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bsza on March 15, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: FTC and DOJ want to free McDonald's ice cream mach...

> Leaving the franchisee without an ice cream machine, and potentially out of a franchise

Their ice cream machines are broken so often that it’s already become a meme. They might as well not have them at this point.

kube-system on March 15, 2024 [–]

Right, we know they're broken all of the time. However, the franchisees must have the machines to comply with their franchise agreement which grants them the ability to sell any McDonalds food.

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