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There is no exclusivity. Franchisees can buy Carpigiani machines instead...but... "(McDonald’s agreement with franchisees also allows them to use an actual Ita

by phonon 3y ago

There is no exclusivity. Franchisees can buy Carpigiani machines instead...but... "(McDonald’s agreement with franchisees also allows them to use an actual Italian machine, sold by Bologna-based Carpigiani, that McD Truth describes as much better designed. But given that its replacement parts can take a week to arrive from Italy, far fewer restaurants buy it.)" [1] [1] https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-makers-started-cold-war/#:~:text=McDonald%E2%80%99s%20agreement%20with%20franchisees%20also%20allows%20them%20to%20use%20an%20actual%20Italian%20machine%2C%20sold%20by%20Bologna%2Dbased%20Carpigiani%2C https://www.wired.com/story/they-hacked-mcdonalds-ice-cream-...

netsharc 3y ago
Seem like there's a market to be a buyer of a few thousand of the Italian machines state-side, in complete (for selling) and in parts (for repairs).
- kyleee 3y ago
  Sounds expensive to get started but I wish someone would just to compete with the corrupt idiots at Taylor
- phonon 3y ago
  Seems like they are pretty good! "Then there is the Carpigiani K3. Take all the issues with the Taylor C602 and fix them and then you have a K3. It's by far the better machine with tech support that anyone can call into. The only complaint is that most of the parameters are initialized before being translated from German to English." https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/jd2tbq/mcdonalds_ice_cream_machine/g981utj/ https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/jd2tbq/mcdonalds_ic...
  - netsharc 3y ago
    I hope it has a screen somewhere that says "DAS MASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN".
  - jaclaz 3y ago
    Maybe the machines the poster on Reddit saw/dealt with were modified, Carpigiani is Italian[1], so while it is well possible that some settings are not translated from Italian to English, it is unlikely that they were "natively" in German. [1] Specifically from Emilia Romagna, not far from Ravenna, i.e. it is not the case of a bi-lingual Italian/German region such as Trentino Alto Adige.

by phonon 3y ago

netsharc 3y ago

Seem like there's a market to be a buyer of a few thousand of the Italian machines state-side, in complete (for selling) and in parts (for repairs).

kyleee 3y ago
Sounds expensive to get started but I wish someone would just to compete with the corrupt idiots at Taylor
phonon 3y ago
Seems like they are pretty good! "Then there is the Carpigiani K3. Take all the issues with the Taylor C602 and fix them and then you have a K3. It's by far the better machine with tech support that anyone can call into. The only complaint is that most of the parameters are initialized before being translated from German to English." https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/jd2tbq/mcdonalds_ice_cream_machine/g981utj/ https://old.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/jd2tbq/mcdonalds_ic...
- netsharc 3y ago
  I hope it has a screen somewhere that says "DAS MASCHINE IST NICHT FÜR DER GEFINGERPOKEN UND MITTENGRABEN".
- jaclaz 3y ago
  Maybe the machines the poster on Reddit saw/dealt with were modified, Carpigiani is Italian[1], so while it is well possible that some settings are not translated from Italian to English, it is unlikely that they were "natively" in German. [1] Specifically from Emilia Romagna, not far from Ravenna, i.e. it is not the case of a bi-lingual Italian/German region such as Trentino Alto Adige.