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If you visit the McDonalds website you will find phrases like, "McDonalds is one of life's many small pleasures that millions of people around the world enjoy each day. Great food. Fun to eat. Casual environment. Local and Familiar. And always something new." They claim to be committed to the well-being of their customers and consider their food to be "quality and wholesome."

In reality McDonalds is a giant corporation with nothing but profits in mind. They claim to be dedicated to the people, but in reality, they are not. If they were so concerned with the well-being of their customers, they would not market their food as "healthy, quality, or wholesome." The truth is their food is full of fat, grease, cholesterol, and sodium. Even a moderately regular diet of their products can be detrimental to your health. They pretend to be health oriented, using pictures of athletes and Olympic gold winners on their packing and in their advertising. The fact that they continue to serve their unhealthy food to millions of people each day shows that profits are their key motivator, not the consumer's health.
There are over 30,000 McDonald's restaurants worldwide. Nearly every town of any substantial size in the U.S. has a McDonalds. In fact, it is almost impossible not see the golden arches on a daily basis. Television ads promote the franchise, depicting it as a wonderful, friendly place to bring your family for a quick and easy meal at an unbeatable price. Children beg their parents to take them to McDonalds for a Happy Meal that contains a cheap plastic toy. Without even realizing it, most people eat at McDonalds every day because of their wallet-friendly dollar menu in which you can order a cheeseburger, fries, and small drink for around three bucks, and because there is at least one McDonalds in every town in the U.S.
Americans, with their rose colored glasses, see McDonalds as the epitome of fast food restaurants. "Fast, friendly, service," combined with a dollar menu, make it the perfect place to stop in with the kids after a long day of work and school. You can feed a family of four for around twenty dollars. The kids love McDonalds for their kid-friendly atmosphere featuring the lovable Ronald McDonald and his gang of mutant food friends, play places, and, of course, the Happy Meals. It's a place a whole family can agree on. The USDA has long made it a requirement that all packaged foods display its nutritional facts on their packaging. On these tables you can

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