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Boris Galerkin posted:Taco Bell will gladly tell you that their cheese are 100% vegetarian friendly. That’s a huge plus. Vegetarians can eat cheese Vegans can't
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EoinCannon posted:Vegetarians can eat cheese Not all cheeses can be eaten by vegetarians. E: To be more helpful, most cheese is made with rennet, an animal byproduct. This requires the slaughter of an animal. Vegetarian friendly cheeses do not use rennet. Boris Galerkin fucked around with this message at 16:35 on Feb 28, 2024 |
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Feb 28, 2024 16:33
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AP has the full statement from Wendy's: https://twitter.com/AP/status/1762866519388606905 quote:Wendy’s says it has no plans to raise prices during the busiest times at its restaurants
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Feb 28, 2024 16:50
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I still don't believe them, but if I can actually get junk food a bit cheaper by eating an early dinner, sure, that'd be neat.Boris Galerkin posted:Let’s look at Burger King: (I was gonna quote the cheese thing but it looks like you clarified about rennet) Oxyclean fucked around with this message at 17:00 on Feb 28, 2024 |
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Feb 28, 2024 16:57
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Boris Galerkin posted:I really appreciate that Taco Bell exists because they’re like the only fast food place that actually caters to vegetarians. Subway? Or is that bad for some reason
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Feb 28, 2024 17:00
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Subway has a pretty limited veggie selection with basically no protein options.
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Feb 28, 2024 17:05
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Boris Galerkin posted:Let’s look at Burger King: Can't speak for the American market but having been a burger flipper in the UK when I was a teenager, this wasn't true even back then. Fry station is separate from other fryers and vegetarian stuff has a specified grill.
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Feb 28, 2024 17:06
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I think that varies from place to place in the US. When I worked at Sheetz, we only had one frier for everything. Meat, vegetables, cheese all in the same oil and the menu was basically every fast food type place rolled into one.. Might have changed by now though it's been a while.
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Feb 28, 2024 17:11
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Kwyndig posted:Subway has a pretty limited veggie selection with basically no protein options. It looks like there's a plant-based steak thing
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Feb 28, 2024 17:27
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Not where I live there isn't and vegetarian options that are only sometimes available are no better than no options because then you're gambling on whether the region you're in has a menu item you can eat. I've also never seen an ad for it so it's not available nationally.
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Feb 28, 2024 17:39
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:AP has the full statement from Wendy's: I take it the public reception was...frosty
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Feb 28, 2024 19:39
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Boris Galerkin posted:Not all cheeses can be eaten by vegetarians. If containing an animal byproduct is a disqualifier for vegetarians then you'd better tell them to drop the pastries. Also I thought the deep frying process wouldn't result in any meaningful cross contaminating since the point of the frying (if done right) is to create a sudden external barrier to intrusion; oil intrusion is supposed to be minimal. Zachack fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Feb 28, 2024 |
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Feb 28, 2024 19:39
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There is no vegetarian/vegan police that is going to police what a vegetarian/vegan eats. A vegetarian/vegan can make that decision themselves on a personal level. That said, we can still have standard definitions of what it means to be vegetarian and/or vegan. The way rennet is obtained is from butchering animals. This is different from getting milk, eggs, etc, as those don't require the animal to be slaughtered. There are a whole bunch of other issues of course, but it's safe to say that rennet and thus most cheeses are not compatible with a vegetarian diet. How far the individual wants to take that is up to them. But that wasn't even my point I was raising. My point was that Taco Bell is doing something right by sourcing vegetarian friendly cheeses and offering actual vegetarian food, which is a lot better than what McDonald's and co are doing.
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Feb 28, 2024 19:50
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:The Wendy's CEO is now either "clarifying" or backtracking and saying that the surge pricing will work similar to happy hours. I'm guessing one of the lawyers pulled the CEO inside and explained carefully that not only does it look bad, but that truth in advertising laws may make it illegal. Maybe. Oxyclean posted:I still don't believe them, but if I can actually get junk food a bit cheaper by eating an early dinner, sure, that'd be neat. Yes, in the same way that you get "Great Deals" in Kohls, or on Black Friday, since everything is 40% off!!! Sure, the price is double what it would be normally, but look at the savings! Magic Hate Ball posted:I take it the public reception was...frosty Look at this square over here
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Feb 28, 2024 20:12
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Boris Galerkin posted:But that wasn't even my point I was raising. My point was that Taco Bell is doing something right by sourcing vegetarian friendly cheeses and offering actual vegetarian food, which is a lot better than what McDonald's and co are doing. Do you not have the McPlant in the USA? KFC, Burger king and subway all have their own permanent vegan offerings over here now. Mega Comrade fucked around with this message at 20:21 on Feb 28, 2024 |
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Feb 28, 2024 20:18
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Mega Comrade posted:Do you not have the McPlant in the USA? I'm not a huge fast food eater, but I'm pretty sure most of those places killed their vegan meat options. Burger King is the only one I think still has it on every menu. The rest are all up to individual franchises or discontinued. Subway is the only one I'm not sure about.
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Feb 28, 2024 20:23
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Mega Comrade posted:Do you not have the McPlant in the USA? McPlant was tested in some places (Texas????) and they killed it. KFC was testing their Impossible Tenders but they also killed it. Looked up a Subway close to me on the official website and the only vegetarian option is "veggie delight" which is just a salad but in a bun.
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Feb 28, 2024 20:32
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In the US it's just Burger King as far as national chains with nationwide adoption of meat alternatives like impossible whoppers. Everything else is regional if that.
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Feb 28, 2024 20:35
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doesnt Subway have some sort of black bean veg patty?
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Feb 28, 2024 20:53
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Not in the US, and not at any time I'm aware of.
