Congratulations McDonald's!

HauteP1nk

They should give out a full apple...

However, if I am going to McDonald's I am going to go big or go home...might as well just skip over the apples and go with the fries...lol

Plus, I don't like brown or bruised preserved apples...I prefer mine fresh and the color they were intended, red or green on the outside and off-white inside...lol

livinginwoods

I also get the happy meal. I love the toys. They make great freebies for my Sunday school kids! I have not yet had the apples put into my meal. I guess I never thought about the option.

Sweet_Potato

Can you supersize to a whole apple?

:laugh:

To be fair, a whole apple is really filling and most kids probably can't eat that much in addition to a sandwich or whatever.

HauteP1nk

Can you supersize to a whole apple?

:laugh:

Good one!

TazzytheMotivator

You are so correct. I 'm a manager at Mcdonalds so i understand completly. But when i am in mood for it i will eat it. As to the french fries you may have 4-6 in that little small box. so if you got more then who ever was the fries person that day was really generous. But for next time just ask for double apple and no f.f. We do it all the time in Georgia.

CharityEaton

I don't think it would be that much more for restaurants to offer baby carrots or even celery sticks as an option. I buy 1 pound bags of baby carrots for 99 cents. They are not that expensive. The problem I have with my kids IF we decide to grab McD's...which we haven't allowed them to eat there in at least 4 months, is they absolutely HATE the preservative that the apples are treated with to keep them from turning brown. It makes the apples taste very bitter. They will choose apples over fries but then they end up telling me the apples taste funny and they don't eat them.



But, like many others said, we don't usually got to a fast food place looking for healthy food. We don't really do fast food much at all.
I would rather run through a grocery store and get a salad from teh salad bar then go through a drive through. Even Subway is depressing as a quick meal option while on the go! I try to plan ahead as much as I can and we make our lunches or I will go hungry until I get home to the "safe " food LOL!

MelissaAnn1983

I am from Georgia. Everywhere you go you get slap-your-mama sweet tea. But you also have that option for unsweet tea EVERYWHERE you go. I have never been to a restaurant that didn't serve unsweet tea. Sit down, fast food, or gas station. Also, McDonald's changed their fries in my area. They have the little red container (SO CUTE) with a lot less fries. Sometimes I get apple packs with 3 slices and sometimes I get an apple and a half in a pack. Just take it back to them. Eventually when they get so many people who complain about them only getting 3 slices something will be done. It is the manufactures say so but at least the management could possible keep sending those back. (It was a niece thought that McDonald's would do the right thing anyway) Complain when they refuse to give you a better bag of apples instead of complaining that they did actually attempt to go healthier. I am glad they did it. They can't just take the fries away. Think about how many kids would be screaming and crying because they don't have fries! That could lead to a lot of business loss and a lot of people walking out on the job. I applaud them in their attempt to trying to go healthier.

PeaceLoveVeggies

I am sort of appalled at how many fast food places don't offer unsweetened iced tea.

Coffee too! I can't believe McDonald's employees would just assume everyone wants a ton of sugar and cream dumped into their coffee. You can get hot coffee black if you ask for it, but I think the iced already has cream and sugar added to it so you can't get it plain.

Not true. Iced Coffee is just coffee brewed with ice put into it. No cream and sugar added at all. If you want iced coffee black, just ask for it that way, otherwise, they will put cream or milk and sugar in it.

And McDonald's DOES have unsweetened iced tea by the way.

porffor

I don't think we can totally blame McD for this. I read a statistic recently that after they started offering apples as an alternative to fries in the Happy Meal only 10% of parents chose that option. McD is a for profit company, it seems pretty clear what most of their paying customers want to feed their kids.

Nuggets alone does not a meal make..
the fruit as well as the meal is a great option and hope this takes off in the UK. Although we don't visit McD much.

AmandaBroun

It's McDonald's, guys. It's a (sort of) yummy trash food treat to have every once and a while. Expecting them to provide fresh fruit for you or your kids is nutty.

leanmachinedream

This thread is making me so hungry for some fries, a mcdouble and a coke. Or, my personal favorite, a flamethrower from dairy queen.
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That was my frustration. Whew.

PaleoPath4Lyfe

Taco Bell has their Fresco line of Tacos, which is a lot less calories then a burger. You can get their Fresco soft chicken Taco for 150 Calories. Two of them and I am satisfied with my fast food fix:-) Only wish they carried unsweet ice tea. One of the few places that doesn't.

Wow, again I am very fortunate. My local Taco Bell's all carry fresh brewed unsweetened tea.

Josie_lifting_cats

I don't think it would be that much more for restaurants to offer baby carrots or even celery sticks as an option. I buy 1 pound bags of baby carrots for 99 cents. They are not that expensive. The problem I have with my kids IF we decide to grab McD's...which we haven't allowed them to eat there in at least 4 months, is they absolutely HATE the preservative that the apples are treated with to keep them from turning brown. It makes the apples taste very bitter. They will choose apples over fries but then they end up telling me the apples taste funny and they don't eat them.



