Nope.... Maybe in America, but here in the UK you can't do things like that. The chemical will be to strip the starch off the fry quickly, rather than just wash it in cold water and let it dry. The cooking part (blanching) and the quick freeze will do the protecting.
Mcdonalds fries start becoming hard and stale if you don't eat them once you buy them where as crinkle cut fries from del taco unique freshness retained a while longer
$2.80 profit per medium order? You neglect oil, power to heat the oil, the deep fryer, etc. The biggest cost for McD produced fries are the employees that prepare them.
20 yrs ago. Electric bill at my plant was $400K a month. 2,000,000 lbs day + hash brown type products. The boiler could heat a good size MN City in January.. 400 workers.
lol, you don't understand how many fries that small amount of oil and heat generate. It costs about $.35 per hour to run a deep fryer. I don't think you understand how this works.
H2O is a chemical. And its usually a starch removing agent. A quick google search seems to point to citric acid... Which after thinking about it seems legit.
In 1967 the process was TOTALLY manual. You started with a 50 lb bag of potatoes. Each potato was sliced in a hand slicer, into a large sink of water. The washed frys were loaded into baskets and hug on a large rack. each basket was then "blanched," or fried for 30 sec to 1 minute, and then hung back on the rack. Each rack held @ 30 baskets and the Fry Man had two racks full at the beginning of the day, which in 1967, was 10 am. Throughout the day, the process repeated itself multiple times, until closing which was 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday and 11 pm Monday-Thursday and Sunday. Nothing was ever kept after closing. Either staff ate or took home the few burgers and fries or through them in the trash. (Usually there was nothing left, since 2-30 minutes before closing, everything was made by the order.) Needless to say, the fries were better back in the day. Today they are so thin as to make them too thin.
But haven't Americans been largely turned into mindless robots and most Americans can't cook food because the brainwashing propaganda by their food companies have made that possible?
Tell me where you buy such cheap potatoes. My local McDonalds sells medium fries for £1.49. Tesco's sell their cheapest "imperfect" potatoes (probably quite nasty) for £0.46p/kg, so £1.49 will buy 7lbs 2oz.
@@edeledeledel5490 Green Valley fresh produce market on Costa's Farm Groeneweide, Germiston. £1,56 buys a 10kg bag of medium, 1st grade Sifra potatoes. Always buy at source, not supermarkets where up to 6 middlemen have added on their markups and you pay for all the packaging, unpackaging, repackaging and labeling as well as each leg of the transportation involved.
McDonald's better be careful that people will stop buying any of its french fries in the future. We're tired of having half empty boxes for such an overpriced product; not to mention other shrinking products!!
There's McD's fries 🍟 in America which are FULL of all sorts of nasty chemicals from start to finish and then there's the UK McD's. Who ONLY uses 4 ingredients in total and one of those ingredients is the chips 🍟 themselves.
If the potatoes are 20¢ a serving and the final product is $3, the profit is NOT $2.80. There is also the cost of the fry container, the oil they are fried in, etc.
I guarantee you it costs much less than 20cents even throwing in transportation and everything else... , McDonald's are franchises, they pass the extra cost on. I'd say it costs maccas less than 5cents to produce their medium fries..... You think they even pay wholesale prices???? I doubt it.... The farmer has a deal and they make a pittence... They rob the customer mostly... When they say 8t costs them 20cents they are including everything, including what they make from the franchise owner....... They charge the franchise owner to use their product, so they're skimming profits from those "internal" sales too.... You really think they're gonna tell you how much it really costs them... No they are telling you how much the franchise owner pays including staff and what they pay for product... Big corporations work like big government.... They're top heavy....
The cost of the Fries is still $.20 and the profit is still $2.80 before expenses. If you are so cognizant of business expense then why do you feel the need to discuss it with people who don't care or are ignorant. Ahhh I get it you want to be a an Econ professor
Transported all around the world. I was looking at the difference in ingredients between the UK and US. In the UK the fries contain potatoes, sunflower oil and salt. The US fries contain potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavour, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane. The video didn't mention when all these other "ingredients" are added.
