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08-15-2011, 07:28 PM | Topic Starter |
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Fast food restaurants dilluting soda?
So it seems like for the last year or so, every time I go to a fast food drive thru, my soda tastes less and less like what I ordered.
At first, I was called crazy when I mentioned it to family/friends/co-workers. Then finally, after it what seems like the next "kickback" in syrup, a few of them reluctantly agreed with me. It seems like they are trying to stretch a bag of syrup for all it is worth. Is the economy that bad to where I can't get a decent soda anymore? Do they REALLY need to squeeze one or two more drinks out of that bag? I have since been forced to switch my preferred fast food beverage to teas, hi-c's or whatever else they couldn't possibly screw up. So has anyone else noticed this tightening of the fast food industries belt? |
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08-15-2011, 07:30 PM | #2 |
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08-15-2011, 07:31 PM | #3 |
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Does it taste like boar semen because my business has really been expanding and I have no idea why these fast food chains would be placing orders.
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08-15-2011, 07:31 PM | #4 | |
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08-15-2011, 07:36 PM | #5 |
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I'd be pretty skeptical, though I don't really have any idea. Fast food sodas cost almost nothing. It seems to me there are far more effective ways of saving a few pennies.
(And I personally haven't noticed the phenomenon, myself.) |
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I think they are making enough out of fountain drinks to try to get 2250 drinks out of a tank.
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08-15-2011, 07:58 PM | #7 |
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LOL Tank? How old are you? I remember working at a Hardees 20 yrs ago, it was a bag in a box then.
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08-15-2011, 07:38 PM | #15 |
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They shouldn't. Soda at a fast food place has the highest profit margin of anything on the menu. That's why places like McDonald's are offering specials like "any size for a dollar". It's incredibly cheap. I'd say it's more likely that fast food soda dispensers aren't maintained as they should be.
They have to be "brixed", controlling the ratio of carbonated water to syrup. The nozzles and assemblies have to be cleaned out, soaking is best. The entire supply line post mixing has to be kept cold as well. Temperature has a huge effect on flavor. This has to be done on a regular basis. Unfortunately for the consumers, fast food jobs have been dumbed down as much as they possibly can be to compensate for a shrunken workforce and ridiculous turnover. I would be surprised to find more than one person in any given location who knows how to properly care for a drink machine and is willing to do it. I would not be surprised to find locations without anyone who could/would do it. |
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