Maccas inside info needed - Page 2

XR8-260 · 06-01-2007, 01:07 AM

Going off topic... Anyone know how much it will cost to buy a McDonalds franchise?

TruBlu351 · 06-01-2007, 01:14 AM

I think it was 100K back in the late 80's early 90's???

XR8-260 · 06-01-2007, 01:17 AM

I heard from someone that its around 1 million nowadays.

Bucket · 06-01-2007, 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Danny

It is fantastic tasting caramel topping, I'll give that to them..

It has their one key ingredient that is as bigger secret as the colonel's 11 secret herbs and spices...

salt...

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-=FoRdEseries=- · 06-01-2007, 01:51 PM

i work at McDonalds.il take a look 4 ya next time im in.. but im pretty sure that the box that they come in just has the mcdonalds 'M' on it without any other brands on it.. il see what i can do.

06-01-2007, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Yeti

I've never tried the caramel suday as havent found a good caraml tooping since I dotn know when but if its that good I'll give it a crack

What I want to know is who makes the special sauce I love that ****

Main ingredient of Big Mac special sauce is pickles.. Yum

Kryton · 06-01-2007, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by 30487256

Going off topic... Anyone know how much it will cost to buy a McDonalds franchise?

dont know, but i do know you cant just buy one.
you actually have to work your way up to a manager before Maccas will allow you to purchase a franchise.

-=FoRdEseries=- · 06-01-2007, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by davway

dont know, but i do know you cant just buy one.
you actually have to work your way up to a manager before Maccas will allow you to purchase a franchise.

You dont necessairly have to work your way up to own a restraunt, you can get training to be a manager with no prior experiance, but you also have to do a few courses on top of that. To purchase a store that is already running -reffering to someone who already owns a store or 2- i would guess it would be around the 1.5-2 million mark.. so it isnt that cheap.

CaRtZ · 06-01-2007, 05:19 PM

its 1million + to buy into the franchise itself... u do need to train as a manager but u dont ever actually have to be one...

**GasoLane** · 06-01-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Pedro

What ever it is ... it'll kill you like the rest of the crap they and other fast food outlets sell.

OH NO I"m Going to die!! I've been eating Maccas -and other brands before Maccas came to OZ- for over 20yrs!

Gee I wish I'd found this out sooner

Van D · 06-01-2007, 05:39 PM

Isn't maccas losing heaps of money anyway? Or was that just a couple years ago?

smally289 · 06-01-2007, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by CaRtZ

sundae toppings - Allberry House Ltd.
Meat - OSI International Foods
Fries - Simplot Australia (head office in Mentone)
Cheese - Fonterra Brands (Kraft)
Lettuce - GSF Australia

thanks! google, here I come .............

cArSiK · 06-01-2007, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by smally351

thanks! google, here I come .............

looks like they are in NZ

Van D · 06-01-2007, 06:37 PM

Would that caramel sauce be the same as what they give to maccas though? Surely you could order some over here...

Looks like NZ is good for one thing!

nobbystang · 06-01-2007, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by davway

dont know, but i do know you cant just buy one.
you actually have to work your way up to a manager before Maccas will allow you to purchase a franchise.

Wasn't Gavin Wanganeen given a MacDonalds when he signed with Port Adelaide???? Vaguely remember that rumour floating around.

HLC · 06-01-2007, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackLS

I think they they get all of that from Masterfoods corp.

They come to Maccas in sealed 1 litre bags. The pouches are plain unmarked other than the flavour and use by.

It could also be Cadbury but the stuff that Maccas gets from them is usually branded and marked like Flake and the McFlurry toppings

this is all true.

i work at Maccas.

peyote · 07-01-2007, 02:04 PM

McDonalds Big Mac Sauce

This recipe is from the 1968 McDonald's Manager's Handbook put out in 1969 (1968 year) They quickly removed the recipe after realizing they had a very appealing "secret sauce." It was included as an emergency recipe in the event a particular store ran out of the pre-made sauce. Enjoy!

1/4 C. KRAFT Miracle Whip
1/4 C. mayonnaise
2 T. heaping, WISHBONE deluxe French
salad dressing (the orange stuff)
1/2 T. HEINZ sweet relish
2 heaping tsp. VLASIC dill pickle relish (Heinz
dill relish also works)
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. dried, minced onion
1 tsp. white vinegar
1 tsp. ketchup
1/8 tsp. salt

Mix everything very well in a small container. There better be no streaks! Microwave 25 seconds, and stir well again. Cover, and refrigerate at LEAST 1 hour before using (to allow all of the flavors to "meld"). Makes nearly 1 cup...enough for about 8 Big Macs

HLC · 07-01-2007, 02:20 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackLS

Fries i thought were simplot, at least they are in NSW.

yes they are, and some from McCain as well- which is where all that NZ fries crap came from, cause McCain has a warehouse over there or something..

the distribution centre is in bessemer street in blacktown

-=FoRdEseries=- · 07-01-2007, 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by HLC

this is all true.

i work at Maccas.

2nd that..

