Is it legal for mcdonalds to kick you out of the resturaunt if you have a competitors food.

Question

I was eating Burger King in Mcdonalds today and my freinds were freakin out cause they said they would kick me out for eating their competitors food in their resuraunt. Is this true and if so, is it even legal. I mean you are in a public place.

Answer 1

Its not public property..its a privately owned business...and they

"Reserve the right to refuse service"...

They dont have to have a reason to ask you to leave....they just can.

Answer 2

yes they have the right to

Answer 3

Public place? A McDonalds is not government property zoned for public use like a park. That land is owned by a person or corporation who is considered a "person". McDonald's is private property and if you act in anyway that they deem as unreasonable they can legally kick you out.

However, to protect the company name unless you are doing something to directly effect other patrons or employees they generally wouldn't.

Answer 4

they have the right, its on a sign somewhere.  

Answer 5

You know your with friends with a sick sense of humor. most folks that work at micky D's make fast friends with the other local fast food to swap lunches

Answer 6

they cant just kick you out, they have to have a real reason, unless they have a no loitering thing, you should be fine, but they cant kick you out,  

Answer 7

I'm an employee at a Burger King restaurant and we don't like it whenever someone comes inside our store with a competitor's cup because more often or not a customer will try to fill up the Mcdonald's cup with pop...so yeah we will kick you out for stealing (or call the cops)

Answer 8

Why would you want to do that anyway.  You could find something to eat were your friends wanted to go.  Go with the flow.  It makes it so much easier in life.

Answer 9

If there are signs pertaining to it. It might be more for the employees. I used to work for Coca-Cola and we weren't allowed to bring in ANY competitors products (ie: pepsi and pepsi owns frito-lay as well as YUM food which owns Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, etc) If we did, they had to be thrown out.

If they don't have a sign saying it isn't allowed you are okay!  

Answer 10

It is not illegal to eat BK at McDonald's, it is just unethical.  However, as long as you are not causing a problem they will probably not do anything about it if you are with friends.  It would not be wise of the management of the McD to ask you to leave.  It would be better for them to turn their heads and hope that you come back again and make a purchase next time.

I have seen many people doing the same thing over the years.  

Answer 11

A restaurant is not a public place.

Answer 12

i worked at mcdonalds and ate taco bell and didn't get fired or kicked out cuz of it.  i've seen it more than once.  we never kicked them out.