I worked at 5 guys for 2 different years. We also cut the fries fresh every day from bags of potatoes! 🥔 Our burgers were… pretty good, not the best ever. (They’re cooked on an electric top, which I grew up eating burger patties that way, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Many people like the flavor char-broil gives) But our selling point was *definitely* our fries; if you cooked them according to method, you could be proud of how they tasted. I haven’t had an In-n-Out burger yet, but it’s on my bucket list; it’s kinda something farther west you have to drive out and get, so I live too far away. But I would like to try one!
Always ask for no salt and its ALWAYS fresh and hot... And id you rwally need salt, you can proceed to the table with the sauces and napkins and you find salt there
Happy meals are for the toys that comes with it. Generally for kids. You can easily buy a burger, fries and a drink and it not be a happy meal. But then again you can still be happy but don't get a toy.
The heat loss is because of teh size and shape... Not the cooking method. If you eat a UK chip (generally fatter and longer) then they hold heat MUCH longer.
The bad thing is when they change da grease used to cook em,not as good n don't stay hot as long as they use to ,only thing is after it goes cold it's like eating frozen fries
I Worked At McDonald's For A Short Period & I Am Old Enough To Remember When ANYTHING That Wasn't Fresh/Perfect,, The Customer Would Never Know Because I Wasn't Served.
@@baberRuth - must’ve changed. I’m old. Read a book 30 years ago about Ray Crock (may have misspelled name) and the part about the great fries. I’m sure things are different now. The potatos actually went to the restaurant whole and unpeeled, too.
@@jimmorrison306 👍 worked till 5yrs ago. 2M lbs/day for fries. I made 20 comments here. They added some bagged stuff to Blancher. Not much. But our food processing is diff then then, I'm sure. It's amazing how many plants there are. The fossil fuel energy to gv us that crappy? treat us unreal 🤔
It is weird that no other restaurant of French fries tastes like McDonald's and I've had nearly every comnercial fast food restaurant 's fries at some point in my life. The chemical wash " to remove toxins" is an irony. I have dropped fries while eating in the car. Typically I found them when I do my quarterly car cleaning and the fry looks like I just dropped it yesterday! Very scary what that chemical wash is made from.
This Narrator is WRONG!...The most Profitable item Fast Food Restaurants is Soft Drinks...The cups cost about 5 cents each & the drinks cost about 10 cents to serve & they sell them for about $1.00 to $3.00 each depending on size cup
You have no clue, maccas doesn't pay that, the franchise 9wner pays that.... And the insurance is provided by a inside company that does deals with macdonalds..... They win every time... They make money off the insurance cos they tell the franchise 9wner which insurance to use.... You really think maccas doesn't have a deal with insurance companies???? Hey insurers I've got xyz franchise owners looking for insurance.... If I give you exclusive insurance to my client base, how much can I make out of your premiums???? Or better still partner or own their own insurances.... So everything you guys are talking about is crap.... They make money off everything.... They even play coca cola and Pepsi against each other to get better deals.... Cos the companies all want a cut of the companies earnings.... Same with oil they use to fry... They force the franchise owner to purchase their product that they've already been heavily discounted on due to bulk purchase then add a few percent on top of that and sell to the franchise owners..... They are winning all the time...
A lot more money is spent between the 20 cents and the $3. Trucks, drivers, machinery, energy, storage, employees, restaurant, insurance, taxes, containers, etc. So it’s a bit disingenuous to say the “profit” $2.80.
The chemical wash and the changes in the oil explains why the fries suck anymore. They used to be the only reason we went there and hung out at the mall in the 70's and 80's, besides the arcades.
When McDonald's took the beef fat out of thier fries, about 30 years ago, they ruined them. No surprise that a fast food company makes a ton off fries, that's why they always ask "would you like fries with that", duh!!.
That's why the app has fries for 1$. They make money and any other sale is bonus. Kind of like their scam drink price changes from 1$ to 1.79. Gtfo McDonald's 😂
There is no way on earth that profit is $2.80. Even if the cost of mfg is at 0.20, overhead expenses including marketing will bite off 2.20 at the least.
If you go to McDonald's you get a large fry no fries in it and get a small one-time medium and a small one put the large fry in the medium then put the medium fry in the small one and they're all the same the large fry is the same path of size as the medium people getting cheated by McDonald's the large fry is this the same as the other to put them in the case and see if you don't believe me
I like it when they say the $2.80 “profit” - they don’t mention the shipping costs, costs of buying and running the stores, wages, federal taxes, state taxes, repayments on the loans the franchisees have to take out to own a store, franchise fee to the Head Office so they can pay for all their staff and buildings…. Power, water, gas - so much for the “profit”!!!!!
