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McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by dyauspitr »

sharkjacobs wrote: post #40
dyauspitr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A standard burger comes with tomatoes and lettuce. We’re not talking about specific picks from a fast food menu.

> We’re not talking about specific picks from a fast food menu We're talking about McDonalds right? Allowing for regional differences, I would say that there are four "standard" burgers, the hamburger, cheeseburger, Big Mac, and quarter pounder. Of those only the Big Mac comes with tomatoes and lettuce

The article is about McDonalds. The GP’s tone sounded like it was about burgers in general which is what I’m responding to.

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by thumbsup-_- »

dyauspitr wrote: post #18
thumbsup-_- wrote: post #15

This should be considered their service to the world. Less burgers sold leads to potentially healthier world.

Burgers are actually a pretty balanced meal. Meat, veggies and carb in one package. It all goes wrong when you add tons of preservatives to the meat and bread.

if you are starving, then yes, it's reasonable. If you are someone who can afford healthy food, then it's junk. Why it's junk? lack of fibre, deep fried patties, tons of saturated fat, sugars (ketchup, soda etc.)

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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TMWNN wrote: post #68
dyauspitr wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Burgers are actually a pretty balanced meal. Meat, veggies and carb in one package. It all goes wrong when you add tons of preservatives to the meat and bread.

>Burgers are actually a pretty balanced meal. Meat, veggies and carb in one package. The McDouble is arguably "the cheapest, most nutritious and most bountiful food in human history" https://nypost.com/2013/07/28/the-greatest-food-in-human-his... >.

it's amazing to see how ignorant people are when it comes to health and nutrition

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by thumbsup-_- »

tedunangst wrote: post #41
dyauspitr wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A standard burger comes with tomatoes and lettuce. We’re not talking about specific picks from a fast food menu.

Can you expand upon the nutritional content of a tomato slice and leaf of lettuce?

People think that a slice of tomato will keep them healthy

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by dyauspitr »

thumbsup-_- wrote: post #72
dyauspitr wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Burgers are actually a pretty balanced meal. Meat, veggies and carb in one package. It all goes wrong when you add tons of preservatives to the meat and bread.

if you are starving, then yes, it's reasonable. If you are someone who can afford healthy food, then it's junk. Why it's junk? lack of fibre, deep fried patties, tons of saturated fat, sugars (ketchup, soda etc.)

No, you’re not taking it at face value. Grilled meat, some veggies and bread is not unhealthy. It’s a protein rich meal with a reasonable amount of carbs. Plenty of fiber too if you use whole grain bread.

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by klipklop »

dyauspitr wrote: post #69
crazygringo wrote: post #50

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Preservatives are only in the the bread, not the meat. Preservatives in burgers or ground beef isn't a thing. Either the ground beef is fresh and used quickly, or it's frozen. Meat with preservatives is mainly two types -- 1) traditional cured meats like prosciutto or bacon, where you're referring to the nitrites and maybe the salt, and 2) some cold cuts used in sandwiches, like bologna and ham.

I don’t believe that’s true. There must be a reason McDonald’s burgers don’t rot as quickly as fresh burger patties.

It's true, they don't rot due to low moisture and high fat content. This is already well established.

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by [deleted] »

quesera wrote: post #36
sct202 wrote: post #11

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If you use their app and shop the deals, the prices at McDonalds drop by 20-50% vs menu list price depending on what you get. The sandwiches in my area go buy one get one free all the time or 40% off.

"Shopping the deals on the McDonalds mobile app" sounds like a description of misery repackaged as a product for the American consumer.

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Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by crazygringo »

GreatLdisisp88 wrote: post #70
crazygringo wrote: post #64

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I mean, they haven't. I don't know why you think they have, but they haven't. You're mistaken. You've noticed wrong. Maybe you came across a claim about it on social media, but it's been entirely debunked: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/big-mac-since-1980/ And Whoppers have nothing to do with anything here. I don't know why you're comparing the two -- the Whopper is a single-patty quarter pounder, and it compares…

It is getting smaller. Your insistent it is not is weirdly just your specific opinion. I ate fornlike consistently over 30 years. Shrinkage is very observable.

It hasn't gotten smaller though, and it's not my opinion. It's fact. And I provided a link which goes into it in great detail how it's not.

Do you disagree with Snopes? Do you think they're lying to you?

Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by [deleted] »

dyauspitr wrote: post #69
crazygringo wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Preservatives are only in the the bread, not the meat. Preservatives in burgers or ground beef isn't a thing. Either the ground beef is fresh and used quickly, or it's frozen. Meat with preservatives is mainly two types -- 1) traditional cured meats like prosciutto or bacon, where you're referring to the nitrites and maybe the salt, and 2) some cold cuts used in sandwiches, like bologna and ham.

I don’t believe that’s true. There must be a reason McDonald’s burgers don’t rot as quickly as fresh burger patties.

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Re: McDonald's sales fall globally for first time in more than three years

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Post by kleene_op »

crazygringo wrote: post #65
kleene_op wrote: post #49

The steaks they served in the double beef steak sandwich I got a few weeks ago was basically a single steak horizontally sliced into two. Served overcooked and overpriced.

Where do you live that your McDonald's has a steak sandwich? They certainly don't have anything like that in most of the US. Sometimes there's a breakfast "steak" egg and cheese bagel, but that's clearly not what you're talking about, and it's as much of a "steak" as a McRib is ribs... (Also what does a steak sliced in two even mean? Steaks can be cut whatever thickness you want, every steak is just a slice of a larg…

I don't live in the US. By steak sandwich, I meant a burger with beef patty.

The burger was advertised as having two beef patty but the combined height, and hence volume of the two patties lying on top of one another was that of a single beef patty that you could buy in supermarket.

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