Why do you think McDonald's losing quite alot of customers these days?

Question

Why do you think McDonald's losing quite alot of customers these days?

Answer 1

it taste's like a horse crapped in between to buns!

Answer 2

Because people are finally getting it through their thick skulls that McDonald's really is McDeath like doctors have be warning about for years.

Answer 3

because they now make the food when you order. it really annoys me, i know im eating bad food so i dont care if it has been sitting there for a couple of hours. its meant to be FAST FOOD.

Answer 4

I guess it's those rumours agan. How everyonce in a while their chips are dipped in cow fat, their icecream made out of pig fat. Once one gets out, I guess people are cautious.

Answer 5

I didn't know they were. The Mcdonald's in our town stays busy all the time, especially during the breakfast hours and lunch hours.

Answer 6

because a lot of people are focusing more on their weight and their health since that "supersize me" thing.

Answer 7

in fact as we head into a recession.............McDonalds is the ONLY fast food chain to be pointing up.all other fast food chains are seeing significant drops.they are simply too huge and branded across the world that they will never suffer from a downturn............you read something that wasnt correct.even if they had a death from a meal served..................they would still be at the top of the list.it is a great timeless concept.and we are hooked.

Answer 8

In our city, they don't have great deals or coupons much any more. So as much as I'd love a Big Mac, I can find cheaper and better.

Contrast that to Burger King which has a different King Deal each day of the week (I love whopper Wednesdays!).

Answer 9

Business is down with all restaurants. It's called discretionery spending and the economy.  Mickey D's is no worse or better.

Answer 10

I don't think Mcdonalds is losing customers at all. In fact it seems we are gaining customers. The labor at my store has been low for a few weeks now -meaning that on this day last year X amount of workers were needed, so about that same number should be needed this year. However, that is proving not to be true, and we don't have any special circumstances, ex. Burger King closing. Based on this, it seems that we are gaining customers.

Answer 11

Really? That's good to hear. I'd say it's because the food is rubbish and marketing junk food at children has shown some people that they are just a greedy business. There are a lot of McDonald horror stories going around, some of which make the papers, including the PR brush-over about the guy who died from the dodgy air-conditioning in McDonald's in Sydney, and the McLibel case.

Answer 12

I don't know about McD's specifically, but industry wide, fast food restaurants have been suffering decreased sales.

In the past couple of years, fast food places raised their prices until they were almost as expensive as some moderate full-service restaurants. Now the recession has hit, and people are dining out less often. When they do, they tend to head for moderate sit-down restaurants instead of fast food chains since they feel they're getting more for their money.

Answer 13

because there food makes you feel like a big moo cow after eating it.. it gotten alot saltier my sister had there chicken nuggets  today and they were extremely salty

Answer 14

how about because the fast food market is growing, sales are up over all. but there are so many more options out there.

people are not eating less fast food, McDonald's sales are just not growing as fast as they were before

Answer 15

I do not believe that McDonald's IS losing a lot of customers.   The economy is such that gasoline is high, unemployment is high, and these factors effecting McDonald's is shared with all the other Fast Food businesses.

Answer 16

All the bad publicity and the trend for people to now go for healthier foods these days.

Answer 17

no fat people are always going to eat at mcdonalds. its cheap, fast and addicting.

Answer 18

people r scared of clowns

Answer 19

I think that that is a matter of question and only because of people's choices to go or not to go there at that instance.  

It could also be that it's a norm that people go to certain fast foods businesses on certain days, for certain  occasion, etc.  

People change and have a different taste for certain food choices at certain times.

Hope this helps!