McDonald’s all day breakfast is coming. This is NOT a drill

[Malthus]

With you there dude.  Maple should be poured on to the sausage, not be in it already.

What was the name of that kid Scout invited home to lunch in To Kill a Mockingbird? 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwln_HszMlY

[mongers]

I could see McD's scaling back at some point, but going tits up?  Just don't see that happening in my lifetime.

You say that, but just look what happened to National Milk Bars of Wales. 

Yeah, just look at what happened there.

One shop left as Aberystwyth National Milk Bar closes
By Carl Yapp

23 December 2010
National Milk Bars were once a common sight in Wales, and even The Beatles dropped in for a coffee at a branch on their way to the top, but the restaurants could soon be a thing of the past.

Customers appear to be shunning their frothy coffees, cream cakes and milk shakes in favour of more sophisticated and trendy coffee shops.

In recent years, the chain of 17 milk bars has dwindled to just one in Wales, in Rhyl. Aberystwyth's closed last Saturday and in recent weeks Welshpool's also shut.

The National Milk Bars (NMB) were founded by Willie Griffiths and his wife Florence, and they ran them successfully from the Woodlands farm in Forden, near Welshpool, for a number of years.

The couple decided early on that their future lay in milk, although they did not have much experience of dairy farming.
Willie Griffiths founded the National Milk Bars with his wife, Florence

Farming was Mr Griffiths's first love, but he enjoyed the challenge of business. On a trip to London in the early 1930s, he noticed the new phenomenon of milk bars, which had started in the United States.

Milk was being sold across smart counters for a few pennies a glass, so Mr Griffiths decided to provide an outlet in Wales.

The first NMB branch opened in Colwyn Bay in 1933, followed by Llandudno later that same year. Within a decade there were 10 NMBs, and to help supply them, Mr and Mrs Griffiths bought a milk depot and cheese factory in Four Crosses, near Welshpool.

The brand branched out into England, and in 1936 a milk bar opened in Birmingham and a year later there was one in Manchester too. Others followed in Liverpool, Shrewsbury and Oswestry.

The Beatles are even said to have met at the Liverpool bar.

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[Eddie Teach]

Wake me up when they serve burgers etc in the morning.

I'd be more interested in this from chains that make good burgers.

[Tonitrus]

I know I've said it before...the egg mcmuffin is proof that Hod loves us, and wants us to be happy.

The egg-white version is pretty good too.

[Monoriu]

One of the cultural shocks I had when I stayed in Vancouver was the low opinion of locals toward McDonald's.  In HK, McDonald's is still fast food, but enjoys a higher reputation for its food quality.  Having stayed in Canada for a few years, I began to see why.  Because you guys have a lot more competition when it comes to hamburgers, and other people do have better products.  In HK, McDonald's is basically the only major chain that does hamburgers and fries.  All the other major chains do Chinese rice boxes. 

I think some of you underestimate McDonald's profitability in overseas markets. 

[MadImmortalMan]

On one or two occassions I actually had small bits of egg shell in my McMuffin, so definitely yeah.

Only the McMuffin uses real eggs. Everything else uses the milk jug egg substance.

[DGuller]

A hundred clams says Mickeys is not dead in 10 years.  Individual franchises maybe, but I can't see the parent company dying by then.

I want to buy a highly leveraged derivative that is long on Yi's side of the bet.

[Maximus]

Wake me up when they serve burgers etc in the morning.

I'd be more interested in this from chains that make good burgers.

Sometimes McD is all you have.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

But it's not so much the maple as the fact that sweets don't belong on meat.

I thought the same, until I was finally introduced to the pure bliss that is chicken and waffles.

[garbon]

One of the cultural shocks I had when I stayed in Vancouver was the low opinion of locals toward McDonald's.  In HK, McDonald's is still fast food, but enjoys a higher reputation for its food quality.  Having stayed in Canada for a few years, I began to see why.  Because you guys have a lot more competition when it comes to hamburgers, and other people do have better products.  In HK, McDonald's is basically the only major chain that does hamburgers and fries.  All the other major chains do Chinese rice boxes. 

I think some of you underestimate McDonald's profitability in overseas markets. 

I don't think so. I'm looking at how McDonald's continues to see declines across markets and what article showed larger declines in Asia Pacific (particularly China) than global average decline.

[garbon]

Positive feelings about a brand are not worth much if people aren't buying.

[Monoriu]

One of the cultural shocks I had when I stayed in Vancouver was the low opinion of locals toward McDonald's.  In HK, McDonald's is still fast food, but enjoys a higher reputation for its food quality.  Having stayed in Canada for a few years, I began to see why.  Because you guys have a lot more competition when it comes to hamburgers, and other people do have better products.  In HK, McDonald's is basically the only major chain that does hamburgers and fries.  All the other major chains do Chinese rice boxes. 

I think some of you underestimate McDonald's profitability in overseas markets. 

I don't think so. I'm looking at how McDonald's continues to see declines across markets and what article showed larger declines in Asia Pacific (particularly China) than global average decline.

Not sure what year you are looking at.  There was a major scandal involving a McDonald's supplier in Shanghai last year.  Apparently they used...substandard ingredients.  In HK in particular, the top management came out and swore that they didn't source from the problematic factory.  HK McDonald's apparently demanded editing rights of HK government's press releases.  My colleagues over at Food refused, then announced that HK McDonald's imported hundreds of tons of stuff from that factory. 

Apparently sales took a hit last year. 

[Martinus]

Warsaw is now going through its burger phase (after Thai food places, sushi joints and steak houses of yore, every corner restaurant now boasts an overpriced "house style burger") so McDonald's is considered shit.

[Liep]

Warsaw is now going through its burger phase (after Thai food places, sushi joints and steak houses of yore, every corner restaurant now boasts an overpriced "house style burger") so McDonald's is considered shit.

We had that phase 2 years ago, it doesn't go away.

[garbon]

One of the cultural shocks I had when I stayed in Vancouver was the low opinion of locals toward McDonald's.  In HK, McDonald's is still fast food, but enjoys a higher reputation for its food quality.  Having stayed in Canada for a few years, I began to see why.  Because you guys have a lot more competition when it comes to hamburgers, and other people do have better products.  In HK, McDonald's is basically the only major chain that does hamburgers and fries.  All the other major chains do Chinese rice boxes. 

I think some of you underestimate McDonald's profitability in overseas markets. 

I don't think so. I'm looking at how McDonald's continues to see declines across markets and what article showed larger declines in Asia Pacific (particularly China) than global average decline.

Not sure what year you are looking at.  There was a major scandal involving a McDonald's supplier in Shanghai last year.  Apparently they used...substandard ingredients.  In HK in particular, the top management came out and swore that they didn't source from the problematic factory.  HK McDonald's apparently demanded editing rights of HK government's press releases.  My colleagues over at Food refused, then announced that HK McDonald's imported hundreds of tons of stuff from that factory. 

Apparently sales took a hit last year. 

Sales are on a continued decline in most markets. That's why McDonald's is putting together a series of gimmicky marketing events and then trying out different things in different marks to try and shore up flagging sales. I'd rather trust those than your perceptions that McD's is faring great overseas.