"People mistake that we are in the hamburger business. We're not. We are in the Real Estate Business" - Ray Kroc and Harry J Sonneborn, CEO/Founder and CFO of McDonalds.
Have noticed when I get mcdonalds the meat on some of the burgers has been upgraded a good bit, shit if you go back far enough you can see a massive difference in all the meats... the nuggets when I was a kid in the 90s were some of the most disgusting things known to man and each one had a 50% chance of biting into a marble sized piece of gristle... Today theyre atleast kind of edible.
Just to say, the banner with the colonel was colab game promotion with CrossFire, a CS inspired game ran by Tencent. And McDonald snacks (apple pie, taro pie, ice creams) are so popular they have all got their own kiosks plus even mini-stores inside larger supermarkets/out on the street, so yes, for the people asking, we always have working ice cream machines.
I still remember getting my first McDonald meal ever in China when I was around 3 or 4. My parents ordered a Filet-O-Fish and I was stunned by how tasty it was. 20 years later here I am still enjoying Filet-O-Fish every time I go to a McDonald.
@@jkfang nah, compared to other fish sandwiches I've ate at other fast food places Filet-O-Fish still takes the cake. It's neither too greasy nor smushy.
In Shanghai McDonalds was kinda lit. It had the equivalent of Uber Eats at the time where it would be delivered to the apartment i was at which at the time was a mind blowing thing for me. The food was about on par with it is here at home, but the restaurant was much cleaner than your average fast food place. I also saw touch pad kiosks to order your food, and had never seem this at any of my local ones. They even had hot dogs on the menu which made me chuckle. Good times
Its true Shenzhen is a lot more futuristic than Shanghai, I highly regret not moving to Shenzhen when I had the chance years ago, they had the policy of financing oversea Chinese graduates to move back and buy an apartment, if I did I would be a multi millionaire now :(
I went to the Philippines and McDonalds there sells Mcspaghetti because the most popular fast food there (Jolibee) sells a ton of spaghetti and chicken along with burgers and fries. Also Burger King there had a 4 cheese whopper I had never seen before in the US. Looked good, like a whopper melt.
I literally just went to KFC today for the first time in years and let me tell you their chicken strips are on a whole other level plus the strip combo comes with some incredible battered fries and a biscuit. Haven't had a meal this good in a very long time
I've come to discover my favorite fast food chicken is actually Church's spicy chicken. But ONLY the spicy. Throw the mild in the trash. Church's spicy chicken, the biscuits, and the jalapeno bombers now THAT'S a meal 😂
After having worked at McDonalds part-time for a bit of extra income, i can't recommend it. It's mass-produced garbage, even more so than you'd initially assume, and work conditions are anything but sanitary. I was the only one handling the food who was washing his hands regularly. Since then, i've switched to ordering food online. It costs about as much, and the food you get is not warmed up garbage from the freezer.
@@spacejunk2186Yes im currently learning it. All i can do atm is Chicken, Rice and Steak (actually cooking a steak not the Shoe sole Asmongold was cooking).
@@Henry-sv3wv Ive been to US a couple of times. Couldnt tell any difference in most of the menu but their burgers are definitely better (and bigger) ill give them that.
fun fact i learned today: modern KFC is not 100% accurate to the colonel's recipe, specially the gravy, to the point the colonel was so pissed it about he open another restaurant at 75 years of age, after the franchise was resold. That restaurant still exist and its the only place to get the colonel autentic chicken and it called the caludia sanders dinner house, named after his wife.
I live in China and there are some US chains, Mcdonalds, BK, KFC and Dickos. McDonalds has adapted very well to the local flavors, same as KFC probably that is why they are so well accepted. BK on the other hand, remained more "original" and they are struggling, my favorite burgers were from there though. KFC is doing well, has a lot of local partneships like the one with the mobile game, but they do other stuff too. As a foreigner in China, the local food is awesome, but from time to time my body craves some fast food haha
This explains the reason why McDonalds in other countries tend to be much better. The franchise models encourages stores operate competitively locally. A Big Mac in Argentina is literally life changing.
But as a Chinese, which pissed me off is that McDonlad in China canceled the vanilla and strawberry milkshake! Imagine that you once had a favorite drink but somehow, suddenly, it was canceled and wouldn't appear anymore. I will never forgive them.
We’ve had those touch menu things for years in Australia. McDonalds is very popular here and they trial all new things like that on us cause we are a big/small enough population to see what works well
I don't frequent fast food joints but the couple times I've had the McDonald's coffee...for a buck you really can't beat it. You can luck out and find some good convenience/gas station stores for cheap. In Canada it's basically just Timmies. Dropping $6+ on starbuck's burnt coffee is just silly. Make your own when you can of course.
It's actually ridiculous how many McDonald's are in Germany. Obviously there's a bunch of them in bigger cities like Berlin, Stuttgart or Frankfurt, but even in three relatively small cities/towns where I went to school and later university, we had 1 and sometimes even 2 in walking distance which is insane tbh.
what even better than ordering at those machines is just ordering online and then grab it once you arrive,they start making your order once your clos in proximity to the mcdonalds so you have even less waiting time
The Ice Cream / McFlurry Machines are broken here in the UK too so I'm sure that's a universal issue with McDonalds. It's pretty much a staple at this point
McDoland's fries taste great, but they get cold almost instantly. With that being said, if you're taking home McDoland's fries, they are D tier since they'll be cold.
the trick to getting a good tasting McDonald's burger is to either tell them to make it "freshly made" or what I do is order with pickles removed... ordering a custom burger means they cook and fry it fresh rather than reheating an old patty... the difference in taste is night and day imo
@@goldfishi5776 fresh _is_ relative, the difference in taste is undeniable, you want 30 minute old refried meat fine, I don't and have done this every week for years
Just because you request no pickles doesn't mean they cook you a fresh patty. Just means you won't get a burger that's been sitting in the heater box and the bun is hard as a rock.
