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Made for you MFY has been around at Macca's for a long, long time. It's not a recent change.

It was around long before all of the delivery service apps, and before smartphones were a huge thing, even.




> Made for you MFY has been around at Macca's for a long, long time. It's not a recent change.

Don't know where you're from, but you gotta remember that Macca's is not quite the same all around the world. In Europe as an example, you can notice clear differences between the different countries Macca's. So even though MFY exists for a long time where you live, it's very well possible that the other persons local Macca's only recently-ish changed too.

I guess that change is not only noticeable between countries, I'm pretty sure you'll get a different experience if you either visit a big restaurant in a city vs. a smaller restaurant on the countryside.


Originally New Zealand (so makes sense as we're used as a test market for a lot of stuff) but UK now. I'm surprised, even with us as a test market, that it took _so_ long to propagate to other countries, though. Sure Macca's has diffs, but usually only in menu, their general restaurant practice usually seem to be pretty in-sync.


That's the thing, yeah. In Germany, this changeover started just a few years ago, and it has only been dominant for around two.

About the regional differences - I remember visiting an Amsterdam restaurant in the mid-2000s that still served the food in styrofoam trays, many years after those had been phased out in Germany. And being able to pump my own ketchup and mayo into little waffle cups in another one in Denmark. There are quite a few regional differences.


> In Germany, this changeover started just a few years ago

In Switzerland as well, yes. And I can't remember which burgers or items it were, but I remember seeing items in a german McDonalds which I've never seen in Switzerland.

In Italy you can order a couple of different beers, even from self-service terminals. In Switzerland I remember them only being available when ordering at the counter, and they only offer one kind of beer. Not that I care about beer at McD, just something I noticed.




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