[HN Gopher] The Truth About a&W's Third-Pound Burger and the Maj... ___________________________________________________________________ The Truth About a&W's Third-Pound Burger and the Major Math Mix-Up Author : gscott Score : 10 points Date : 2021-09-12 22:13 UTC (46 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (awrestaurants.com) (TXT) w3m dump (awrestaurants.com) | avalys wrote: | So, the truth is exactly what everyone thinks it is? | TillE wrote: | Focus groups will tell you all sorts of bizarre things; you're | talking to a handful of people who are pretty unlikely to | represent your average customer base. The story is a little too | cute. | | I suspect this failed more because it's an awful way to compete, | trying to increase sales by seriously cutting into your margins. | Spivak wrote: | I wish they had probed a little further on their questions | because I'm so sure the answer has to do with the fact that "a | quarter-pound-er" is one of those words that has taken on an | identity separate from its component words and just means "a | normal sized burger" where a "third pounder" sounds like "a third | of a normal sized burger" on first blush. | allears wrote: | Everybody knows 3 is less than 4, so 1/3 must be less than 1/4. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-09-12 23:00 UTC)