To be fair the quality of McDonalds is better in Europe since they need to conform to the local food standards. That being said, those percentages seem to be quite high. Its only good if you are high/ drunk and have the munchies at 4 am. Its very hard to get anything else to eat at this time in most places in Europe.
@Patrick Condon yeah true but in China it's considered upscale and expensive to do it at McDonald's. She said only the rich parents could afford it and you were a rich kid if you had a party at McDonalds there. I agree they were actual restaurants, just interesting how they branded themselves as upscale in China and here they were good fast food back then. I hope in general our food quality goes up. Society eats so poorly these days
@@hawks3109 speaking of all this makes me a bit nostalgic for the 80s/90s versions of them lol. I remember Wendy’s being faaaaaaaaancy when i went there for a school mates birthday
@@nimmha6708 yeah I know lol I thought the same thing. Apparently it's because McDonald's rebranded in china and has better quality food there. Their menu doesn't even have much in common with the menu here in America. It's still burgers, but they're completely different than the ones here
7:15 All of the McDonalds in my ~250,000 people metro area in northern Illinois have the kiosks. I like it because I can customize without pressure and pull in deals from the app. You can also order through the app and use assigned numbers at tables to even avoid the kiosks all together. It might be because Illinois is their headquarters that we have the more advanced stuff? Not sure. One negative I've found lately is that self serve drink machines are hit or miss. My closest one totally took it out. And also getting unsweetened iced tea self serve is only at one in my area consistently. Sucks because their tea is one of the better fast food ones.
The food dropping thing happens everywhere but it happens very rarely in most cases. It's on you if you really want to be ordering for delivery every day instead of cooking at home you're just increasing your chances of it landing on you.
In france we have signature burgers that are way more high end (also McDonalds is not cheap here, you're paying like 10-15€ to eat, they're is no dollar menu, the cheapest you can get is a 5€ menu that doesn't fill you)
I think mcdicks has a better market in the US due to regulations. I like how mcdonalds is low quality but won't get you sick, so its a good option for people who need to get by or if you want a cheap meal. Regulating the quality more will make poor people unable to afford it so theres def a trade off here.
I like all these regional specialties they serve in McDonalds across the world. Japan and China have some of my favourite burgers and ice creams! I heard they got rid of the Ebi (Shrimp) burgers in Japan and it makes me so sad. ;-; They're so tasty.
They serve regional stuff in Europe, too. In Romania they'd serve "little ones" basically ground meat in the form of turd and grilled served with mustard and garlic. delicious.
As somebody that's worked at wendys- I've always considered the chili to be a "f around and find out" I can't 100% tell you what's ours, I've made it a million times but outside of the prepackaging- our manager would have us re-dice salads that turned brown in the cooler and whatever sat on the fryers side line- cut up(patties/chicken) and put in so we didn't waste anything. It's a massive pot next to the register so the customers would think it's been there sizzling an hour max at a time, but we were adding things from the day before as early as 5 am- I've never seen it get dumped-only refilled
The best content would be if Asmon went to Japan and did a fast food chain testing streams. There's shitton one chains over there and those that are pretty known world wide have very unique menu that'a available only in Japan. Obviously He wouldn't go alone; streams could be amazing
Keep hearing about the size of the drinks, in Spain all the chains I have been to, except of McDonals, have the soda fountains outside, so you can refill as much as you want whatever drink you want with no price increase. The menu can be 3€ and you still get unlimited drink.
I bought a mcchicken at McDonald's in Italy and it was about 7 us dollars. At that time mcchickens were only a dollar here. But the mcchicken there was very good. More like a premium chicken sandwich here.
pure number break down: half of the 18 to 34 year olds in china is roughly 155 million people. thats how many cups of coffee in a single day. at mcdonalds pricing for coffee we'll average and say $1.50 if they can get a 1/4 of that population they can make around $58 million dollars a day. Likely they will probably grab about 1/10 or a little less but thats still a metric ass load of money a day and there be 365 days a year normally. Yeah I can understand mcdonalds growing to massive new levels in the next few years.
I stopped eating there much since the quality went down. Certain stores are better than others, usually the corporate ones, but overall, the quality is worse because they dont throw the food out when they should and remake it because its alot of extra work. Used to work at both a corporate and franchise one and the experience was completely different. Franchises slack off. Corporate can maintain a 90 sec drivethru time at lunch.
Jack in the box munchie meal used to be $6. That was best value hands down. Specialty sandwich, tacos, half curly-regular fries, medium drink. 6 bucks 🤯
I lived in China for 8 years, McDonalds in China is not cheap and KFC sells better Chicken burger compared to McDonalds.. KFC is also not focusing on their friend chicken, Mashed Potatoes or Coleslaw. KFC instead paired their combo meals with portugese Tart. a Price for a Big Mac Combo meal, fries & Coke will net you about 6 Dollars ( which is considered expensive if you compare it to other Asian countries )
I want to imagine the company forcing the repair monopoly tried to do it in Japan but the Japanese Mcdonalds workers all just built an ice cream machine themselves.
for years I ate McDonalds until I realized how many preservatives they put in their food, the breakfast burrito has 125 ingredients including one that's made to make fireworks, haven't eaten McDonalds, burger king, Wendie's, taco bell or kfc in about 5 years, only thing I sort of miss is the big mac
In the end everything is chemistry. But if some of those are problematic and not regulated then yeah. Having it here and there won't harm you. But I understand your concern.
