Would you drive an extra 20 minutes (10 miles) to get the blizzard on the right?
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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.
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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 would go to the local mom and pop ice cream shop. It is better ice cream and keeps the money I spent in my community instead of investor groups.
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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.
wrote last edited by [email protected]They're charging you the most you're willing to pay while giving you the least you're willing to accept.
You're not "just" paying for convenience, your paying for the luxurious lifestyles of those maximizing profit and defending them in the process.
I used to think useful idiots were the exception.
Edit: Downvotes check out. It's easier to fool a man than to convince him he'd been fooled.
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No. I'm not driving anywhere (walkable city resident) and I'm not eating that junk. I'm insufferable, sorry.
Awareness++
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No. I'm not driving anywhere (walkable city resident) and I'm not eating that junk. I'm insufferable, sorry.
Gotta respect the honesty tho
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Whatever is enough to keep me just under the amount to qualify for welfare.
Fuck the ruling class.
wrote last edited by [email protected]That's not an answer, because it ignores my question. I asked you what percent of the cost to produce the good would be low enough for you to agree that it's fair. I'm not even asking for a specific cash amount, just a percent. If you want to give an amount that's fine too.
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They're charging you the most you're willing to pay while giving you the least you're willing to accept.
You're not "just" paying for convenience, your paying for the luxurious lifestyles of those maximizing profit and defending them in the process.
I used to think useful idiots were the exception.
Edit: Downvotes check out. It's easier to fool a man than to convince him he'd been fooled.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Do you make all your own food, clothes and shelter yourself with foraged materials from the land you live on?
I'd love an idea world too, but the one we live in requires compromise, like sometimes trading your labor for things your labor can't easily produce. Like drive through ready fluffy air-laden ice cream.
You can do it yourself, but you'll have to raise a cow, travel Madagascar or Mexico for wild vanilla beans, extract sugar from somewhere (sugar cane might be easy to get for you), and I think there's gelatin in there too, good luck with that. You can probably carve a bowl and spoon fairly easily, as well as appropriate the salt, but the ice might be a problem depending on where you live.
Taking a month to ferment and distill something to get some alcohol to make vanilla extract would amp up the flavor, but that might be more trouble than it's worth (it is fun though).
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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.
Ah, I haven't experienced that, but it could just be that the ones near me are well run. Quality wise I haven't really noticed a difference, even my dad agreed (who worked for DQ back in like the 70's I think) that it tastes pretty much the same as it always has, even if we've personally outgrown it and no longer find it appetizing.
You sparked my curiosity enough that I looked up the price.
The small Oreo cookie blizzard that I remember as a kid, which I will get a few times a year probably, is $2.89. I didn't realize the different flavors have different prices, though I guess it makes a little sense?
https://dairyqueensmenu.com/dairy-queen-blizzard-menu/
Can't speak to the rest except to say the steak fingers I tried again a few years ago after a 30 year hiatus are as horrible as ever.
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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.
Oh i live in a touristy area so its local cheap awesome ice cream everywhere.
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Do you make all your own food, clothes and shelter yourself with foraged materials from the land you live on?
I'd love an idea world too, but the one we live in requires compromise, like sometimes trading your labor for things your labor can't easily produce. Like drive through ready fluffy air-laden ice cream.
You can do it yourself, but you'll have to raise a cow, travel Madagascar or Mexico for wild vanilla beans, extract sugar from somewhere (sugar cane might be easy to get for you), and I think there's gelatin in there too, good luck with that. You can probably carve a bowl and spoon fairly easily, as well as appropriate the salt, but the ice might be a problem depending on where you live.
Taking a month to ferment and distill something to get some alcohol to make vanilla extract would amp up the flavor, but that might be more trouble than it's worth (it is fun though).
wrote last edited by [email protected]Do you make all your own food, clothes and shelter yourself with foraged materials from the land you live on?
Lol, the mental gymnastics you people resort to in order to justify being taken for a ride.
Let me just say this: the profit margins from my spending habits are significantly lower than the profit margins from yours.
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Do you make all your own food, clothes and shelter yourself with foraged materials from the land you live on?
Lol, the mental gymnastics you people resort to in order to justify being taken for a ride.
Let me just say this: the profit margins from my spending habits are significantly lower than the profit margins from yours.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Maybe, but you didn't answer any of my questions in any kind of a good faith way, which tell me your talking out your ass and haven't actually thought about any of your words. What percent or amount is fair? How much do you value work other people do for you? If you don't value it at all, how do you justify not doing everything yourself. Other people don't want to be making you ice cream, prob because you're an asshole, but regardless they'd do it for money, not for free.
So the question stands, if you don't do everything yourself and presumably also participate in the system you were born into, what percent or amount do you think is a fair amount to pay for other people's labor?
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As a Canadian, lol.
I hope I'm aware of at least 3/4's of the levels of wrongness. We're pretty influenced by American culture but still have our own identity. It seems to be fading a bit with time but I remember travelling to the US and thinking why is the yogurt so sweet? Why is the bread sweet?
I went on a work trip, pancakes had so much sugar they did not taste good, then powdered sugar on top, and a large slab of butter. The table syrup was just brown glucose-fructose.
It was terrible. For dinner we went to Panerra bread, again everything you expect to be savory was so sweet. -
Left is the DQ near my office. Consistently does that. Right is the DQ in the next town over.
For overpriced aerated ice cream? Just go to the local supermarket and get some good ice cream. It's cheaper it'll taste better.
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No, I would go to the local mom and pop ice cream shop. It is better ice cream and keeps the money I spent in my community instead of investor groups.
Yes, this. Can’t say it any better. Local shops for stuff like this is a win.
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That’s a fine suggestion in a cooking forum, and completely asinine to a general audience.
I feel for "The general audience".
