im not sure if this is political, just wanted to know people's opinion
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do y'all boycott McDonalds?
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but like isn't it based on franchise owners, im pretty sure McDonald's in egypt donate revenue to Palestine so I find this boycott really strange and stupid. why would a corporation take side and lose the other side of customers, there's literally no benefit for them, also the corp doesn't own franchises.
i said this in a past thread but it’s basically just well meaning virtue signaling
people want to feel like they’re contributing to some kind of resistance against the whole genocide thing but don’t actually have the means to make real material change so they just eat less burger fry and feel like they’re good people
anyone who tries to force it on other people is cringe tho lol you are not morally superior bc you eat wendy burger instead of mcdonald burger
Oh i mean McDonalds food is pretty bad lmao afaik Italians don't really care about boycotts and those things as much as other places might. (ex. USA)
I don't eat mcdonalds anyway tbh, whether I support the boycott or not wouldn't change that (for me)
yeah, i have this bussing local burger place (healthier) which is miles better so I don't need to get mcd. probably haven't in the last 5 months.
Growing up is realizing boycotts don't really do meaningful shit to big companies. I've seen many get "boycotted" but in the end they are so big that they do just fine and keep selling ton of product
yeah McDonald's is in like every country so I don't think terminally online twitter people can boycott much
But don't let them know because they get mad. What's even funnier is that even though they do make money from selling food, most of McDonald's revenue comes from real state and charging fees to independent stablishment owners for letting them use their franchise. Only way for this "boycott" to be effective would be for it to be really big in most of their stablished countries for multiple years in order to reduce the amount of people wanting to use their franchise, which isn't happening because, you know, it's fucking McDonalds.
Yes it does not necessarily makes the company shut down but it does noticeable damage to their sales here in my country boycotting is fairly common and brands like pepsi are rebranding to different names with no pepsi logos just to sell products so yeah it does make a difference just not in countries like usa canada etc
Yes, Most people here did.
Me ? I rarely go to mcd, idk why its just not for everyday meal for me tbh, including KFC & many other fastfood. Its something that your mind says this is not healtyhy, like ykwim ?
After boycoting happened, its just another reason to never go there again.
News say they lose many branch because of the boycott. But their main street branch are still opened here, probably because their financial are strong And a few people still come & eat there, idrk
bro the franchises were bought back by McDonald's, and they weren't giving out free food, the owners were, so the boycott literally doesn't make sense
why "boycott" mcdonalds? im not terminally online enough to know why. I have it once in awhile but its not my go to for fast food.
Yes, I never ate at McDonald’s anyways. I’d like to think that even if I was an avid McDonald’s enjoyer that I’d still have participated in the boycott.
Tim Horton's clears (idk I like never eat out other than a few shawarma spots and that one pizza place nobody knows about)
Not in Canada. Tim Horton's and McDonald's are direct competitors where I live
isn't it a coffee place though? i watch Will Tennyson and he goes there to get donuts and coffee.
Used to be, yeah. But now Tim Horton's a putting a ton of effort into savoury breakfast/lunch options (and McDonald's are putting way too much effort into McCafé in Canada as well)
Yeah they actually have really good chicken even in their international branches
I used to go to one relatively frequently since I had one close to my house when I lived in London
Yea. They're just reshaping the way they advertise in Canada because so much of the fast food space is taken up by Tim Horton's (and also Tim Horton's are trying savoury options to control that space as well)
There’s a new boycott every week. The oldest one I remember was Coca Cola. The boycott definitely did something, Coca Cola still dominates
not really, but i rarely eat mcdonalds at all. also, what's this about a boycott? haven't heard of it before.
edit: thank you for the explanations, i understand why people are boycotting it now.
A boycott is when a large group of people withdraw from something (i.e. go out of their way to stop paying or supporting a specific brand, cause, or corporation) for a social or political reason. In this case, a bunch of people are boycotting McDonald's for supporting a certain side in a certain war (not gonna go into it, you can look up "mcdonalds boycott" if you're curious)
McDonald's doesn't support anyone iirc, it's just the franchise owners who support their respective countrymen.
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