@@christophluger793 wrong, it is what has been giving everybody cancer and all sorts of horrible illnesses and disorders. The symbolism is everywhere, its being done on purpose.
There is a place near me that has a McDonald's inside a walmart, another McDonald's in the same shopping center as the walmart and another McDonald's across the street from that shopping center.
That would defeat the sole purpose of McDonalds, which is to serve the exact same meal; no matter what decade you’re eating that meal in. Other countries excluded of course.
Whenever my dad comes visits me in America he's like "it's like I travelled back in time 20 years". He looks at the terminal at the airport and just start laughing like what is this museum looking computer.
Gee McDonald's guy perhaps people's expectations and scrutiny of how big companies act is heightened because companies actually seem to have forgotten how to act. Shoddy product quality, Markups of unbelievable percentages and just shady practices overall will get you there.
Potatoes/meat patties aren't as big in Asia,duh,they literally rarely eat potatoes,it's actually very expensive there,I've seen prices for 1 big potato in Korea/Japan,6 dollars.Same with anything dairy,they have soy,kids drink soy milk. Also McDonald's is bland food for Asians,their junk food is savoury or spicy. Now take in that Asia has bomb barbeque street food and eat rice instead of potatoes as a side dish and it explains why McDonalds isn't big. They eat what they grow the most,rice. Also Asian fast food is healthier,it's just barbeque meat/veggies with a bowl of rice or noodles.
The 16:30 talk about ordering from the touchscreen tablet thing was funny because we even have those here in SEA, how the hell does Austin not have those? Or does Asmon live in the outskirts of Austin or something.
There's a reason so many offices provide infinite bad coffee, it actually helps. But speaking of KFC and it's value, well they used to have some pretty good deals, but we all knew it was crap. Now it has some pretty bad deals, but we all still know it's crap.
Living in the West of Scotland, this country must be junk food heaven for suppliers like MCD's and the like- there is a huge appetite for crap food in Scotland and every single fast food joint is queued out every time i drive past.. for such a small country there's a huge waistline just waiting to develop.
9 cups a years, bruh as a Portuguese I do that in one day 1-afer waking up 2-before work 3-rest time (10:00) 4-After Lunch 5- rest time (15:00) 6- after work 7 after dinner Okay I lied only 7 a day
Kiosks have been required for a while. In fact,when kiosks are used in tandem with a cashier they require more staff as more food needs to be prepared and delivered.
So weird. Kingston Ontario Canada We have 3 McCafè and no McDonald's. All are fully automated One has a walkthrough window instead of drive through.... You stand outside instead of actually dealing with Mcdicks
I don't know about the ice cream machines in China but whenever I order at McDonald's here in Germany using the phone app, it tells me the McFlurry's currently unavailable so I guess they're always broken here at least x'D
@@bedinor that is true but what's more likely? That they don't have some ingredients in stock, ever, for months upon months, and don't ever restock that. Or that something is defective and can't be repaired that easily because of some weird company policy.
McDonalds was my first job, started at 17. I was working 40 hrs a week, I hit 18 and when my wage increased, my hours got dropped to 17-24hrs. But after working at Bk I still go back to McDonalds after all these years. Roaches, bugs and employees make all the difference.
How good your food is %100 on crew. It's beef not some mystery meat but like cooking anything you need a guy who's aware of the seasonings and equipment to get the best possible product and if the guy is lacking so will be the food. It's easy to tell what's going on because feed back is feely given. Also this extends beyond one guy because you want your equipment running flawlessly and to be clean as f and you need other people making shit right or there's no point anyway because no one wants it anyway otherwise.
Lock-Down policy actually speedup delivery and online system, this also happen in Thailand where concept of QR payment is alien pre-covid but now it everywhere and the shop without one is bound to loss. They need to adapt in other to survive after all.
McDonald's has a special arrangement with Coke, only they get their soda in stainless steel containers, that is why coke is better there than anywhere else that uses plastic.
Only high volume restaurants receive coke in 75 gallon tanks. Everything else comes in a BIB. Slow stores get coke in a BIB. There's other factors such as reverse osmosis systems, water and syrup chilled to a certain temperature before mixing
They really do adapt to the country/location. McDonalds in Hawaii had this interest coconut desert things while I've only ever seen applepie ones on the mainland. Also, I had McDonalds in Florence, Italy and they had pizza pockets. I ended up getting a big mac and a BEER! Their McFlurry was also different. Not the powered milk ice cream, but tasted more like real ice cream. I think whenever I am in a country if they have a McDonalds, I'm trying it at least once to see the different menus! Also, while traveling KFC was everywhere. I'm surprised because I think they kind of suck.
I am from Egypt and KFC is my favorite food ever, the quality in the last 10 years over here has declined but it still lives in my heart. And yes, the ice cream machine is broken globally...
watch out man, I love KFC too, but recent health reports show that huge numbers of people in their 30s are getting cancer in their digestive tracts, it's definitely from our diet.
