• MacN'Cheezus@lemmy.today
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      I mean… chickens have been around for a lot longer than that, as has cheese (and pizza crust).

      You’d just have to buy a whole bird instead, and do all the work yourself.

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    I assume this is the US? Is it really cheaper for the company to import chicken wings and some cheese, or why’s it not domestically sourced? I don’t get it.

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    Call it for what it is, single source procurement. Do you think the ONLY source is the one they have? No. They could find another source. Do they? No, that would require work ($$) and a smaller purchase volume not covered by a volume contract ($$$). It might even be against the bylaws the franchise sets out.

    The cyberattack isn’t the cause, it’s only the last link of a chain that is mostly forged of their own doing. So screw them.

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      Ah yes, use an unknown potentially inferior product and lose your customers from the lack of quality and consistency.

      There’s a reason they use single procurement, consistency.

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        If you panic and just buy anything as a replacement, you’re doing it wrong. You’d vet another source the same way you’d vet your regular supplier. It’s just being prepared as opposed to panicking.

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              The contingency is not serve the products instead of producing sub par and different food in the mean time.

              The replacement wouldn’t be the same dude, that’s the entire issue to being with and why they would never even entertain the idea to begin with. It’s gonna taste different. Full stop.

              They know it’s an option, it’s just the worst one. You don’t seriously think you came up with some novel idea they haven’t mulled over before have you?