CO-HOST | Make Money With Fast Food Subscriptions

Summary

Episode Overview

Podcast: Travis Makes Money
Host: Travis Chappell
Co-host/Guest: Eric (Producer)
Title: Make Money with Fast Food Subscriptions
Date: May 8, 2026

This episode blends humor and personal anecdotes to explore the growing trend of fast food subscriptions, the psychology behind fast food consumption, and the potential business and health impacts of an alleged McDonald’s unlimited subscription. Travis and co-host Eric riff on their histories with fast food, play a food identification quiz, analyze the viability of subscription models in the restaurant industry, and dream up their ideal fast food subscriptions—all with irreverent banter and practical financial insight.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Fast Food Quiz and Nostalgia

[02:23 – 15:53]

• Opening Banter: Travis and Eric begin with playful ribbing about Travis’s past as a self-professed “big back” (formerly 250 lbs) and his previous affinity for fast food, setting a light, candid tone.
• The Fast Food Image Quiz: Eric challenges Travis to identify different fast food items by photos, resulting in a mix of correct answers and amusing commentary on infamous menu items, brand quirks, and the duo’s “junk cereal nights.”
  • Notable Quote – Travis:

    “Turns out that's not a good move. I don't know if you guys know that, but doing whatever you want whenever you want is not a great strategy.” [03:16]

• Memorable Moments:
  • Joking about the appearance of Arby’s food and youth pastor bans on Carl's Jr. [05:06]
  • Reminiscing about overeating at Wingstop during college and unique local sandwich spots.
  • Discussing the dark horse favorites like Doghouse Grill, Deli Delicious, and Chipotle.
• Quiz Results: Travis scores 83% correct and confesses he's eating less fast food lately, but the nostalgia remains strong.

[Timestamp Highlights]

• [04:22] – Start of the fast food image quiz
• [10:01] – Travis’s “Wingstop every day in college” story
• [12:06] – Regional sandwich shop shoutouts

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2. Viral McDonald’s Unlimited Subscription Rumor

[16:20 – 19:49]

• The Rumor: Eric introduces a viral claim that McDonald's may offer a $54/month unlimited meal subscription (uncorroborated by McDonald’s itself).
  • Skepticism: Both express doubts—$54/month seems unsustainably low for unlimited McDonald’s given average consumer appetite.
  • Potential Health Impact:

    “If there's $54 a month all-you-can-eat McDonald's, I'll die at 35. I'm just letting you know.” – Eric [17:34]

  • Usage Patterns: Travis doubts his household would use it:

    “The answer is no... The only thing we get from McDonald's ever is chocolate chip cookies or a McFlurry.” [18:08]

  • Nostalgic Offerings: They discuss what they miss from McDonald’s (e.g., oatmeal raisin cookies) and what offerings still tempt them (McDonald’s breakfast as an occasional treat).

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3. Other Fast Food Subscription Models in the U.S. & Abroad

[19:22 – 20:44]

• Panera’s Unlimited Sip Club: Eric shares how he “gamed the system” using trial offers to get a year of free drinks, reflecting on the infamous “charged lemonades” (high-caffeine drinks linked to health incidents).
  • Notable Quote:

    “Cowards. I drank three and I just got more productive.” – Eric, on the lethal lemonades at Panera [19:32]

• Taco Bell’s Taco Lover’s Pass: $10/month for one taco per day—considered a great but manageable deal.
• Club Pret: $40/month for five drinks a day and a 20% food discount.
• Burger King Deals in Germany: Brief mention as evidence that experimentation with subscriptions is global, with Comic German accents and a light digression into European history for comedic effect [20:30–21:06].

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4. Can Subscriptions Work for Fast Food Chains?

