McDonald's quarter pounder recall

[Neighbor]

2 minutes ago, Neighbor said:

Oh there are over 40,000 McD's worldwide. Employing between 150,000 to 200,000 humans. They also own or have minority  ownership interests in other restaurants too, including Chipolte.

Their annual revenue is just under 27 Billion dollars.

That 75 people got sick,  from raw onions from one regional supplier  to one franchisee is not going to belly up McD. They worked fast and found the problem rapidly. Of course there will be lawsuits and they will settle them rapidly too.

McD has a pretty good community relations team. Ronald McDonald houses for families that have kids with cancer  being just one. They, as I understand it from local news, are now establishing Ronald McDonald Houses facilities right inside children's hospitals. That is quite the awesome charity for a corporation to undertake, a very long term commitment.

Still I have avoided McD for years now. Just got tired of it decades ago. And I never liked Chipolte either.

At about $292 a common share, it's stock is  nowhere near it's low for 2024. McD survive? Yes of course. It is still the place many an individual relies upon  for their own employment or second job too. Why even a former President and one wanna be the president taut their working at McD. One eating their burgers and fries often ( and it looks it too). Actually McD has always had good road coffee! Used to have great  fried in tallow french fries too, but the "healthier" eating fad has ended that treat.

If McD drops in value for awhile it will likely be related to the cost of labor  in the free world countries and replacing that labor force with AI driven machines (robotics).

Trying to become a "Hamburglar" is going to  prove out to be a losing move. Don't bet against McD.

[Neighbor]

5 hours ago, missmuffet said:

Most restaurants would laugh in your face if you told them that you had gotten food poisoning from their food.

You need hard evidence. You need a receipt for when you ate at the restaurant. You need the results of the lab testing that had been done in an ER. Attorneys aren't cheap so you need to be able to afford that as well.

Actually  Chipolte paid a $25 million dollar fine back in 2020 related to cases of food poisoning.  They also have paid millions to workers in NYC regarding work schedules, and millions regarding sexual harrasment claims. These things happen to  many businesses. They are huge operations that do attract lawyers eager to find  some claimants against them. The suits often become class action  suits; but even those are a drop in the bucket  cost to companies doing billions in revenue per year. along with settling the lawsuits.

 

[Neighbor]

As the discussion about food sources continues I am reminded that oh so many  of this world would cherish the risk of getting food poisoning, instead of having  starvation knocking on their door. Boy do many of us have it so very good compared to the desperate among us and around the world.

Many are on an involuntary fasting, not considering which fast food joint to drive through or not drive through  today.

Some would like a little water too.

As I reflect further thinking about fasting and prayer I am aware that  those choices are just that,  for me personally- choices.

What a high privilege so many of us have , and yet the comfort so many of us enjoy still does not change the higher need, higher than food for the belly. That being food for the soul, the soul which may be required of any of us even this day.  Praise God  for His perfect provision.  May we each also feed each other of that provision sharing of the word of God  the gospel of Jesus..

 

[Marathoner]

3 hours ago, Neighbor said:

As the discussion about food sources continues I am reminded that oh so many  of this world would cherish the risk of getting food poisoning, instead of having  starvation knocking on their door. Boy do many of us have it so very good compared to the desperate among us and around the world.

Many are on an involuntary fasting, not considering which fast food joint to drive through or not drive through  today.

Some would like a little water too.

As I reflect further thinking about fasting and prayer I am aware that  those choices are just that,  for me personally- choices.

What a high privilege so many of us have , and yet the comfort so many of us enjoy still does not change the higher need, higher than food for the belly. That being food for the soul, the soul which may be required of any of us even this day.  Praise God  for His perfect provision.  May we each also feed each other of that provision sharing of the word of God  the gospel of Jesus..

 

I went without for many years, brother. I didn't have a choice regarding food; I received what came my way with gratitude, turning away nothing. When I write how some don't have a choice in this matter, that's what I refer to. 

I ate "unhealthy" things and it didn't matter. Of course it doesn't: food for the stomach and the stomach for food, God destroys both. 

[The_Patriot21]

They're just making room on the menu for the new trump burger. Rumor has it it's going to be so good it's a felony ;)

[Neighbor]

7 hours ago, Marathoner said:

I went without for many years, brother. I didn't have a choice regarding food;

Yep, me too. Literally cracker souffle for dinner, simply  a few wet crackers heated from the coal furnace heater; there being no gas for the stove. We also :share cropped a little city patch of rocky soil,  which was more a victory garden, for years too.

It was pretty nice when things turned and I could order  lobster thermador at a fine New England surf and turf restaurant. Fact bring me two please.

 

[missmuffet]

One death so far from the McDonald's poisoning. A family member can file a wrongful death lawsuit and get millions.

Edited October 27, 2024 by missmuffet

[missmuffet]

Very sad

https://apnews.com/article/mcdonalds-e-coli-food-poisoning-acb6d87f6182b42295d16625480525b0