Why does dipping sauce at fastfood restaurants come in an ez2use bucket and ketchup in a useless foil pouch?

Question

If you get barbecue or honey mustard sauce for a chicken sandwich, they often give you the little bucket even if it's for spreading.

Answer 1

Ketchup goes on burgers and other products in addition to fries so having a dipping container wouldn't work. You would be more likely to get ketchup on your face if you dipped your burger into it.

If you say, well "why don't they have a dipping container and a packet", I'd say it probably wouldn't be cost effective. In the U.S., fast-food restaurants don't charge for ketchup buy in Europe and other places they do. Maybe they could do this there because they pass the cost on to consumers.

Answer 2

Good Question! I guess ... so that you can spread the ketchup on wht you like instead of dipping. I would rather dip!

Answer 3

Always is a matter of money.... packs are cheaper and ketchup is more widely used.

Answer 4

the places are cheep!!