[21:06 – 24:17]

• Business Model Analysis:
  • Travis, with franchise experience, muses about loyalty/subscription models—thinks combining value, perks, and referral incentives works best but is tough for franchisees who lack full control.
  • Example: Describes his subscription to a local wine bar—a model focused on curated experiences, not just free product.
    • Notable Quote:

      “I would much prefer to put in a subscription... You come in, you pay a monthly amount. It comes with a couple of things for free, but then it just comes with a bunch of discounts and a bunch of incentives to bring in other people with you.” [22:28]

• Ideal Fast Food Subscription:
  • Eric: Yearns for a Chipotle subscription, both for taste and as a “healthy fast food” option.
    • “The thing I want more than anything in the world is that Chipotle card that gives you free Chipotle whenever.” [23:52]
  • Travis: Agrees, sees Chipotle as the strongest candidate for a mainstream subscription due to perceived health and meal-prep potential.
  • Both agree large “all-you-can-eat” style subscriptions don’t make sense operationally or health-wise, but creative meal-prep/discount hybrid subscriptions have potential.

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Notable Quotes & Fun Moments

• “I could eat Wingstop every single day.” – Eric [10:04]
• “If there's $54/month all-you-can-eat McDonald's, I'll die at 35.” – Eric [17:34]
• “The thing I want more than anything in the world is that Chipotle card that gives you free Chipotle whenever. I don’t get why I don’t have one. I’ve done enough with my life to earn it anyway.” – Eric [23:52]
• “Money only solves your money problems, but it’s easier to solve the rest of your problems when you’ve got some money in the bank.” – Travis [24:28]

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Important Timestamps

| Timestamp | Segment/Content | |-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------| | 02:23 | Start of fast food image quiz, nostalgia and humor | | 10:01 | Wingstop college stories | | 16:20 | The McDonald’s unlimited subscription rumor introduced | | 17:34 | "$54/month unlimited McDonald's" debate | | 19:22 | Panera, Taco Bell, Club Pret, Burger King subscription talk | | 21:06 | Business feasibility: could subscriptions work in fast food?| | 23:52 | Chipotle as the ideal fast-food subscription candidate |

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Tone and Language

The episode is breezy, sarcastic, and rich in playful banter, but forthright about health, money, and business realities. While the hosts are clearly finance-minded, they bring levity and personality, openly acknowledging personal weaknesses and past excesses with warmth and humor.

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Summary Takeaways

• Fast Food Subscriptions: Some chains are successfully testing subscription models (drinks, single-item daily), but truly unlimited food for a modest flat fee likely isn’t viable—for health, financial, and operational reasons.
• Best Candidates: The co-hosts agree Chipotle would be a home-run for a meal subscription, combining value, health-consciousness, and consumer demand—unlike more indulgent brands.
• Consumer Psychology: Even finance-savvy spenders admit to being hooked on the unbeatable combination of taste, convenience, and nostalgia in fast food.
• Business Insights: Franchise limitations complicate experimentation, but loyalty-focused discounts or “meal-prep” style subscriptions have real merit.
• Final Word: The dream of “all-you-can-eat” fast food might belong on social media rumor mills, but creative, health-focused, or boutique memberships hold promise for the right brands.

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This episode is a must-listen for anyone curious about modern loyalty programs, creative business models, or just looking for a laugh about the collective guilty pleasure that is fast food.

Transcript

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You're listening to the Travis Makes Money podcast presented by gohighlevel.com for a free 30 day trial of the best all in one digital marketing software tool on the planet. Just go to gohighlevel.com travis. What's going on, everybody? Welcome back to the Travis Makes Money podcast where it's a mission to help you make more money. On this episode. My producer Eric is in studio. What's up, man?

[C]

Hey, Travis.

[B]

Hey.

[C]

What's going on?

[B]

My pal, you know me, just, just rocking my Chris Van Vliet merch.

[C]

Oh, that's what that's from. I actually know. Okay, this is true. Chris did not pay me to say this. I just saw the design when I saw you today, and I literally was like, that's a cool shirt. I was actually about to ask where you got it, because I was like, I like the artwork.

[B]

So Jackie brought that up, actually. It's really nice. It's a great job on your merch

[C]

because it wasn't just like, oh, it's cool. It's Chris's shirt.