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Feb 28, 2024 21:05
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Oxyclean posted:I'm a little unclear why most/some vegetarians would take issue with their food being made adjacent to/on the same surface something that was made with meat, so long as they aren't personally consuming said meat. Being cooked in the same oil as a meat makes a little more sense, but still feels a bit of a "well you're still not personally consuming meat." and arguably still passes the "no animals were slaughter for my meal specifically" qualifier? Unless it's an actual food allergy/sensitivity. My local vegetarian has this concern becuase their body is so unused to meat at this point that even a little cross-contamination will give them the shits.
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Feb 29, 2024 00:32
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That’s my secret. I always have the shits
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Feb 29, 2024 00:51
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Boris Galerkin posted:There is no vegetarian/vegan police that is going to police what a vegetarian/vegan eats. A vegetarian/vegan can make that decision themselves on a personal level. Hey look at this guy who’s never experienced Scott Pilgrim.
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Feb 29, 2024 01:10
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:Unless you are in Europe. Yum! Brands owns both (also KFC) I smile at every closure i see of theirs
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Feb 29, 2024 03:09
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Boris Galerkin posted:Not all cheeses can be eaten by vegetarians. A minority of cheeses use animal rennet, because Fermentation-Produced Chymosin is not only cheaper it’s also a lot purer and more consistent, giving better control of the cheesemaking process.
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Feb 29, 2024 03:43
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have a sip.
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It’s not rennet if it’s microbial. It’s pure chymosin.
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Feb 29, 2024 04:31
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:AP has the full statement from Wendy's: They'll still be using FreshAI, which they announced at the same time. Almost as though they're distracting the public on purpose.
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Feb 29, 2024 04:35
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Leon Trotsky 2012 posted:I'm not a huge fast food eater, but I'm pretty sure most of those places killed their vegan meat options. Burger King is the only one I think still has it on every menu. The rest are all up to individual franchises or discontinued. Guessing European market must has more vegetarian/vegans to make it worth while for them  The meat free options in supermarkets have blown up here too. You have loads of brands including store own ones doing meat free alternatives. Obviously some are better than others but it's been really nice having some choice.
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The Lone Badger posted:It’s not rennet if it’s microbial. It’s pure chymosin. Rennet-style microbial product
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Falafel Döner > Döner; bekämpf mich im echten Leben.
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poop device posted:They'll still be using FreshAI, which they announced at the same time. Almost as though they're distracting the public on purpose. I don't eat fast food much but occasionally take my son and just about every place besides Chic Fil A and (sometimes) McDOnalds is running a skeleton crew. There's a BK and a Wendy's right near my work and going inside is loving depressing and I always get this weird disconnect whenever I see a commercial for one of them where everything is clean, workers are smiling and bustling about, etc.
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Wendy's and Homophobic Chicken Restaurant also often have like 20-30 cars waiting (I imagine) up to an hour for 'fast' food, while Burger King is usually empty. I don't know when BK become so unpopular I'm surprised they're still in business honestly.
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Faxanadus posted:Homophobic Chicken Restaurant they have multiple drive-thrus and sometimes it backs up so bad it blocks traffic. i don't understand it honestly.
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https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/leap-year-glitch-broke-self-pay-pumps-across-new-zealand-for-over-10-hours/quote:As reported by numerous international outlets, self-serve pumps in New Zealand were unable to accept card payments due to a problem with the gas pumps' payment processing software. The New Zealand Herald reported that the outage lasted "more than 10 hours." This effectively shuttered some gas stations, while others had to rely on in-store payments. The outage affected suppliers, including Allied Petroleum, BP, Gull, Waitomo, and Z Energy, and has reportedly been fixed. What tech nightmares did y'all experience today due to bad programming?
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Volmarias posted:I'm guessing one of the lawyers pulled the CEO inside and explained carefully that not only does it look bad, but that truth in advertising laws may make it illegal. Maybe. I checked the original articles and the verbatim quote always said "dynamic pricing", and then every single news outlet would add "otherwise known as surge pricing" and go on like that. While it's definitely an unforced error ("dynamic pricing" is too vague a statement), I feel a lot of the blame has to do with news outlets adding their own details because outrage feeds clicks.
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Kyte posted:I checked the original articles and the verbatim quote always said "dynamic pricing", and then every single news outlet would add "otherwise known as surge pricing" and go on like that. What else would "dynamic pricing" mean though? There's no way they'd use it exclusively for off hours discounts.
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ponzicar posted:What else would "dynamic pricing" mean though? There's no way they'd use it exclusively for off hours discounts. Why would you say this? Marketing maxim suggests that you should always have the highest price the sticker price and discount from there to seal the deal. This is a bit different to nickle and diming where the sticker pricing is not the full price because you need to add tax, tip, etc but I don't think the pricing of the Wendy's burger was intended to be a surprise at checkout?
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Electric Wrigglies posted:Why would you say this? Marketing maxim suggests that you should always have the highest price the sticker price and discount from there to seal the deal. This is a bit different to nickle and diming where the sticker pricing is not the full price because you need to add tax, tip, etc but I don't think the pricing of the Wendy's burger was intended to be a surprise at checkout? And if the local franchise owner has direct control of the pricing, then it is basically guaranteed we will be seeing jacked up prices when they start running low on something, regardless of what corporate says.
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Inferior Third Season posted:I think the true test will be what they do when there is a supply disruption, and they don't have enough of a particular product or ingredient to meet their normal demand. Yeah, I can see that, and probably done subtlety in a way that it is not apparent something has had its price jacked up. I think it would be a mistake in the long term but would think this could only work where there is little competition and word of mouth is non-existent. Speaking of which, how does pricing work in China for fast food? Often the more dystopian capitalistic methods are in full force there.
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