well then it wouldn't be a secret so yeah that would be okay mcdee's may want you to be loving
it but there are some questions surrounding the franchise's success these are 10 hidden secrets
McDonald's doesn't want you to know about it's a secret McD's large portion sizes super sized look
how big that french fry is would you like to super size that order McDonald's came under Fire back in
the early 2000s for their absolutely unreasonable portion sizes especially when it came to their
option to get your meal super sized this would mean that you would not only be getting a burger
with your meal but you'd also be getting a side of french fries that came in a cup comparable to
a bucket as well as a fountain pop and a cup that puts McDonald's modern day large cups to shame
you may even be familiar with this complaint if you've ever watched the documentary Super Size Me
which was obviously named after McDonald's large portions this movie followed one man as his house
declined eating nothing but McDonald's for a month and although super size is me has come under its
own criticisms in recent years that doesn't take away the fact that it caused plenty of problems
for McDonald's at the time McDonald's stopped offering their customers the option to supersize
their meals back in 2004 although they denied that this decision had anything to do with the
criticism instead they claimed that the reason had more to do with the fact that people just weren't
choosing the super size option all that much plus it just tended to slow employees down when
they had to dish out fries in such large portions it's difficult to say what the real reason was but
regardless McDonald's still tends to offer their customers more calories and one meal than they'd
ever need in a single sitting super size or not we're supersizing everything how does McDonald's
stay ahead of the competition this is going to be the easiest money I've ever made McDonald's
has been the world's largest fast food chain for some time now well as it turns out that may not be
the case for too much longer as many continue to be inspired by the success success of franchises
like McDonald's there are more and more fast food chains popping up every day and not all
of those restaurants are offering Burgers and Fries over the years mcdee's has seen options
like Pizza Hut show up offering pizza or you can pop by a Subway to grab subs or any number of the
different food varieties that are out there no but he's not you are McDonald's doesn't necessarily
want you to think about the amount of options you have at this point and they've more recently been
seeing competitions show up from fast food chains that offer their customers healthier
options to keep ahead of the curve McDonald's will often Strike Back by advertising something
that they offer that nobody else does like the Happy Meal and the toys that are connected to
your favorite franchise that you just have to have and then go back to collect the whole set some of
their Collectibles can even be limited edition or exclusive to McDonald's meaning that you will not
be able to get them any other way than by eating at McDonald's tactics like that are how McDonald's
have managed to stay ahead of the game all these years McDonald's and its environmental impact
a person has already been born who will die due to catastrophic failure of the planet this is sort
of sort of fold problem on one hand McDonald is responsible for clearing a lot of land in
the Amazon rainforest which provides shelter for a number of unique creatures and Wildlife as well as
helping to regulate the global climate McDonald's will mostly use this land to raise cattle on and
cattle produce plenty of methane gas simply by existing methane gas is considered among those
pesky greenhouse gases and so the amount of cattle that McDonald's needs to raise on land that used
to provide us with plenty of clean oxygen instead is becoming a bit of a problem another huge
concern when it comes to McDonald's relationship with the environment simply comes down to
packaging waste think of how much of your food comes wrapped up in either paper or plastic and a
lot of the time that garbage winds up becoming litter in the street or buried in a landfill
it's very important to remember to recycle your McDonald's waste whenever possible first time
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the ride McDonald's and high fructose corn syrup no that is um that is not corn syrup that is high
fructose corn syrup isn't necessarily one of those things you want to get a whole lot of in your diet
it just adds way too much fructose into your diet and high amounts of fructose have been linked to
issues such as liver disease obesity and diabetes at the end of the day high fructose corn syrup is
just empty calories that your body doesn't need I mean not at all what I was expecting and yet
despite that McDonald's has a tendency to slip it into a surprising amount of their food you can
find it in their Big Macs you can find it in their ketchup but the good news as of 2016 McDonald's no
longer puts high fructose corn syrup in their buns isn't that a win of course but what about all of
the other products that they're still putting it in even if they know that it isn't good for their
customers McD's just doesn't seem to care all that much about the hell health of their customers
when it comes to high fructose corn syrup some artificial ingredients still in products would
you like a secret recipe back in 2018 McDonald's announced that they would no longer be adding any
artificial ingredients to seven of their classic Burgers but wait what artificial ingredients were
they adding before well a whole bunch as it turns out McDonald's buns would often be made
with calcium propionate to prevent them from growing mold for instance although this was
eventually discovered to have negative effects on child behavior meanwhile the Big Mac sauce used to
contain sodium benzoate which was meant to prevent the growth of fungi and bacteria and yet has been
linked to certain types of cancers the good news is that as of 2018 this shouldn't be something
that you have to worry about anymore when it comes to most of their products the one exception the
pickles McDonald's pickles continue to contain an artificial preservative and so you may just want
to skip getting pickles on your sandwich the next time that you go to McDonald's McDonald's accused
of targeting its advertising to kids perfect party games this one has got McDonald's into
some hot water a few times McDonald's has been accused of marketing directly to children with
their bright and colorful Happy Meals and line of toys that are often connected to movies or some
