Posted on 12/09/2023 7:39:26 AM PST by NautiNurse
A French law has forced the fast-food giant to serve fries and sodas in washable containers; now it is fighting a wider rollout
PARIS—A McDonald’s MCD -0.44%decrease; red down pointing triangle on a buzzy boulevard here offers a glimpse of what the future of serving fast food could look like. The burger giant doesn’t like what it sees.
For those dining in, french fries are served in durable red containers, soda is dispensed into clear washable glasses and chicken nuggets come in hard plastic white bowls. When customers are finished eating, they are asked to drop the containers into a bin to be washed, dried and reused.
The assortment of 21 variously sized reusable cups, bowls and fry sleeves are a world-first for McDonald’s, which since its inception has used disposable packaging to keep food moving quickly and utility and labor costs low.
The new containers have been introduced to comply with a French law aimed at reducing waste that has compelled the burger giant and other fast-food restaurants to serve dine-in orders in reusable containers.
The law has proved costly and complex for McDonald’s to comply with and some of its restaurants have yet to meet a year-end deadline that is fast approaching. But McDonald’s biggest worry is that France could serve as an example for other countries.
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About 20 reusable french fry containers take the space of more than 100 disposables, says Adrien Benech, who works in national operations for McDonald’s.
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McDonald’s says its return rate for reusable containers in France is over 92% and the containers are used on average 29 times before being damaged, thrown away or taken by customers.
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And when someone wants to take their leftovers with them...whatever...
Stacking = stupid, lazy
McDonald’s chicken nuggets are an abomination and a crime against humanity.
Parts is parts.
They could be stacking them as they pull the clean ones out. Don’t know...
Good way to re-introduce lovely illnesses, like cholera.
The clear things look clean. Probably stacking for removal.
They carry water bottles around with them. They should be required to bring their own bowls when they go to McDonalds. Problem solved.
We can always hope this is the case...
“Stacking five greasy fries containers in the dishwasher”
I saw that. Yuck!! What a horrible publicity photo.
I hate all the packaging waste at fast food joints. It’s pretty bad with everything you buy at the supermarket, too.
I noticed that too... Sick sauce.
Just make the whole restaurant takeout. Put tables outside if you want.
No one else grew up with plastic baskets lined with paper? Sandwich and fries all in one basket.
Petty bias is glaring again. Disappearing my articles by removing all the topics which I post is in bad taste, reflecting a petty character. This article was originally and appropriately posted in Business. Stop the madness.
The baskets I recall were lined with tissue paper. Otherwise, McDonalds was not designed for the dishwashers now required.
Ha! Good point.
“McDonald’s chicken nuggets are an abomination and a crime against humanity.”
Agree, only TOTAL IDIOTS eat at McDonald’s.
“Um ...”
OH CRAP, that Trump eating McDonald’s PROVES he’s really a Neocons. That means that I must vote the Democrat Ticket next year, in order to TEACH THE GOP A LESSON.
(for you Ukraine Cheerleaders, the above is called “sarcasm”, look it up)
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