I've never worked in fast food, so I am directing this question as those who have. Why do places like McDonalds and Wendys always short you on BBQ sauce. I don't need too much, but I figure you should get one sauce for every 5 nuggets or so. Often, they give you 2 sauces with a 20 piece nuggets. Is sauce especially expensive. Is this something franchise owners really look at closely. I thought at first, the workers were not really paying attention, but this is a nationwide thing. There has to be something to it. Anyone care to elaborate?
2007-10-05 10:53:43 · 10 answers · asked by Todd N 2 in Dining Out ➔ Fast Food
Well, I worked at Taco Hell through college and the offical rule was 1 packet of sauce for every two items. Not enough, right? I totally agree. It's not that sauce costs so much, its just that fast food resturants are always trying to make extra cash and save a little money. I don't think they look at it closely though.
I always gave everybody as much sauce as they want. I guess you would have liked coming through my drive thru! :->
By the way, we also had a rule that you would only give out ONE single paper napkin for every THREE items. So, if like three people all came through drive thru together and were each having one taco as a snack, I guess they'd have to share the one napkin and the one a half packets of sauce.
I never followed the napkin rule either.
I hope this helps!!!
2007-10-05 11:04:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
When you are at the speaker ordering just tell them how many sauces you want. When the person is bagging up the order the amount of sauces is on the screen. I currently work for Mc Donald's and I give 1 sauce for the 4 piece, 2 for the 6 and 10 piece and 4 for the 20 piece, more if the person asks for more. For the selects meals I give 2 for the 3 piece and 3 for the 5 piece. We don't charge extra for people asking for extra sauces unless they want like 10 of them, and then we only charge them what it would cost for a couple of tartar sauce, which is 25 cents +tax.
2007-10-05 13:44:17 · answer #2 · answered by Ryan's mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is economics. Say you have an employee that handed out 10 extra sauces a shift. The sauces cost the store $.10 That is an extra dollar for that employee's shift. What if you had 5 employees doing that a day. That would be $5 a day. If they did that everyday it would $1,825 in a years time. Say they are doing the same thing with napkins, ketchup, etc. It adds up fast. So if you were buying the groceries, would you want to save yourself $1,825 in a year if you could? A lot of owners own more than one franchise. Say they own ten. Now you are talking $18,250.
2007-10-05 15:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by SubwayGirl 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you look at the millions of people that McDonald's gives BBQ sauce to everyday than you can realize the scope of how much sauce would be given away in a given day if they gave a away just one more sauce to eveyone. Some chains are more stingy about it than others and that is just a cost cutting measure. All in all it comes down to retail corporations trying to earn a bigger profit no matter how they go about it.
2007-10-05 11:02:22 · answer #4 · answered by k monster 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
ooohh I hate that too! Well I have since stopped eating fast food, but I think they are just trying to save a few pennies. I actually had a theory that the managers got a bonus based on how much sauce, ketchup, sugar etc. they didn't give out. It was the only reason I could come up with why they were so dang stingy with it.
2007-10-05 11:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because they cost a lot. I just always ask from extra when I order and let them charge me. I have to have lots of sauce. As a teen I got in big trouble once for giving someone too much hot mustard sauce.
2007-10-05 15:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by ▒Яenée▒ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i used to work at McDonald's and it was nothing to do with the managers being strict on how much sauce we gave or it being expensive, it was usually that we just couldnt be bothered reaching down for the sauce unless a customer asked.
2007-10-05 11:01:55 · answer #7 · answered by llamarse 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Taco Bell
2016-05-17 06:00:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never worked fast food and i guess i haven't paid much attn to the sauce thing!!!
2007-10-05 11:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by miss thang 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They want to save money, probably figure most people will be happy with what they're given. Managers make points for using less stuff.
2007-10-05 11:02:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