My plant did 2M lbs/day + Lots of hash brown type products. Bet there ove 1,000 motors, some are huge(100's HP), big ass boiler. 400 employees. But when I left 5 yrs ago. They were wiring for some automation. But 2M x 225(?) Operating days is lots. Many plants out there. Most smaller.
.20 cents cost. They have to be transported at the right temperature to a distribution center. They have be stored at the proper temperature. They have to be distributed at the right temperature to the restaurant. They have to be stored at the right temperature. They have to be cooked and served within a limited time period. On top of all this is the labor cost every step of the way.
Most irritating, when entering this fashionable chemical fast food, a young girl shouts "welcome to McDonald's restaurant" 🤣 McDonald's this in life was not, is not and will not be a restaurant. What is sold there is not food, it's chemical feed, and worms are already on the menu ?
Chemical wash that's why they never age once left
Lol they said they wash them in chemicals to remove toxins but washing stuff in chemicals is how you add toxins
Nope.... Maybe in America, but here in the UK you can't do things like that.
The chemical will be to strip the starch off the fry quickly, rather than just wash it in cold water and let it dry.
The cooking part (blanching) and the quick freeze will do the protecting.
😬. You can dig them up ten years later and they are still edible
@@Kalamain same where I worked 20 yrs in US
Mcdonalds fries start becoming hard and stale if you don't eat them once you buy them where as crinkle cut fries from del taco unique freshness retained a while longer
I never knew they started out as potatoes in a field. Amazing.
I never knew fries are made from potatoes
🤯
😂😅😊😅😂😂😂
Narrator: "They start out in a substitute field where the substitute potato is mined by a substitute farmer."
Most children don't know that.
$2.80 profit per medium order? You neglect oil, power to heat the oil, the deep fryer, etc. The biggest cost for McD produced fries are the employees that prepare them.
20 yrs ago. Electric bill at my plant was $400K a month. 2,000,000 lbs day + hash brown type products. The boiler could heat a good size MN City in January.. 400 workers.
The electric $ for the refrigerant compressors was BIG
@@baberRuthlol
lol, you don't understand how many fries that small amount of oil and heat generate. It costs about $.35 per hour to run a deep fryer. I don't think you understand how this works.
@@gitresearch Including the person ($15.00/hour) running the fryer? Maybe you don't understand how this works.
I love the part when he said they use "CHEMICALS" to remove the toxins. I wonder what is more toxic than the chemicals used.
Water, air, your body are all composed of chemicals.
Review your 5th grade science book for reference.
H2O is a chemical.
And its usually a starch removing agent.
A quick google search seems to point to citric acid... Which after thinking about it seems legit.
Do you believe everything he is saying? It could be as simple as saline solution. It is still chemical. It goes to show you how dumb you are.
My ex.
@@harveyreece5585 yeah that right absolutely my ex nothing worst than her
In 1967 the process was TOTALLY manual. You started with a 50 lb bag of potatoes. Each potato was sliced in a hand slicer, into a large sink of water. The washed frys were loaded into baskets and hug on a large rack. each basket was then "blanched," or fried for 30 sec to 1 minute, and then hung back on the rack. Each rack held @ 30 baskets and the Fry Man had two racks full at the beginning of the day, which in 1967, was 10 am. Throughout the day, the process repeated itself multiple times, until closing which was 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday and 11 pm Monday-Thursday and Sunday. Nothing was ever kept after closing. Either staff ate or took home the few burgers and fries or through them in the trash. (Usually there was nothing left, since 2-30 minutes before closing, everything was made by the order.)
Needless to say, the fries were better back in the day. Today they are so thin as to make them too thin.
You right the fries back in the day was the best fast food fries
absolutely correct ! they decided to use a new fryer oil = YUCK
I think used lard back then, didn't they?
@@BBSr-q2w they used BEEF TALLOW until they started using Vegetable oil in the 1990's
Try that at 2 million lbs/day.
For the price of McDonald's medium fries, I can buy 20lbs of fresh potatoes.
BUT,,, those fresh potatoes haven’t been washed in chemicals,, you know to get rid of anything healthy about them!
