You always know what you are going to get in a chain

I agree this is one main way McDonalds won, and others like it. Yet I feel as of late, the last 5 to 10 years or so, this is gone. I see terrible service in McDonalds. A lack of cleanliness where I'd never see it before. I feel that those policing franchises have just stopped, or don't fine as much.

I used to eat there when traveling a lot, but not so much now. And I used to eat there from time to time locally, but never bother now. The food is just too inconsistent.

And that's very bizarre, and sad, and while McDonalds has seen a drop in sales due to price hikes, I think this is part of it too.