Meanwhile waiting that Finland would get more street vendors with low prices and vendors that focus on soup and/or real sandwiches/subs (not the sugar filled ones what Subway sells). We already have Hesburger which is 10000% better than McDonald's but I'd give both away for good soup/bread focused franchise with reasonable prices and more healthy food. All we have here is millions of pizzerias with same menu and 3 different burger places that really don't sell nothing what you can't get from those pizzerias. Need more variety and easier way to start own street stall/small simple food restaurant.
In fact McDonald's is a place that only higher income can afford in China. You can't imagine that the hourly wage there is so low that you need to work two hours to pay for a regular set meal.
Finally Asmon speaks on a topic he’s 100 percent an expert on!
Sadly he doesn’t get the massive drop in standards for McDonalds food in USA versus EU.. It’s big.
99% Wendy’s would be 💯
The guy's passionate about fast food for real
I remember Burger King whoppers in the 90’s was great, huge and .99 cents
The other topics is just 69% sadly
As a UK McDonald's enjoyer I'm surprised not every McDonald's has ordering kiosks, we have them in every McDonald's even ones in small towns
Australia has them too. still remember finding ways to buy a dozen cheeseburgers for the price of a bun lmfao
In the US its cheaper to pay some cashier kid, instead of placing a 1400$ kiosk
Mcdonalds requires a renovation every 10 years, so operators choose to install them at thst point. All new stores automatically get them.
Latvia has them in every McDonalnd's :D and our country is a kinda poor
Yea even the tiny McDonald's here in my home town in Germany has several of those ordering kiosks and this place has maybe 40-50 seats.
Asmongold realizing most McDs use kiosks these days except where he lives is actual gold.
For real lol, I'm like 150 east of Austin and all McDonalds I've been to have kiosk. Even the ones that are part of gas stations.
we have this shit since 2016 or so lmao idont know where his mcdonald is
So funny. Where the hell is he at? East palistine ohio?
ya, theyre everywhere.i refuse to use them. if they cant pay a person to take my order, i go elsewhere
"People mistake that we are in the hamburger business. We're not. We are in the Real Estate Business" - Ray Kroc and Harry J Sonneborn, CEO/Founder and CFO of McDonalds.
Ray Kroc is not the founder of mcdonalds
@@Carnagex11 Who cares about the original founders. McDonalds isn't what it is without Kroc.
@@RedLancerMoto true but kroc is the not the founder, I am just here stating a fact
Heisenberg ass quote
So true about the meat. They definitely upgraded for the new quarter pounders. Their right on the cusp of greatness but just not there yet.
Have noticed when I get mcdonalds the meat on some of the burgers has been upgraded a good bit, shit if you go back far enough you can see a massive difference in all the meats... the nuggets when I was a kid in the 90s were some of the most disgusting things known to man and each one had a 50% chance of biting into a marble sized piece of gristle... Today theyre atleast kind of edible.
@@ryanw7196 nuggets still gross. The tenders are good but they stopped selling it
@@ryanw7196 My dad said when they came out they tasted like rubber lol
@@Oliver-bn7jt they looked like rubber lol
@@Ultrajamz ohh yes, they are very not good, just edible compared to the 1990s horror fests whose insides looked like the world from the game Scorn.
Just to say, the banner with the colonel was colab game promotion with CrossFire, a CS inspired game ran by Tencent. And McDonald snacks (apple pie, taro pie, ice creams) are so popular they have all got their own kiosks plus even mini-stores inside larger supermarkets/out on the street, so yes, for the people asking, we always have working ice cream machines.
McDonalds needs to bring back the snack wraps. Those were fire.
TRUE
So true
Still have em in AU
Only time I ever like McDonald's
Still have them in Canada
I still remember getting my first McDonald meal ever in China when I was around 3 or 4. My parents ordered a Filet-O-Fish and I was stunned by how tasty it was. 20 years later here I am still enjoying Filet-O-Fish every time I go to a McDonald.
It's so good and so bad for you. It's basically a fried oil soaked fish sponge.
@@jkfang nah, compared to other fish sandwiches I've ate at other fast food places Filet-O-Fish still takes the cake. It's neither too greasy nor smushy.
filet o fish is F tier
Yes, you understand.
In Shanghai McDonalds was kinda lit. It had the equivalent of Uber Eats at the time where it would be delivered to the apartment i was at which at the time was a mind blowing thing for me. The food was about on par with it is here at home, but the restaurant was much cleaner than your average fast food place. I also saw touch pad kiosks to order your food, and had never seem this at any of my local ones. They even had hot dogs on the menu which made me chuckle. Good times
God bless Chinese delivery guys
They work for shit wages it's not that mind blowing to have it delivered.
@@cattysplat Shenzhen is way more ahead than Shanghai though.
@@cattysplat for sure, I definitely enjoyed my time there. I would go back given the chance, but chances are slim 🤷♂️
Its true Shenzhen is a lot more futuristic than Shanghai, I highly regret not moving to Shenzhen when I had the chance years ago, they had the policy of financing oversea Chinese graduates to move back and buy an apartment, if I did I would be a multi millionaire now :(
I love how USA McDonald’s is actual dogshite and then in other countries it’s actually good. They learned their lesson.
Anyone who hasn’t tried McDonald’s in an Asian country is **seriously** missing out. It is night and day compared to the US
Indeed. Honestly, all American fast food is superior in Asia. Taiwanese KFC is heavenly good.
