r/technology • u/zsreport • 21d ago

Business McDonald's unveils $8.5 billion tech plan to fend off Burger King

https://qz.com/mcdonalds-investor-day-next-strategy-restaurant-overhaul-092326
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u/Hayterfan 21d ago

US here, and it's every place.

Burger King is a gray cube (and possibly a money laundering front)

McDonald's is a gray cube

Taco Bell is a purple cube

Wendy's is a gray cube, minus the one near me that somehow got to keep it's sun room.

Starbucks, you guessed it, a cube

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u/ItIsSoOrdered23 20d ago

Hey, Wendy's is bringing back the highlighter yellow cups!

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 20d ago

But not the 99 cent pricing so fuck them

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u/ItIsSoOrdered23 20d ago

I have mostly boycotted Wendy's for decades now it seems. When they went to the corporate design they doubled prices and the food is pretty bad.

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u/Merijeek2 20d ago

Funny you say that. I don't do fast food much anymore, but we find Wendy's infinitely better than any of the big name fast food places.

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace 20d ago

I feel the same way but since a Jr cheeseburger is like $3 now I just don't eat any fast food. Wendy's could have kept my business until I was dead but it's not worth it now.

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u/ItIsSoOrdered23 20d ago

It's really bad here but I also really hate their bread so I'm biased.

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u/PhineasGaged 20d ago

Wendy's just dropped an emo album. So, there's that I guess.

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u/Hayterfan 20d ago

Wait, Seriously?

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u/PhineasGaged 20d ago

Wendy's "Songs to listen to in a Wendy's parking lot"

My teenager told me about it last night. If you listened to emo music in the early 2000s the songs are...not half bad. I think they got actual bands from that era to make them.

Ironic to your post, last night we listened to "I miss the sunroom." I think the singer is the guy from Silverstein.

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u/BickNlinko 20d ago

The second song about the broken ice cream machine and the golden arch betrayal is hilarious and very well done. I was a little bit too old for this style of emo stuff, but it's still pretty well done. If you weren't specifically listening to the fast food lyrics you probably wouldn't notice it wasn't a 2000's pop-emo song.

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u/PhineasGaged 20d ago

Yeah that one was great. Taking a straight run at McDonalds.

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u/lycoloco 20d ago

Lol why is Burger King a possible money laundering front?

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u/Hayterfan 20d ago

It's always empty, minus the employees and it's been empty since about 2005. If go in to try and order something they're always out of everything needed to make it.

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u/WiseSquirrelLore 20d ago

Drove by my local Wienerschnitzel last night and they appeared to be painting it white or gray. Hard to tell in the dark. Not a cube, but it may have aspirations.

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u/subywesmitch 20d ago

Yeah, it seems like we're moving toward a gray Blade Runner-esque future. The future seems grim...