McDonald's Tray Inserts

Sundae · 10-01-2008, 09:20 AM

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, 09:25 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, 10:38 AM

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

Ibby · 10-01-2008, 11:25 AM

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

wolf · 10-01-2008, 11:37 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, 11:42 AM

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

wolf · 10-01-2008, 11:50 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, 11:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brianna

rotted meat taste

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

DucksNuts · 10-01-2008, 08:55 PM

Its called cardboard here

lumberjim · 10-01-2008, 09:37 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.

10-01-2008, 09:20 AM	#1
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	McDonald's Tray Inserts 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. Attached Images __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

10-01-2008, 09:25 AM	#2
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	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. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-01-2008, 11:25 AM	#4
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	its not that we dont care we just try not to think about it. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

10-01-2008, 11:37 AM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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.* _____ * 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. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-01-2008, 11:42 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Wolf, we both know that the mustard is essential in masking the rotted meat taste! Now, eat your pickle! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

10-01-2008, 10:38 AM	#3
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Americans dont care about what's in the fast food they eat.

10-01-2008, 11:50 AM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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). __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

10-01-2008, 08:55 PM	#9
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Its called cardboard here

10-01-2008, 09:37 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	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. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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