But haven't Americans been largely turned into mindless robots and most Americans can't cook food because the brainwashing propaganda by their food companies have made that possible?
Tell me where you buy such cheap potatoes. My local McDonalds sells medium fries for £1.49. Tesco's sell their cheapest "imperfect" potatoes (probably quite nasty) for £0.46p/kg, so £1.49 will buy 7lbs 2oz.
@@edeledeledel5490 Green Valley fresh produce market on Costa's Farm Groeneweide, Germiston.
£1,56 buys a 10kg bag of medium, 1st grade Sifra potatoes.
Always buy at source, not supermarkets where up to 6 middlemen have added on their markups and you pay for all the packaging, unpackaging, repackaging and labeling as well as each leg of the transportation involved.
@@edeledeledel5490my local McDonald's sells medium fries for something over 3.50 USD. 1.49 pounds is 1.80 usd
I worked at Winkies in 1965. We used to peal our potatoes, cut them up, and freeze them.
We used to make our own Cole slaw.
Yeah...Absolutely No Chains ever do that anymore. MOM - POP only.
@@kevinjohnson-lf3kj Right.
and you used to be able to afford a house payment with that paycheck.
@@RandomDeforge Right
In and out burger cuts the potatoes for fries- five guys as well.
Here's the actually useful bit of information:
Do not eat food that does not decay.
Honey does not decay 😊
@@starseed_Wanderer And it's not man made. That's why.
@@vikingmike947q8 True, do not eat man made food that does not decay!
Why not? Salt is a good preservative.
@@starseed_Wanderer olive oil does not decay, olive oil is man made
McDonald's better be careful that people will stop buying any of its french fries in the future. We're tired of having half empty boxes for such an overpriced product; not to mention other shrinking products!!
my mate complains a lot, and always gets less fries than me. the universe helps positive people
No they won't. People are lazy and will pay over the odds for junk food rather than take 15 minutes to prep and fry a potato.
@@jasonbull3987 the universe doesn't give a flip about McDonald's french fries
The French will take French away from them fries
Oh I'm sure some poo flinging will be going down.
Been there twice in 30 years, that won't get me back any sooner
Not even if SuperSize comes back?
You're so special
There's McD's fries 🍟 in America which are FULL of all sorts of nasty chemicals from start to finish and then there's the UK McD's. Who ONLY uses 4 ingredients in total and one of those ingredients is the chips 🍟 themselves.
If the potatoes are 20¢ a serving and the final product is $3, the profit is NOT $2.80. There is also the cost of the fry container, the oil they are fried in, etc.
Transportation also.
Storage, Handling, waste management, the list goes on, plus - the final restaurant that sells them itself has its own expenses...
i think it will add up to 1.50 or 2 dollars
I guarantee you it costs much less than 20cents even throwing in transportation and everything else... , McDonald's are franchises, they pass the extra cost on. I'd say it costs maccas less than 5cents to produce their medium fries..... You think they even pay wholesale prices???? I doubt it.... The farmer has a deal and they make a pittence... They rob the customer mostly... When they say 8t costs them 20cents they are including everything, including what they make from the franchise owner....... They charge the franchise owner to use their product, so they're skimming profits from those "internal" sales too.... You really think they're gonna tell you how much it really costs them... No they are telling you how much the franchise owner pays including staff and what they pay for product... Big corporations work like big government.... They're top heavy....
The cost of the Fries is still $.20 and the profit is still $2.80 before expenses. If you are so cognizant of business expense then why do you feel the need to discuss it with people who don't care or are ignorant. Ahhh I get it you want to be a an Econ professor
A food biologist in New Brunswick developed this potatoe for them...
Thank you, Dan. 🙄
Transported all around the world. I was looking at the difference in ingredients between the UK and US. In the UK the fries contain potatoes, sunflower oil and salt. The US fries contain potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavour, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane. The video didn't mention when all these other "ingredients" are added.
can you help me with more information please
You are correct
The fries do not contain any additional ingredients they are potatoes. But the OIL they cook them in does.
Run the algorithm
In-N-Out makes fries from fresh potatoes.
