But that doesn’t mean the food is good for you. The fast-food company also is debuting new buns without high-fructose corn syrup for its Big Macs, Quarter Pounders, hamburgers and cheeseburgers, Filet-O-Fish and McChicken sandwiches.
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McDonald’s promised in March 2015 to stop using meat from chickens that have been exposed to most antibiotics, and the company said Monday that initiative is now complete – a year ahead of schedule.
McDonald’s return last September to its original Egg McMuffin recipe with butter instead of liquid margarine increased sales by double digits.
A new commercial from Leo Burnett Chicago and directed by Story Films’ Blair Hayes uses a split-screen technique to tell a “parallel lives” story of the two McNuggets eaters.
Mr. Andres said the changes discussed Monday affect ingredients in almost half of the food on its menu.
“Why take a position to defend them if consumers are saying they don’t want them?”
He said different sizes of the iconic sandwich have been doing very well in Columbus and Dallas.
This reads more like product labels at Whole Foods Market than a McDonald’s (MCD) menu. McDonald’s are actually trying to make their food slightly better to help keep with us health-conscious consumers.
“From our test kitchens to what we serve in our restaurants, we’re zeroing in on how to bring new flavors and choices some never seen before on our menu to customers across the country”, said Chef Jessica Foust, RDN, director of culinary innovation, McDonald’s Corporation.
An exterior angle photograph of a new style McDonald’s Restaurant.
Sugar, fat and salt are the three big nasties in our modern diet, and they’re lurking in junk food – those delicious treats we can’t resist.
Parents and individuals on the go will be delighted to learn that McDonald’s rebuilt food menu includes a number of healthier ingredients and menu items. The company needs to roll any updates out to more than 14,000 US locations, most of which are run by franchisees.
Marion Gross, senior vice president for supply chain at McDonald’s, said that was down to the sheer volume of how much food the company sells.
McDonald’s spokeswoman Becca Hary said the company got rid of an artificial preservative used in the cooking oil for McNuggets and now makes McNuggets themselves with “ingredients that sound more familiar to people”, such as pea starch and rice starch. Sales have been trending in the wrong direction in recent years, and with more fast food competition, (slowly) falling prices at the grocery store, and the prospect of minimum wage hikes over the next five to six years, it doesn’t look like it’s going to be easy to change course.
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Reporters there were treated to “breakfast bowls” the company is testing in Southern California.
