Maccas inside info needed - Page 2

Paxton · 07-01-2007, 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Maccas management are very accommodating people. My wife used to buy cartons of straws there for her hairdressing salon

We used to have one of the Bowling Clubs buy a Box of 4:1 meat (Quater Pounder Meat) of us. They averaged one box a fortnight.

Pickles come in Buckets (that are just the right size for washing cars). I still have three or four of them. The bucket is worth more than the Pickles inside of them. For the Maccas employees, wait until you have a easy going McManager, and ask for one of them. They only get returned to the depot, and cost the store nothing.

HLC · 07-01-2007, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

We used to have one of the Bowling Clubs buy a Box of 4:1 meat (Quater Pounder Meat) of us. They averaged one box a fortnight.

Pickles come in Buckets (that are just the right size for washing cars). I still have three or four of them. The bucket is worth more than the Pickles inside of them. For the Maccas employees, wait until you have a easy going McManager, and ask for one of them. They only get returned to the depot, and cost the store nothing.

yep 15L buckets.

i did enquire to my managers about getting the used oil, a mate of mine makes BioDiesel. but they have a contracter pick it up, so no go.

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Originally Posted by chief

Here is a bit of trivia. Where was the first Maccas located that went bankrupt? A: Goulburn. The owner there thought this is not how you make a burger, this is how you make one. Why are the fries thin, people like thick fries. Changed the whole menue and it went bankrupt.

i gotta ask how this happened? Maccas has a FIXED menu. in concrete. you CANNOT change it. hmmm oh well.

The Yeti · 05-01-2007, 05:50 PM

I've never tried the caramel suday as havent found a good caraml tooping since I dotn know when but if its that good I'll give it a crack

What I want to know is who makes the special sauce I love that ****

06-01-2007, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Yeti

I've never tried the caramel suday as havent found a good caraml tooping since I dotn know when but if its that good I'll give it a crack

What I want to know is who makes the special sauce I love that ****

Main ingredient of Big Mac special sauce is pickles.. Yum

CaRtZ · 05-01-2007, 07:02 PM

which special sauce? theres a couple lol

as to what company makes what it can depend on the state your in but ALL McFries come from Tasmania.

i will get down as many companies and wot they make tonight and get em up for you all to perve on. i finish at about 12:30.

awsome4.0 · 05-01-2007, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by CaRtZ

which special sauce? theres a couple lol

as to what company makes what it can depend on the state your in but ALL McFries come from Tasmania.

i will get down as many companies and wot they make tonight and get em up for you all to perve on. i finish at about 12:30.

The fries thing is correct cause my old man was mate with the dude who grew them we used to get HUGE spuds when i was a kid

CaRtZ · 06-01-2007, 01:42 AM

sundae toppings - Allberry House Ltd.
Meat - OSI International Foods
Fries - Simplot Australia (head office in Mentone)
Cheese - Fonterra Brands (Kraft)
Lettuce - GSF Australia

XR8-260 · 06-01-2007, 02:07 AM

Going off topic... Anyone know how much it will cost to buy a McDonalds franchise?

Kryton · 06-01-2007, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 30487256

Going off topic... Anyone know how much it will cost to buy a McDonalds franchise?

dont know, but i do know you cant just buy one.
you actually have to work your way up to a manager before Maccas will allow you to purchase a franchise.

-=FoRdEseries=- · 06-01-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by davway

dont know, but i do know you cant just buy one.
you actually have to work your way up to a manager before Maccas will allow you to purchase a franchise.

You dont necessairly have to work your way up to own a restraunt, you can get training to be a manager with no prior experiance, but you also have to do a few courses on top of that. To purchase a store that is already running -reffering to someone who already owns a store or 2- i would guess it would be around the 1.5-2 million mark.. so it isnt that cheap.

nobbystang · 06-01-2007, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by davway

dont know, but i do know you cant just buy one.
you actually have to work your way up to a manager before Maccas will allow you to purchase a franchise.

Wasn't Gavin Wanganeen given a MacDonalds when he signed with Port Adelaide???? Vaguely remember that rumour floating around.

smally289 · 06-01-2007, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CaRtZ

sundae toppings - Allberry House Ltd.
Meat - OSI International Foods
Fries - Simplot Australia (head office in Mentone)
Cheese - Fonterra Brands (Kraft)
Lettuce - GSF Australia

thanks! google, here I come .............

cArSiK · 06-01-2007, 07:32 PM

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Originally Posted by smally351

thanks! google, here I come .............

looks like they are in NZ

TruBlu351 · 06-01-2007, 02:14 AM

I think it was 100K back in the late 80's early 90's???

XR8-260 · 06-01-2007, 02:17 AM

I heard from someone that its around 1 million nowadays.

-=FoRdEseries=- · 06-01-2007, 02:51 PM

i work at McDonalds.il take a look 4 ya next time im in.. but im pretty sure that the box that they come in just has the mcdonalds 'M' on it without any other brands on it.. il see what i can do.

CaRtZ · 06-01-2007, 06:19 PM

its 1million + to buy into the franchise itself... u do need to train as a manager but u dont ever actually have to be one...

Van D · 06-01-2007, 06:39 PM

Isn't maccas losing heaps of money anyway? Or was that just a couple years ago?

Van D · 06-01-2007, 07:37 PM

Would that caramel sauce be the same as what they give to maccas though? Surely you could order some over here...

