I at least want it to taste better than cardboard.

Over McD’s

At least with Burger Thing, the artificially flavored meat tastes closer to real, and you get veggies if you want them.

I gave up McDnlds when the dead cockroach was found in the salad.

I see their quality control initiative is working.

To Canada in 2014 to avoid US taxes.

Their parent company, Restaurant Brands International, which was formed by a merger between Burger King and Tim Hortons (Canada's largest food chain), is headquartered in Toronto.

Popeyes are also HQ'd in Miami, next to BK. Firehouse Subs are HQ'd in Jacksonville FL.

Sonic is good if you want to go fully mediocre fast food.

I do not know the politics of the owners but I could guess.

Sold to a big multinational long ago. Stereotyping is wrong anyway.

They refuse to sign on to an agreement for fair wages/conditions for the farmworkers to ultimately source them. BK, McD, Walmart and others have signed on.

to McDonald's breakfast offerings. And cheaper, I believe. I learned this on a road trip this summer.

It was a treat for them on a low budget, but I haven’t had McD’s in decades. They’re just not that good. But good for them for getting a new clown.

In’N’Out burgers are really tasty, and you can tell the ingredients are fresh. I highly recommend them. I just have to restrict my consumption because hamburger makes my cholesterol rise.

only a part of my diet on long road trips. On those occasions it’s either Burger King or Chipotle because they both have tasty vegan options. BK has the very tasty Impossible Burger and Chipotle has sofritas, a shredded spiced tofu, to add as your protein choice for their salad, bowl or burrito offerings. Haven’t patronized a McD in many years other than to use their facilities.

Their buns taste like pure sugar and their fries are floppy and limp (not to mention that they give you an absolutely wasteful amount).

They were new to the West Coast, and we stopped off in our travels to try one. The windows and walls were covered with self-congratulatory propaganda, including one that proclaimed "We make 'em the way you like: juicy and well-done!" I was curious to see how they could do both. The answer was they can't. They conflate juicy and greasy.

The second-and-final time was when I was again out, was feeling low-blood-sugared and it was next-door to where it been shopping. When I ordered my burger I went to great lengths to make sure they left it the onions (major gastric distress inducing intolerance). When I got my burger and left, I discovered that while they had indeed left off the onions, they'd assembled the burger using the same spatulas they'd used to fry up the onions they use.

Now, as a former restaurant owner, I am sorry when anyone invests and loss their money, but I found it ironic that someone opened up a Five Guys across the street from the local mom-and-pop burger place in the small-but-larger-than-where-I-live town where my specialists work, a few years before the Pandemic. The Five Guys closed within a year (not due to COVID). Nipp's is still there.

The worker thought it was counterfeit, but it was just old. I tried the manager and they wouldn't return it. When I called corporate they didn't return calls. I said fine. I'll never buy any more of your crap food again. And haven't.

BTW, that post isn't from BK, that's something some blogger/poster made up.

No more happy meals until they take the swastika out of the window.

as are many others. It's not really the company's fault and there are probably plenty of other franchisees who would never have him in the door.

I think for many franchised businesses, the franchisee needs approval from corporate to do something that can be construed as political. ( Like this). In this case McDonald's corporate owns the fallout from this as much as the franchisee.

It all goes by the franchisee agreement. Do you think they thought to write "you cannot promote Donald Trump" into the franchisee agreement?

The franchisee informed headquarters that he was going to do this. The corporation tried to dissuade him but you know how it is, disuading MAGATs.

How do I know? I used to work for them in marketing and I still have friends who work in Oak Brook, IL.

Their foodz gotten nasty lately. My last holdout were their breakfast sandwiches I could buy for $1.50 using their app, which they don't offer now.

Overpriced and now bacteria ridden. That's the impression people get, franchise owner or not

misinformation when I see it, and so should all of us.

I was going by what I read in news articles. From an AP article: "McDonald's Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend" That certainly makes it sound like corporate had to approve it and that they did approve. (What is Corp "agreeing" to then if they don't have any power to stop the franchise from doing what they want?) But If you say that's not the case, I can't argue with you - you would know. I had no intent of posting anything incorrect.

I will answer your question though. You ask "Do you think they thought to write "you cannot promote Donald Trump" into the franchisee agreement?" Of course not. But I can certainly see a franchise agreement containing language prohibiting hosting any activity which could be seen as a partisan political event. In fact, if I owned a corporation with franchises, I would definitely put such language in any franchise agreements. Something like this which implies taking sides reflects just as badly on the corporation as it does the franchise.

Unfortunately, I think a lot of people who have major issues with Trump will come away from this incident with a more negative opinion of McDonald's in general.

that the franchisee wasn't bound by some sort of stipulation in his licensing agreement prohibiting acts that portray McD's in a negative light. You can't get more toxic than red don.

I don’t eat the stuff, but I see no mention of Big Macs.

3 years ago I went to a Burger King in Florence Az because of lack of eating choices. I was only able to eat half of the burger and threw out the rest. It was not a edible burger anymore.

I don't eat a lot of fast food, but I do stop there now and then. There is no normal restaurant in this small town that makes a good burger, believe it or not. I mean, how hard is that? We did have a great place for burgers, but it closed down, so now all we have are duds again. (There is also no place to get a good steak here.) Anyway, even though it is a bit out of my way compared to McD's, I have decided to never patronize them again. As soon as an outlet is tainted by the stench of trump, we quit going there (pizza places, Home Depot, etc.). I'm not an Arby's fan, and our Wendy's has gotten some very bad reviews for their handling of food so they are out. BK it is when I need a quickie burger fix!

That McDonalds sells is their pies and fries. I have never eaten a sandwich from them and never will.

I wouldn't feed that shit to a dog.

I posted this in an OP before seeing your post:

https://www.cdc.gov/ecoli/outbreaks/e-coli-O157.html

Coincidence? I think not!

Usually I’m a fan of LottaBurger or In—N-Out Burger.
No more MickyDs for me, if I can help it.

And replace it with the only thing that belongs on a beef patty which is MUSTARD.

Thanks for the thread RAB

Ahh, the memories ... we once thought that was High Art.

Get a bucket and mop
Someone just threw up their pop
What does that mean?
McDonalds is not clean.

If you are lucky enough to live here in the MidWest, Culver's beats them all.

they really are the best!

Go to a salad restaurant: One of these is opening near me in the next week or two:

https://www.justsalad.com/menu

And it won't be the only salad restaurant in the neighborhood. There's a SaladWorks about a mile away.

But nevertheless, I will still make my own salads. Grow my own lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers. I am not above stealing some good ideas off their menus.

I do understand the above posts, though. Sometimes you're on the run with no time and this is the only option unless you want to be hungry and crabby.

I prefer real food.

except maybe Hardees or Carl’s Jr. (see Idiocracy)….but it’s lowest-cost, ultra processed. Culver’s can be good but at their prices and waits are approach actual restaurants—everybody says the same thing, “but they make it FRESH.”