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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by throwawayboise on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:17AM (#26939211)
I worked at McDonald's in the 1980s. The machines weren't so fancy then. They didn't have a self-santizing heat cycle. We broke them down and cleaned and sanitized them every night after close. The next morning they were put back together and turned on. Once a week we discarded any remaining dairy product to break the cycle of any bacteria that might be present. Same with the milkshake machines.

In several years of working there I cannot recall any breakdowns of these machines.

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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by hellbannedguy on Monday April 26, 2021 @12:50AM (#26939331)
I worked at the concessions stand at Muir Woods in the early 90's. Every night the machine was emptied, and the removable parts were put in the dishwasher.

Every morning the goo was put back in, and there was never a complaint, or a down day. I rang up a lot of $1.00 Softies.

(Loved my coworkers. Still think about them all the time. The greatest group of people I had ever met. Hated the private sector corporation who did everything they could to lower the percent they had to give back to the government.)

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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by joezydeco on Monday April 26, 2021 @09:58AM (#26942543)
Same here. But I also recall that when the health department would do spot checks of bacteria and coliform counts on the machines, they were always in or near the danger zone.

All you need is one kid that didn't wipe their ass correctly before assembling the beaters and you've got a health problem in the making. The self-sterilizing machines were designed to prevent this.

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Re:Investigating why McDonald's ice cream machines are often... by cptskippy on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:04AM (#26942593)
I worked at McDonald's for 6 months in the late 90s and it was the same process. I actually quit because someone started the machine breakdown early, incorrectly, and without telling anyone because they wanted to leave at close.
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