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Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by memcg on Monday July 04, 2022 @11:24AM (#31978045)
Pre-covid, I would often go to McDonalds and order two Sausage McMuffin with Egg. If you keep your receipts and fill out the online survey, they were buy one get one free. So, $2.12 with tax for 2 English muffins, 2 sausage patties and 2 eggs.

I would write employee names on the receipt and give glowing reviews of individuals. Apparently, managers would read the reviews aloud to their teams, so I got creative.

Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by xeromal on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:22PM (#31978768)
McDonalds was surprisingly responsive to one of my surveys. I randomly thanked them for having a free EV charger at their location that I would use for a few hours but always bought a meal or coffee from them when I did. They called me up and thanked me for the kind comments and sent me a box of a coupons, lol.
Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by wrboyce on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:26PM (#31978812)
Curiously I have had quite the opposite experience with them when trying to get a complaint resolved. I ordered a chicken nugget meal, but was delivered a (chicken nugget) box full of gherkins. Eventually I gave up chasing them as it really wasn't worth my time anymore.
Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by thenipper on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:30PM (#31978873)
To be fair, that’s a kind of amazing screw up. Like… do they even have gherkins at McDonalds?
Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by bonestamp2 on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:56PM (#31979192)
They have sliced pickles, that's about the closest thing.
Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by wrboyce on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:33PM (#31978927)
Sorry, that's my bad. I mean pickles, I called them gherkins as a kid and it… stuck.
Re:McDonald's and Optimal Pricing Strategies by bonestamp2 on Monday July 04, 2022 @12:56PM (#31979198)
Contact the store directly.