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McDonalds is in other countries. Look at what gets bought in those stores. Often it is the standard fares that MCDonalds used to make, not healthy choices.
People don't go to fast food places to eat healthy. McDonalds fell into the myth that serving healthier food would gain customers.
If you go to a fast food place for healthy food that is a rather poor way of accomplishing the goal. You go to a fast food place for convenience and because you like the taste.
Like any business, certain demographics are not your customers. Health conscious people are not McDonalds customers. Not understanding your customers is one of McDonalds problem. Trying to feed into the healthy food pressures is another.
McDonalds hasn't made a single person fat, they did it all by themselves by using shovels and pitchforks to eat.
Well for me personally, I could not consume all that in one meal, so if those were the two choices, I would absolutely choose a MD hamburger....they dont taste like cardboard to me. Certainly not a Five guys, but I like them in a pinch. Prefer their grilled snack wraps
though...they are really good. No contest on the money either. Pretty sure I have NEVER spent $7 on meal, for myself, at a MD's or BK, or a Wendy's. Now if it was for my son, sure...he eats 3 times what I do.��
I've never been to a 5 guys, but I have seen their burgers and they are huge.
The place I go to is locally owned and the burgers are about the size of a McD quarter pounder. Personally, I can't stand the taste of McD burgers and the local place has far better tasting burgers, plus it helps local growers (one of them is my neighbor) and ranchers so it's a win win.
McDonald's is still around? The last time I went there was either 1994 or 1995. I get Arby's once every few months, Chik Fil A a couple times a year, pizza delivery once in a blue moon, and that's it for fast food.
What are they doing wrong as far as me? Being McDonald's I suppose.
I've never been to a 5 guys, but I have seen their burgers and they are huge.
The place I go to is locally owned and the burgers are about the size of a McD quarter pounder. Personally, I can't stand the taste of McD burgers and the local place has far better tasting burgers, plus it helps local growers (one of them is my neighbor) and ranchers so it's a win win.
No, Five Guys has small burgers on the menu as well. I would never order the regular ones!! Their small cheeseburger is 550 calories though, more than I want for a small meal, unless I have not eaten and have the calories to spare. They are very good though.
McDonalds is in other countries. Look at what gets bought in those stores. Often it is the standard fares that MCDonalds used to make, not healthy choices.
People don't go to fast food places to eat healthy. McDonalds fell into the myth that serving healthier food would gain customers.
If you go to a fast food place for healthy food that is a rather poor way of accomplishing the goal. You go to a fast food place for convenience and because you like the taste.
Like any business, certain demographics are not your customers. Health conscious people are not McDonalds customers. Not understanding your customers is one of McDonalds problem. Trying to feed into the healthy food pressures is another.
McDonalds hasn't made a single person fat, they did it all by themselves by using shovels and pitchforks to eat.
I agree. The reason McDonalds fell into the myth that serving healthier food means more customers I believe a lot of it was due to McDonalds and ONLY McDonalds being pressured to do it. Funny that the other chains were more/less somehow able to get a pass. Really is Burger King healthier than McDonalds ?? Pizza Hut ?? Taco Bell ?? KFC ?? Dairy Queen ??
I also agree that McDonalds should sell the breakfast items all day long. I asked a few managers of McDonalds about this only to get "..when pigs fly !!"
Also consider McDonald's has become the synonym for counterculture (if you will). Anything that is considered bad is pretexted by putting a 'Mc' in front of it. Ie.McMansion. In essence trivializing a said topic.
Even as a kid, I preferred BK over McDs because at McDs, they put onions and mustard on my burger and I had to pick/scrape them off- whereas at BK I could choose just what I wanted (this was in the 70's/early 80's).
As an adult, I have never liked their burgers, and haven't had one since I was forced to by my parents when I was a kid.
I do like an occasional Egg Mc Muffin when I have an early meeting at work. And about twice a year, I get an intense craving for a Filet-o-Fish and some fries. They taste good going down, but I never feel very good after I've eaten the meal- probably because its completely unhealthy.
The Buddhists say that impermanence applies to all things - McDonald's isn't any exception.
I think in my area we just have more fast food options now than we used to. It used to be "What do you want? Fried chicken, McDonalds, Burger King, or taco bell?" Now for almost the same price (maybe a buck more) you can get Chipolte, Chikfila, etc. If Im in a hurry and am going to spend 8 bucks its not going to be on Mcdonalds mediocre food, its going to be on a burrito with fresh ingredients or a delish fried chicken sandwich and a milkshake. Seriously have you tasted a McDonalds chicken sandwich? Its like youre eating something you found under your dishwasher.
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