Most fast food franchise owners are not making much money.

At the cleanest restaurants, you’ll probably ingest chemicals.

Owners can get bonuses for employee retentioneven bad employees.

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This often results in locations holding onto subpar employees who should really be let go.

Those ice cream machines may have been designed to be faulty.

It’s almost an ongoing joke how often McDonald’s soft serve ice cream machines are broken.

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Many owners ignore labor laws.

Those self-serve kiosks get you to spend more money.

Your favorite fries still aren’t vegetarian.

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Prior to the 1990s,McDonald’s fries were cooked in beef tallow, aka rendered fat.

Why might a Mickey D’s owner want this kept secret?

Because fries are the chain’s best-seller, perCheat Sheet.

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Fast food restaurants fail and close all the time.

Owning a fast food restaurant can be difficult, thankless work.

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