More like, it probably better than what the US have, but still worse than what we usually have, and more expensive lol
Same goes for the Asian 7-11, the American version is garbage tier
KFC difference is bigger
@@drunkfarmer5106 they probably just follow instructions and dont under cook crap and keep fresh oil
Man I'm happy that Flippy loves his job
I went to the Philippines and McDonalds there sells Mcspaghetti because the most popular fast food there (Jolibee) sells a ton of spaghetti and chicken along with burgers and fries. Also Burger King there had a 4 cheese whopper I had never seen before in the US. Looked good, like a whopper melt.
I literally just went to KFC today for the first time in years and let me tell you their chicken strips are on a whole other level plus the strip combo comes with some incredible battered fries and a biscuit. Haven't had a meal this good in a very long time
Sorry bro, thats not real chicken anymore
Amazing what some corporate QC and some roach spray will do to improve a restaurant.
well youre just fuckin wrong it sucks
I've come to discover my favorite fast food chicken is actually Church's spicy chicken. But ONLY the spicy. Throw the mild in the trash. Church's spicy chicken, the biscuits, and the jalapeno bombers now THAT'S a meal 😂
In South Korea, they literally have extra crispy chicken skin as a side item at KFC, it’s LIT over here
After having worked at McDonalds part-time for a bit of extra income, i can't recommend it. It's mass-produced garbage, even more so than you'd initially assume, and work conditions are anything but sanitary. I was the only one handling the food who was washing his hands regularly. Since then, i've switched to ordering food online. It costs about as much, and the food you get is not warmed up garbage from the freezer.
but maybe some not usa mac donalds are better?
I assume you cook your own food.
@@spacejunk2186Yes im currently learning it. All i can do atm is Chicken, Rice and Steak (actually cooking a steak not the Shoe sole Asmongold was cooking).
@@omensoffate Bro asked why im commenting about McDonalds in a video about McDonalds
@@Henry-sv3wv Ive been to US a couple of times. Couldnt tell any difference in most of the menu but their burgers are definitely better (and bigger) ill give them that.
fun fact i learned today: modern KFC is not 100% accurate to the colonel's recipe, specially the gravy, to the point the colonel was so pissed it about he open another restaurant at 75 years of age, after the franchise was resold. That restaurant still exist and its the only place to get the colonel autentic chicken and it called the caludia sanders dinner house, named after his wife.
I remember the gravy being less sour than the current one.
I live in China and there are some US chains, Mcdonalds, BK, KFC and Dickos. McDonalds has adapted very well to the local flavors, same as KFC probably that is why they are so well accepted. BK on the other hand, remained more "original" and they are struggling, my favorite burgers were from there though.
KFC is doing well, has a lot of local partneships like the one with the mobile game, but they do other stuff too.
As a foreigner in China, the local food is awesome, but from time to time my body craves some fast food haha
@@cattysplat gravy sounds so good...
This explains the reason why McDonalds in other countries tend to be much better. The franchise models encourages stores operate competitively locally. A Big Mac in Argentina is literally life changing.
But as a Chinese, which pissed me off is that McDonlad in China canceled the vanilla and strawberry milkshake! Imagine that you once had a favorite drink but somehow, suddenly, it was canceled and wouldn't appear anymore. I will never forgive them.
They disappeared like facebook and google!
We’ve had those touch menu things for years in Australia. McDonalds is very popular here and they trial all new things like that on us cause we are a big/small enough population to see what works well
I don't frequent fast food joints but the couple times I've had the McDonald's coffee...for a buck you really can't beat it. You can luck out and find some good convenience/gas station stores for cheap. In Canada it's basically just Timmies. Dropping $6+ on starbuck's burnt coffee is just silly. Make your own when you can of course.
Thats because its not real coffee. Its water mix with whatever is in the sitdown toilets in the bathrooms.
It's actually ridiculous how many McDonald's are in Germany.
Obviously there's a bunch of them in bigger cities like Berlin, Stuttgart or Frankfurt, but even in three relatively small cities/towns where I went to school and later university, we had 1 and sometimes even 2 in walking distance which is insane tbh.
same in Sweden. They are everywhere.
You are the size of one or two states, the whole USA is like that. Covering Germany in more locations is childs play to them after covering the USA
what even better than ordering at those machines is just ordering online and then grab it once you arrive,they start making your order once your clos in proximity to the mcdonalds so you have even less waiting time
The Ice Cream / McFlurry Machines are broken here in the UK too so I'm sure that's a universal issue with McDonalds. It's pretty much a staple at this point
It got to be such an issue that McDonald's got sued for defamation and lost. Now they just don't blame the company that makes em.
McDoland's fries taste great, but they get cold almost instantly. With that being said, if you're taking home McDoland's fries, they are D tier since they'll be cold.
the trick to getting a good tasting McDonald's burger is to either tell them to make it "freshly made" or what I do is order with pickles removed... ordering a custom burger means they cook and fry it fresh rather than reheating an old patty... the difference in taste is night and day imo
False. they have meat case that stores cooked meat for 20-30 minutes and Fresh™️ is relative
@@goldfishi5776 fresh _is_ relative, the difference in taste is undeniable, you want 30 minute old refried meat fine, I don't and have done this every week for years
Just because you request no pickles doesn't mean they cook you a fresh patty. Just means you won't get a burger that's been sitting in the heater box and the bun is hard as a rock.
