Re: Considerably worse than the 90's
Well, I was referring to the ordering system, not the food quality, but it wasn't something I objected to. Much fresher than the home-delivered pizza, and by my preference, better than the bulk-cooked chicken from the warmer at that other franchise.
One of the things McD has done to compensate is they've moved from frozen patties to chilled patties. The product is different, and arguably more "authentic", more like "not from frozen meat", and most people prefer steak from chilled rather than from frozen, but it's not at all clear that chilled ground beef makes better hamburgers than frozen ground beef: many people think the current product is just somehow not as good as they remember, and undoubtably that's partly because the product is more evenly cooked -- less on the outside, more on the inside.