[B]

Exactly.

[C]

I literally was just like, that's a sick shirt. It's kind of a.

[B]

You don't even realize. It just says insight at the top. Which is the name of his show. Yeah, but it's like, yeah, school.

[C]

People know. They're listening. Everyone's listening.

[B]

But he, he did a live show recently, which was cool to see. I always love, I love seeing podcasters do the live show circuit because it, it just feels like you're no longer talking to a void, you know, like you get to actually go interact with people. And so he had like a completely sold out show. Hundreds of people there. Wrestlemania was in town in Vegas for the weekend. And he was like, hey, man, come out to the show. So, so went out, support friend. And then when I was walking out, I saw a little merch table and was like, oh, sweet, I'll grab one of those.

[C]

Yeah, that's pretty great.

[B]

Good stuff, Chris.

[C]

Great insights. Well, today's episode is gonna have some great insights as well, but I wanna start with something for Listeners, I hope you can get the gist of this, but if you can't, I mean, that's tough. Go, go, go look on. Go look online and see our social media where I'm gonna be posting this. Okay.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

So what I'm gonna do right now, what were. You used to be a larger fella, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

You could be described as a big

[B]

back of sorts, I suppose.

[C]

You were what, 250?

[B]

250.

[C]

250.

[B]

And for those listening for context, I am about 205 right now.

[C]

And you ate a lot of bad food.

[B]

Not yet.

[C]

Did you eat a lot of fast food?

[B]

I basically.

[C]

You have in your life eaten a lot of fast food, right?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

That helped contribute to the problem.

[B]

Yeah, for sure. Well, it was mo. It was more just like this was, this was the year after I got married and then like kind of left the whole world that I grew up in behind as well. So it felt like a, like, fuck it year where I was just like, I'm just gonna do whatever I want whenever I want.

[C]

That sounds like Trump's presidency. Okay, sorry. I'm sorry. We don't get political on the show.

[B]

And turns out that's not a good move. I don't know if you guys know that, but doing whatever you want whenever you wants us, not a great strategy. But I did have like, it would literally be like 9:30pm it's like we ate dinner at 6 and I'm like, I could go for an In N Out burger.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

It's like, go get in and out. It's 9:30. You know, it's my second dinner. Or like junk cereal. I'm a huge. I'm a sucker for junk cereal, bro. So like we would do like cereal nights. I just get my. I have this cool bowl that I got from like think like Brookstone or something like that back in the day.

[C]

Wow. Yeah.

[B]

I take it very seriously. And it has like a compartment on the bottom that you pour the cereal into. You pour milk in it and you put the rest of it on the top so it doesn't get soggy. And we just have like Reese's Puffs and Lucky Charms and Cookie Crisp and all these other cereals.

[C]

Cookie Crisp is the best.

[B]

It's so good.

[C]

So Big Back confirmed. So what I'm going to have you do is we have. I have a quiz for you. It's 30 questions. It's images. It's going to show you a picture of a fast food item and you have to say what restaurant it's from and I feel like you're gonna get 10 out of 10, like, a hundred percent on this one.

[B]

We'll see. We'll see. So I have a really strong feeling that this is a McDonald's Big Mac. I think that's. I think we're starting with the easy one.

[C]

Correct.

[B]

Ooh, it's definitely not in and out.

[C]

Can I just say I did very well when I took this, Just so you know.

[B]

Really?

[C]

Yeah.

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I don't see a square patty that doesn't seem like Wendy's. I'm gonna go with Burger King.

[C]

Okay, good, good. That's nice.

[B]

That's the Whopper.

[C]

Dear God. This abomination could only come from. I'm sorry.

[B]

I just gave away the answer, but that's absolutely Arby's.

[C]

I just saw what looks like roadkill that was scooped up, and that's our. Have you ever been like, arby's sounds good? When I was living in South Carolina, that was like, there's a lot of people like Arby's. And it disturbed me knowing that that was a viable option for somebody as a meal choice. The only time I've ever seen.

