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Victory for the little man - Supermacs v McDonalds

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    #32
    theguzman
    Registered Users Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    SuperMacs for me is far better and cheaper than McDonalds, both are shiite unhealthy food but SuperMac's seem to have real chips and a bevy of attractive Brazilian workers.


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    #33
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    Food is poor in Supermacs. This guy also seems to stick an advertising hoarding (mobile) in some field on approaching roads into towns.
    I don't know if he has planning or he just pays a farmer for it.
    Burgers are decent. They never give you enough chips though.


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    #34
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    Allinall wrote: »
    Have to disagree.

    I think it’s quite tempting and tasty.


    Exactly.


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    #35
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    On a similar note didn't O'Neills sportswear win a case against Adidas once?



    A Passing off offence on the three stripe design.


    Hard to believe Adidas lost that tbh.


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    #36
    tomoliver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭tomoliver


    elperello wrote: »
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    Exactly.

    confirms the ads work anyhow


    "tempting and tasy food at supermacs"


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    #37
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    tomoliver wrote: »
    confirms the ads work anyhow


    "tempting and tasy food at supermacs"

    Always be suspicious when you hear an ex-schoolteacher (P McDonough) extolling the virtues of his "chicken breast sangwidge"


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    #38
    Beechwoodspark
    Registered Users Posts: 15,281 ✭✭✭✭Beechwoodspark


    Most of the menu is dreadful

    And then you get to

    Curry and coleslaw chips.

    Stuff of gastric nightmares


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    #39
    Gimme A Pound
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,482 ✭✭✭Gimme A Pound


    Wow, it's like David versus Goliath, only this time... David won!


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    #40
    Noveight
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,813 ✭✭✭Noveight


    Supermacs is the business.

    Nothing better at 2:30am than a Mighty Mac, garlic chips, onion rings and a milkshake if you’re lucky.


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    #41
    LillySV
    Registered Users Posts: 1,750 ✭✭✭LillySV


    Good work, delighted for him to win against the big American bullies


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    #42
    tomoliver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭tomoliver


    ronald mcdonald wont be happy

    he's half irish too or scottish or something


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    #43
    i71jskz5xu42pb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,806 ✭✭✭i71jskz5xu42pb


    Carter Tall Meatball wrote: »
    Wow, it's like David versus Goliath, only this time... David won!

    Am I missing the joke here?


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    #44
    Always Tired
    Closed Accounts Posts: 945 ✭✭✭Always Tired


    you mean victory for a company that pays all it's employees minimum wage, has anyone not management on zero hour contracts, deducts money from their employees for their uniform, staff meal, and makes them clock out for not only lunch breaks but bathroom breaks and smoke breaks and oh yeah, most of em put every sandwich/meal up by 1 euro, ostensibly to cover the VAT and min wage rises that came in this year, but they put the prices up start of December so they would get a pile of extra cash during the Christmas period when people are splashing out.

    if you think they're some plucky underdog who isn't just as rotten as McD's...


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    #45
    delly
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,652 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    Spermacs is okay in fairness, but the price is what keeps me away. Mcdonalds have the eurosaver as well as the happy meal and regular meal combo for €8 which is very reasonable.


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    #46
    tomoliver
    Closed Accounts Posts: 84 ✭✭tomoliver


    delly wrote: »
    Spermacs is okay in fairness, but the price is what keeps me away. Mcdonalds have the eurosaver as well as the happy meal and regular meal combo for €8 which is very reasonable.

    the eurosaver is good in fairness


    double cheeseburger and curly fries cheap


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    #47
    Humphrey BoaGart
    Closed Accounts Posts: 61 ✭✭Humphrey BoaGart


    Copyright Expired.


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    #48
    BorneTobyWilde
    Registered Users Posts: 35,637 ✭✭✭✭BorneTobyWilde


    ''My buns have no seeds''


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    #49
    Mad_maxx
    Registered Users Posts: 13,505 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    kneemos wrote: »
    Supermacs ruin shoite food.

    MacDonald's at least add a bit of flavour to their crap.

    Supermacs is a good bit more expensive too


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    #50
    Tigerandahalf
    Registered Users Posts: 7,811 ✭✭✭Tigerandahalf


    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Burgers are decent. They never give you enough chips though.

