Here are some interesting facts about McDonalds that the book gave:
- McDonald's is the nation's largest purchaser of beef, pork and potatoes and second largest of chicken(KFC being number one).
- They have replaced Coca Coca as the world's most famous brand.
- Ronald McDonald is more widely recognized by American children than Jesus himself, and second only to Santa Claus!
- The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross!
- It operates more playgrounds-designed to attract children and their parents to its restaurants- than any other private entry in the US.
Fast Food Chains:
- At least 20 school districts in the US have their own Subway franchises, an additional fifteen hundred districts have Subway contracts, and nine operate Subway sandwich carts.
- Taco Bell sells products in about 4,500 school cafeterias. Pizza Hut, Domino's Pizza, and McDonald's are
now selling food in US schools. - 3o% of the public high schools in the US offer branded fast food.
- Elementry schools in Fort Collins, Colorado now serve food from Pizza Hut, McDonald's and Subway on special lunch days!
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I also had to watch that movie for a class and it was very insightful and made me rethink going there...but I do have to same I still go there now but I only get the mighty kids meal which is the right serving size!!
ReplyDeleteHey Katie.. great post! Make sure you pick up your reward!
ReplyDeleteHAHA crazy, Fort Collins, CO is literally 20 miles down the road from my homestead in CO. I didn't know that! And the weird thing about that is Colorado is the healthiest state in the nation!! Good post Katie. --S
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