From their Fact Sheet
Food Quality
· McDonald’s serves 100% beef, 100% chicken, and Grade A eggs
· McDonald’s food comes only from certified suppliers who are audited and inspected on a regular basis
· Many of the foods McDonald’s serves are from the same trusted brands consumers purchase at the grocery store to enjoy at home – Dannon, Kraft, Nestlé, Tyson, Dasani, Newman’s Own, Heinz, Minute Maid and many others
Food Safety
· More than 2,000 safety, quality and inspection checks surround McDonald’s food as it moves from the farms to our restaurants
· McDonald’s requires that 72 safety protocols are conducted every single day in McDonald’s restaurants
· McDonald’s works closely with independent experts on science, health and food to help McDonald’s develop the most stringent safety protocols
Nutrition
· For 30 years, McDonald’s has provided comprehensive nutrition information -- the first in the QSR industry to do so; this year, nutrition information is on packaging, putting it right in the hands of customers
· McDonald’s serves premium salads, chicken, yogurt, bottled water, fruit & more
· A McDonald’s hamburger is 260 calories and 9 grams of fat, and is the same size as it was when introduced in 1955
Jobs & Opportunity
· 20 of top 50 management started in McDonald’s restaurants, including our CEO, Jim Skinner
· 67,000 McDonald’s restaurant managers and assistant managers started as restaurant staff
· McDonald’s is the only restaurant organization to receive credit recommendations from the American Council on Education (ACE)
Our People
· “Best Place to Work for Minorities” – Fortune Magazine 2005
· McDonald’s invests more than $1 billion annually in training
· Hamburger University® has more than 275,000 graduates worldwide & with training, eligible for college credits
· “One out of 5 Best Places to Work in Latin American” – America Economic Magazine 2005
Community Commitment
· McDonald’s local owners are “Moms & Pops” too
· Ronald McDonald Houses® are homes away from homes for families with seriously ill children in more than 259 local communities around the world
· Ronald McDonald Care Mobile™ program is a fleet of state-of-the-art vehicles that deliver cost-effective medical, dental and education services directly to underserved children in their own neighborhoods
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