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Sundae 10-01-2008 08:20 AM

McDonald's Tray Inserts
 
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I offer this thread in the knowledge that it might not interest anyone except me. But as you know, it is the subtle differences between cultures and countries that interest me the most - the small every day things you notice when you are out of your home environment.

So one of those things, for me, is the way a global company presents itself. In England, McDonalds had a lot of ground to make up. Apart from the McLibel trial (which made them teh debbil as far as the middle class were concerned) there's the whole issue of additives, salt, responsible resourcing (thanks Jamie Oliver) and obesity.

So the tray inserts address all this. Is this the case in McDonalds overseas? Do they also have full nutritional information on the other side as ours do? I'm interested.

ZenGum 10-01-2008 08:25 AM

I have no evidence to base this on, but I reckon there is more bull on those tray inserts than on their burgers.

I haven't been to maccas in years.

Pico and ME 10-01-2008 09:38 AM

Americans dont care about what's in the fast food they eat.

Ibby 10-01-2008 10:25 AM

its not that we dont care
we just try not to think about it.

wolf 10-01-2008 10:37 AM

You've been raised out of the country, or just maybe things are changing with the young. We honestly don't care.

We just want the two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions onna sesame seed bun.*

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* Well, I don't actually. Can't stand thousand island dressing, hate pickles, have never actually ordered a Big Mac, oh, wait, there may have been that one time they were on sale, and I got one plain, which took an extra ten minutes so it wasn't actually fast food. Most fast food I can't/won't eat because of the insistence that everyone must want mustard and ketchup and pickles. I'm a ketchup only woman, have hated the taste of mustard since I was a kid, even can tell when someone's trying to sneak it into food on me, like as an ingredient is baked beans or sloppy joes or something like that. And don't get me started on the great mushroom conspiracy.

Trilby 10-01-2008 10:42 AM

Wolf, we both know that the mustard is essential in masking the rotted meat taste! Now, eat your pickle!

wolf 10-01-2008 10:50 AM

You want me to puke that much?

Burger King (hold the pickle hold the lettuce, special orders won't upset us...) and Wendys are much better at special orders.

Of course this is all pretty much moot, because I eat fast food burgers twice a year, or less.

Chick-fil-a gets my drive-thru love (Chick-no-pick, they call it).

xoxoxoBruce 10-01-2008 10:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna (Post 488663)
rotted meat taste

Hey, hey, now... it's called aged beef. :D

DucksNuts 10-01-2008 07:55 PM

Its called cardboard here

lumberjim 10-01-2008 08:37 PM

i've been trying to NOT eat anywhere that has a drive up. if I can eat it in my car, it's probably bad for me.

I have 2 exceptions at present: Chic fil a has a chicken salad on wheat that I like, and taco bell's fresco menu has 300 calorie burritos.


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