McDonald's

McDonald's was founded by Richard McDonald and Maurice McDonald in 1940, in San Bernardino, California. In 1961, the McDonald brothers sold the company to Ray Kroc for $2.7 million US dollars. With 40,000 currently operating restaurants, McDonald's is one of the largest fast food chains in the world. Their menu consists of items like hamburgers, cheeseburgers, fries, drinks, desserts, and also many breakfast items. 

Pros:

• Items on the menu are considerably cheap

Most items on the McDonald's menu range from about 1 to 15 US dollars

• Low wait time for food

There is a super low wait time, with the average wait time being around 2 minutes

• Supports farmers and mutiple charities

McDonald's donates to Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) to support families. Every time someone buys a Happy Meal, McDonald's donates one cent to RMHC

• McDonald's recycles waste materials

McDonald's restaurants are currently recycling waste materials, and also changing their packaging to recycable waste

Cons:

• Food is high in salt, sugar, calories, and fat

The most healthy item on McDonald's, the fruit and maple oatmeal, has  320 calories, 4.5 g fat, 150 mg sodium, 31 g sugar

• They market to children

The Happy Meal, a meal designed for children is attracting kids with toys to eat their food

• Animals are still being slaughtered

McDonald's kills on average 67 thousand cows per day

• Ice cream machine is mostly broken

Many customers complain that, whenever they go to McDonald's, their ice cream machine is always broken. In fact, 10% of McDonald's ice cream machines are broken at any given moment.

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