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McRib is Back. But Why Now?
 Willy Staley's "A Conspiracy of Hogs: The McRib as Arbitrage," is a lyrical, insightful conspiracy theory about the appearance and disappearance of McDonalds's McRib sandwich. Staley argues that the McRib's appearance correlates with falls in the pork futures market, and represents a way for McD's to cash in on cheap pork, representing a kind of triumph of restaurant automation, logistical acumen, and financial engineering. In Staley's view, McDonald's is only secondarily a restaurant, and primarily conducts the business of a commodities brokerage. http://boingboing.net/2011/11/10/unders … -as-a.html Nov 13 11 12:52 pm Link people aren't having enough hear attacks. Nov 13 11 12:56 pm Link Ever seen the McRib commercial where the wife gets out the car to get the baby and the hubby eats her McRib while wearing the baby's bib? That's my friend Nicole  She moved to LA and has gotten a lot of great gigs. She's awesome. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2236502/ Nov 13 11 01:00 pm Link I bet cost is a major factor. Bacon has been sale priced in most grocery stores lately as well. Nov 13 11 01:08 pm Link The McRib comes out around this time every year. Atleast at the ones by me  Nov 13 11 01:16 pm Link Does it even have pork in it? Nov 13 11 02:06 pm Link hbutz New York wrote: It's made of pork shoulder, the same stuff as spam. Nov 13 11 02:10 pm Link hbutz New York wrote: Are you sure you want to know.... Nov 13 11 02:13 pm Link hey must do it for marketing purposes I guess McRibs and football season go hand in hand? lol Nov 13 11 02:38 pm Link T wrote: Fabulous! Go McRib! McRib creates jobs. Nov 13 11 03:03 pm Link I love the McRib, but only end up getting it once or twice per release period. Nov 13 11 03:04 pm Link "When we keep the McRib on the menu, orders eventually start falling off." Bringing the McRib on and off the market is "the best way to deliver it in consistent high quality" under these conditions. "Another example of a product that McDonald's 'pulses' on and off the market is the Shamrock Shake." Straight from McDonald's Debra McDaniel, the Senior Director of U.S. Menu Management. It's not brain surgery. Supply and demand. If they keep it on the menu, it stops selling. Precisely the same reason Disney releases, and re-releases movies every seven to ten years. They end up selling more. Nov 13 11 03:07 pm Link McRibs remind me of those 'rib' patties that they used to serve in my school cafeteria. They aren't terrible tasting, but still ewwww. Mechanically separated and machined formed pork patties do not make me go running out of my home to the closet McD's. Suffice it to say, I do not understand the hold it has over some folks. Nov 13 11 03:08 pm Link i c e c o l d wrote: lol, that article is humorous to say the least. Flour bleaching agents.....oh noes! Nov 13 11 03:08 pm Link I want one now =/ Nov 13 11 03:08 pm Link I heard there was a culling of sewer rats in NY. Hmmm........ Nov 13 11 03:09 pm Link i c e c o l d wrote: I've only had a few McRibs in my time and although it's pretty tasty, I really really doubt I will have another after reading that! (lol) Nov 13 11 03:11 pm Link Jim Macias wrote: No, no, no... you're way off, think smaller & more legs. Nov 13 11 03:27 pm Link Javier_Mejia wrote:
Nov 13 11 06:17 pm Link hbutz New York wrote: add "mc" to the beginning of a word and you can define it any way you want. Nov 14 11 12:13 am Link Looks like some sort of toxic medical waste. Nov 14 11 12:27 am Link T wrote: Wow that is wonderful Nov 14 11 12:44 am Link i c e c o l d wrote: azodicarbonamide - ymmmm. I can never get enough azodicarbonamide. Nov 14 11 03:33 am Link |
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