[B]

Let's go to.

[C]

Yes, Actually, maybe I'll start going to Arby's more, because that's definitely the healthiest way to get your protein for the day. All right, what about this one here? We got what looks like a. Oh, the fry gives it away in the corner.

[B]

Yeah, that.

[C]

See, that's so. See what I just did?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Oh, I recognize those fries anywhere.

[B]

That's a bad look for a Carl's Jr burger, but it is a Carl

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[C]

Carl's Jr to be fair, usually Carl's Jr burgers are being held by, like, Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian, which affects the appearance of the burger.

[B]

Yeah, that. That. That was not a good.

[C]

My youth pastor. The reason I say that is my youth pastor. I keep youth pastor stories. Say, the reason I say that is my youth pastor always refused to go to Carl's Jr. When we go on trips because their ads were Quote, unquote pornographic.

[B]

Oh, really?

[C]

Yeah. So I immediately think. When I think of Carl Jr. I think more about the commercials because of how much he said they weren't supposed to be.

[B]

So this is definitely not Arby's or kfc. I'm not. I've not really eaten at Popeyes. Doesn't look like Popeyes either. I'm gonna go church chicken on this.

[C]

Okay. No, that's kfc. That's a worst kfc. That's the worst picture of KFC I've ever seen in my life.

[B]

Panda.

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See, I got this one wrong. I thought this was L and L, but you're right. What about this one? Oh, I know exactly what this is. I can tell by the bun. The bun texture is the giveaway in 90% of these.

[B]

Jack in the Box.

[C]

Yep.

[B]

Ugh, that look. That's a bad picture.

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But I know exactly where this is from.

[B]

Yeah, it's In N Out Burger.

[C]

No, brother, that's five. Guys, the foil.

[B]

Ah, the foil Clown. That's a bad.

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Do you even eat, bro? Bro, do you even eat food? All right, what about this one? Pizza's tricky.

[B]

Pizza is tricky because I'm gonna go Papa John's.

[C]

I think it's Pizza Hut. Yeah, it's Pizza Hut. Oh, that's easy. Krispy Kreme donuts. The only donuts that look like that are Krispy Kreme donuts. When I would go film for a church in Micaiah's Church in San Jose, they would always have these out in the beginning. And I would get there early to be filming, and I would eat, like, four of the. I would just body these before because it's the only thing you have to run on all day. What the hell is this abomination? Oh, wait, I know what this is.

[B]

Dairy Queen.

[C]

Yeah, that's Dairy Queen.

[B]

Yeah, for sure.

[C]

Describe the image we're looking at right now, Travis. This looks like a botched autopsy.

[B]

That's disgusting.

[C]

But I know that's Papa John's brother. That's Papa John's. I didn't go this far.

[B]

Definitely not Little Caesars.

[C]

I'm in it with you.

[B]

Probably not. Whataburger. I'm guessing.

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Man, I know that burger anywhere.

[B]

I'm going Papa John's, because that doesn't look like Domino's. Whoa, Domino's.

[C]

That is Domino's Dom. That some. Oh, what is this?

[B]

That looks like.

[C]

Dude, don't even get me started on Jollibee's. I always see it.

[B]

An aborted cow fetus.

[C]

I wait I think that is Jollibee's. Look at that.

[B]

Because the wrapper says Jollibee's.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I've never eaten there.

[C]

I haven't either, but I hear it's good.

[B]

I think it's from Asia. It's barely made its way over here recently.

[C]

This is crazy. This plate pizza place is a little on the expensive side, but some say there's no fast food pizza out there that tastes. I'm trying to look at any of these options and see which one's expensive. Papa John's, Domino's, Little Caesars or Long John Silver's.

[B]

I'm gonna go Papa John's if they're saying expensive, I guess.

[C]

Is it more expensive?

[B]

I mean, it's more expensive than Little Caesars.

[C]

Everything is. Little Caesars is great.

[B]

That's Long John Silver's.

[C]

That is so disgusting.

