coilAmateur pirate. Professional monkey. All pance.Join Date: 2002-04-12Member: 424Members, NS1 Playtester, Contributor
<!--QuoteBegin-Venmoch+Jul 23 2004, 05:11 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jul 23 2004, 05:11 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Thing is you DON'T HAVE TO HAVE LARGE! We ask you "Would you like Large?" because you may for some reason want a large meal. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> At Starbucks, we are trained to ask every customer: "would you like anything to eat today?" or "Can I get you anything else?" or "How about a pastry?"
A customer asked that question is 15% more likely to order a pastry, which kicks their ticket up by $1.50-$3.00. 15% -- they've done the research. McDonalds employees are trained to ask "Would you like to supersize that?" because it increases the chances that the customer will.
<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Jul 23 2004, 09:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Jul 23 2004, 09:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> At Starbucks, we are trained to ask every customer: "would you like anything to eat today?" or "Can I get you anything else?" or "How about a pastry?" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I bet the Starbucks' across the street does the same thing. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
ThansalThe New ScumJoin Date: 2002-08-22Member: 1215Members, Constellation
<!--QuoteBegin-Surge+Jul 23 2004, 05:47 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Surge @ Jul 23 2004, 05:47 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-coil+Jul 23 2004, 09:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Jul 23 2004, 09:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> At Starbucks, we are trained to ask every customer: "would you like anything to eat today?" or "Can I get you anything else?" or "How about a pastry?" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I bet the Starbucks' across the street does the same thing. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> hmmm
/me ponders.
Coil: Is SBux (I Like that abreviation) a corperation style or is it franchise?
cus if it is one company style then every one is exactly the same and every one has to say the same friken script <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and Coil, Ilove SBux, flat out (I wish I had the $$ to go there more)
my recent discovery is the black tea/lemonade thing (so very very good)
and the paninis rock (well all paninis rock <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
<!--QuoteBegin-coil+Jul 23 2004, 10:18 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (coil @ Jul 23 2004, 10:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> A customer asked that question is 15% more likely to order a pastry, which kicks their ticket up by $1.50-$3.00. 15% -- they've done the research. McDonalds employees are trained to ask "Would you like to supersize that?" because it increases the chances that the customer will. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Funny thing is though that many people have already decided that they want medium so us saying "Would you like that Large?" usually comes back with a firm no.
While it may work on the people that come in for the "occasional" meal it won't work on regular customers. Or people that know why we do it.
And on the subject of Supersize we never used to sell those meals that much (About one a day)
<!--QuoteBegin-Venmoch+Jul 24 2004, 04:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jul 24 2004, 04:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> And on the subject of Supersize we never used to sell those meals that much (About one a day) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You'd be surprised how many supersizes are sold per day in Hong Kong....
Most likely 50-70 or something like that per day....and I kid you not, people here in Hong Kong have been doing this since 1995, and I see kids stay fat, but adults apparently not.
Weird eh? I've seen a businessman eat at McDonald's for about 2 years, always ordering a supersize, and he still hasn't gained weight. On top of that, he barely looked like he was the type to exercise. He looked more like the type to remain in a coffin.
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None the less, we cant have the Mcdonalds food becoming direct dangerous to your health, I admit it's all about the consumer's responsibility but McD has a responsibility as well
ThansalThe New ScumJoin Date: 2002-08-22Member: 1215Members, Constellation
ven: Remember, 6 little words cost nopthing when the person has to wait there for their food any way <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
and if 15% get something b/c of that, then wewt (special when you think of the trafic that SBux and McD's do in an hour <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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At Starbucks, we are trained to ask every customer: "would you like anything to eat today?" or "Can I get you anything else?" or "How about a pastry?"
A customer asked that question is 15% more likely to order a pastry, which kicks their ticket up by $1.50-$3.00. 15% -- they've done the research. McDonalds employees are trained to ask "Would you like to supersize that?" because it increases the chances that the customer will.
I bet the Starbucks' across the street does the same thing. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
I bet the Starbucks' across the street does the same thing. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
hmmm
/me ponders.
Coil: Is SBux (I Like that abreviation) a corperation style or is it franchise?
cus if it is one company style then every one is exactly the same and every one has to say the same friken script <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Oh, and Coil, Ilove SBux, flat out (I wish I had the $$ to go there more)
my recent discovery is the black tea/lemonade thing (so very very good)
and the paninis rock (well all paninis rock <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
Funny thing is though that many people have already decided that they want medium so us saying "Would you like that Large?" usually comes back with a firm no.
While it may work on the people that come in for the "occasional" meal it won't work on regular customers. Or people that know why we do it.
And on the subject of Supersize we never used to sell those meals that much (About one a day)
You'd be surprised how many supersizes are sold per day in Hong Kong....
Most likely 50-70 or something like that per day....and I kid you not, people here in Hong Kong have been doing this since 1995, and I see kids stay fat, but adults apparently not.
Weird eh? I've seen a businessman eat at McDonald's for about 2 years, always ordering a supersize, and he still hasn't gained weight. On top of that, he barely looked like he was the type to exercise. He looked more like the type to remain in a coffin.
and if 15% get something b/c of that, then wewt (special when you think of the trafic that SBux and McD's do in an hour <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->