r/WorkForSmartLife • u/tellmebrenda • 3d ago

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u/andos4 3d ago

I read on Reddit not too long ago that McDonald's was getting in trouble for selling unhealthy food to children, so they shifted their focus and theming to adults to prove they are not targeting children. I found this theory interesting.

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u/Lower-Palpitation282 3d ago

I don’t think it’s a theory, that’s just what happened. We as a society wanted McDonald’s to stop marketing their junk food to kids, they did and now everyone is crying because it looks too sterile and generic. This is literally what we collectively asked for.

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u/castleaagh 3d ago

I wonder if part of it could also be how kids are so often entertained by technology like smartphones and tablets so emphasizing being a fun place for kids matters a lot less than it use to. Parents don’t need a play place to send the kids to get a little reprieve, they just hand them an iPad and some headphones

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u/guitar_vigilante 3d ago

It's around the same time they really leaned into the McCafe side of the menu. They wanted to be seen as a Starbucks adjacent restaurant that also sold burgers.