@@cattysplat haha yes
@@cattysplat fair enough, it's easy for me in Toronto cuz I use kiosks exclusively and table service
To be fair the quality of McDonalds is better in Europe since they need to conform to the local food standards. That being said, those percentages seem to be quite high. Its only good if you are high/ drunk and have the munchies at 4 am. Its very hard to get anything else to eat at this time in most places in Europe.
@@HQbaracuda i guess depends on the place
mc donalds has been popular in chinese for a long ass time. My wife grew up there and told me they used to do parties at mc donalds in the 90s
Everybody had parties at McDonald’s in the 90s, along with Pizza Hut and everywhere else, back when they were actual restaurants
@Patrick Condon yeah true but in China it's considered upscale and expensive to do it at McDonald's. She said only the rich parents could afford it and you were a rich kid if you had a party at McDonalds there. I agree they were actual restaurants, just interesting how they branded themselves as upscale in China and here they were good fast food back then. I hope in general our food quality goes up. Society eats so poorly these days
@@hawks3109 speaking of all this makes me a bit nostalgic for the 80s/90s versions of them lol. I remember Wendy’s being faaaaaaaaancy when i went there for a school mates birthday
@@hawks3109 WHAT? McDonald's is considred expensive in China? Wtf do they eat when they want to eat something "cheap" ??
@@nimmha6708 yeah I know lol I thought the same thing. Apparently it's because McDonald's rebranded in china and has better quality food there. Their menu doesn't even have much in common with the menu here in America. It's still burgers, but they're completely different than the ones here
7:15 All of the McDonalds in my ~250,000 people metro area in northern Illinois have the kiosks. I like it because I can customize without pressure and pull in deals from the app. You can also order through the app and use assigned numbers at tables to even avoid the kiosks all together. It might be because Illinois is their headquarters that we have the more advanced stuff? Not sure. One negative I've found lately is that self serve drink machines are hit or miss. My closest one totally took it out. And also getting unsweetened iced tea self serve is only at one in my area consistently. Sucks because their tea is one of the better fast food ones.
The food dropping thing happens everywhere but it happens very rarely in most cases. It's on you if you really want to be ordering for delivery every day instead of cooking at home you're just increasing your chances of it landing on you.
You see him, and it’s like… “there it is. *Thats chicken* “
Most of the Mc Donald's in NYC have these kiosks as well, even in the hood areas the McDonald's stores are pretty upgraded
In france we have signature burgers that are way more high end (also McDonalds is not cheap here, you're paying like 10-15€ to eat, they're is no dollar menu, the cheapest you can get is a 5€ menu that doesn't fill you)
@@PastPositive you underestimate how many burgers neckbeards eat
I think mcdicks has a better market in the US due to regulations. I like how mcdonalds is low quality but won't get you sick, so its a good option for people who need to get by or if you want a cheap meal. Regulating the quality more will make poor people unable to afford it so theres def a trade off here.
I like all these regional specialties they serve in McDonalds across the world. Japan and China have some of my favourite burgers and ice creams! I heard they got rid of the Ebi (Shrimp) burgers in Japan and it makes me so sad. ;-; They're so tasty.
they still have ebi filet unless you're talking about something else
They serve regional stuff in Europe, too. In Romania they'd serve "little ones" basically ground meat in the form of turd and grilled served with mustard and garlic. delicious.
Hey Asmon we even have mac d in Denmark, Norway and Sweden as well
9:50 real-estate has been super inflated here, to the point that an 120m2 apartment costs close to a 1m usd in the capital.
As somebody that's worked at wendys- I've always considered the chili to be a "f around and find out"
I can't 100% tell you what's ours, I've made it a million times but outside of the prepackaging- our manager would have us re-dice salads that turned brown in the cooler and whatever sat on the fryers side line- cut up(patties/chicken) and put in so we didn't waste anything. It's a massive pot next to the register so the customers would think it's been there sizzling an hour max at a time, but we were adding things from the day before as early as 5 am- I've never seen it get dumped-only refilled
by packaging I mean the only thing i've ever seen/added myself were dried beans. The rest of the ingredients were things that we couldn't sell
The best content would be if Asmon went to Japan and did a fast food chain testing streams. There's shitton one chains over there and those that are pretty known world wide have very unique menu that'a available only in Japan. Obviously He wouldn't go alone; streams could be amazing
Keep hearing about the size of the drinks, in Spain all the chains I have been to, except of McDonals, have the soda fountains outside, so you can refill as much as you want whatever drink you want with no price increase. The menu can be 3€ and you still get unlimited drink.
I bought a mcchicken at McDonald's in Italy and it was about 7 us dollars. At that time mcchickens were only a dollar here. But the mcchicken there was very good. More like a premium chicken sandwich here.
It was funny to see, how Asmon has seemingly no idea about McDonald's big market share in Europe. I see the golden arches everywhere in Germany.
pure number break down: half of the 18 to 34 year olds in china is roughly 155 million people. thats how many cups of coffee in a single day. at mcdonalds pricing for coffee we'll average and say $1.50 if they can get a 1/4 of that population they can make around $58 million dollars a day. Likely they will probably grab about 1/10 or a little less but thats still a metric ass load of money a day and there be 365 days a year normally. Yeah I can understand mcdonalds growing to massive new levels in the next few years.
I stopped eating there much since the quality went down. Certain stores are better than others, usually the corporate ones, but overall, the quality is worse because they dont throw the food out when they should and remake it because its alot of extra work. Used to work at both a corporate and franchise one and the experience was completely different. Franchises slack off. Corporate can maintain a 90 sec drivethru time at lunch.
