The deliveries happen already. Nobody does one giant delivery a month. McDonalds does one a week that's all things (frozen, dry, refrigerated) except buns and another a week that's just refrigerated, they have buns delivered 5 days a week, buns are only good for 3 days and take up a HUGE quantity of space thus why they get them delivered constantly. Place like Subway and Quiznos have stuff delivered either 5 days a week or every single day depending. I've worked in both types of fastfood, both burger joints and sub shops, I know how the stocking process works and the stocking process would work just as well for an all health food store, all fast food places have to deal with veggies so all their stocking processes can keep the veggies coming in frequently enough to control spoilage.
That health food store you went to ripped you off. You could get a salad at McD and the milk shakes aren't milk shakes anymore and the ice cream is actually frozen yogurt. You could have eaten just as healthy for a lot less.
Thanks for that info. Very informative. Are deliveries calculated at the POS and transmitted directly to a distribution center in most fast food operations?
The health food place wasn't bad -- remember, this is Manhattan, so it's going to be more expensive. That said, I prefer diners to health food or fast food.
The idea that I had was a self-service juicer. The health food store employees always look like they're having a good time using the juicer. If someone were to put a juicer out with a selection of fruits, veggies etc I bet people would use it.