McDonald's Spicy McMuffin, Furniture Eulogies & Dating Trends - Fast Five Lightning Round
Our lightning round covers McDonald's spicy breakfast innovation, Bob's Furniture's quirky "Furniture Eulogies" social campaign, and the new dating trend "Banksying." Plus Chris shares his furniture design advice and grocery shopping habits. Brought to you by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Simbe, Mirakl, and Ocampo Capital.
📌 McDonald's spicy pepper sauce breakfast
📌 Bob's Furniture social programming
📌 Consumer behavior trends
📌 Personal shopping insights
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Let's go to the lightning round.
Speaker AChris, question number one.
Speaker AGrocery deals.
Speaker AWho we just mentioned.
Speaker AThe new gas app for groceries is the free app that helps visitors compare the cost of groceries at a variety of nearby outlets and then builds virtual carts for them to save money on their groceries.
Speaker AI'm curious, what three grocery items you would use this app for?
Speaker BOh, man.
Speaker BAnd you know, God, I gotta think about this.
Speaker BSo when I think about, like, what are my grocery staples?
Speaker BThe things I'm going to the grocery store.
Speaker BI go to the grocery store a lot.
Speaker BI go almost every day.
Speaker BAnd I think the three things that are in my cart the most are.
Speaker BThis is gonna.
Speaker BIt's gonna crack you up.
Speaker BRed Vines.
Speaker AOh, my God.
Speaker BRed Vines.
Speaker BDried dates, pitted dried dates, and coconut milk.
Speaker BThose are the three things that I'm purchasing the most often.
Speaker BSo if I could get a good deal on those and just, you know, I. I'd be all for it.
Speaker BYeah, 100%.
Speaker AYou're messing the algorithm, man.
Speaker AThat algorithm is like, we don't know what to make of this guy.
Speaker AHe's maybe healthy, but then also still consumes Red number five on a regular basis.
Speaker AWhat'?
Speaker AWhat is going on?
Speaker BRight?
Speaker BYeah, I'm an enigma.
Speaker BAll right.
Speaker BWord on the street is that McDonald's is turning up the heat on breakfast this summer.
Speaker BAnd starting July 8, you can add some kick.
Speaker BOh, this might be up your alley.
Speaker BYou can add some kick to your morning routine with the sizzling debut of the spicy McMuffin breakfast sandwich.
Speaker BThe limited time glow up includes everything you already love about the iconic Egg McMuffin, plus a fiery, delicious twist, a shot of McDonald's signature spicy pepper sauce.
Speaker BAnd will you or anyone in your family give a spicy McMuffin a whirl?
Speaker AWhat's the signature spicy pepper sauce?
Speaker ADoes this exist already?
Speaker AThis is chick fil, a sauce that.
Speaker AThat McDonald's has and they just don't know about it.
Speaker AI.
Speaker BNo idea.
Speaker BIt doesn't hook me at all.
Speaker AWe are, I would say our family is pretty exclusively Starbucks breakfast eaters because it's just more convenient.
Speaker ALike, I couldn't tell you the last time I had a McDonald's breakfast, but, I mean, I'm intrigued.
Speaker AI love.
Speaker AWho doesn't like, love a spicy sausage breakfast sandwich?
Speaker AThat sounds interesting.
Speaker BYou might give it a shot.
Speaker BYou might give it a shot.
Speaker AYeah, maybe.
Speaker AI just.
Speaker AI.
Speaker AWe don't have a McDonald's that we are frequenting ever, so I don't know.
Speaker AI'd have to be the right time and place.
Speaker BThere isn't a real.
Speaker BThere isn't a McDonald's that's really close by to us.
Speaker BThat's a good point.
Speaker BWhich is kind of odd when you think about there aren't a lot of fast food restaurants in our neighborhood.
Speaker AActually, no, not a bad thing, though.
Speaker AI'll take it.
Speaker AOkay, question three, Chris.
Speaker ABob's Discount Furniture is starting a new series of social programming, including one segment called Furniture Eulogies, which will give heartfelt shout outs to questionable design choices within your home.
Speaker AWhich design element or item in your house needs to be eulogized?
Speaker AChris?
Speaker BOh my God.
Speaker BThat is such a wonderful question, Ann.
Speaker BAnd I know the exact answer for me, in my house, it's our dining room table.
Speaker BI frickin hate the thing.
Speaker BIt's huge.
Speaker BIt's wooden.
Speaker BI got.
Speaker BI got a tip for you all, okay?
Speaker BNever ever buy a table that you can't write on with a paper and pen.
Speaker BLike, it's so frustrating.
Speaker BIt's so annoying.
Speaker BI want to get rid of it since the day I got it.
Speaker BAnd that's my advice for anyone listening.
Speaker BAnd it's just, it's such a bad move.
Speaker BYou don't want to do it.
Speaker BEven if it looks cool, don't do it.
Speaker AOkay, noted.
Speaker ASo the dining room table, no, like, art or anything that you gotta be a flat surface.
Speaker BCouches gotta be a flat surface.
Speaker AOkay.
Speaker BAll right.
Speaker BNo, I'm ready to burn that thing in effigy and.
Speaker BAll right.
Speaker BA new dating trend known as Banksying involves slowly withdrawing emotionally from your partner without telling them that that's what you're doing when the time comes to finally break up the Banks year.
Speaker BNot the Banksy.
Speaker BBanksy E. The Banksy er often feels better having mentally checked out of the relationship long ago while the other partner is left blindsided and confused.
Speaker BThis is so great.
Speaker BHave you or have, have you or have you ever been Banksy?
Speaker AI have Banksy somebody.
Speaker BYou Banks.
Speaker AMy first real boyfriend, Phil.
Speaker AI still feel so bad about it.
Speaker ALike, I still have dreams where I feel bad, but I was at college and I found it.
Speaker AI was like, whoa, college is great.
Speaker AMy high school boyfriend.
Speaker AAre we hanging on to this?
Speaker AI don't think so.
Speaker AI want to explore the world here at college.
Speaker AAnd I was a real jerk, and he was the most kind person.
Speaker ASo, Phil, if you're listening, I'm real sorry.
Speaker BNo, I guess it's kind of cool that we have a name for it.
Speaker BLike, it's not anything new, but it's, like, kind of interesting that we have a name for it now, right?
Speaker BLike, it's something that probably everybody's done, I guess.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker AI'm not sure.
Speaker AI love the name, but we'll go with it, I guess.
Speaker ALike.
Speaker AYeah.
Speaker ABank Seed, right?
Speaker BThe connection, Right.
Speaker BYeah.
Speaker BI don't know.
Speaker BI agree.
Speaker BAll right, well, happy birthday.
Speaker BIt sounds like a straight.
Speaker BYeah, it does sound like a stretch to me, too, but it sounds like something that could catch on, too.