According to The Statistic Portal “McDonald’s has grown into a global giant with increasing restaurant numbers years-on-years – in 2014, McDonald’s had 36,258 restaurants worldwide.” In 2015, number of franchises in the United States are 12,836, Canada are 1,181, and international are 15,527; the company personally owned 6,714 restaurants. The numbers of people who visit McDonald’s has increasing from 108.52 million in 2009 to 113.82 million in 2013 (The Statistic Portal). McDonald’s serves 1% of the population every day. People can easily find a McDonald’s restaurant around them; it is everywhere: in the malls, air ports, and even in hospitals. People have been eating McDonald’s since the company opened in 1948. Nowadays, it is often being …show more content…
McDonald’s food is poisonous. McDonald’s not only promoting unhealthy food to the adult, but also to the little kids. They spend over $1.8 billion every year on advertising. Also, they trying to show an image of being a caring company and a fun place to eat. McDonald’s works appeal to kids with a numbers of tricks. For example, McDonald’s playground, some communities don’t have playground for kids. So, McDonald’s playground is the only place parents can take their kids to play. Furthermore, there are Happy Meal appeal to the kids and birthday parties children can have at McDonald’s. Behind the scene McDonald’s is only interest in making money. They aim to open more and more restaurants across the globe. According to the article “5 Reasons to Never Let Your Kids Eat McDonald’s” Beth Buczynski said, “McDonald’s isn’t real food. The chicken nugget isn’t a part of the chicken’s anatomy, real ribs have bones, and most importantly, real food riots.” The interviewee, Jennifer Van, she said “people should not eat McDonald’s because you don’t know what it is made of. There have been videos and experiments done where the burger from McDonald’s takes much longer to rot than a normal burger, which means it cannot be normal. It probably has a lot of chemicals.” “If McDonald’s is so healthy for kids, why …show more content…
High flavoring means they either use chemicals or a lot of salt and sugar. Even normal people know it is unhealthy to consume too much salt and sugar. In the article “McDonald’s Transparency Campaign Reveals Toxic Ingredients” wrote by Alek Hidell, he states that “Americans awareness to health and diet issues prompted McDonald’s to put forth a campaign of transparency. What was found will disgust you beyond belief. If is no secret, fast food restaurants cut costs by taking short cuts.” The short cuts that leads to the use of preservatives, flavor enhancers and a slew of other chemicals. Aluminum sulfate is a chemical used in bread production. It activates yeast, so it helps to expand the bread size. This chemical is also used commonly as an artificial fertilizer for alkaline soils and pesticide. Ammonium chloride, it is an ingredient used in fireworks and other explosives products. This explosives chemical are using in the food human are consuming and McDonald’s did not aware to somewhat consider for the costumers the chemical might be harmful to the health. Also, silicone oil is a chemical used to make contact lenses and now McDonald’s using it in chicken nuggets production. People understand McDonald’s food is unhealthy and not clean, but they did not know in order for McDonald’s to produce those foods, they require to use chemicals which are used in explosives, contact lenses and who knows what other
To mitigate this contradiction, McDonald’s in the past few years have been trying to make their menus healthier. They have added some different items to the menu and have stopped advertising less healthy menu items towards children. McDonald’s has added salads, fruits, and raw cut vegetables to its menu in the most recent years. (Strom, 2013) Even though McDonald’s has tried to add more healthier food to their menu they still make more money from all the unhealthy menu options opposed to the healthy menu options. “Sure, McDonald 's is touting its menu refresh, and various stats to prove its food is nutritious…The big money that McDonald 's makes still comes from greasy burgers, large fries, and soda pop.” (Fooducate,
For decades, the fast food industry has become victim to rumors and false claims. McDonald’s is no stranger to misinformation regarding the ingredients of their food. These problems are especially relevant to today’s society, as many people distrust large corporations.
mcdonalds is not exactly a quality food source, is a convenient and cheep source of food. but cheap food comes at a greater cost...inhumane!!
Ray left us with a restaurant that has changed the way Americans look at food, and created the McDonald’s we know today. McDonald’s is now considered a “fast-food giant.” With 35,000 restaurants, McDonald’s has the second most locations out of any fast-food chain in the world. This shows that McDonald’s is one of the most popular fast-food chains, and that it is very successful. Also, McDonalds is located in many different countries across the globe. According to “The Birth of Fast Food,” McDonald’s has locations in 119 different countries. This shows how high of a demand people have for McDonald’s food, and how affordable it is among many different countries. Lastly, McDonald’s is known for their high traffic of customers that visit their restaurants. On average, 70 million people eat at McDonald’s in one day. This statistic shows how McDonald’s has been a hot spot for so many people over the
Fast food chicken nuggets are horrible for the human health. They have been many lawsuits and debates on whether it is real meat, processed, or whatever else might be in the world to create the delicious food most Americans desire. Chicken nuggets from fast food restaurants contain 57% of fat in each chicken nugget. Yes, I know what you are thinking, I had to think of how many chicken nuggets I have eaten too. Let’s begin with one of the famous restaurants, Mcdonalds. Mcdonalds is one of the worst place to get chicken nuggets from, as statistics shows. There chicken nuggets aren’t even chicken. Their chicken nuggets are processed and bioengineered. “and it's hard to determine exactly how much is added to McNuggets – this chemical can be toxic.”
