Food costs are pretty low. It may be more economically viable if you build in that maybe 5% of the orders will get stolen (by accident or intention) than forcing an open register to check people out.
The Fast Food Thread
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Abefroman
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Sonics has online ordering.Sonic On The Go - Online Ordering
I just like being able to drive up and look at the entire menu if I want and order when I am ready and not be that asshole in the drive thru that takes 15 fucking minutes to order something.
I just like being able to drive up and look at the entire menu if I want and order when I am ready and not be that asshole in the drive thru that takes 15 fucking minutes to order something.
If you like Frito pie, get their Jr Frito Chili Cheese Wrap when you stop at happy hour to get your Cherry Limeade!
Joeboo
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Panera doesn't tend to have restaurants in the hood. I doubt too many soccer moms are stealing orders off the counter and making a run for it.
Mures
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Yeah, first time I went in and saw how it was run I thought, damn this would be a good way for a homeless person to get a meal. I'm sure it does happen, but not in enough frequency to really be an issue. Sure it sucks for the person whom's order was stolen/accidentally taken, but its a pretty mild inconvenience waiting 5 minutes while they replace your order and I'm sure they give you a free "x".
Alex
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Mures
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Not sure about 5 guys and chipotle, the point was at the panera here at least you literally do not even do that. They just have cubbies on a wall with lettering on them A-D, E-H, etc. You walk in, pick up your order, walk out, you never speak to a soul.
At 5guys/chipo you do have to have some interaction to say you're here for your order. 5Guys moreso because they don't package your fries beforehand.
Erronius
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Yeah, friends of mine apparently love it and I don't get it. I got some burgers late at night once from the one over by the Nascar track, and I could barely choke the burgers down. The meat had this weird half-wax, half-clay texture and the burgers were lukewarm. I'm not sure how many years it will be until I'll be able to try one again.
And the deep-fried tacos or whatever? A few times friends have gone out for beer-sponge food and brought those back, and they've never been good. As in, several steps below Quik Trip taquitos territory.
Think Warhammer Online, Age of Conan, Star Trek Online, etc etc etc. When the games first released, they were swarmed by people hoping and praying that they'd be good. A few months later their populations were already dwindling away to essentially nothing.
I guess I look at it like that, somewhat.
And then that one place that opened up recently but you've never seen a car in the parking lot even during peak hours and you're pretty sure it is just a front for laundering drug money -- thats Pantheon
Joeboo
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The two times I've tried Jack In The Box, the buns on their burgers were so stale that they pretty much crumbled like a cracker when you bit into them. Just horribly bad. I'd eat supermarket frozen White Castle burgers before I'd go to JitB again.
Abefroman
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5 guys is probably the most useless online ordering because of that. You still have to wait so what's the point?
Group pickup. I don't need to memorize my wife's order. On the off chance there is a line you just skip it and say you're here for your order. But if there is a line chances are they have fries ready to just pack up for you and get you out quickly. If you go when it is dead (my usual time) they do have to drop them fresh so you have to annoyingly sit there a few minutes.
Yeah I'd rather sit my ass in a chair and eat a few peanuts for fresh fries. The burgers never seem cold when I get them home, either.
Noodleface
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I had a buffalo chicken mac n cheese pizza when I was leaving EMC (had to try it). One of the best pizzas I've ever had.