In n out 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
Arbys is better
Can't really compare. In & out is like 5 guys, higher level fast food. McDonald's co.pete w/BKing, Wendy's, etc
I worked at 5 guys for 2 different years. We also cut the fries fresh every day from bags of potatoes! 🥔
Our burgers were… pretty good, not the best ever. (They’re cooked on an electric top, which I grew up eating burger patties that way, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Many people like the flavor char-broil gives)
But our selling point was *definitely* our fries; if you cooked them according to method, you could be proud of how they tasted.
I haven’t had an In-n-Out burger yet, but it’s on my bucket list; it’s kinda something farther west you have to drive out and get, so I live too far away. But I would like to try one!
@@goat-qx4qy
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Biggest profit, best seller yet I have never had a fresh fry from that place in years 😂 you wait 2 minutes and they turn into packing peanuts
Gotta ask for no salt
What @that old guy said
Always ask for no salt and its ALWAYS fresh and hot... And id you rwally need salt, you can proceed to the table with the sauces and napkins and you find salt there
Yu must live in Ohio
Now I know why I think MC D's has the best fries...it must be those chemicals.
Yup. Salt is a chemical.
I've had a McDonald's meal only once in my life.
It won't happen again.
Clearly, evolution has now eliminated taste buds.
Happy meals are for the toys that comes with it. Generally for kids. You can easily buy a burger, fries and a drink and it not be a happy meal. But then again you can still be happy but don't get a toy.
To many rap artists at the drive thru?
Cheer up it's only your taste buds 😉✌️
Devolution.
Me too. i have only visited McDonald's only two or three times. It's so overrated.
They are so delicious now we know why they are the no 1 when it comes to fries you can't beat a Big Mac and french fries
100% agreed
It's not $2.80 in profit. They've got lots of other costs besides just buying the potatoes. This video clip demonstrates that.
Find my comment Im glad we think the same.
Franchise Fees ⬆️
1979 there advertisment was burger, fries, and a coke with change back from your dollar. It was 93 cents. And the fries were hot!
Late 60s. 15¢ for fast food plain one. But at McD's...18¢
Corvettes cost more too. $4,800 in 70
Change back from your dollar was a popular campaign.
"So that they can be cooked quicker at the restaurant" where they cool down into twigs in 5 minutes after being served. Tru meaning of "fast food".
The heat loss is because of teh size and shape... Not the cooking method.
If you eat a UK chip (generally fatter and longer) then they hold heat MUCH longer.
@@Kalamain I suppose. Good point cheers!
You do not mention cost transportation, franchisee profits and marketing. How unfair to make people believe they are thieves
5$ for large !!!!!
The bad thing is when they change da grease used to cook em,not as good n don't stay hot as long as they use to ,only thing is after it goes cold it's like eating frozen fries
Thank you I love Burger King Fries. Can't do Mcd's fries too small and not crisp.
Frys are not supposed to be crisp. That's an American invention.
You remember the fries burger King had that were dusted with cheese powder? Soooo bomb
Burger King has great fries.
$4.19 for a large in Sacramento California.
In-n-out fries are much better.
You can go home buy you a big bag of potatoes for that price a small bag and fry your own fries
Chemical wash?? Bruh, that shit taste damn good.
McDonalds food doesn't decompose. I thought that was common knowledge.
“They go through a CHEMICAL wash to remove any toxins” 😂
2.80 is obviously not the profit as all business expenses still need to be paid
It’s also one of customer’s favorite things!
I love their fries, as long as they’re hot!
“These are how McDonald’s fries are made at a cost as 20 cents”
So they’re scamming us?
Shows how badly McDonalds is ripping everyone off... ☹️
the narrator forgot to talk about the manpower shipping handling electricity and all that, so this little info might change your mind.
@@maxraina6612 I was just about say something similar...
He forgot to say the junk has no nutrients when sold.
I heard that the main factory that does the French fries is the McCain factory then just seasoning is added.
That would explain the similar taste!
So they can afford to pay more to the workers without charging more to the customers
Worked 20 yrs at one. Highest paying job for non mgmt. Pension..$400/mo. Not complaining. Just facts
I just wish the workers would always give fresh fries when you ask for it. They always come out damn soggy
Always fresh when you ask for no salt! :)
@@cliffdalrymple3489 lots of salty staff.
yeah they really don't stay hot for very long
@@jeanine9320 kinda like the employees lol
Back in the day emseedounalds fried potatos in beef tallow. Yummy!
