{"id":9432,"date":"2013-08-16T12:00:47","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/?p=9432"},"modified":"2013-08-16T09:46:15","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T13:46:15","slug":"how-mcdonalds-learned-to-appreciate-local-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/2013\/how-mcdonalds-learned-to-appreciate-local-food\/","title":{"rendered":"How McDonald\u2019s Learned To Appreciate Local Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/081313_2109_HowMcDonald1.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"486\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Matt Goulding writes that far from being the commoditized mass produced server of American food that McDonald&#8217;s is assumed to be, as a chain it has come to appreciate local tastes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McDonald&#8217;s used to be about exporting American culture abroad. But now burgers, fries, and Coke can be had in restaurants anywhere \u2013 not just in McDonald&#8217;s \u2013 and the novelty has faded.<\/li>\n<li>Instead it now focuses on local cuisine. Items on menus in Asis are spicier, while European dishes are more refined.<\/li>\n<li>In China, for example, one can find red bean pies; in France, McBaguettes; and in Germany Big R\u00f6sti. Beef and pork aren&#8217;t found in Indian McDonald&#8217;s where the chain is also planning its first all-vegetarian location.<\/li>\n<li>In many ways McDonald&#8217;s has to focus more on quality than other restaurant chains \u2013 since it has to overcome the initial disdain with which individuals treat McDonald&#8217;s food.<\/li>\n<li>Restaurant owners across the world are encouraged not only to play with the menu but also the d\u00e9cor to drive innovation and make for more profitable restaurants.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See photos of McDonald&#8217;s around the world, the experience of eating a McRaclette, and more over <a href=\"http:\/\/roadsandkingdoms.com\/2013\/ronald-mcdonald-globaliste\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/roadsandkingdoms.com\/2013\/ronald-mcdonald-globaliste\/\">Roads and Kingdoms<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Goulding writes that far from being the commoditized mass produced server of American food that McDonald&#8217;s is assumed to be, as a chain it has come to appreciate local tastes: McDonald&#8217;s used to be about exporting American culture abroad. But now burgers, fries, and Coke can be had in restaurants anywhere \u2013 not just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9431,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-bulletin"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/081313_2109_HowMcDonald1.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9432"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9449,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9432\/revisions\/9449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9431"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Centives.net\/S\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}