Talk:Value menu/Archives/2015

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To be added back
Value menu marketing strategies are more than isolated items to be explained. Value menus are introduced to solve a problem, to (re)capture market share. And they have caused other problems, so I'd like to add back these previously deleted items in a historical context. --Lexein (talk) 07:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC) (I very rarely forget too sign. Oops.)


 * Two former midtown Manhattan franchisees sued Burger King saying that being forced to sell high-cost items at low prices has sent two of their stores into insolvency.
 * That does not meet the notability standards for inclusion.
 * I previously neglected the URL. As an isolated fact with no historical context, does not meet. As support for a paragraph concerning the historical downsides to generic value menus(with suit outcome), meets.  Which is my intention. --Lexein


 * Many of these dollar menu items have become cash cows; even priced at $1, double cheeseburgers bring in more revenue than salads or the chicken sandwiches, which cost $3.19 to $4.29.
 * That is false, the $1.00 double costs the company approximately 28¢ (28% of the cost) to make versus $2.52 to $3.35 (22% of the cost)
 * Revenue. Not per-item cost.  Revenue, revenue, revenue. --Lexein (talk) 07:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * Lower priced items are generally not "healthy choice", leading to an imbalanced diet with higher risks of heart disease and diabetes.
 * Again, that is not completely correct.
 * Both assertion and effect are based entirely upon the cited, and other sources.
 * "Value" items (generic, not brand specific, Jerem43) are generally not considered, or advertised as, "healthy choices"; these, if consumed in an imbalanced diet, are associated with higher risks of heart disease and diabetes. --Lexein (talk) 07:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)


 * I cannot agree with your assertions as they are more opinion or single, one off issues that do not meet notability guidelines. --Jeremy (blah blah • I did it!) 19:17, 5 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Way off!
 * They're not my assertions, mate, they're previously stated and substantiated by others, so watch your wild accusations.
 * Value menus(generic, not brand specific) aren't just sweetness and light and fun; they have consequences for all companies who use them - financial and health - and the supporting evidence bears this out.
 * These items were put in the discussion section to suggest further research, certainly not for narrow nitpicking. That's why I used words like "historical context" if you noticed. --Lexein (talk) 07:25, 6 April 2010 (UTC)