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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 2660798" data-attributes="member: 14159">I noticed this a while back.&nbsp; I normally refuse to eat at McDonalds, but a few months ago I was with some friends who insisted on eating there.&nbsp; When I went in, I didn't want to buy some fatty, fried, greasy excuse for a burger or food-substitute-product, so I thought I'd get a salad or something.Then I realized how much they were charging for them.&nbsp; A tiny, basic salad the size of my hand would cost more than an entire combo meal.&nbsp; Just getting a salad and a bottle of water would cost several dollars more than any other meal, for much less food.&nbsp; Oddly, I can remember long ago when I was a kid and salads at McDonalds were big and filling.&nbsp; Part of me thinks it's quietly a plan to make the healthy foods unappealing, so they don't sell, then they can take them off the menu, and answer complaints about a lack of healthy options with data that healthy foods just didn't sell at all.I guess that it's also easier to make the unhealthy foods because of preservatives and&nbsp; factory-scale mass production cut costs, but those things don't work well for salads, and things like free range and organic meats are going to be a lot more expensive since the normal farming methods came to prominence because of relative cheapness.Personally, in terms of fast/chain resturants I prefer Chipotle, they use a lot of free range and organic foods, and you can really tell in terms of taste.&nbsp; Yeah, it's a buck or two more expensive than other fast food, but the quality really makes up for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 2660798, member: 14159"] I noticed this a while back. I normally refuse to eat at McDonalds, but a few months ago I was with some friends who insisted on eating there. When I went in, I didn't want to buy some fatty, fried, greasy excuse for a burger or food-substitute-product, so I thought I'd get a salad or something. Then I realized how much they were charging for them. A tiny, basic salad the size of my hand would cost more than an entire combo meal. Just getting a salad and a bottle of water would cost several dollars more than any other meal, for much less food. Oddly, I can remember long ago when I was a kid and salads at McDonalds were big and filling. Part of me thinks it's quietly a plan to make the healthy foods unappealing, so they don't sell, then they can take them off the menu, and answer complaints about a lack of healthy options with data that healthy foods just didn't sell at all. I guess that it's also easier to make the unhealthy foods because of preservatives and factory-scale mass production cut costs, but those things don't work well for salads, and things like free range and organic meats are going to be a lot more expensive since the normal farming methods came to prominence because of relative cheapness. Personally, in terms of fast/chain resturants I prefer Chipotle, they use a lot of free range and organic foods, and you can really tell in terms of taste. Yeah, it's a buck or two more expensive than other fast food, but the quality really makes up for it. [/QUOTE]

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