Especially households with children, the kids look for the golden arches whenever they are in the car. They associate the golden arches with what tastes good and what's fun, (Lehmann, 2003). Happy meals come with toys, that's all the kids see, they don't read the health information that isn't on the happy meal box, so they don't know about it, "the saturated fats, cholesterol, and trans fats that are added in the food which becomes damaging to their health as they grow older," (World of Peace vs. Stonewall, 2013). When they reach their teens, they begin to realize that not only does it taste great, but the value of the meal plus a soft drink is fairly cheap. It's not until people reach their 20's that they realize this food is disgustingly over-filled with chemicals that their diet can do without. "As the years go on, though, they relent at the fact that McDonald's fast-food restaurants are a grease-filled depot of zit-faced low-class workers that work in dirty environments and begin to see McDonald's as a conglomerate representing America all throughout the world," (Lance, 2010).
"McDonald's is the world's leading fast food restaurant chain with more than 34,000 local restaurants serving approximately 69million people in 119 countries each day. More than 80% of McDonald's restaurants worldwide are owned and operated by independent local franchisees," (Ovidijus, 2013). This doesn't mean there isn't an ever growing threat to the native cultures in all 119 countries. Corporate globalization is a reality and for the countries that have banned McDonald's, they may feel they shouldn't subjugate their inhabitant's to such a lethal dose of western culture. The foods native to the countries are incorporated into the menu, but that doesn't mean that it's acceptable now, chemicals are still used to retain freshness and color. For instance, "In China, McDonald's uses thigh meat instead of breast meat.
