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ANTHONYD,May 15 2006, 09:11 AM Wrote:Do I blame McDonald's? No, I blame myself... What I do get annoyed at is, the cost of a "healthy" choice at Mc'Donald's is sometime MORE exspensive than a burger. :blink: If they truely wanted to be a place that offered healthy choices and regain faith in society...sell the salds for $1.00[right][snapback]187468[/snapback][/right]

You're absolutely right... but if you did the math on all fast-food restaurants, every single one of them that doesn't have a healthy menu as their daily stance will ALWAYS charge more for healthy food. It doesn't move, therefore they charge more for having to keep the stuff on hand.

Would an ad campaign that scaled back on the burgers and endorsed healthy food be good? Would shifting their offerings in the other direction (maybe 1-2 burgers, the rest healthy food) be an even better step? Yes. Will they do it? No, because profit margins are too appealing when you're selling 50c burgers for $4.99 in a combo that costs you like $1.00 to supply, tops.

The shareholders would flip out if they actually did something health-conscious, and that's why all the lazy and indifferent people are doomed to a life of obesity and bad health. They eat what's put in front of them at the most attractive price point. That price point always has been, and will likely continue to be, dominated by burgers and other quick-to-prepare fatty fast foods.