Would you drive an extra 20 minutes (10 miles) to get the blizzard on the right?
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
DQ can't stay in business around me with their crap ice cream. Also gas isn't free.
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Haven’t seen an open Dairy Queen locally in almost 10 years.
The one by me just closed. They made the image on the left look grand.
I went there six months ago and tried to order three separate things off the menu which weren't in stock.
A lot of these older franchise style companies don't have anybody at the helm making sure that the franchisees are doing them justice. Dairy Queen only exists because they're making a consistent product with a little fanfare.
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
I'd probably just buy the next size up at the closer store if I wanted that much. I usually buy the smallest size & end up throwing about 1/4 of it away.
Still, when I go for ice cream(*), I'm going because it's a treat. Getting one overstuffed like the one on the right would certainly trigger more dopamine.
So, I guess it's a coin flip depending whether or not it's a nice day for a drive.
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
I would travel the first 10
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I also dont know how much a blizzard is. I imagine theyre basically the same as a mcflurry from mcdonalds?
Looks like a blizzard is in the realm of $6? I don't go to DQ, but living in a region with many of them I can say gas is generally accessible for ~$2.50 so unless you're driving something that gets 10mpg there's basically no way to make buying two be worth it. I only have to fill up gas once every month or two because my car is a plug in hybrid and I rarely go more than ~40 miles in a trip so it's unlikely I use gas at all. With free nights I don't even really pay much to fill my battery.
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
americans really don't have thoughts or feelings, this is their whole culture aside from concentration camps
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
wrote last edited by [email protected]No.
I wouldn't buy either though because you're paying dollars for something that costs pennies.
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some ungodly ingredients and sprinkles of human
What an unfortunate line break after this
c/unexpectedcannibalism
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No.
I wouldn't buy either though because you're paying dollars for something that costs pennies.
- Let people enjoy things
- factor labor into your cost of goods sold
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- Let people enjoy things
- factor labor into your cost of goods sold
Ah yes, rhetoric for you to justify their profit margins.
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DQ can't stay in business around me with their crap ice cream. Also gas isn't free.
You say that, but even McDonalds can't keep their blizzard-knockoff machines running. DQ's got that shit locked down. They've been serving air-fluffed-icecream-surrogate the old fashioned way for decades. It's as American as health insurance that costs more than rent.
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americans really don't have thoughts or feelings, this is their whole culture aside from concentration camps
False, DQ also serves burgers.
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Ah yes, rhetoric for you to justify their profit margins.
wrote last edited by [email protected]If you wanted one, and someone broke down the logistical costs out for you, what percent of the cost going to profits would be acceptable to you, assuming all the other "line items" on that breakdown were justified (power, wages, raw materials, building maintenance, transportation, etc)?
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If you wanted one, and someone broke down the logistical costs out for you, what percent of the cost going to profits would be acceptable to you, assuming all the other "line items" on that breakdown were justified (power, wages, raw materials, building maintenance, transportation, etc)?
Whatever is enough to keep me just under the amount to qualify for welfare.
Fuck the ruling class.
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The one by me just closed. They made the image on the left look grand.
I went there six months ago and tried to order three separate things off the menu which weren't in stock.
A lot of these older franchise style companies don't have anybody at the helm making sure that the franchisees are doing them justice. Dairy Queen only exists because they're making a consistent product with a little fanfare.
"A consistent product with little fan fair"
I don't see the problem. It's not great ice cream, but it's cheaper than practically anywhere else.
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
No. No I wouldn't.
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Nope. Costco is closer and ice cream is way cheaper there.
Accessing the food court without a membership is hit and miss per location isn't it? Like, they really don't want people eating there without a membership but the way the stores are laid out they can't really prevent it so it's all down to how badly each individual store wants to enforce that rule.
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No.
I wouldn't buy either though because you're paying dollars for something that costs pennies.
You're paying for convenience, Quick I want some icecream so you either go to drive thru or a store, However the store doesn't come ready to eat as you then need a utensil and usually they're bigger tubs which most don't want to eat in one sitting.
Drive thru will win as it's quicker and no extra steps/storage etc.
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"A consistent product with little fan fair"
I don't see the problem. It's not great ice cream, but it's cheaper than practically anywhere else.
The problem isn't that it's nothing special, The problem is that the quality has been dropping for years in a lot of locations. It's that dreaded food service downward spiral. People initially go to you because you have something special going on. Eventually for one reason or another you need to make more money, so you need to raise prices or drop servings, quality. Raising places and or dropping quality brings you less customers so you have to continue raising prices, dropping quality or both.
Dairy Queen is on the decline and will disappear in upcoming years. They're cheap because they can't make any money not being cheap. Twist is, You're not making enough money being cheap either.
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Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
No. I'm not driving anywhere (walkable city resident) and I'm not eating that junk. I'm insufferable, sorry.
