Eli5: how do fast food franchises keep their recipes a secret and food tasting the same at different locations?

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Eli5: how do fast food franchises keep their recipes a secret and food tasting the same at different locations?

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Answer 1

Part of that comes from getting certain sauces from bags or bottles that won’t include the ingredients needed to make that sauce. Beef patties aren’t made from scratch, I have no idea what Whataburger does to make their beef patties taste different from Wendy’s or McDonald’s. As for tasting the same, that comes down to all product being prepared in one big ass kitchen where the company would have better ability to control to consistently of the quality. Then you ship it to the stores and bam employees assemble everything into a sandwich