Just put less chicken in the box! And I used up my reward to get a 2$ small popcorn chicken.

    • @cosmicrookie
      link
      English
      483 months ago

      Then they should be able to just sell fewer but in a large box/bag

      • Billiam
        link
        English
        433 months ago

        Now you’ve gotten your inventory counts off. There’s also a (marginal) cost difference between the two size cartons. Of course, this needs to be balanced against customer satisfaction- there will be a non-zero number of customers who won’t want the upsell or to buy an alternative item, and so the question is how much business would you lose vs how much money you’d make offset with the extra time and corporate headache of reconciling inventory?

        Not that Sonic shouldn’t do this, just throwing out some real-world considerations.

        • @HappycamperNZ
          link
          English
          273 months ago

          You forgot how many people would bitch their small size in a medium container wasn’t filled properly.

        • @cosmicrookie
          link
          English
          63 months ago

          ‘Sir, my apologises that I didn’t realise in time that you were Cognitively Impaired. How about we replace your order with our exclusive package-free version that we have prepared for special guests like yourself?’

      • Seraph
        link
        fedilink
        113 months ago

        Nope, that would eat into our profit. Better to just not sell anything! /s

      • @shyguyblue
        link
        English
        93 months ago

        Hell, when we run out of the 24 pack bottled water, we throw them a 32 count and call it a day… Some people/companies are so rigid, they lose sight of customer first. Not saying they should bend over backwards, but consider the lost sales by not even attempting to make it right.

        • @cosmicrookie
          link
          English
          33 months ago

          Unless people buy the medium instead. Then its good buziness

          • @shyguyblue
            link
            English
            13 months ago

            Dude, the number of times someone will cancel a 20+ item order, just because we couldn’t find one item, dozens every day.

    • @[email protected]
      link
      fedilink
      English
      14
      edit-2
      3 months ago

      If so, it’s still probably deliberate, because corporate knows full well a bigger box would work too. Eshittification is coming for our nuggies.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          3
          edit-2
          3 months ago

          Like $4 for a huge bag. What can $4 buy at fast food places? I’m legitimately asking because I just stopped going to these places years ago.

        • @[email protected]
          link
          fedilink
          English
          3
          edit-2
          3 months ago

          I often feel like that too, but there were things like haggis and sausage before them. It’s good to remember that turning inedible mush into something appealing actually has a long and noble history.