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Mr. Luddite

On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

Tim

On Monday, October 20, 2014 3:38:37 PM UTC-7, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco

wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B

wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco

wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the

best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which

have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast

and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern

hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and

seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles

down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat

lamps until they sold.

i was always impressed with their earlier french fries. Long strings of peeled potato.

F*O*A*D

On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

--
Of life’s simple pleasures, few are more satisfying than being attacked
by the right-wing trash in rec.boats.

Califbill

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

Ray Krock actually bought McDonalds for their Milk Shake Machine.

F*O*A*D

On 10/20/14 7:41 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

Ray Krock actually bought McDonalds for their Milk Shake Machine.

Would that be the Milk-less Milk Shake Machine? I don't know what's in
them now, but back when I am talking about, they were not made of milk.

--
Of lifeâ€™s simple pleasures, few are more satisfying than being attacked
by the right-wing trash in rec.boats.

Califbill

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 7:41 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

Ray Krock actually bought McDonalds for their Milk Shake Machine.

Would that be the Milk-less Milk Shake Machine? I don't know what's in
them now, but back when I am talking about, they were not made of milk.

What ever was in them, that is the reason that Krock actually bought McD's.

Califbill

wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 21:15:21 -0500, Califbill
wrote:

F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 7:41 PM, Califbill wrote:
F*O*A*D wrote:
On 10/20/14 6:38 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

You didn't hit the McDonald's on the Boston Post Road in Orange, or the
one in Hamden? The one in Orange was across the BPR from Nick's Italian
Grocery, maker of the best subs anywhere. Some people thought McDonald's
would put Nick's out of business, but Nick had a secret weapon: he was
the biggest bookie in the Orange-West Haven area, and never suffered a
business downturn. The McDonald's had a trampoline park next door, too.

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

Ray Krock actually bought McDonalds for their Milk Shake Machine.

Would that be the Milk-less Milk Shake Machine? I don't know what's in
them now, but back when I am talking about, they were not made of milk.

What ever was in them, that is the reason that Krock actually bought McD's.

Actually we have that backwards . Krok was selling milk shake machines
and he wanted to know why McDonalds needed 12 (or some huge number) of
them. When he saw their business model he wanted in.
The thing that McDonald had figured out was previously prepared
burgers pushed out the window really fast at a cheap price (AKA "fast
food")

Actually forgot he was a shake machine salesman.

F*O*A*D

On 10/20/14 9:02 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:44:21 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

In those days, I thought the only thing McDonald's had that was edible
were the fries. The burgers were and still are for ****, and the shakes
had no milk in them.

No fast food chain has any milk in the shakes. That is why they are
just called shakes.
It is a bag of powder they dump in the chiller machine, first thing in
the morning and by the time they open, it is a frozen slush. When they
are in a hurry they put a scoop of ice in there.

Fries are an interesting thing. It is the highest profit item in a
fast food joint. Better than coffee, tea and way ahead of the soft
drinks. That is why they are always fiddling with the recipe, trying
to get the ones people want.

I got a lot of insight into those operations working in the Wendys for
7 years but I really learned about the operation when we were
integrating the new computer systems into Burger King. I was one of
the T3 guys who taught the guys who taught the managers. We knew just
about everything there was to know about how a Burger King runs and
where the money goes.
A couple years later Wendys adopted the same basic system and we
rolled the first one out in Naples. I got to meet Dave. Wendys liked
us in Ft Myers because of the way we ran the older register systems.

In reality, I liked that business better than the glass house
operations although it was pretty unpopular with some guys who took
themselves too seriously.

BTW, even is slave wage Florida, I never saw anyone making minimum
wage.

I avoid most of the chain burger joints, though I do have a Five Guys
burger and fries once in a while. I've convinced the local FGs to NOT
overcook the burger, which they tend to do, and to keep the salt off my
fries.

--
Of life’s simple pleasures, few are more satisfying than being attacked
by the right-wing trash in rec.boats.

Califbill

"Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

They were 14 cents and we would buy a dozen to go when working on the race
car. Toss 1/2 the buns and combine the meat, and put some lettuce on them.

Mr. Luddite

On 10/20/2014 8:47 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 18:38:37 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/20/2014 4:36 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:04:58 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:52:33 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 13:29:02 -0400, Poco Loco
wrote:

McD's sausage biscuit, for a buck, with a small orange juice is the
best breakfast deal around - unless you can find a Hardees - which
have better biscuits.

===

Damn, I can still remember when you could get 2 eggs with bacon, toast
and coffee for a buck.

Yeah, well...back then I couldn't afford a buck!

My breakfast in High School was usually 2 ten cent Little Tavern
hamburgers

My earliest recollection of McDonalds is fifteen cent hamburgers and
seventeen cent cheeseburgers. My buddy and I used to ride our bicycles
down to the McDonalds in Hingham, MA (the only one around back then).

In those days they cooked 'em on a grill and piled them up under heat
lamps until they sold.

Little Tavern is a White Castle sort of thing if you are a mid
westerner.
They long predate McDonalds. My father flipped burgers at Little
Tavern for a few weeks in 1930 or so when he had just arrived in DC
from Oklahoma.
It is a "slider" type burger with grilled onions and a pickle slice on
a steamed bun.

The 3 main burger chains have different philosophies on the burger.
McD does make them up and stock them under the lights from what I see.
BK cooks the meat in a robo broiler, stocks the meat at the end of the
broiler or over at the sandwich station and makes up the sandwich to
order. (if the meat is cold, they nuke it)
Wendy's keeps burgers cooking on the grill all day, making the
sandwich to order and when the meat on the grill gets too old, they
make chili out of it.
I don't know much about McD but Wendy's and BK use the computer system
to predict how many burgers to cook, based on past usage in 15 minute
intervals.
The manager has an opportunity to override the computer but he does it
at his peril because they also get rated by the same 15 minute
interval and it is a business of pennies.

Everything they do is logged (fry drops, burgers cooked etc) and
balanced against sales. The guys in Columbus or Miami have a pretty
good idea of how many burgers are getting cold and how long the fries
have been baking, if they want to look.
It least that was the way it was when I got away from the business and
I have to believe the computer only got better. That is why I think
the robot store is not that far fetched. They could lose about half of
the kitchen staff and only make things go smoother. Ordering on your
phone could take out a couple more of the counter staff, particularity
if I-pay type services take the money out of the transaction.

I don't go to McDonalds often but I think they now "cook" to order.
"Cooking" is basically nuking a pre-cooked piece of something they call
hamburger in the microwave and assembling the burger per the order. I
don't think they stack 'em up anymore.

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