[HN Gopher] The Truth About a&W's Third-Pound Burger and the Maj...
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       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)
        
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       | 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.
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       | 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.
        
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