The rodeo burger from burger King was the best fastfood value item ever.
Jack in the box munchie meal used to be $6. That was best value hands down. Specialty sandwich, tacos, half curly-regular fries, medium drink. 6 bucks 🤯
Top tier take I was so happy when they made that shit permanent
McDonald in China has way way way more choices and tastes way way way way better.
The touch screen order screen seem fairly common in south Africa, we've had them for at least 5 years now from when I was in university
I lived in China for 8 years, McDonalds in China is not cheap and KFC sells better Chicken burger compared to McDonalds.. KFC is also not focusing on their friend chicken, Mashed Potatoes or Coleslaw. KFC instead paired their combo meals with portugese Tart.
a Price for a Big Mac Combo meal, fries & Coke will net you about 6 Dollars ( which is considered expensive if you compare it to other Asian countries )
Fun fact: McDonald's sales are used to have a feel about a country's economy if they're doing well or not.
Malaysia Mcdonalds had nasi lemak. We also have seasonal menus (for Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Deepavali).
In Antwerp - Belgium we have a McDonald's with 2 ddrive-through lines.
I'm in an average part of south Carolina. Our McDonald's has 4 or 5 kiosks for people to order at
Can confirm at least the ice cream machine not broken over here in Japan. Japanese people are very serious about giving quality and doing their jobs.
They probably would issue a public apology if one of their ice cream machines broke in the service time.
I want to imagine the company forcing the repair monopoly tried to do it in Japan but the Japanese Mcdonalds workers all just built an ice cream machine themselves.
@@kenhiyoko941 True!
@@seekittycat there is no repair monopoly. Anyone that works for mcdonalds can get a certificate to work on the machines.
13:55 New Zealand has the Kiwi Burger. It includes a whole fried egg and three slices of beetroot.
Here in NZ the beef is 100% pure beef, so no additives, but it tastes like cardboard. The taste is probably 60% sauce and 20% cheese.
6:25 pizza hut in China is quite different from what you know. It is more of a restaurant... Long queues on most days.
I think this might be the 1st time Trump has been 100% honest without exaggerating.
for years I ate McDonalds until I realized how many preservatives they put in their food, the breakfast burrito has 125 ingredients including one that's made to make fireworks, haven't eaten McDonalds, burger king, Wendie's, taco bell or kfc in about 5 years, only thing I sort of miss is the big mac
In the end everything is chemistry. But if some of those are problematic and not regulated then yeah. Having it here and there won't harm you. But I understand your concern.
I mean ... Burgers And bombs ... lmfao
@@christophluger793 wrong, it is what has been giving everybody cancer and all sorts of horrible illnesses and disorders. The symbolism is everywhere, its being done on purpose.
McDonalds in my area are understaffed/incompetent. Service takes far too long and orders are commonly wrong.
The McDonalds that I go to as well even with 2 lanes still takes them forever, also the 2nd lane is closed at night.
I don't go there much these days but my go to was always the chicken selects drowned in their chipotle bbq sauce. Wish they would bring them back.
There is a place near me that has a McDonald's inside a walmart, another McDonald's in the same shopping center as the walmart and another McDonald's across the street from that shopping center.
McDonald’s definitely needs a new burger patties
Yeah imo their beef patties doesnt really taste good compared to their competition like Burger King, though their chicken burgers are still great
That would defeat the sole purpose of McDonalds, which is to serve the exact same meal; no matter what decade you’re eating that meal in. Other countries excluded of course.
burger king might be better but they are also more expensive, mcdonalds customer is all about price not about taste. It has to be cheap too
And Buns compare to BK is still bad even in Europe
@@sten260 In my country, BK is cheaper lol
Whenever my dad comes visits me in America he's like "it's like I travelled back in time 20 years". He looks at the terminal at the airport and just start laughing like what is this museum looking computer.
Gee McDonald's guy perhaps people's expectations and scrutiny of how big companies act is heightened because companies actually seem to have forgotten how to act. Shoddy product quality, Markups of unbelievable percentages and just shady practices overall will get you there.
Fastfood are doing greater in Asia than in US for some reason
More wild menu, and apparently better food
It's wild
Potatoes/meat patties aren't as big in Asia,duh,they literally rarely eat potatoes,it's actually very expensive there,I've seen prices for 1 big potato in Korea/Japan,6 dollars.Same with anything dairy,they have soy,kids drink soy milk. Also McDonald's is bland food for Asians,their junk food is savoury or spicy. Now take in that Asia has bomb barbeque street food and eat rice instead of potatoes as a side dish and it explains why McDonalds isn't big. They eat what they grow the most,rice.
Also Asian fast food is healthier,it's just barbeque meat/veggies with a bowl of rice or noodles.
Potatoes are just treated as a regular vegetable instead of à replacement source of carbs
Bro Japan and Korea are not the only places in Asia.
The 16:30 talk about ordering from the touchscreen tablet thing was funny because we even have those here in SEA, how the hell does Austin not have those? Or does Asmon live in the outskirts of Austin or something.
There's a reason so many offices provide infinite bad coffee, it actually helps. But speaking of KFC and it's value, well they used to have some pretty good deals, but we all knew it was crap. Now it has some pretty bad deals, but we all still know it's crap.
WOW McDonald’s has more employees than the top countries have in soldiers..
ah... not in Florida or Georgia. The food is served in 10min minimum. I once had to wait 25 min for the food and there was nobody in line but me.
