• Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    831·
    3 months ago

    Dominos went away from Italy in 2022 after they couldn’t compete with the prices of the many (many many many) local restaurant who offered better quality products for lower prices

    • Asetru@feddit.orgEnglish
      38·
      3 months ago

      We recently went to Italy. Went to a local restaurant, three kids and us two adults. The kids wanted some specific pizza each, but they also offered a family Margherita for 14 bucks, so we ordered this together with the kids’ pizza, assuming us two parents could eat that and maybe some leftovers.

      That fucker was huge. I think 50 cm diameter? The family pizza alone probably would have fed all of us, the regular ones weren’t small either. With prices being what they are, I’m sometimes happy if I can eat properly for 14 bucks in a restaurant. A meal for two for that price would be a good deal. Taking three kids to a restaurant for that price was a damn steal.

      The next day the leftovers alone were enough for lunch and supper. The day after that we went back to the same place.

      • Clear@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        23·
        3 months ago

        Lmao yeah the “family” size usually is for 4/6 people and is often referred as “pizza al metro” which means “pizza by meter” (as in a literal meter or 2 of pizza) and is usually bought for parties

  • Gebruikersnaam@lemmy.mlEnglish
    35·
    3 months ago

    Wendy’s can’t open shops in The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg because there is a guy with a snackbar with a similar name in Goes that has the right to the name since 1995 in the Benelux.

    • Inktvip@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      The best part is that if they asked the guy nicely he’d be all too happy to struck a deal for an early retirement, but in typical American fashion they immediately showed up with lawyers and sued.

      He made provisions since to ensure the US Wendy’s will never get that name, including opening more locations so that they’re now a “fast food chain” as well.

    • RecallMadness@lemmy.nzEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Doesn’t stop them opening up as “Hungry Janet” or something.

      Burger King opened as Hungry Jacks in (Queensland?) Australia as “Burger King” already existed. But is also now trading under the “Burger King” brand in some places.

  • qevlarr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    3 months ago

    Another unsourced map with probably heaps of inaccuracies. Everyone will becalling out errors in this map. I know at least one: Netherlands has Dunkin’ Donuts.

    Can we have a rule against unsourced informational maps? They’re always wrong

    • federal reverse@feddit.orgMEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      You’re right, we probably need to be more vigilant against map misinfo in the future. This one seems harmless but of course there are more serious maps posted here too.

      Fwiw, this map has a (very vague) source information:

      All info: Wikipedia

      And from what I could see, it seemed at least partly accurate—e.g. Spain has Taco Bell, but Germany does not. The major issue is that there is no year indicated here, so all information is probably pre-2022.

    • ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      The mods of most communities seem to care more about traffic than about stopping the spread of misinformation and it hurts everyone.

      • shapesandstuff@feddit.orgEnglish
        91·
        3 months ago

        i’m not gonna vouch for authenticity but mexican and texmex is pretty standard fare in pretty much any medium sized town (in Germany)

        • aasatru@kbin.earth
          13·
          3 months ago

          In Norway, taco is consumed every single Friday by pretty much everyone. We’re crazy about it. I eat it all the time.

          It’s almost impossible to find good Mexican food though. Rumour has it a good shop has popped up in Oslo recently.

          Our “taco” is a bastardization of tex-mex, which arrived in Norway in the 1980s and has lived a life of its own since. It is delicious, but calling it Mexican would be more than generous.

        • frezikEnglish
          31·
          3 months ago

          As an American, I like White People Tacos, and I’m not ashamed of it. I’ve had proper tacos, too, and they are amazing, but it’s a lot easier to do White People Taco Night.

        • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          1·
          3 months ago

          I’m going to say that’s not true for Germany, at least not in the north.

      • MrJameGumb@lemmy.worldEnglish
        141·
        3 months ago

        Taco Bell is definitely not real Mexican food! That’s why I specified “fake” lol

        • bluGill@fedia.io
          3·
          3 months ago

          Even in more traditional Mexican restaurants in the US where the staff obviously grew up in Mexico, if you ask right (in Spanish!) the staff will admit they don’t eat there because it isn’t authentic.

    • general_kitten@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      8·
      3 months ago

      Not really many mexican immigrants here so mexican food isn’t that big either. mexican food here is something you do at home for weekdays and it is often wheat tortillas with ground beef spiced with a ready made spice packet, salsa from a jar, perhaps also fake quacamole from a jar, cheese, french cream or often a local similar lower fat diary product i don’t know the name of in english, onion tomato and lettuce, sometimes also ketchup. Living in finland in my city there are taco bells(never tried and never will) and like 1 decent mexican restaurant(not authentic mexican but still actually good)

    • jagermo@feddit.orgEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      That’s why they had to re-film the taco Bell scene in demolition man for the European release

  • Calzonies@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    This map is incorrect. Denmark has one last Pizza Hut in Roskilde and there’s literally a Dunkin Donuts in Cooenhagen Central

  • Hjalmar@feddit.nuEnglish
    14·
    3 months ago

    I doubt the accuracy of this map. I have never seen a dominos in Sweden and I’ve seen a few dunkin donuts so the map is, at least not fully accurate. Also didn’t McDonald’s shut down in Russia?

    Could you please post a source for this map?

    • manmachine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 months ago

      McDonalds in Russia, like most other companies, “shut down” in name only. All the same locations operate and sell the same burgers and fries, only the branding changed.

      • drathvedro@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        3 months ago

        Now called “Вкусно и точка”, which roughly translates as “Tasty. Period”. Already known in folklore, by striking out the middle 4 letters, as “Вкус очка” - “Taste of asshole”. Also gave birth to some of the funniest street art I’ve ever seen: Warning, as NSFW as it gets

      • zaphod@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        It’s all franchise, so McDonald’s doesn’t really own anything, and the ingredients are not flown in from america, so when they shut down officially in Russia all the franchisees just continued operating under a different brand, it’s not hard to see how that happened.

    • gixx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      There is only a couple of Dominos in Sweden, on the west coast. Visited one in Gothenburg a couple of years ago. Dunkin went bankrupt and left.

    • Backfire@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Very true, those can be found occasionally; on the contrary you’d be hard pressed to find a Pizza Hut anywhere. As far as I can tell, there’s just two branches left in two major cities.

  • kungen@feddit.nuEnglish
    10·
    3 months ago

    Starbucks map is a joke for Sweden in any case. We only have two, both in central Stockholm.

    • Francois@lemmy.mlEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      There are some in Luxemburg also, which the source doesn’t seem to know about. I.e. the data seems very outdated, or somewhat random.