other big franchise and thus leave you feeling like you need to collect the whole lot this might
be okay if the product that they were selling was actually good for children but the truth is
McDonald's menu items have been connected to many juvenile health concerns and puts children at a
greater risk for things like obesity and diabetes and the weenies now they're sitting on a plate all
cold and shriveled just like my heart the fast food chain has been accused of not really doing
enough to stop all of this either outside of throwing the occasional healthier food option
on the menu like apple slices or a yogurt tube mcdee's is still using colorful packaging and
cartoon characters to keep kids wanting that tasty treat even if the chain knows it isn't all that
nutritious for them not only that but McDonald's has been accused of investing way more money to
Market themselves in lower middle income countries like Egypt and India specifically targeting the
youth demographic there this especially becomes a problem when you consider how rampant malnutrition
is in some of these countries and McDonald's is not exactly the kind of Miracle fix that
it seems to be claiming itself to be safety and treatment of employees it's serious down there
we do dangerous stuff McDonald's has been accused of mistreating their employees in more ways than
one from the long hours to the low pay wage the reasons truly do seem endless add on to that the
fact that you're dealing with hungry customers all day and we can definitely see how this might not
be the most enjoyable of working places even on the best of days and then there's all the times
that McDonald's has been accused of demanding above and beyond with their employees mcdee's also
made headlines for an event that happened all the way back in 2004 when a man identifying himself
as a police officer on the phone managed to talk a McDonald's manager into performing a strip search
on a young female employee while McDonald's was not directly responsible for this incident many
were quick to criticize the fast food chain for their lack of action before and after the fact
and they were ordered to pay 2.4 million dollars in legal fees for the abuse she had suffered and
as if that weren't bad enough McDonald's has also been criticized for the way that they failed to
protect their employees from actual physical harm like in one case from 2019 when a 16
year old McDonald's employee wound up getting hot coffee thrown into her face after getting into an
argument with a customer in the drive-through does mcdee's use antibiotics in its chicken products
McDonald's has recently come under Fire for using antibiotics in its chicken products something
that's a rather common practice within factory farming antibiotics have historically been used
as a means to prevent disease outbreaks among livestock they may also come with the added
bonus of speeding up the chicken's growth which means that it will be ready for sale sooner than
your average chicken the big problem with this is is that that meat that's been treated with
antibiotics can still be laced with superbugs which are bacteria that are even resistant to
the effects of antibiotics it's been estimated that around 23 000 Americans die every year as a
result of these antibiotic resistant diseases yeah I do man or else I die now with that being said
the fast food chain has been publicly trying to distance themselves from their use of antibiotics
in recent years they no longer allow the use of certain antibiotics and any chickens being
raised for consumption in the United States although they will still use antibiotics men
only for Animals if any chicken gets sick then it will receive treatment before being removed
from the line for American consumption although chickens that have been treated may still be
sold to restaurants outside of the U.S McDonald's promise to eliminate their use of antibiotics in
Europe Russia and Australia in 2019 although other markets may continue to see this meat on their
menus until 2027. mcdee's accused of controlling the price of its suppliers products at the end of
the week my brokerage account contained over two million dollars McDonald's has a pretty
unique way of going about their business rather than hunting around to try and find the cheapest
supplier McDonald's prefers to build relationships with their suppliers so that they can continue
working with them for several years but what exactly is the benefit of them doing business
this way well this allows McDonald's to work out their prices with each individual vendor
they revise these price models often always with the goal of working out the lowest possible price
that McDonald's has to pay without affecting the cost for their customers as you may have imagined
this can sometimes wind up becoming a bit of a headache for suppliers and at times has even led
to them cutting Corners in some of the worst ways possible for example McDonald's supplier
JBS was caught accepting beef from illegal farms in Brazil back in 2019 although it's difficult to
say how much of that meat actually wound up in McDonald's restaurants still it may not be the
most comforting knowing that the guys supplying your meat is trying to do it as cheaply as they
possibly can McDonald's has faced criticism for its use of palm oil there are humans in my forest
and I don't know what to do they're burning it for do you know what kind of oil McDonald's uses
to fry their french fries in many countries around the world fun fact McDonald's is actually one of
the world's top 10 users of palm oil something that the fast food shank claims to use because
it's a healthier alternative than most other oils but that being said it may not be all that healthy
for our environment in fact the production of palm oil has been linked to deforestation in the wet
Tropics palm oil has been used in everything from Ice Cream to shampoo and so our dependence on palm
oil has really become a bit of a problem in recent years now every question answered but the good
news is that's not the case in North America and Europe where mcds fries their food in vegetable
oil while vegetable oil is commonly found in most fast food kitchens Five Guys famously fry their
food in peanut oil both of which are options that are just slightly better for the environment than
palm oil and while the health benefits of peanut oil are a little bit more complicated to get into
vegetable oil is also a much more healthy alternative to palm oil in fact palm oil is
actually quite high in saturated fats which has been linked to higher risks of things like heart
disease and type 2 diabetes but again McDonald's doesn't want you to find that out what I told you
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