[krger]

>The implication that residual stock or friends across town could influence the situation.

Yes, that could explain why McDonalds execs would try to discourage franchisees from using Kytch.

It doesn't, however, explain why McDonalds execs seem not to have a problem with 20% of their locations not being able to sell a product that people apparently like enough to complain when they can't get it, which is what the top-level comment was talking about.