-=FoRdEseries=- · 07-01-2007, 04:52 PM

Yeah i took a look at the caramal sundae topping box, i didnt catch the name, but the lable on the box says its made in new zealand.. If ya really want some caramal topping, just go into a maccas and ask if you can get a sundae cup filled with caramal topping. they may think 'what the hell is this guy on?' but its prob worth it if you like it alot.

heres an interesting thing that maccas does, you can get a sundae lid filled with pickles for free, you can even get a cup filled with pickles, but you have to pay for the cup. I have only been asked about the cup filled with pickles twice and happly gave it to m. Cant remember how much it was though.. Hope that helps.

**GasoLane** · 07-01-2007, 05:14 PM

Maccas management are very accommodating people. My wife used to buy cartons of straws there for her hairdressing salon

Paxton · 07-01-2007, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by GasOLane

Maccas management are very accommodating people. My wife used to buy cartons of straws there for her hairdressing salon

We used to have one of the Bowling Clubs buy a Box of 4:1 meat (Quater Pounder Meat) of us. They averaged one box a fortnight.

Pickles come in Buckets (that are just the right size for washing cars). I still have three or four of them. The bucket is worth more than the Pickles inside of them. For the Maccas employees, wait until you have a easy going McManager, and ask for one of them. They only get returned to the depot, and cost the store nothing.

chief · 07-01-2007, 05:35 PM

Here is a bit of trivia. Where was the first Maccas located that went bankrupt? A: Goulburn. The owner there thought this is not how you make a burger, this is how you make one. Why are the fries thin, people like thick fries. Changed the whole menue and it went bankrupt.

HLC · 07-01-2007, 10:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

We used to have one of the Bowling Clubs buy a Box of 4:1 meat (Quater Pounder Meat) of us. They averaged one box a fortnight.

Pickles come in Buckets (that are just the right size for washing cars). I still have three or four of them. The bucket is worth more than the Pickles inside of them. For the Maccas employees, wait until you have a easy going McManager, and ask for one of them. They only get returned to the depot, and cost the store nothing.

yep 15L buckets.

i did enquire to my managers about getting the used oil, a mate of mine makes BioDiesel. but they have a contracter pick it up, so no go.

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Originally Posted by chief

Here is a bit of trivia. Where was the first Maccas located that went bankrupt? A: Goulburn. The owner there thought this is not how you make a burger, this is how you make one. Why are the fries thin, people like thick fries. Changed the whole menue and it went bankrupt.

i gotta ask how this happened? Maccas has a FIXED menu. in concrete. you CANNOT change it. hmmm oh well.

jonk · 08-01-2007, 09:14 AM

Mcdonalds restaurant costs over 2 million minimum. In the US all the stores are owned by Mcdonalds, it was the only way they had control over bad managers - different legal system caused that problem over there compared to our situation in Oz. Nearly all maccas owners in Oz have multiple restaurants because owning a single one isn't viable anymore, that's how bad it is.

Plus the head office can be real onerous to deal with for owners, especially when HO opens up another franchise down the road which they have a habit of doing thereby draining goodwill from the original store.

The maccas in Victor Harbor S.A. is owned by a bloke from Victoria who runs two other stores in Melbourne somewhere, that's how they operate nowadays. It's hard for new people to get in because current owners get first pick but they're not the 'goldmines' they once were a few years ago.

HLC · 08-01-2007, 12:58 PM

CARAMEL TOPPING

ok, all you guys who wanted this owe me a beer.

today at work i snapped a piccie of the topping box. this is the manufacturer. so go for your life.

09-01-2007, 08:50 AM

In the Campbelltown/Macarthur region there was a Maccas Franchise owner called Ken Tagg, who in the end ran 11 Maccas franchises, trading under "McDonalds Macarthur" and running from 1980s to until the time he retired in 2002, he became the largest Maccas franchise owner in Australia.

In the late 90s, Maccas head office opened up a store in Eagle Vale, which was in the middle of his franchise area. ****ed off about this, he made up a rediculous amount of vouchers of free food. On the coupon, it read "Redeemable at any McDonalds Macathur stores". He then did a letterbox drop to every house in Eagle Vale and the surrounding suburbs.

The customers, thinking McDonalds Macathur stores were those stores of the Macarthur region, then went to their local Eagle Vale Maccas, where the vouchers were initially refused. After seeing sales completely drop off, they began accepting vouchers. Ken did more letterbox drops for free food and Maccas EV ran at a loss.

A few months went buy and Ken offered to buy out the failing Maccas store.

Upon retiring 4 or so years later, he sold it back to Maccas for 3 times what he paid for.

Paxton · 09-01-2007, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by BlackLS

In the Campbelltown/Macarthur region there was a Maccas Franchise owner called Ken Tagg, who in the end ran 11 Maccas franchises, trading under "McDonalds Macarthur" and running from 1980s to until the time he retired in 2002, he became the largest Maccas franchise owner in Australia.

Ken had a brother, Frank, who had most of the McDonald's stores in the Shire. The only way to make money out of a McDonald's was to get in early, and stick with it. The store that I worked for was testament for that.

Bossxr8 · 10-01-2007, 01:37 PM

My GF asked for a sundae cup just full of caramel topping a few weeks ago and they charged her $10 for it. I'd hate to know what a bag of it would cost.

stang65 · 10-01-2007, 01:55 PM

**** I`ve logged onto one of my wifes recipe hunting forums, how do I get out was looking for ford forums to many cooks here. LOL