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Should they also be allowed to swap out their cola products with generic brands? RC Cola instead of Coca Cola won't hurt anybody (much safer than tampering wit
by mcpackieh 3y ago
Should they also be allowed to swap out their cola products with generic brands? RC Cola instead of Coca Cola won't hurt anybody (much safer than tampering with a dairy machine!), but franchisees are made to buy Coca Cola specifically. Agreeing to this sort of thing is part of the deal of being a franchise.
- iancmceachern 3y agoYes, as long as they label it such to the public.
- gruez 3y agoHow are you going to label that their ice cream machine is using generic parts? The whole point of a franchise is that I know what I'm getting. What's the point of a "mcdonalds" brand, when any franchisee can swap out arbitrary components/ingredients as they wish, and I have to carefully assess whether the replacements are up to snuff?
- iancmceachern 3y agoI'm saying label the machine if they don't use coke syrup but use rc cola syrup. The generic parts don't matter because the parts are tested to be suitable replacements It's no different than car parts.
- gruez 3y agoRight, but what does it mean if I walk into a mcdonalds, and I don't even know whether I'm going to be getting coca-cola or RC cola, or worse yet real mcdonalds fries™ or generic sysco fries? It might as well be a generic burger joint. What's the point of the mcdonalds brand in that case?
- iancmceachern 3y agoReplying to your comment below here. That's why I'm saying they need to label it if they serve rc not coke, just say what they're doing. If they use one brand of straw that is approved vs another brand of straw that is also approved they don't need to label it, there is not material difference. That's what I'm saying the parts in the ice cream machine are, not materially different. The comparison you should be making is if they changed the ice cream base mix they put in the machine. Yes, in that case they should tell customers they are using soy milk or whatever, but If they use a different part in the machine that is equally suitable then it matters not.
- mcpackieh 3y agoThis isn't how franchising works. When you sign on as a franchisee, you agree to sell the food and use the equipment the franchiser tells you to.