[B]

Puppies give it away, huh?

[C]

I wonder where this hot and ready pizza's from. Hey. Oh, that's Popeyes. That's when we.

[B]

Popeyes. Yeah.

[C]

Some of these are a little easy. Hmm. Fast food coffee's hard. That's a tricky one. And I always get iced, so it's even worse.

[B]

I'm going McDonald's. Really?

[C]

What was it?

[B]

Starbucks.

[C]

That didn't look like Starbucks.

[B]

That did not look like Starbucks.

[C]

I'm trying to look at the label too much, but I.

[B]

This looks like. This looks like a Quiznos sub.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Taco Bell. Taco Bell.

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You think so?

[B]

Yeah.

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Oh, you're right. What about this one?

[B]

Wendy's.

[C]

Do you know why Wendy's has square patties?

[B]

You told me this already.

[C]

Because they don't cut corners.

[B]

That's why they did it.

[C]

Yep. Yeah, but their burgers are really small still.

[B]

Oh, that's. That's Wingstop right there.

[C]

Dude, that's some.

[B]

That's some lemon pepper. Wingstop.

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I'm gonna be honest. I could eat Wingstop every single day.

[B]

Wingstop is fine.

[C]

Wingstop's.

[B]

I think I did eat it every day in college. Well, there was a time period where. Cause they had. They had what they called the west coast special. So for really the one stop close to the college, like, we and you guys were eagles.

[C]

You should call it the Eagle. The eagle meal, I guess. Or they could just call it what they called it. It seemed to work.

[B]

But it was like five bucks for, like, I don't know, six wings or something.

[C]

That's like one.

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So I go jar of coast special, and I'd add five wings. And then. And then they'd had the Lakers day. So every time since we lived in LA county, whenever the Lakers won, the next day was $5.

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That's a great place to be. To be, like, dependent on them winning. It's like, oh, the Lakers. I wonder if the Lakers are going to win today. Imagine they have a deal in Dallas. They're like, every time the Cowboys win, you get a free meal anyway. No. When I was in South Carolina again, the only wing options near me were Zaxby's and Popeyes. Popeyes. Wings are so good, though.

[B]

I would say I felt like Zaxby's is pretty good, though.

[C]

No, it's overpriced. And the one by us was not

[B]

good a couple times, but we did

[C]

not have a wing stop. We had to go an hour for

[B]

Wingstop Wingstop slaps, though.

[C]

I did twice.

[B]

One time in college, we had. It was right when they finished the putt putt course on the college campus. And so they did like a big putt putt tournament. And anybody could enter. Me and a couple friends entered and won. And then they took us to Wingstop for unlimited wings. I think I ate like 24 wings.

[C]

I could do that. I could do that easy right now.

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Yeah. I mean, it's not a good idea.

[C]

I can't spare the calories challenge.

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My stomach's not going to be happy, but my mouth was happy.

[C]

What about this one?

[B]

That looks like a Subway sandwich.

[C]

Do you. I'm never really in the mood to just go get a sub. If I am, Capriotti's is the to me.

[B]

I love sandwiches. The problem is most sandwich places don't get good sandwiches.

[C]

Capriatis is good, though.

[B]

In Fresno, there's a place. What is it called?

[C]

Doghouse Girl.

[B]

Well, yeah.

[C]

Hey, the place is so good. Isn't the Doghouse Girl so good?

[B]

Yes, it's so good. Isn't that so good?

[C]

Delicious.

[B]

You're saying all things I agree with Deli Delicious. Did you ever eat there?

[C]

I've heard of it, but I've never been there.

[B]

They made great sandwiches.

[C]

I always. Anytime I went to eat, I just went to Jack's Urban Eats. That place was so good.

[B]

Yeah, it was pretty good.

[C]

Those blue cheese fries. Yeah, and I don't like blue cheese, but those blue cheese fries are crazy. All right, this one, I think this is what is Pizza Company.

[B]

Yeah, I don't know what that is.

[C]

I don't recognize it.