Looks like NZ is good for one thing!

peyote · 07-01-2007, 03:04 PM

McDonalds Big Mac Sauce

This recipe is from the 1968 McDonald's Manager's Handbook put out in 1969 (1968 year) They quickly removed the recipe after realizing they had a very appealing "secret sauce." It was included as an emergency recipe in the event a particular store ran out of the pre-made sauce. Enjoy!

1/4 C. KRAFT Miracle Whip
1/4 C. mayonnaise
2 T. heaping, WISHBONE deluxe French
salad dressing (the orange stuff)
1/2 T. HEINZ sweet relish
2 heaping tsp. VLASIC dill pickle relish (Heinz
dill relish also works)
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. dried, minced onion
1 tsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. ketchup
1/8 tsp. salt

Mix everything very well in a small container. There better be no streaks! Microwave 25 seconds, and stir well again. Cover, and refrigerate at LEAST 1 hour before using (to allow all of the flavors to "meld"). Makes nearly 1 cup...enough for about 8 Big Macs

chief · 07-01-2007, 06:35 PM

Here is a bit of trivia. Where was the first Maccas located that went bankrupt? A: Goulburn. The owner there thought this is not how you make a burger, this is how you make one. Why are the fries thin, people like thick fries. Changed the whole menue and it went bankrupt.

jonk · 08-01-2007, 10:14 AM

Mcdonalds restaurant costs over 2 million minimum. In the US all the stores are owned by Mcdonalds, it was the only way they had control over bad managers - different legal system caused that problem over there compared to our situation in Oz. Nearly all maccas owners in Oz have multiple restaurants because owning a single one isn't viable anymore, that's how bad it is.

Plus the head office can be real onerous to deal with for owners, especially when HO opens up another franchise down the road which they have a habit of doing thereby draining goodwill from the original store.

The maccas in Victor Harbor S.A. is owned by a bloke from Victoria who runs two other stores in Melbourne somewhere, that's how they operate nowadays. It's hard for new people to get in because current owners get first pick but they're not the 'goldmines' they once were a few years ago.

HLC · 08-01-2007, 01:58 PM

CARAMEL TOPPING

ok, all you guys who wanted this owe me a beer.

today at work i snapped a piccie of the topping box. this is the manufacturer. so go for your life.

09-01-2007, 09:50 AM

In the Campbelltown/Macarthur region there was a Maccas Franchise owner called Ken Tagg, who in the end ran 11 Maccas franchises, trading under "McDonalds Macarthur" and running from 1980s to until the time he retired in 2002, he became the largest Maccas franchise owner in Australia.

In the late 90s, Maccas head office opened up a store in Eagle Vale, which was in the middle of his franchise area. ****ed off about this, he made up a rediculous amount of vouchers of free food. On the coupon, it read "Redeemable at any McDonalds Macathur stores". He then did a letterbox drop to every house in Eagle Vale and the surrounding suburbs.

The customers, thinking McDonalds Macathur stores were those stores of the Macarthur region, then went to their local Eagle Vale Maccas, where the vouchers were initially refused. After seeing sales completely drop off, they began accepting vouchers. Ken did more letterbox drops for free food and Maccas EV ran at a loss.

A few months went buy and Ken offered to buy out the failing Maccas store.

Upon retiring 4 or so years later, he sold it back to Maccas for 3 times what he paid for.

Paxton · 09-01-2007, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackLS

In the Campbelltown/Macarthur region there was a Maccas Franchise owner called Ken Tagg, who in the end ran 11 Maccas franchises, trading under "McDonalds Macarthur" and running from 1980s to until the time he retired in 2002, he became the largest Maccas franchise owner in Australia.

Ken had a brother, Frank, who had most of the McDonald's stores in the Shire. The only way to make money out of a McDonald's was to get in early, and stick with it. The store that I worked for was testament for that.

Bossxr8 · 10-01-2007, 02:37 PM

My GF asked for a sundae cup just full of caramel topping a few weeks ago and they charged her $10 for it. I'd hate to know what a bag of it would cost.

stang65 · 10-01-2007, 02:55 PM

**** I`ve logged onto one of my wifes recipe hunting forums, how do I get out was looking for ford forums to many cooks here. LOL

thinboy · 30-06-2024, 11:55 AM

righto, maccas sauces are the same but have others like fiery tomato, chilli & aioli I saw. Even the latest are banana McFlurrys & grimace shakes somewhere. Too they had free waters, or takeaway milk, but many maccas waters got stolen from that monopoly McDonald’s duel- I flunked it. I’d adored the car gem, don’t think they had fords, won no, else Keep a lid on it .

**FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0** · 30-06-2024, 12:48 PM

Is a 17 1/2 year thread mine a record?

Trendseeker · 30-06-2024, 02:23 PM

Here is something you may not know about McDonald’s logo:

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The logo for McDonald’s is the golden arches of the letter M on a red background.

The M stands for McDonald’s, but the rounded m represents mummy’s mammaries, acccording the design consultant and psychologist Louis Cheskin. In the 1960's McDonald's was prepared to abandon this logo, but Cheskin successfully urged the company to maintain this branding with its Freudian symbolism of a pair of nourishing breasts.

This may seem funny, but it is no laughing matter to the industrial psychologists and marketing consultants who are paid millions to find new ways to seduce us into buying by manipulating our unconscious desires.

The work of “hidden persuaders” in the psychology of marketing has been going on since the 1920s. Nowadays, there are companies who even hypnotise focus groups of consumers to reach their innermost associations.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/s...ouis%20Cheskin.