People might see others do crazy things involving fast food such as the movie Super Size Me where Morgan Spurlock “conducts an unscientific experiment using himself as the guinea pig: eat only McDonald's for thirty days, three meals a day” (Super Size Me, para. 2). He ends up with numerous different health problems due to his fast food only diet. On the flipside, you might also see people such as John Cisna who says “he has lost 56 pounds, lowered his cholesterol and lost a total of 21 inches off his chest, waist and hips while dining only at the fast food emporium” (Today Health & Wellness, para. 1). You may see Morgan’s movie and think “oh god McDonald’s really is terrible for you” but then see John’s adventure of losing more than 50 pounds over the course of 6 months just from eating fast food and think “ok well maybe it’s not actually that bad”. This is what leads people to think that it’s ok to eat a lot of McDonald’s and not have to worry about the
McDonald’s should be blame for making kids fat because they are affordable for anyone. Before 1994 diabetes in children were rare. Only five percent were because children were overweight. Now 30 percent of children have type 2 diabetes. Since 1969 health care has cost over $100 billion per year. Is impossible for teenagers not to eat McDonald’s since they have over 13,00 in the country. If you drive on a block you won’t be able to even find a store to buy a grapefruit. Since McDonalds is affordable and everywhere they are not too many alternatives to eating healthy. McDonald’s products have no calorie charts information on their fast-food. They also get people to buy their fast-food through their commercials since they don’t have warning labels.
According to Royle (1999) McDonald’s is a very large multinational enterprise (MNE) and the largest food service operation in the world. Currently the company has 1.5 million workers with 23,500 stores in over 110 countries with the United Kingdom and Germany amongst the corporation’s six biggest markets, and over 12,000 restaurants in the United States. In 1974 the United Kingdom corporation was established and in 1971 the Germany corporation was established, currently the combined corporation has over 900 restaurants and close to 50,000 employees in each of these countries (Royle, 1999).
Have you ever wondered how the business empire of McDonalds was started? With over ninety nine billion served, it was started in 1940 in San Bernardino, California. It was started off as just a Bar-B-Q that served just twenty items. Its first mascot was named “Speedee” They eventually realized that by setting up their kitchen like an assembly line that they could be much more productive and get their food done faster, with every employee doing a specified job; the restaurants production rate became much higher. A milkshake machine vendor came into their small restaurant one day, his name was Ray Kroc. He saw how much potential the restaurant has, so he bought it out and opened one of the first franchises. Within the first year of Ray Kroc buying it, there were one hundred and two locations all around the world. McDonalds currently is one of the largest fast food restaurants in the world and currently has served over sixty four million customers through one of their thirty two thousand sites. It has almost become a way of life for America. Though, McDonalds started off as a small business between two brothers, it grew into one of the largest restaurant franchises in the world and greatly affects our society and how we eat our food.
McDonald's restaurants are found in 120 countries and territories around the world and serve nearly 54 million customers each day. The company also operates other restaurant brands, such as Piles Café and Boston Market, and has a minority stake in Pret a Manger. In addition, McDonald's opens a new restaurant every three hours. Also, McDonald's has twice the market share of its closest U.S. competitor, Burger King, representing 7% of total U.S. eating-out
McDonald’s serves more than 70 million people around the world in more than 120 countries. “You will see McDonald’s, everywhere you go”. You can see McDonald’s in airports, malls, cities, highways and parks.
When researching McDonald’s through online sources, it is clear that nutrition is a major concern of the public visiting the fast-food chain. Secondary research conducted shows that there are several case studies and other secondary source searches around the same topic. McDonald’s has often been the center of nutritional attention within the fast-food industry. Secondary research shows that the restaurant has recently made changes to the American Happy Meal to reduce the amount of French fries offered and replace the portion with fruit (Strom, 2011). In a study conducted by McDonald’s a secondary source reports the meal cuts calories by 20% for the children’s meal (Strom, 2011). This is a critical move by the organization on children’s obesity is currently a hot topic within food chains and attention is driven by the Obama administration. Secondary research also shows that although the public has major health concerns with the food chain, profits are increasing during a high point of an economic recession (Dahan & Gittens, 2008). Acco...
The company has also expanded the McDonald's menu in recent decades to include alternative meal options, such as salads and snack wraps, in order to capitalize on growing consumer interest in health and wellness. A McDonald's restaurant is operated by a franchisee, an affiliate, or the corporation itself. The corporation's revenues come from the rent, royalties and fees paid by the franchisees, as well as sales in company-operated restaurants. McDonald's revenues grew 27% over the three years ending in 2007 to $22.8 billion, and 9% growth in operating income to $3.9 billion. McDonald’s primarily sell a ham burger, cheese burger, chicken products, French fries, breakfast items, soft drinks and desserts. In response to obesity trends in western nations and in the face of criticism over the healthiness of its products, the company has modified its menu to include healthier alternatives such as salads, wraps
Their first restaurant opened in San Bernardino, California, in 1945. The decision to franchise with their Golden Arch sign was put on a map. It was known everywhere and many people began opening a McDonald’s restaurant in their city. By 1960, there were 100 franchises operating across the country Along with other pioneers in the fast-food businesses, including Burger King, and Wendy’s, and numerous others came to the scene, and by 1990 fast food had taken over the American landscape with 11,800 McDonald’s, 6,298 Burger Kings and 3,721 Wendy’s. Today there are over 14 thousand McDonald’s restaurants in America and over 22 thousand in the world. Fast food is constantly expanding each year and will always get
McDonald's Corporation is the largest fast-food operator in the World and was originally formed in 1955 after Ray Kroc pitched the idea of opening up several restaurants based on the original owned by Dick and Mac McDonald. McDonald's went public in 1965 and introduced its flagship product, the Big Mac, in 1968. Today, McDonald's operates more than 30,000 restaurants in over 100 countries and have one of the world's most widely known brand names. McDonald's sales hit $57 billion company-wide and over $25 billion in the United States in 2006 (S&P).