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Posted: 12/5/2021 1:41:58 AM EDT
Why doesn't McDonald's make a Hot Dog?
Seems easy and profitable enough. Right? |
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I don’t think they would sell… the “cheeseburgers” are engineered to taste the way they do. A real cheeseburger tastes better. Even if using the same ingredients cheap bun shit meat and the rest. An engineered hotdog….probably puke worthy using mcds available flavors.
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They already put the lips, tits, and assholes in their hamburgers.
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It'd be so nasty.
related, I saw the ad for Wendy's new fries (they suck) but made me realize McD's fries are exactly the same from when I was kid. I can't remember them being anything else. |
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For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige.
One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!". Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs. I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant. |
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I'm thankful for Steak & Shake hot dogs. Hits the spot when I get the odd, rare craving for a hot dog and saves me from buying a pack of them at the grocery.
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I don’t believe their as of late target audience eat many hot dogs.
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Quoted: It'd be so nasty. related, I saw the ad for Wendy's new fries (they suck) but made me realize McD's fries are exactly the same from when I was kid. I can't remember them being anything else. View Quote They were a lot better when I was a kid. They were fried in beef fat if I'm not mistaken. I just know they were better. |
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McDonalds used to do more things - but at some point you realize that there is more profit in doing less. With less on your menu you have less supplies to manage, less cooking to manage, etc... The real question is would a hot dog add any to there sales to cover those costs. There are already a few good hotdog fast food places - Sonic is managing it well. But McDonalds would be hard pressed to become a destination for hot dogs.
Now what is missing is a fresh corndog - but the only places that have done that were dedicated to corndogs. It is not cost effective to put that equipment in, especially since they have a shitty shelf life once fried, so you have to have a great turn over do do it fast. If not, then it is a 15+ minute wait and nobody waits 15 minutes for fast food. |
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Quoted: They were a lot better when I was a kid. They were fried in beef fat if I'm not mistaken. I just know they were better. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It'd be so nasty. related, I saw the ad for Wendy's new fries (they suck) but made me realize McD's fries are exactly the same from when I was kid. I can't remember them being anything else. They were a lot better when I was a kid. They were fried in beef fat if I'm not mistaken. I just know they were better. You're right...they were fried in beef tallow.....not anymore...now it's canola oil or whatever bullshit they use now.....the apple pies used to be fried too but noooooo....fast food has to be healthy... |
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They would be competing with every 7-11, Wawa and Circle K in the neighborhood.
Then again, no gas station offers burgers, shakes, french fries or fried hot apple pies... My guess is that it's because it is difficult to make a hot dog distinctive - i.e., make your hot dog stand out from everyone else's hot dog. Also, pork is repulsive to certain ethnic groups - which is one reason why the McRib is only available intermittently. |
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At the time McDonalds was trying to compete with Dog n Suds. "Compete" isn't exactly it. More like kill Dog n Suds. So they tried hot dogs,didn't work. McDonalds doesn't do root beer either.
Of course Dog n Suds is all but gone. |
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Sonic shrank their corn dogs a while back, the bastards. I assume they shrank their hot dogs as well.
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Quoted: I don’t think they would sell… the “cheeseburgers” are engineered to taste the way they do. A real cheeseburger tastes better. Even if using the same ingredients cheap bun shit meat and the rest. An engineered hotdog….probably puke worthy using mcds available flavors. View Quote but hot dogs are so cheap you dont even need to mess with them |
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Quoted: For me, it's the McChicken. The best fast food sandwich. I even ask for extra McChicken sauce packets and the staff is so friendly and more than willing to oblige. One time I asked for McChicken sauce packets and they gave me three. I said, "Wow, three for free!" and the nice friendly McDonald's worker laughed and said, "I'm going to call you 3-for-free!". Now the staff greets me with "hey it's 3-for-free!" and ALWAYS give me three packets. It's such a fun and cool atmosphere at my local McDonald's restaurant, I go there at least 3 times a week for lunch and a large iced coffee with milk instead of cream, 1-2 times for breakfast on the weekend, and maybe once for dinner when I'm in a rush but want a great meal that is affordable, fast, and can match my daily nutritional needs. I even dip my fries in McChicken sauce, it's delicious! What a great restaurant. View Quote |
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McD founder Ray Kroc forbid hot dogs because he believed the ingredients were unhygienic. After his death they tried to introduce hot dogs but it never connected with the customers who came for the burgers
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A hot dog might cost more than the meat substance the already sell.
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McDonald's is so low tier, they get their water from Flint, MI.
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Quoted: It'd be so nasty. related, I saw the ad for Wendy's new fries (they suck) but made me realize McD's fries are exactly the same from when I was kid. I can't remember them being anything else. View Quote You’re a pup. McDonald’s went from beef tallow to some veggie oil in 1986 for fries. That took them from 9.9 to 6.0 |
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Quoted: They were a lot better when I was a kid. They were fried in beef fat if I'm not mistaken. I just know they were better. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: It'd be so nasty. related, I saw the ad for Wendy's new fries (they suck) but made me realize McD's fries are exactly the same from when I was kid. I can't remember them being anything else. They were a lot better when I was a kid. They were fried in beef fat if I'm not mistaken. I just know they were better. Correct |
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(Removed)didn’t see the mayo thread but I imagine this has to be similar.
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As disgusting as mcdonalds burger "meat" is I don't want to imagine how bad a mcds hotdog would be
Guaranteed to be the cheapest item on the value menu...by $.16 |
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I always assumed it was because there was no safe equivalent of the Hamburglar for a hotdog.
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I just wish McDonald's would serve onion rings. I mean, c'mon, man! What kind of shitty 2-bit burger joint doesn't serve onion rings?
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Quoted: You’re a pup. McDonald’s went from beef tallow to some veggie oil in 1986 for fries. That took them from 9.9 to 6.0 View Quote I remember eating those scalding hot bastards and dipping them in my chocolate shake when I was just a wee lad. After they changed to veggie oil, they were not nearly as good. Why does everything have to get ruined? |
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