do some crazy stuff. Everyone watches "who wants to be a millionaire", nobody watches "who wants to win 10 bucks".
- andrewxdiamond 3y agoI’m not talking about the reality show friend. He has a fast food restaurant chain that has grown insanely quickly by partnering with local restaurants. He has no kitchens yet dozens of these fast food restaurants operating solely on Uber/DoorDash.
- xbmcuser 3y agoI thought he was providing the packaging and the ingredients. Just using an already open kitchen.