Asmon describing the futuristic mcdo he went like, it's every normal mcdo in Québec city lol
ice-cream machine in HK is usually fine, but the mcflurry machine have a chance to be failing, just not always
Living in the West of Scotland, this country must be junk food heaven for suppliers like MCD's and the like- there is a huge appetite for crap food in Scotland and every single fast food joint is queued out every time i drive past.. for such a small country there's a huge waistline just waiting to develop.
9 cups a years, bruh as a Portuguese I do that in one day
1-afer waking up
2-before work
3-rest time (10:00)
4-After Lunch
5- rest time (15:00)
6- after work
7 after dinner
Okay I lied only 7 a day
Trump is a new yorker... he knows the mcdonald's menu for sure lol
3:12 I HAD THAT BUCKET! I was so confused when I was given a BUCKET of soda.
revenue in Germany and France is high cause of scam prices
Those kiosk McDonald’s are all over the east coast because min wage is 15 dollars and it’s cheaper to run an iPad
Kiosks have been required for a while. In fact,when kiosks are used in tandem with a cashier they require more staff as more food needs to be prepared and delivered.
So weird.
Kingston Ontario Canada
We have 3 McCafè and no McDonald's.
All are fully automated
One has a walkthrough window instead of drive through.... You stand outside instead of actually dealing with Mcdicks
I don't know about the ice cream machines in China but whenever I order at McDonald's here in Germany using the phone app, it tells me the McFlurry's currently unavailable so I guess they're always broken here at least x'D
That's not indicative of the machine, they could be out of another part of that item such as the topping, spoon or cup.
@@bedinor that is true but what's more likely? That they don't have some ingredients in stock, ever, for months upon months, and don't ever restock that. Or that something is defective and can't be repaired that easily because of some weird company policy.
Ooooo Carlyle Group owns Jagex (Runescape creators)
McDonalds was my first job, started at 17. I was working 40 hrs a week, I hit 18 and when my wage increased, my hours got dropped to 17-24hrs. But after working at Bk I still go back to McDonalds after all these years. Roaches, bugs and employees make all the difference.
How good your food is %100 on crew. It's beef not some mystery meat but like cooking anything you need a guy who's aware of the seasonings and equipment to get the best possible product and if the guy is lacking so will be the food. It's easy to tell what's going on because feed back is feely given. Also this extends beyond one guy because you want your equipment running flawlessly and to be clean as f and you need other people making shit right or there's no point anyway because no one wants it anyway otherwise.
Yeah, we eat McDonald's in Europe too, but out portions are like less than a 3rd of the size when it comes to drinks and sugary foods lmao.
Lock-Down policy actually speedup delivery and online system, this also happen in Thailand where concept of QR payment is alien pre-covid but now it everywhere and the shop without one is bound to loss.
They need to adapt in other to survive after all.
Asmongold slowly realising how far behind in some aspects the US is, is something else
McDonald's has a special arrangement with Coke, only they get their soda in stainless steel containers, that is why coke is better there than anywhere else that uses plastic.
Only high volume restaurants receive coke in 75 gallon tanks. Everything else comes in a BIB. Slow stores get coke in a BIB. There's other factors such as reverse osmosis systems, water and syrup chilled to a certain temperature before mixing
I’m telling you, food outside of America feels more quality, premium and just healthier. Maybe it’s placebo, but many people would probably agree.
I always eat chicken when I order food outside, I rarely eat red meat unless it is a steak house.
1:54: He should be contractually obligated to say "they're planning to MCdouble that number."
I always thought the singers in the song, "Barbie Girl" were Colonel Sanders and Wendy
It will never cease to amaze me just how much money China has, their infrastructure, architecture, and technology are absurd.
They have those screen based menus all over Canada as well
They really do adapt to the country/location. McDonalds in Hawaii had this interest coconut desert things while I've only ever seen applepie ones on the mainland. Also, I had McDonalds in Florence, Italy and they had pizza pockets. I ended up getting a big mac and a BEER! Their McFlurry was also different. Not the powered milk ice cream, but tasted more like real ice cream. I think whenever I am in a country if they have a McDonalds, I'm trying it at least once to see the different menus! Also, while traveling KFC was everywhere. I'm surprised because I think they kind of suck.
I am from Egypt and KFC is my favorite food ever, the quality in the last 10 years over here has declined but it still lives in my heart.
And yes, the ice cream machine is broken globally...
watch out man, I love KFC too, but recent health reports show that huge numbers of people in their 30s are getting cancer in their digestive tracts, it's definitely from our diet.
I hear the Dark Knight is doing a mcdonalds/china collab. Bat Burgers.
I live in the uk and so I thought every McDonald’s has the screens you can order on.
Meanwhile waiting that Finland would get more street vendors with low prices and vendors that focus on soup and/or real sandwiches/subs (not the sugar filled ones what Subway sells). We already have Hesburger which is 10000% better than McDonald's but I'd give both away for good soup/bread focused franchise with reasonable prices and more healthy food. All we have here is millions of pizzerias with same menu and 3 different burger places that really don't sell nothing what you can't get from those pizzerias. Need more variety and easier way to start own street stall/small simple food restaurant.
In fact McDonald's is a place that only higher income can afford in China. You can't imagine that the hourly wage there is so low that you need to work two hours to pay for a regular set meal.
"dont you guys have phones?" omg, lol i lost it