McDonald's is one of the most well-known fast food companies in the world. There are over 31,000 restaurants found in 119 countries globally. They are mostly known for the sale of hamburgers, cheeseburgers, chicken, french fries, shakes, breakfast items, desserts and now healthier items such as fruit, salads, and wraps.
Over the past few decades, McDonald's has become a model for many controversies. One of the biggest being their supposed cause of obesity. McDonald's is the fast food company that continues to be the prime target for attack. To relieve themselves of this reputation, they have tried to change their image.
McDonald's is a business, a billion dollar industry. They may be getting bad publicity, but people STILL eat there. Yes, they may lose a few customers but their bad publicity isn't so bad that it's making EVERYONE refuse to eat there.
There may be some things that McDonald's does that people don't agree with. Low wages, unhealthy food options, offering toys to children as encouragement to eat there, and the treatment of the animals are all big topics that are commonly discussed when refering to the bad image McDonald's has. But how many other THOUSANDS of fast food restaurants are there in this world that do the same things. How many other companies are destroying the earth, cruelly killing animals, "causing" obesity, and offering unhealthy food options? Many of them.
If people don't like the way McDonald's runs their company, they don't have to eat there. They don't have to support their business. If McDonald's is breaking laws in reference to wages, animal cruelty, distruction of habitats, and whatever else there is, then that is for the law and the government to take care of. But McDonald's is a billion dollar industry and nothing has stopped the millions of customers from spending their money there.
I think it is great that they have offered a somewhat healthier menu. But in my opinion, if people don't want to eat something unhealthy...no one is making people eat there! And while McDonald's may be serving food that is higher in fat, calories, sugar, carbs, etc...it is all determined by how much of it a person eats. Eating McDonald's once every couple of weeks or once a month is not going to be the cause of obesity.
I don't think that McDonald's should change their image. If they feel that they should increase their popularity by changing their image, then that's their choice. But McDonald's will probably never go out of business because people love to eat there. Regardless of their image. And with the economy the way it is, McDonald's employs more than 1.5 million people. If they go out of business, where will all of the unemployeed people go?
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