But, like many others said, we don't usually got to a fast food place looking for healthy food. We don't really do fast food much at all.
I would rather run through a grocery store and get a salad from teh salad bar then go through a drive through. Even Subway is depressing as a quick meal option while on the go! I try to plan ahead as much as I can and we make our lunches or I will go hungry until I get home to the "safe " food LOL!

The only thing they add to the apples is ascorbic acid. (Vitamin C). I think it's more about the types of apples they are using than what they add to them....

Mcctin65

Great! Now I'm craving McDonald's... dang it..

lukeout007

I am sort of appalled at how many fast food places don't offer unsweetened iced tea.

Coffee too! I can't believe McDonald's employees would just assume everyone wants a ton of sugar and cream dumped into their coffee. You can get hot coffee black if you ask for it, but I think the iced already has cream and sugar added to it so you can't get it plain.

Not true. Iced Coffee is just coffee brewed with ice put into it. No cream and sugar added at all. If you want iced coffee black, just ask for it that way, otherwise, they will put cream or milk and sugar in it.

And McDonald's DOES have unsweetened iced tea by the way.

I don't think anyone said McDonald's doesn't have unsweetened iced tea. It's Arby's & Taco Bell that are the main ones that don't.

Sweet_Potato

Not true. Iced Coffee is just coffee brewed with ice put into it. No cream and sugar added at all.

At Starbucks, yes, but you can't go into a McDonald's expecting it to be that way.

Josie_lifting_cats

Not true. Iced Coffee is just coffee brewed with ice put into it. No cream and sugar added at all.

At Starbucks, yes, but you can't go into a McDonald's expecting it to be that way.

I don't know about Starbucks, but at Caribou Coffee (Minnesota equivalent to Starbucks) the iced coffees are WAY higher in calories.

PeaceLoveVeggies

Not true. Iced Coffee is just coffee brewed with ice put into it. No cream and sugar added at all.

At Starbucks, yes, but you can't go into a McDonald's expecting it to be that way.

I work at McDonald's. I'm pretty sure I know how the iced coffee is made

PeaceLoveVeggies

I am sort of appalled at how many fast food places don't offer unsweetened iced tea.

Coffee too! I can't believe McDonald's employees would just assume everyone wants a ton of sugar and cream dumped into their coffee. You can get hot coffee black if you ask for it, but I think the iced already has cream and sugar added to it so you can't get it plain.

Not true. Iced Coffee is just coffee brewed with ice put into it. No cream and sugar added at all. If you want iced coffee black, just ask for it that way, otherwise, they will put cream or milk and sugar in it.

And McDonald's DOES have unsweetened iced tea by the way.

I don't think anyone said McDonald's doesn't have unsweetened iced tea. It's Arby's & Taco Bell that are the main ones that don't.

I apologize. I thought I had read that the OP said McDonald's doesn't offer unsweetened iced teas.

RDalton84

I was very annoyed when McDonalds changed their Happy Meals. My kids have always preferred the apples to the fries. If they ever gave us fries by mistake my kids never ate them. So now when we get a happy meal they only get a few apples instead of the 6 or more that came in the old meals. Sometimes if you ask them for JUST apples they will put two bags of apples in the meal...sometimes lol

Val_from_OH

Can you supersize to a whole apple?

:laugh:

To be fair, a whole apple is really filling and most kids probably can't eat that much in addition to a sandwich or whatever.

A whole peeled and sliced apple would be fine - I don't care if the kids eat the entire apple and don't touch the processed hamburger as long as they are full and happy. You can't put a whole fresh apple in there though - the little kids either wouldn't be able to bite it, or would choke on the peel.

Tiff1124

I think what is more sad, and almost downright disheartening is that a double cheeseburger costs $1 and a damn salad costs $4!! Why is is sooo expensive to eat healthy? Grrr

End rant

lukeout007

I think what is more sad, and almost downright disheartening is that a double cheeseburger costs $1 and a damn salad costs $4!! Why is is sooo expensive to eat healthy? Grrr

End rant

I think last time I checked McD's salads were actually pretty unhealthy...it's been a few years since I looked though.

Tiff1124

I think what is more sad, and almost downright disheartening is that a double cheeseburger costs $1 and a damn salad costs $4!! Why is is sooo expensive to eat healthy? Grrr

End rant

I think last time I checked McD's salads were actually pretty unhealthy...it's been a few years since I looked though.

True, but if you don't add the dressing and take off or ask for no cheese, it's not as bad.

iamvillanueva

Those apples are so gross! What exactly have they been drenched in anyway? I know it's to keep them from browning, but it is disgusting! Please just give me the whole raw apple!