Why is McDonald's so popular?

If you want fast food, a burger especially, it hit the spot. Mostly we eat them when travelling as it's the cheaper option at services. Done people are huge snobs and don't eat at McDonald's, they claim that it's "bad" when in reality it's actually nutritionally speaking little different to shop sandwiches and better than most restaurant options! Enjoyed occasionally nothing wrong with McDonald's, eaten regularly l, certainly more than once a week i question what else they eat!

I take DS there twice a week for breakfast. It’s convenient and the coffee is far better than costa. It’s also fairly healthy for breakfast.

Because most people - myself included - enjoy a bit of junk food every now and again.

Love a quarter pounder 🍔

Not sure why one poster said McDonalds is fashionable though. It’s not fashionable. It’s burgers and chips.

people were very overweight or obese, and in ubiquitous leggings or tracksuit bottoms

Yeah, yeah, of course they were while you are standing looking on in your size zero high fashion outfit just dying to share some nutrition advice to these poor soils.

I haven't had a McDonald's meal for years and years.
It was the stories about the animal cruelty in the slaughtering of animals for burger places that made me stop eating meat.
What I did find when I used to eat them was that although they are cheap they just don't really satisfy - I used to be hungry for something else not too long after eating. So not really cheap if you have to buy something else. Besides which I prefer home made chips that you can actually tell are made from potatoes.

But I do understand the convenience aspect for people who use them.

Apparently it’s all the fat people in leggings looking in the window.

They probably won't be eating it every day though will they? What makes you think they will?

People like it because it's very cheap. quick and presumably they like the taste as well. Could you really not work that out yourself?

It’s clean, consistent, quick and reliable. Children like the happy meals. Teenagers like having somewhere affordable to go.

I don’t have an ‘obsession and addiction’ to McDonalds but go occasionally. Like most people.

I bloody love McDonald's

Agree. It doesn’t smell good at all. And going past their stores smells horrible too. Lots of fast food places seem to have this same aroma, probably the cheap oil as you say. I often have to walk past the back of a branch of Dominoes and it’s the same smell - I don’t get the appeal! When I walk past other restaurants, or even just the local chippy, I am often tempted by the smells of their food, but never with McDonalds/KFC/Dominoes etc

I’m not sure I beleive there is a load of fat people in leggings hanging around looking in thr windows. I really don’t.

Because it’s delicious and good value for money.

Because some people like McDonald's. 😳

I don't understand why that is difficult to understand.

Why do all the supermarkets sell chicken nuggets, chips and chocolate?

I assume you are perfect with your judgy fat shaming post too.

Salt + sugar + fat. Humans crave this combination.

Branding

Cheap

A place young people can hang out

It’s cheap and quick.
But I totally get your concerns. Had one open near me a few years back and the traffic on a Friday after school is ridiculous- it’s obviously an after school Friday treat! Bit sad really.

People like different food... so yabu about that.

But I understand your concerns about traffic etc. It doesnt take a lot for drive thru traffic to build up. And despite signs, people were constantly trying to do right turns into the local one. They had to have marshals during lockdown, it was ridiculous.

It's cheap and easy. We live 20 miles from town, so we don't have McD's very often, but we had some yesterday after going to the theatre, which was 1pm, so eating around 4pm, it was a sort of very late lunch/early tea. A lot of cafe's are shut by then and the only other thing open is Brewers Fayre or McD's or Wetherspoons.

I always have a happy meal as I only want a small portion of everything.

I don't understand people who go there multiple times a day/week though. For us it's a treat after cinema/theatre etc.

The only tracksuit bottoms I saw were on all the delivery drivers. People order McD's to their doorstep rather than collect it which seems odd to me, but we live rurally so don't get deliveries of anything.

A new shop opening is interesting news to me too. We have a Wingstop opening too and I’ve done the looking into the window thing too.

Fast food is cheaper than eating in a restaurant and gives people a new choice on takeaway apps.

I love a McDonalds.

There is a McDonald’s 5 minutes away from me. It definitely comes in handy having one a short walk away.

No wonder there is an obesity and health crisis in the UK with the mass obsession and addiction to fast food. The likes of McDonald's aren't helping, although tbf they do have some healthy options.

Because it's cheap. The cost of an entire meal in MDs is the cost of a coffee and cake in a lot of places.

Haven’t eaten McDonald’s for more than 20 years. It’s totally off my radar as are those middle aisles of supermarkets filled with crap. It’s very easy to avoid if you put your focus elsewhere.