I Worked At McDonald's For A Short Period & I Am Old Enough To Remember When ANYTHING That Wasn't Fresh/Perfect,, The Customer Would Never Know Because I Wasn't Served.
Huh.
what?
What?
i’m never eating McD again
I don't eat french fries from McDonald's anymore or anywhere else.. finally lost weight.., and cholesterol
I quit potatoes also and only eat rice on occasion so I understand what you mean
good on you
@@corywilliams7523 tough going but good on you
@@jasonbull3987 it finally get easier over time
They are $4.59 for medium fries
Nyc Jan. 2023
I thought food was cheap in US here in UK medium fries are £1.39 ($1.72) ....
@@izzabelladogalini wow
Rumor has it that McDonald's french fries will grow new hair on top of your head
Elon grew back his hair. 😀
So why is a large fry $5.49........
Edit: and most of the times it's only half full :// I'm sad for this country :(
*_Extremely simplified. What you left out is they have milk in their fires. And on the flipside, they have potato in their milkshakes._*
Doesn’t milk put the fires out? 🤓
Forgot sugar. Sugar helps the fries brown and be crispy.
@@jimmorrison306 no sugar at plant is used
@@baberRuth - must’ve changed. I’m old. Read a book 30 years ago about Ray Crock (may have misspelled name) and the part about the great fries. I’m sure things are different now. The potatos actually went to the restaurant whole and unpeeled, too.
@@jimmorrison306 👍 worked till 5yrs ago. 2M lbs/day for fries. I made 20 comments here. They added some bagged stuff to Blancher. Not much. But our food processing is diff then then, I'm sure. It's amazing how many plants there are. The fossil fuel energy to gv us that crappy? treat us unreal 🤔
Bill gates own 90 percent of the potato farms . So the next time you order fries from McDonald’s. Bill gates thanks you.
It is weird that no other restaurant of French fries tastes like McDonald's and I've had nearly every comnercial fast food restaurant 's fries at some point in my life. The chemical wash " to remove toxins" is an irony. I have dropped fries while eating in the car. Typically I found them when I do my quarterly car cleaning and the fry looks like I just dropped it yesterday! Very scary what that chemical wash is made from.
In California french-fry cookers get paid $17 per hour.
ok...but how much is rent ? $600?
...$1800 for a kitchenette. prolly
This Narrator is WRONG!...The most Profitable item Fast Food Restaurants is Soft Drinks...The cups cost about 5 cents each & the drinks cost about 10 cents to serve & they sell them for about $1.00 to $3.00 each depending on size cup
They have to pay employees insurance Electricity and more stuff.
You have no clue, maccas doesn't pay that, the franchise 9wner pays that.... And the insurance is provided by a inside company that does deals with macdonalds..... They win every time... They make money off the insurance cos they tell the franchise 9wner which insurance to use.... You really think maccas doesn't have a deal with insurance companies???? Hey insurers I've got xyz franchise owners looking for insurance.... If I give you exclusive insurance to my client base, how much can I make out of your premiums???? Or better still partner or own their own insurances.... So everything you guys are talking about is crap.... They make money off everything.... They even play coca cola and Pepsi against each other to get better deals.... Cos the companies all want a cut of the companies earnings.... Same with oil they use to fry... They force the franchise owner to purchase their product that they've already been heavily discounted on due to bulk purchase then add a few percent on top of that and sell to the franchise owners..... They are winning all the time...
A lot more money is spent between the 20 cents and the $3. Trucks, drivers, machinery, energy, storage, employees, restaurant, insurance, taxes, containers, etc. So it’s a bit disingenuous to say the “profit” $2.80.
The chemical wash and the changes in the oil explains why the fries suck anymore. They used to be the only reason we went there and hung out at the mall in the 70's and 80's, besides the arcades.
Yea the changed the oil to some allegedly healthier stuff and it changed the taste. Early 80s I think!
@@stevehamman4465 I think it was later, when all of the health nuts started to whine. I'm guessing 90s.
When McDonald's took the beef fat out of thier fries, about 30 years ago, they ruined them. No surprise that a fast food company makes a ton off fries, that's why they always ask "would you like fries with that", duh!!.
Wait so you’re telling me McDonald’s French fries are real potatoes?
yeah. potatoes are cheap. substituting it with other ingredients is a waste of effort
What else could french fries be?...
