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Where would you have to go to get your Big Mac and fries delivered right to your door with a delivery charge of anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar? Ronald McDonald commissions fleets of delivery people in cars or on motorbikes in cities like Manila, Taipei, Cairo, for a total of about 25 cities, with a half dozen more in the works.
Really, I think L.A. is congested enough of a city that McDonald's delivery could work here. I can't tell you how many times I've woken up on a weekend morning craving an Egg McMuffin, but was a little too, uh, "dehydrated" to get in the car and get to a McDonald's before 10:30AM!
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1-29-2008 @6:33PM notmini said... I got this article from costa rica information. Ain't it enough that Mac food isn't healthy? At least we should walk to eat it not have it delivered in our beds.
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9-01-2008 @3:14AM heather said... after they stopped frying the french fries in beef tallow...they just arent good... no reason for me to go anymore..
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7-18-2007 @3:42PM Lily said... McDonald's also delivers in the US.
http://www.mcdonalds.delivery.com/
http://newyorkintern.blogspot.com/2005/03/mcdonalds-delivers-in-manhattan-but.html
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7-18-2007 @6:43PM OzFoodie said... In Beijing, all areas inside the 2nd ring road have 24-hour McD's delivery. It is delivered by bicycle.
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7-18-2007 @8:00PM Val said... We have delivery here in Brazil. In fact, you can even order online and the food magically shows up on the back of a motorcycle. It's wonderful, though it does make McD's just a little too tempting when I'm feeling lazy!
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7-19-2007 @2:50AM New York Web Designer said... Isn't it lazy enough to go through a drive-thru? Now this?
http://www.deitschel.com/new-york-web-design.php
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7-19-2007 @2:55AM Julian said... Ive had McDonald's delivery in NYC... good stuff on a hungover morning
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7-19-2007 @2:59AM R said... Why on earth would you give basically free advertising to a multinational corporation that sells chemicals masquerading as "food"??
I thought this was a "Food" blog??...
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7-21-2007 @8:30PM Janet said... I live in the USA (Pennsylvaina) We don't have deliverier. Wish we did though that would be cool. Maybe someday we will!
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7-21-2007 @8:37PM emoyag said... In Costa Rica not only MC Donald's delivers but also Burger King, KFC and abunch of other fast food mid-level and even some high-end restaurants.
It's wonderful!!!!
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7-21-2007 @8:40PM katherine said... Mc Donald's delivery qq I think that trend would work great!Not only at Mc Donald's-but please add many other regular & trendy eatry spots as well,due to the techo era we all live in(and us baby boomers getting of age)a great number of us could use the convience it offers.Although I cannot but wonder from existing and seeing-is America{and the many others of this world}truely ready for the morally and unethical attitudes that will result from this marketing idea such as:hike in prices,pollution in our communities,and for those plagued with unhealthy dietary habits qq. Yet-it sure beats having to get dressed-warm auto up just to grab a Happy Meal for ur kids or your midnight munchies. I say go for it--JOBS for the American citizen!
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7-21-2007 @9:02PM Jessica said... I work at a McDonald's and I think this is absurd. If you really want a meal from Mickey D's go and get it. That's what they make cars for.
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7-21-2007 @10:22PM Margaret said... This would be the height of laziness for normal, healthy people.
A boon for the housebound - whether temporary or permanent. For those without transportation and especially the elderly.
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7-21-2007 @10:55PM Teressa Carruth said... Jessica, #10, I hear you. I also work at McDonalds. I can not even begin to imagine what a freaking nightmare that would be. If you are too lazy to come get it, starve.
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7-21-2007 @11:51PM worriedmom said... just another way for the big corp. to get people addictied to their product! This is crazy!!
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7-21-2007 @11:57PM coolgirl84339484@aol.com said... I'm sure alot of people get chinese or pizza delivered to their homes so i don't see the big difference. Also get off your damn high horses about giving a big corporation free advertising and support why can't people just support a company that is doing well instead of always criticizing ang trying to demean it. I'm sure if any of you owned a Mcdonalds you would want to make money. At the end of the day it is a way to pay the mortgage just like any other job.
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7-22-2007 @12:12AM Barbara said... I get pizza` and chinese delivered to my home We are disablied and it would be great to get a change. For the elderly and the ones who can not drive or own a car delivery would be wonderful.
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7-22-2007 @1:26AM myke said... WHo cares; the food is cold even when u get it inside. it stinks now. Mc D's was better 20 years ago. Big Myke
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7-22-2007 @3:43AM KARIN said... I think the main difference between this and getting pizza or Chinese food delivered is the price. Most delivery services require at least a ten dollar order. With gas prices the way they are, I can't imagine them going through all that trouble for someone who simply wants a Big Mac. Where I can see an advantage is when ordering for a lot of people, in effect meetings or large families. It's a nightmare to order drive-through for a large group, and it reaaly holds up the line.
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7-23-2007 @12:20PM Adriane said... Coolgirl,
People have issues with the CORPORATION, not the chain managers. You're probably (I am speculating, though) that like anyone else, those workers are simply trying to get by. However, the corporation cares nothing for the people and any "small town" feeling--but they pay big bucks to make it seem so. They produce cheap, low-quality food filled with chemicals and hire cheap, min. wage labor so it costs less for them and in turn grants them astronomical profits. They don't care about overconsumption and they certainly don't care about YOU, the customer. Corporations like that care about one thing: money (yours) and how much of it they can get.
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