At my MegaCorp we have annual cost reduction targets we're supposed to meet for all our products. I'm quite certain we are not unique in this regard. Once you burn through all the "low hanging fruit" ways to reduce cost you don't really have any other choice than to reduce quality (though we call it reducing "waste" because it sounds better, as though it's "wasteful" to make a product last 15 years on average when the requirement is that it only last 10).
I used to go there a lot when I was in college many years ago. At some point I learned to cook and never looked back. That overprocessed fast food slop loses all its appeal once you make your own.
I'd rather eat dry bread than that greasy mush. And at today's prices you can eat bread for days for the price of a single Big Mac.
It's a big company. It'll take a while to die.
At my MegaCorp we have annual cost reduction targets we're supposed to meet for all our products. I'm quite certain we are not unique in this regard. Once you burn through all the "low hanging fruit" ways to reduce cost you don't really have any other choice than to reduce quality (though we call it reducing "waste" because it sounds better, as though it's "wasteful" to make a product last 15 years on average when the requirement is that it only last 10).
I used to go there a lot when I was in college many years ago. At some point I learned to cook and never looked back. That overprocessed fast food slop loses all its appeal once you make your own.
I'd rather eat dry bread than that greasy mush. And at today's prices you can eat bread for days for the price of a single Big Mac.