Which restaurant will establish a monopoly to serve us all our food?

Started by alfred russel, June 02, 2021, 05:01:09 PM

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As the world moves toward monopolies, which restaurant will establish a monopoly to serve us all our food?

McDonalds
7 (36.8%)
Taco Bell
5 (26.3%)
Chipotle
1 (5.3%)
Wendy's
1 (5.3%)
Five Guys
1 (5.3%)
Dunkin Donuts
0 (0%)
Subway
1 (5.3%)
White Castle (Stoner Option)
0 (0%)
Dunkin Donuts (Boston Option)
0 (0%)
Jack in the Box (Jaron Option)
3 (15.8%)

Total Members Voted: 18

Josquius

Mcdonalds is the biggest and most dominant amongst them however it is in retreat.
None.
I agree with the yum assessment.
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Monoriu

Quote from: Eddie Teach on June 03, 2021, 02:56:03 AM
McDonald's sucks.

It depends.  The hamburgers are ok.  Big Macs are ok.  McNuggets, hash browns, sausages, and English muffins are actually quite nice.  The fries are only good if you eat them like immediately after buying them.  They last five minutes max.  The milkshakes are bad.  The scrambled eggs are a travesty.  The coffee is, well, not as good as it can be.  McCafe is reasonable.  What impresses me most is the consistency.  The Big Macs do taste the same throughout the world. 

I speak as a fan.

Josquius

I have heard mcdonald's consistency falters in the US.
Whilst in Japan it was fairly what I was used to (albeit with zero of the occasional screw ups) Americans there reported it was much better than they knew.
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Sheilbh

Quote from: Habbaku on June 02, 2021, 10:10:10 PM
https://www.cbr.com/demolition-man-taco-ball-pizza-hut-switch/

QuoteIn the version of Demolition Man released in the United States, Taco Bell is the only restaurant that remains in the year 2032. Spartan is invited to a Taco Bell dinner by city leader Doctor Raymond Cocteau (played by Nigel Hawthorne), as thanks for saving him from Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), the criminal Spartan was awoken from cryogenic sleep to apprehend.

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Taco Bell is an integral part of Demolition Man's legacy in the U.S., but in European markets, it was replaced by Pizza Hut. Both companies were owned by PepsiCo at the time. Conventional wisdom holds that Pizza Hut became the Franchise Wars winner in Europe because it had a greater international presence.

References to Pizza Hut were added to Demolition Man in post-production. That includes everything from logos to actual dialogue from Stallone and Bullock dubbed in during their drive to dinner. Clips of the "Pizza Hut Cut", in all its awkward glory, can be found on YouTube.
And weirdly I walked past the only Taco Bell I've ever seen in Poole yesterday.
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Maladict

McDonalds: haven't been since early 00s, meh.
Taco Bell: never been
Chipotle: never been
Wendy's: been once in the 90s, don't remember much
Five Guys: been once recently, okay but massively overpriced
Dunkin Donuts: I know we're stretching the definition of restaurant in this thread, but donuts?
Subway: gross

Duque de Bragança

I need to check what version is on my blu-ray, I was asked once about it, but I remember hearing Pizza Hut when I watched it first at the cinema. Then heard Taco Bell during a TV screening some years ago.

The Brain

Didn't watch it in theaters. Remember hearing Taco Bell on the telly years ago.
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Syt

In the German dub of Demolition Man, it's Pizza Hut, but with a twist: hut is pronounced as "hoot", which is the German word for hat. :D

Neither brand were well known in Germany at the time and neither were tacos, so it's understandable they used the international Pizza Hut version. And I suppose the dubbers thought the logo looked like a hat. :P

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mongers

Quote from: Sheilbh on June 03, 2021, 04:46:18 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on June 02, 2021, 10:10:10 PM
https://www.cbr.com/demolition-man-taco-ball-pizza-hut-switch/

QuoteIn the version of Demolition Man released in the United States, Taco Bell is the only restaurant that remains in the year 2032. Spartan is invited to a Taco Bell dinner by city leader Doctor Raymond Cocteau (played by Nigel Hawthorne), as thanks for saving him from Simon Phoenix (Wesley Snipes), the criminal Spartan was awoken from cryogenic sleep to apprehend.

...

Taco Bell is an integral part of Demolition Man's legacy in the U.S., but in European markets, it was replaced by Pizza Hut. Both companies were owned by PepsiCo at the time. Conventional wisdom holds that Pizza Hut became the Franchise Wars winner in Europe because it had a greater international presence.

References to Pizza Hut were added to Demolition Man in post-production. That includes everything from logos to actual dialogue from Stallone and Bullock dubbed in during their drive to dinner. Clips of the "Pizza Hut Cut", in all its awkward glory, can be found on YouTube.
And weirdly I walked past the only Taco Bell I've ever seen in Poole yesterday.

You could be doing both worse and better things in Poole.  :ph34r:

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Grey Fox

Whatever Walmart or Amazon decides to name it's restaurant.
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Agelastus

Taco Bell - in honour of Demolition Man, not because I believe they will be the last one standing though.

[After all, that film implies that Taco Bell has replaced everything - even whatever the American equivalent is of the local Chippy.]
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crazy canuck

I only know about Taco Bell because of Languish.  They are probably in Vancouver somewhere.

Now A+W, Five Guys and Wendy's - we have those around here.  The Pizza Hut went out of business about a decade ago.

fromtia

Judge Dredd , while crossing the atomic wastelands to deliver a vaccine to the west coast got involved in a war between Burger king and McDonalds. Prophetic! I read this when I was a kid....

https://usso.uk/judge-dredds-burger-wars-intellectual-property-self-censorship-and-new-exceptions/
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