Few things made me feel more depressed that seeing cars backed up for what must have been an hour long queue trying to get McDonald’s at the drive through, since that’s the only bit that was open.
I don’t really want to wait an hour for good food, let alone some hyper processed slop.
If I’m not mistaken, isn’t this the case because the business model has shifted? I’m not sure about the broadwr market, but I believe McDonalds makes more renting space to franchisees than anything else. Corporate is still raking it in from the franchise holders, while those franchise holders are the ones suffering from reduced sales.
See also McDonalds requiring franchisees to use a specific vendor to repair ice cream machines (I think they’ve been sued and forced to stop doing this since)
Fast food sales have plummeted since covid.
We have stopped going.
Few things made me feel more depressed that seeing cars backed up for what must have been an hour long queue trying to get McDonald’s at the drive through, since that’s the only bit that was open.
I don’t really want to wait an hour for good food, let alone some hyper processed slop.
Surely another price increase will make up for our terrible products not selling!
Accurate. They had less customers.
Yet they also had more profits. By 2024 the profits were way up compared to 2018.
2024 was the year people had enough and now there is a decline.
Not arguing with your point at all, just adding some context because I find it interesting.
If I’m not mistaken, isn’t this the case because the business model has shifted? I’m not sure about the broadwr market, but I believe McDonalds makes more renting space to franchisees than anything else. Corporate is still raking it in from the franchise holders, while those franchise holders are the ones suffering from reduced sales.
See also McDonalds requiring franchisees to use a specific vendor to repair ice cream machines (I think they’ve been sued and forced to stop doing this since)
You haven’t stopped enough though. Plummeting is not the same as them crashing and burning.