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

The pizza Company.

[B]

Oh, that's what it is. I've never heard of the pizza company. Oh, that just Looks gross.

[C]

That looks like some El Pollo Loco. Oh, they specialize in chicken specifically.

[B]

I was gonna say that's El Pollo Loco.

[C]

What a giveaway.

[B]

Because the foil.

[C]

What about this looks like a place that overcharges for burgers.

[B]

A and W. I'm gonna go A

[C]

and W. Is that the teen burger? Just a couple CEOs grabbing a teen burger. This is a really old picture, but

[B]

that's a Chick Fil A. Yeah, for sure burger.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

The goat.

[C]

Yeah. That's what their burgers are made out of. Yeah. What?

[B]

This is Whataburger. Yeah, Whataburger.

[C]

Oh, sorry. Water burger. That's what they call.

[B]

What?

[C]

Hey. We call it water burger. Oh, wow. It's made of water. Thank you. I'm so glad to be here in the great state of South Carolina.

[B]

Any way to make it sound worse? It's by calling it water.

[C]

And you know what? Whataburger is actually pretty good. I went there in South Carolina. It was pretty good. And it was one of the few things in South Carolina I did like. And you know what I didn't like is that people were like to. Water burger, like, learn how to talk now. It's okay. I won't keep going on that one. This one is definitely.

[B]

That looks like some Hawaiian food.

[C]

I hope so. This either looks like the worst Panda Express order of all time, or.

[B]

No, you can tell because it's the pork ribs.

[C]

Yeah, the lno. Oh, my God. I'm not going to do that.

[B]

You got to enter your email.

[C]

Wait, can I go back? No, no. Well, how we do. All right, I'm going to do it. I'm about to. I'm about to get hacked. I have to enter my email on this sketchy website.

[B]

All of your email contacts are about.

[C]

Here we go.

[B]

About to get in a.

[C]

Wait, I can just close question. Three of a three. We got. I don't need to do that. 83% correct. Wow. You did pretty good. We got. Our Highest streak was 12.

[B]

Nice.

[C]

Did you think you'd get all those?

[B]

No, I thought I get a. I think I did exactly how I thought I would do because I have not. I have not eaten a bunch of fast food lately, if you can believe that.

[C]

Yes. The reason I mentioned this is. The reason I had this idea was there was a guy that did a really funny video, and it's a bigger dude, and he's getting mad at himself for knowing, and he did a similar test. And I'll play that really quick and then I can share something. With you here. Oh, no. I hope for my own sake that I get at least one of these wrong. That's a hamburger from McDonald's. So please tell me I get at least one of these wrong. Answer. Please let me get one wrong. Burger is this. Sonic. Answer Whose burger is this? Burger King. Answer. Oh, no. Whose burger is this?

[B]

Red Robin.

[C]

That's Red Robin. Answer Whose burger is this? You know what? I literally don't know. I am actually gonna get one wrong. I'm gonna guess and say that it looks like something that would come from like whataburger or something. Yeah, he said it. No. Whose burger is this? That's all our piece. No. Please be Answer whose burger is this? This in and out. No, I'm not gonna get one. Answer, I'm not gonna get one wrong. I'm cooked. Whose burger is this? That's Wendy's. That's a Dave single.

[B]

Oh my.

[C]

Yeah, I didn't get a single one from who's. I thought that was gonna be you. My. My brother.

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[C]

okay, well, I tell you all this, I think we did pretty good. But I tell you all this to say there's been a rumor that's been floating around the interwebs the last couple days. And the rumor is.

[B]

What's the rumor?

[C]

I'm gonna tell you. The rumor is McDonald's is floating the idea of a $54 a month subscription for unlimited food now.

[B]

Oh my God.

