BIG MACS MCMOBILE WITH HOME DELIVERY.Byline: Enrique Rivero Daily News Staff Writer McDonald's golden arches The Golden Arches are the famous symbol of McDonald's, a fast-food hamburger chain based in Oak Brook, Illinois, USA. They were introduced in 1953, when Dick and Mac McDonald began franchising their company, as part of the standard building design: a pair of stylized arches, one are coming to your neighborhood, bringing along Big Macs, fries and everything else on the menu. Hoping to offer an alternative to the drive-through service he can't give the public at the McDonald's Express on Cochran Street, the owner of the franchise recently began providing home delivery. Corporate officials said they believe the delivery service is a first for a McDonald's on the West Coast. Jim Powell  An editor has expressed concern that this article or section is .Please help improve the article by adding information and sources on neglected viewpoints, or by summarizing and , who owns two other McDonald's franchises in the city, said he hopes to give the ubiquitous Found in large quantities everywhere. This English word means "all over the place." pizza delivery “Pizza box” redirects here. For the computer form factor, see Pizza box form factor. Pizza delivery is the service of delivering a pizza to a customer. Pizza delivery presents hazards such as robbery and murder. services around town a run for their money. ``We wanted to put a little dent in it,'' Powell said. ``We thought it would be a nice little niche to deliver hamburgers.'' Now residents too tired after a long day of work to fix dinner or go out for a bite to eat - or parents looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. something to satisfy their children's palate palate (păl`ĭt), roof of the mouth. The front part, known as the hard palate, formed by the upper maxillary bones and the palatine bones, separates the mouth from the nasal cavity. at home - can have McDonald's goodies good·y 1 Informal interj. Used to express delight. n. also good·ie pl. good·ies Something attractive or delectable, especially something sweet to eat. delivered to their door. ``Now they can say, `You want pizza or do you want a Big Mac?' '' Powell said. McDonald's home delivery is rare, but not unique, said Malesia Webb-Dunn, a spokeswoman for McDonald's Corp. in Oak Brook, Ill. ``That's not something we're doing nationally,'' Webb-Dunn said. ``But there is a group of restaurants in, guess where, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , where delivery is very popular.'' The germ of the idea began forming about a year ago, when the McDonald's Express first opened in February in the Sycamore sycamore: see plane tree. sycamore Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. Plaza at 2950 Cochran St., said Brian Garcia, manager in charge of delivery. The McDonald's Express is the same as the mini-McDonald's found in Wal-Mart stores - it has the same small floor plan and can offer some of the same non-McDonald's specialties such as pizzas and pretzels, Garcia said. ``Other McDonald's can't do that,'' he said. But the express doesn't have a drive-through, limiting the amount of money it can generate. ``Since we're an Express we don't have a drive-through and we have to accommodate sales some other way,'' Garcia said. Batting ideas back and forth over the ensuing en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. months, Powell and Garcia decided on home delivery. The service commenced Jan. 6. Initially, the plan was to offer home delivery from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday, Garcia said. ``We weren't planning to do it on Saturdays, but we had such a bombardment of calls on the first Saturday that we had to do it.'' Delivery is provided free for orders of $10 or more; there is a $2 delivery fee added to orders under $10, he said. Deliveries are made over an area from Erringer Road to Kuehner Drive - about half the city. The number of daily orders varies, but the store received about 30 orders Saturday, Garcia said. The emphasis currently is on dinner, but the store hopes to add breakfast to the home delivery program. It also plans to add pizzas to the delivery menu, he said. As of now, the three drivers are kept on the go most of the evening. Powell said there seems to be a pent-up desire in town for this kind of service among harried residents who want to find their next meal a little easier. ``I think it's more convenient for people - people don't have time anymore.'' CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (Color only in Simi edition) Tim Tyndall, 20, takes a phone order at the McDonald's Express store on Cochran Street in Simi. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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