[raccoonradio]

Wait till their labor costs absorb $15 per hour per employee. "I just saw an ad that said, 'Now you can have breakfast at McDonald's!' and I thought, now, there's a dream come true."--David Letterman, 1980s

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Plus the lame-ass commercials for it that they shove down your throat during college and NFL football games #suck and are #annoying. They make me #change the channel and #eat elsewhere.

And don’t get me started on that damned Buick 24 test-drive commercial! I vow to NEVER step foot in a Buick dealership because I’m tired of seeing that commercial during EVERY commercial break!

[Red Badger]

McDonald's franchisees say all-day breakfast is a disaster

That depends on your customer's point of view.............

[Gen.Blather]

Apparently, whoever made the breakfast decision never worked in a restaurant. I will still stop there when traveling, but lately, if the lobby is crowded with customers waiting, I walk out the door and stop at the next one. I’ve learned that if it’s only five or so I’ll spend 10 minutes waiting. If it’s more there’s no way I want to be locked into staying for 25 minutes because I’ve already paid for the food.

The lost the fast formulae some time ago.

[Red Badger]

'In small stores, the problems are vast with people falling over each other and equipment jammed in everywhere,' one franchisee wrote in response to Kalinowski's survey. Another said: 'Customers are abandoning us in droves because we are either too slow, or sub-par quality.'

Odd, how IHOP and Denney's, et al can do it with NO PROBLEMS FROM SCRATCH.................

[TexasCajun]

Let me put to rest all your fears that hash-browns will not be part of your McDonald All-Say Breakfast.

Hash browns will be available at 90% of McDonald's restaurants as part of the all-day breakfast menu, which launched Tuesday, McDonald's spokeswoman Lisa McComb told Business Insider.

My dream, a Quarter-Pounder w/ Cheese, Golden Hash-Browns & Coke.

[RayChuang88]

This is why McDonald's needs to go to a much simpler menu to something like what In-N-Out does. After all, In-N-Out's menu is pretty simple (we forget only a very small number of customers use the so-called "secret menu") and they are very profitable on a per-store basis.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Since McDonald's launched an all-day breakfast menu last week, a number of their franchisees are not 'lovin' it' and say it has been a nightmare. Franchisees say that serving breakfast all-day has slowed down service, lowered average bills and sparked utter chaos in the restaurant giant's kitchens.

Really? Jack-in-the-Box has managed it for years - with a bigger breakfast menu than McDonald's. The breakfast menu has most of everything I'd ever order at McDonald's these days. After work, if it's a choice between some Quarter Pounder that's been sitting under a heat lamp for two hours or a fresh Double-Double from In-N-Out, McDonald's makes it easy for me to give my money to In-N-Out.

I'd tell my franchisees to shut up and give the customers what they want instead of worrying about what's easiest for themselves - doing whatever's easiest is exactly why McDonald's is in trouble. People want the breakfast menu - it's easily the best thing about McDonald's.

[raccoonradio]

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-franchisees-day-breakfast-nightmare-144346765.html

Basically same article but I note:

>>Others noted that the all-day breakfast menu is confusing to some customers because it varies regionally. In some states, McDonald’s is offering McMuffins on the all-day menu, while in others, only biscuit sandwiches are available...In an email to franchisees, McDonald’s US President Mike Andres called the all-day breakfast launch a success.

[jimfree]

I want to be able to buy a burger and fries at 9:30 a.m.

[moovova]

I was going thru mail at the mailbox and saw an oversize, full color, slick/glossy postcard from McDonald’s advertising their “all day” breakfast. Since I was collecting the rollout garbage cans at the time, the postcard (and other junk) went straight into the recycle.

[HamiltonJay]

This idea to me was stupid from the get go.. I have never decided at 3pm I would like a breakfast sandwich, I have however often desired a burger prior to 10:30am.

[xp38]

They are floundering and trying to grab at anything that will right their ship. The following big changes so far. Dumping their kids theme mascot Ronald Mcdonald and his gang . Remaking them into versions of Starbucks. Now the all day breakfast. Btw the Canuck McDonalds decided against all day breakfast. They do a switchover sometime before noon like before.

[al_c]

Poor planning by McDonald’s, or poor planning by the franchise owners? Other fast food places seem to have made the transition to all day breakfast just fine over the years.

[Clay Moore]

I was traveling the other day and ended up eating a McDonalds sausage biscuit. I stood there for a moment considering whether I should eat there or just skip the meal.

I chose poorly.

[GOPJ]

I sure hope the liberal elites eat there...

[steve86]

I’m eating hotcakes, two hash browns and a free soft drink (had coupon) as we speak and they’re fine. In fact, had no problems the six or seven times I’ve had breakfast in the evening.