    I got Supermacs burgers a couple of times and they always repeat on me.

    I went to the McDs drive tru recently and got one of their selected burgers - really good but you pay for it. The chips are poor, too thin for me and drowned in salt.


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    #51
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    delly wrote: »
    Spermacs is okay in fairness, but the price is what keeps me away. Mcdonalds have the eurosaver as well as the happy meal and regular meal combo for €8 which is very reasonable.

    In fairness, as you say, if you are caught out with no other option for a bit of fodder then maybe.

    In the real world you can put up a nice tasty meal for four for €8.


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    #52
    fullstop
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    Ash.J.Williams wrote: »
    Supermacs are not the "little man" nor do they have anything in common with the "little man"

    They absolutely are. They aren't a big company at all.


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    #53
    sxt
    Registered Users Posts: 2,732 ✭✭✭sxt


    Supermacs chips taste like chips I.e potatoes

    McDonald's chips taste like over oiled saturated, rehydrated potatoes leftovers , with added salt, and beef flavoring. They have 17 ingredients in their fries ffs


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    #54
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    fullstop wrote: »
    They absolutely are. They aren't a big company at all.

    Annual revenue over €100,000,000. That's a big company. Granted not as big as McDonalds but big just the same.


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    #55
    fullstop
    Registered Users Posts: 11,300 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    elperello wrote: »
    Annual revenue over €100,000,000. That's a big company. Granted not as big as McDonalds but big just the same.

    In the QSR game, it's not.


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    #56
    elperello
    Registered Users Posts: 14,262 ✭✭✭✭elperello


    fullstop wrote: »
    In the QSR game, it's not.

    In the chip shop game it's a big company.
    Support your local chipper if you must have fast food.

    (by the way I'm not in the trade just prefer to support small business's)


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    #57
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    Franz Von Peppercorn wrote: »
    To be fair they have to protect their trademark. And giving in once causes a precedent.
    There's a difference between trademark preservation and using a name that pre-existed the trademark. That is expecially true of the Mini repairmen.


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    #58
    rossie1977
    Registered Users Posts: 11,341 ✭✭✭✭rossie1977


    Tigerandahalf wrote: »
    I got Supermacs burgers a couple of times and they always repeat on me.

    I went to the McDs drive tru recently and got one of their selected burgers - really good but you pay for it. The chips are poor, too thin for me and drowned in salt.

    You can ask for chips with no salt in McDonald's. Means they have to cook fresh batch for you too.

    Self service machines are great because you can customize everything like no ice in drinks, no salt on chips, no bun on burger if you want


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    #59
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,024 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    a victory for the rednecks


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    #60
    mr_edge_to_you
    Registered Users Posts: 3,021 ✭✭✭mr_edge_to_you


    Always Tired wrote: »
    you mean victory for a company that pays all it's employees minimum wage, has anyone not management on zero hour contracts, deducts money from their employees for their uniform, staff meal, and makes them clock out for not only lunch breaks but bathroom breaks and smoke breaks and oh yeah, most of em put every sandwich/meal up by 1 euro, ostensibly to cover the VAT and min wage rises that came in this year, but they put the prices up start of December so they would get a pile of extra cash during the Christmas period when people are splashing out.

    if you think they're some plucky underdog who isn't just as rotten as McD's...

    I worked in a Supermacs in college. You'd be working from 6pm to 4:30am and you'd get a 30 minute break and a 15 minute break - both unpaid. Same would apply for 8am to 6pm.

    I remember having the weekly deduction for uniforms.

    Conditions were pretty poor overall - eventually premium payments for Sunday and Bank Holidays came in.


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    #61
    Guy:Incognito
    Registered Users Posts: 38,247 ✭✭✭✭Guy:Incognito


    mikemac2 wrote: »
    A Canadian teenager getting cease & desist letters from a corporation in Washington State? Not even the same citizenship of this large corporation

    My support lies with the young chap. What sin did he commit apart from being named by his parents and having an interest in software. Microsoft don't own Mike Rowe imo

    Mikerowesoft.com , really?

    Chose it completely by accident did he?

    He knew what he was at and that's why you know who he is.


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