[C]

Now here's what you need to understand though. Okay? So this is just. Nothing's come from McDonald's. So there's been viral posts everywhere. A bunch of sites, you know, like the ones are like business, Instagram, whatever, like all these dumb things people do. And McDonald's has not confirmed anything. There's posts that are claiming it's a $54 a month unlimited meal subscription. It allegedly doesn't cover premium combos, just McNuggets or fries, things like that. The reason people are buying into the story is that there's other chains that have been doing a lot of subscription based stuff. And McDonald's has been pushing their app so hard that they may have been leading people to this. I don't think this is true. $54 a month is so low for

[B]

somebody who can throw down McDonald's.

[C]

That would be. I'm telling you this right now. I know I mentioned my fitness journey. I know you can see it. You don't have to even tell. You can hear that's out the window. If there's $54 a month, all you can eat McDonald's. I'll die at 35. I'm just letting you know. So I think the price is too low. I could see them being like, we have a special members club, 500 bucks a month or 300 bucks a month discounts. Or you get some crazy thing.

[B]

Get two free meals or something.

[C]

Question number one. If this is real, would you get a dollar 54amonth, all you can eat McDonald's subscription for you and your entire family?

[B]

I feel like you know the answer to this question.

[C]

Yes.

[B]

The answer is no.

[C]

Okay. All right.

[B]

Pays for itself. We never got a McDonald's, dude, I

[C]

can get on a kick. McDonald's is the one place that'll get me in a stranglehold for like a week. And I'm just like, man, another big double sounds.

[B]

Let me rephrase. The only thing that we get from McDonald's ever is chocolate chip cookies or McFlurry.

[C]

And then they have the 14 cookie tote.

[B]

Yeah, well, that's the best because they have to make it fresh.

[C]

What I do miss, though, is when they used to have oatmeal. The oatmeal and raisin cookies, dude. So good.

[B]

There's a reason they got rid of those.

[C]

Okay, so let me continue on then.

[B]

Oh, also McDonald's breakfast. I'll have that probably. Oh, yeah, Like, I'll have that probably like a couple times a year as like a treat.

[C]

Yuck, yuck, yuck. The only reason their spicy chicken Sandwich and their McDoubles are in. Okay, so there's another. There's other restaurants that have done kind of subscription model stuff. The Panera unlimited sip club, which I gamed that system. I used four different emails. It was a three month trial. I got like a year of free drinks and I would just go work at Panera and drink Mountain Dew. And it probably is why I'm so sore. I'm starting this fitness journey. And then they started getting the charged lemonades that started killing people and they canceled it. But I would body those.

[B]

Yeah, the ones that were like 480.

[C]

It was 400 caffeine. I think it was 400 milligrams of caffeine. And then people would drink two and then die. That's so.

[B]

That's too Cowards.

[C]

I drank three and I just got more productive.

[B]

For context, this monster has 180 milligrams.

[C]

I'm the real monster. Taco Bell in 2022, did a Taco Bell taco lovers pass. It was $10 a month for a taco a day. That's a great deal. That's a great deal.

[B]

Like that. That makes more sense because you're gonna buy more from a usability perspective too. Because like, like the first thing my mind goes to is they're probably just hoping people buy it and then never use it. But that's the problem with something like McDonald's is like, you're catering to the crowd who's actually going to use it. Well, it's the Planet Fitness crowd.

[C]

Yeah, yeah, that's.

[B]

He's actually going to do the thing.

[C]

Banking on someone not getting their TACO A day versus, like coming in and doing unlimited McDonald's or doing. Or working out. Like, the gym has a better odd of like, if I know I could get a free taco anytime. Watch out, Taco Bell, you know, Club Pret us. What is that? I don't know. $40 a month, five drinks a day, plus 20% off menu. That's a great deal.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Burger King, Germany, they had something called King deals. And I have no other data about that, but I'm sure Germany is like Guten Dog.

[B]

Very good. Like, I went really high pitched for that one.

[C]

That's German, right? Guten Dog.

[B]

Yeah. Okay, but you said it like guten Dog.

[C]

Guten Dog. I'm just saying it. Just imagine me, if you're listening. I have blonde braids and a little. That's Austrian. But they did work together famously at one point.