That's why the app has fries for 1$. They make money and any other sale is bonus. Kind of like their scam drink price changes from 1$ to 1.79. Gtfo McDonald's 😂
The power of BRAND
Criminal price gouging !!
Chemical wash gives the flavor !!
And they’re so good !!
Try $5+ for a large !!
So profit is even more !!
There is no way on earth that profit is $2.80. Even if the cost of mfg is at 0.20, overhead expenses including marketing will bite off 2.20 at the least.
You didn't add shipping handling packaging to The cost
It cost way more. It costs way more than 20 cent, and they make way less than 280.
This is how McDonald's wants us to think they made them
That's not completely true when you go inside any McDonald's now French a large french fry it's going to cost you more than $4 and some change.
If you go to McDonald's you get a large fry no fries in it and get a small one-time medium and a small one put the large fry in the medium then put the medium fry in the small one and they're all the same the large fry is the same path of size as the medium people getting cheated by McDonald's the large fry is this the same as the other to put them in the case and see if you don't believe me
Forgot to mention added chemicals fry’s last at least 5 years without going bad wonder what kind of shit they use. Never had them never will.
Spoiled people don't even consider the cost of construction, electricity, taxes, payroll,
food delivery, and maintenance.
Are we a bit entitled ?
In Business Operations that is the Way in Operation Costs and Over heads 😅😂
At least they stopped using beef tallow to fry them in (only after being exposed).
More beef fat than a hamburger !
McDonald's needs to stop using chemicals. I wish the US had strict food standards like the EU.
Fun fact: McDonalds fries their fries in Beef Tallow
McDonald's, please go back to cooking them in tallow. They were the best fries ever!
The best McDonald’s food and best French Fries ever made!! I NEED SOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤
McDonalds, Burger King and KFC frites are potatos powder and not real potatos.
I like it when they say the $2.80 “profit” - they don’t mention the shipping costs, costs of buying and running the stores, wages, federal taxes, state taxes, repayments on the loans the franchisees have to take out to own a store, franchise fee to the Head Office so they can pay for all their staff and buildings…. Power, water, gas - so much for the “profit”!!!!!
Exactly
The profit sounds crazy but I wonder how expensive it is to run one of those facilities
They make their money on fries ,pop,and coffee! That is why the have deals on burgers and such. Not so much anymore, but you get it.
My plant did 2M lbs/day + Lots of hash brown type products. Bet there ove 1,000 motors, some are huge(100's HP), big ass boiler. 400 employees. But when I left 5 yrs ago. They were wiring for some automation. But 2M x 225(?) Operating days is lots. Many plants out there. Most smaller.
Yeah but what about all the shit put in the soil to grow them? You can't wash what's in them off!!!
Who pays 3 dollars for fries? In the U.K. they are 99p
you go to McDonald's now and their french fries or cold almost every time
The 20 cent cost seems too low after watching all the processing and handling.
McDonald's has 22 ingredients there should only be 5 max if u don't believe me Google it? And they don't mold
Compare Ing list to store products
1400% profit
They are sprayed woth flavor so they taste the same anywhere in the world 🌍
As a person who works at McDonald’s they barely put any fries and they train you that way. Fluff don’t stuff
It's best to use the local chippy if you want chips they will be fresher, cheaper and no chemicals.
So why the hell they charging $5.50 for a large fry then!?
I would never eat clown food🤡🍔
Most of that profit needs to go to the potato farmers. 🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔
I remember when they cut them fresh in the individual restaurants about .12 cents per bag 😊
You know that you need to cook french fries twice.
French fries? You mean chips right?
Yum yum love there French fries 🍟 ❤
.20 cents cost. They have to be transported at the right temperature to a distribution center. They have be stored at the proper temperature. They have to be distributed at the right temperature to the restaurant. They have to be stored at the right temperature. They have to be cooked and served within a limited time period. On top of all this is the labor cost every step of the way.
Looks like it works. And sales show it.
Show us how they make beef patties 😂
No more McDonald's fries for me .
And they add cow fat flavoring
Most irritating, when entering this fashionable chemical fast food, a young girl shouts "welcome to McDonald's restaurant" 🤣
McDonald's this in life was not, is not and will not be a restaurant.
What is sold there is not food, it's chemical feed, and worms are already on the menu ?
They have a chemical aftertaste to me
McDonald's fries are so delicious
Don't they add cornflour???