Excellent listen throughout, but you can skip to 17:30 for competition with McDonalds.
McDonald’s pioneered franchising. Even the actual restaurant wasn’t original, Ray Crock just bought the name from the actual McDonald’s brothers after visiting their single burger stand and having the idea of duplicating it so he could sell more milkshake machines.
Hold up. The McDonald’s brothers had some great original innovations for running a hamburger stand. They were using assembly line techniques to produce burgers faster than ever before. They weren’t using cutlery or plates for the first time ever. They built a very streamlined business. THAT is what Ray Crock saw potential in, and that is what he bought. That is what the fast food industry is built upon.
And then it dawned on them that selling ice cream machines was the real racket.
Unfortunately they could never figure it out and every ice cream machine across the entire goddamn planet seems to be in a perpetual state of brokenness.
…or they are just a pain in the ass to clean so no one wants to clean them so everyone claims they are broken so they dont have to serve ice cream and clean the machine.
They just have to buy a new one. That’s the point.
Yeah but white castle tastes like a jock strap that seven NFL players used for a season each without washing.
Toss me that jock strap, then, I’m about to get to lickin
Why do you know what that tastes like?
McDonald’s tastes like compressed napkins. They didn’t always taste that way, but they sure do now.
World HQ is in Columbus, OH. Represent!
So what’s Columbus like? I find the Midwest interesting.
Columbus is kind of known for not being known for anything.
I’ve lived here for a little over 15 years and various places in Ohio for every bit of my 40 years. There are things to like about it (low cost of living compared to the rest of the country, 4 seasons of weather) and things to not like about it (really, too many people for me – I’m from a rural area, and local and state government are not great). I like that it’s kind of a generic Midwestern town. Plenty of sports to watch if you like that kind of thing.
I think it’s underrated. People are moving here like crazy, so maybe they agree, but it’s causing rents to get out of control. I feel bad for those moving here. It’s a lot less affordable than when I came in 15 years ago.
If you go to Nashville you can go to a white castle and a krystal burger to compare. theyre only a few miles apart.
nearly identical, but theres definitely a difference
As an aside, I will never trust a southern company that has replaced the “c” in their name with a “k”. It is suspect.
The southern chapter of the Kool Kids Klub does not appreciate your suspicion.
Why not? Just the other day I got some delicious fried chicken from the Coo Cluck’s Clan down the street and… ohhh I see the problem.
Like Kompact Kar Korner? (real place)
How would you compare it to In-N-Out?
Completely different style of burger. White Castles are little sliders that are cooked by steaming them. You can buy them in a 30 pack if you want.
They’re also pretty gross tasting with a 90% chance of diarrhea afterward. In N Out is more like McDonalds with a tiny menu and better quality ingredients.
I think more accurate is that White Castle has an incredibly polarizing flavor. More than almost anywhere else I’ve ever eaten, people either love it (some even become devotees and will travel across multiple state lines to get it, and their Valentine’s Day special event books up months ahead of time) or they hate it (as, apparently, you do). It’s almost exactly 50/50. There might be like 1% of people who are like, “yeah, I mean, it’s ok.”
