McUpdate

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Fred Stiening

Having faced fierce opposition from franchisees over the wildly successful all day breakfast, McDonald’s has just made another demand, which may push ALL franchisees over the edge. Sometime soon, the McDonald’s near you will have a self ordering kiosk.

Kiosks coming to all McDonald’s
Inc. story

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9 Responses to McUpdate

  1. haiti222 says:
    November 21, 2016 at 3:48 pm

    Those kisosks are a winner. I loved them at McDonalds Europe about 6 years ago. They were much better than waiting in line. Also, the new setup at many McDonalds where there is one cashier and then a section of the counter where you are supposed to mill about until your order is called for pickup is not really working. Have you ever had food at Sheetz? They are all kiosk, and their food is amazingly good for being in a gas station. The kiosk lets you totally customize your order, even in ways you didn´t know existed. The closest one to you is in Troutman, I think.

    • Fred Stiening says:
      November 21, 2016 at 4:01 pm

      I drove by one in Greensboro a year ago, but didn’t stop in

      The next logical progression for McDonalds is to avoid the single file nature of the drive through bottleneck by allowing you to park in a parking spot, pick up your phone and place your order and pay for it, and indicate the number of your parking space, and then your meal is brought out to you when it is complete and you eat in the car or take it back to the office.

      Oh my, I just described a drive in restaurant from 50 years ago!

    • Fred Stiening says:
      November 21, 2016 at 4:40 pm

      Very interesting menu. Troutman is the closest by a few miles, but Salisbury is the one I more likely would drive by. Charlotte is smothered in Circle Ks – they were originally owned by ConocoPhillips but were bought by a French Canadian company in 2003. Damn Canadians stealing our American jobs! Repeal NAFTA!

      Hold on a sec….

    • Parrott says:
      November 21, 2016 at 4:53 pm

      MTO ! Sheetz gasoline may suck, but their food is better. MTO, Made to Order. It is good Haiti222 ! They are all over the place here in Virginia.
      You select your cheese, your tomato, if you want salt & Pepper. If you want ‘Fryz’ : ) or chips or a pickle.
      They usually have 4 kiosk at a sheetz , even if its in ‘nowheresville’ Virginia.
      Yeah there is sheetz in Troutman, Statesville, Hickory , Greensboro Raliegh area.
      If you can read there is a pic of the cheese or pickle or Fryz : )
      parrott

    • Fred Stiening says:
      November 21, 2016 at 5:53 pm

      I created a poll a couple weeks asking people what McDonalds should offer in addition to fries

      http://streamingradioguide.com/show-poll.php?pollnum=2594

  2. haiti222 says:
    November 22, 2016 at 10:14 am

    Sheetz is family owned, and has expanded into Cleveland and NC. It´s interesting that PA spawned the best food/coffee gas stations. Sheetz and Wawa are the major players that are still independent. They try to stay out of each other´s areas. Wawa is down in Florida, and has better coffee choices. My kids don´t like Wawa´s food. Turkey Hill was another competitor, but it was bought by Kroger, and is randomly putting stores in places like Indianapolis. Kroger is using gasoline as an adjunct to grocery sales with earned discounts from the loyalty card.

    http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/real-time/Sheetz-bests-Wawa-poll-Pa-preferred-convenience-store.html

    http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/where_does_wawa_country_end_an.html

    http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-wawa-fans-confession-i-think-i-might-like-sheetz

    Even the NYT weighed in:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/us/10convenience.html

    2013 map (Wawa also in FL, Sheetz in Greenville SC):
    http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/02/09/us/Wawa-or-Sheetz-A-Matter-of-Convenience.html?action=click&contentCollection=U.S.&module=RelatedCoverage&pgtype=article&region=EndOfArticle&_r=0

    • Parrott says:
      November 22, 2016 at 4:10 pm

      Yeah there is a WaWa in Short Pump, ( Richmond) VA.
      Very easy access to I-64. I will have to try the WaWa Coffee next time I am in Short Pump. I heard them advertised on WNTP in Philly before.
      There is a colleague of mine here with the company I work for, he watches Sheetz expansion map. He is a railfan so its good to know where things are, as he follows trains around.
      I suggested the ‘Sheetz app’ : ) I have the Love’s Truckstop app on my phone.
      parrott

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