Artificial Ingredients Removed from McDonald’s Hamburgers

Artificial Ingredients Removed from McDonald’s Hamburgers

October 14, 2018
Ross L. Fink, Ph.D.

McDonald’s continues to make changes to its product in response to customer-driven initiatives.

Recent changes include:

  • using fresh rather than frozen beef and cooking to order for Quarter Pounders.
  • removing artificial ingredients from Big Macs, Chicken McNuggets, and Egg McMuffins.

Now, almost two-thirds of McDonald’s burgers and sandwiches in the United States will contain no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives, and no added color.  To accomplish this goal, artificial preservatives were removed from American cheese, Big Mac’s Special Sauce, and many hamburger buns.

Other initiatives include sustainably sourced McCafe coffee by 2020, and cage-free eggs by 2025.  McDonald’s is also looking at beef from producers that follow sustainability programs.

Video Spotlight: McDonald’s removes more fake ingredients from menu

This post is based on the Food Bev article, McDonald’s to remove artificial ingredients from its burgers, by Martin While, September 28, 2018; the McDonald’s press release, McDonald’s USA Reveals Changes to its Classic Burgers, September 26, 2018; and the YouTube video, McDonald’s removes more fake ingredients from menu, by Bloomberg Markets and Finance, September 27, 2018. Image source: © McGraw-Hill Education/Mark Dierker.

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1. What is driving this change?

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Is Walmart Dropping Drop Shippers?

Is Walmart Dropping Drop Shippers?

September 29, 2018
Ross L. Fink, Ph.D.

Walmart is experimenting with its policies for online orders involving items that are drop shipped directly from the vendor to the customer.  Specifically, it is considering changes to products called “everyday consumables.”

In the past, Walmart would pay for UPS ground shipping to have the item shipped from the vendor directly to customers.  However, as the retail giant searches for increased profitability in the fourth quarter, it has dropped this policy on lower-priced items (items with a wholesale price of $28 or less).

Many vendors have seen their items on Walmart’s web site display as “out of stock,”  even when these items show as “in-stock” in internal Walmart databases.  This has resulted in zeroed sales from the Walmart web site for many vendors with lower-priced items in the everyday consumables category.

This post is based on the Talk Business & Politics article, Walmart.Com Tests New Fulfillment Protocol for Consumables, Some Vendors in Limbo, by Kim Souza, August 30, 2018. Image source: creativenature © 123RF.com.

Discussion Questions:

1. Why is Walmart changing its policies?

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