[B]

It's the same country.

[C]

Germany and Austria were very tight for a period of history.

[B]

What period?

[C]

A pretty dark one. Anyway, so let me ask you this, Travis. So there's all kinds of different subscription models are going to keep moving out. They're going to keep hitting different restaurants and things. Let me ask you this. One, would you ever do this for any restaurant? And two, if you could see any restaurant, have a great subscription model, what would it be and why is it Chipotle?

[B]

I do. I would do one, if it was the right place and the model was actually something that made sense, McDonald's. It would not be McDonald's. We, like, we had a subscription. I mean, to be fair, it's more like a wine club than a restaurant, really. But it's. It's a Wine bar here locally that we like going to. They have ah, somme there whenever you go in, who just do some really fun wine tasting type stuff. And then they have, you know, some food items and some charcuterie and all that kind of stuff. And so we'll go on date night and then sit down, grab a glass of wine. We have a subscription to the wine club so we can go in once a month, grab two bottles of wine that they curate from their list and they tell you all about, all about them. And then there's a wine tasting when you pick up the bottles and you get like the charcuterie, you know, stuff when you go pick up the bottles and stuff. So like something like that's cool, but obviously that's a little bit more. That's not necessarily like because we love the food from the restaurant so much type of the thing.

[C]

It's a little hoity toity. Huh.

[B]

Well, that's a weird way to say it, but sure, you're a little hoity

[C]

toity with your little wine club.

[B]

But I will say that's one thing that I don't like about being a franchisee is that we do have the flexibility to like because I would much prefer to put in a subscription to the business. And there's like several different ways to try that. But essentially to me it would basically be like, hey, you, you come in, you pay a monthly amount. It comes with a couple of things for free, but then it just comes with a bunch of discounts and a bunch of incentives to bring in other people with you. So I would like to try those things out at our, at our restaurant. But again, we're limited with the things that we can do because we're a franchise.

[C]

So the one place I wish would do it is Chipotle.

[B]

Yeah, like there's room for it for sure. I would pay on how the structure of the.

[C]

Cause I would love to just be like, you pay up front because you. Because I mean Chipotle in general. And I'm not saying this now because I don't want to sound like a fitness guy. I'm just saying in general, I always love that Chipotle is the healthy fast food option.

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

And for me like in, in South Carolina, the only good food option. And so I wish I could pay like upfront to just like be like I get this many meals at a discounted rate. I just pay this price every month. I would do that and well, it's

[B]

almost like meal prep.

[C]

I was going to say that, but I feel like that Sounded so douchey. I'm glad you said it and took the bullet.

[B]

Just, just. Just embrace the idea.

[C]

I don't want to embrace the idea. Okay.

[B]

Just.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

You're a gym bro now.

[C]

No, I know. I don't want to be in that sense. No, the thing is, it's just top of mind. But I'm saying I just like Chipotle. And I'm saying I would do it. The thing I want more than anything in the world is that Chipotle, the card that gives you free Chipotle whenever. I don't get why I don't have one. I've done enough with my life to earn it anyway. Well, go ahead. I'm getting really hungry. Let's go and close out the episode and get some McDonald's, my guy.

[B]

You could have. You almost could have sold me if you said Wingstop, but I don't know if I can spare the calories for Wingstop, though. But you can spare the calories from McDonald's.

[C]

No, I was joking about McDonald's. Probably Chipotle. That we could hit pretty hard.

[B]

All right, well, that's it for this episode of the show. Remember, money only solves your money problems, but it's easier to solve the rest of your problems when you got some money in the bank. So let's start there. Here on the Travis Makes Money podcast. Thanks for tuning in. Catch you next time. Peace. Ryan Reynolds here from Mint Mobile with a message for everyone. Paying big wireless way too much. Please, for the love of everything good in this world, stop with Mint. You can get premium wireless for just $15 a month. Of course, if you enjoy overpaying, no judgments. But that's weird. Okay, one judgment anyway. Give it a [e-mail] Switch upfront payment

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