<story><title>Google Maps is a critical dependency for nutrition facts on mcdonalds.com</title><url>https://mastodon.social/@simevidas/110956696765338181</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>reactordev</author><text>The sourced ingredients are indeed regional. The menu is regional as well. The website is built on top of their mobile ordering platform. The mobile ordering platform requires your location to be able to route your order to the “correct” McDonald’s. This is done via requesting your location from Google or via location services within the mobile app.&lt;p&gt;This platform is used by a lot of different QSRs. Or Quick Service Restaurants. Dunkin, Starbucks, Taco Bell, Checkers, etc.&lt;p&gt;I know this because I built the platform.&lt;p&gt;The biggest hurdle to the platform was delivering your order to the store “just-in-time” for it to be hot and ready when you get there.&lt;p&gt;Checkout CardFREE. It’s been a decade but they are still delivering value. The VP of Engineering was a new hire junior engineer when I was there.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cardfree.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cardfree.com&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Maps is a critical dependency for nutrition facts on mcdonalds.com</title><url>https://mastodon.social/@simevidas/110956696765338181</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>klyrs</author><text>While they could get it in a different way, your location (or, more important, restaurant location) does seem critical as McDonalds&amp;#x27; menu is regional&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.allrecipes.com&amp;#x2F;gallery&amp;#x2F;regional-mcdonalds-items&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow noreferrer&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.allrecipes.com&amp;#x2F;gallery&amp;#x2F;regional-mcdonalds-items&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>