Nope.... Maybe in America, but here in the UK you can't do things like that. The chemical will be to strip the starch off the fry quickly, rather than just wash it in cold water and let it dry. The cooking part (blanching) and the quick freeze will do the protecting.
Mcdonalds fries start becoming hard and stale if you don't eat them once you buy them where as crinkle cut fries from del taco unique freshness retained a while longer
But haven't Americans been largely turned into mindless robots and most Americans can't cook food because the brainwashing propaganda by their food companies have made that possible?
Tell me where you buy such cheap potatoes. My local McDonalds sells medium fries for £1.49. Tesco's sell their cheapest "imperfect" potatoes (probably quite nasty) for £0.46p/kg, so £1.49 will buy 7lbs 2oz.
@@edeledeledel5490 Green Valley fresh produce market on Costa's Farm Groeneweide, Germiston. £1,56 buys a 10kg bag of medium, 1st grade Sifra potatoes. Always buy at source, not supermarkets where up to 6 middlemen have added on their markups and you pay for all the packaging, unpackaging, repackaging and labeling as well as each leg of the transportation involved.
In 1967 the process was TOTALLY manual. You started with a 50 lb bag of potatoes. Each potato was sliced in a hand slicer, into a large sink of water. The washed frys were loaded into baskets and hug on a large rack. each basket was then "blanched," or fried for 30 sec to 1 minute, and then hung back on the rack. Each rack held @ 30 baskets and the Fry Man had two racks full at the beginning of the day, which in 1967, was 10 am. Throughout the day, the process repeated itself multiple times, until closing which was 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday and 11 pm Monday-Thursday and Sunday. Nothing was ever kept after closing. Either staff ate or took home the few burgers and fries or through them in the trash. (Usually there was nothing left, since 2-30 minutes before closing, everything was made by the order.) Needless to say, the fries were better back in the day. Today they are so thin as to make them too thin.
H2O is a chemical. And its usually a starch removing agent. A quick google search seems to point to citric acid... Which after thinking about it seems legit.
$2.80 profit per medium order? You neglect oil, power to heat the oil, the deep fryer, etc. The biggest cost for McD produced fries are the employees that prepare them.
20 yrs ago. Electric bill at my plant was $400K a month. 2,000,000 lbs day + hash brown type products. The boiler could heat a good size MN City in January.. 400 workers.
lol, you don't understand how many fries that small amount of oil and heat generate. It costs about $.35 per hour to run a deep fryer. I don't think you understand how this works.
I worked at 5 guys for 2 different years. We also cut the fries fresh every day from bags of potatoes! 🥔 Our burgers were… pretty good, not the best ever. (They’re cooked on an electric top, which I grew up eating burger patties that way, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Many people like the flavor char-broil gives) But our selling point was *definitely* our fries; if you cooked them according to method, you could be proud of how they tasted. I haven’t had an In-n-Out burger yet, but it’s on my bucket list; it’s kinda something farther west you have to drive out and get, so I live too far away. But I would like to try one!
Transported all around the world. I was looking at the difference in ingredients between the UK and US. In the UK the fries contain potatoes, sunflower oil and salt. The US fries contain potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavour, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane. The video didn't mention when all these other "ingredients" are added.
The heat loss is because of teh size and shape... Not the cooking method. If you eat a UK chip (generally fatter and longer) then they hold heat MUCH longer.
The bad thing is when they change da grease used to cook em,not as good n don't stay hot as long as they use to ,only thing is after it goes cold it's like eating frozen fries
They forgot to mention the added MSG, flavour consistency measures calibrated in each reagon so flavour consistency globally is maintained using local suppliers and preservatives added during the "chemical wash"
MSG? that’s a meat tenderizer It’s good for your insides! 😆 Especially when processed with other chemicals such as: bleach, ammonia, silicone, Etc 👍🏻 And anyway who cares? If you never barfed 🤮 from the disgusting smell by just passing close to one MCDs Then u probably a zombie 🧟 And if u a zombie 🧟♀️ and went in and bought their food and say it’s good, Then you probably a zombie 🧟♂️ Or U got zero pallet or tastebuds or some kind of issue Because: MCDs food is the most disgusting Dry Unflavored Grade F beef Nasty junk in the World My dog once took a bite and threw up
If the potatoes are 20¢ a serving and the final product is $3, the profit is NOT $2.80. There is also the cost of the fry container, the oil they are fried in, etc.
I guarantee you it costs much less than 20cents even throwing in transportation and everything else... , McDonald's are franchises, they pass the extra cost on. I'd say it costs maccas less than 5cents to produce their medium fries..... You think they even pay wholesale prices???? I doubt it.... The farmer has a deal and they make a pittence... They rob the customer mostly... When they say 8t costs them 20cents they are including everything, including what they make from the franchise owner....... They charge the franchise owner to use their product, so they're skimming profits from those "internal" sales too.... You really think they're gonna tell you how much it really costs them... No they are telling you how much the franchise owner pays including staff and what they pay for product... Big corporations work like big government.... They're top heavy....
The cost of the Fries is still $.20 and the profit is still $2.80 before expenses. If you are so cognizant of business expense then why do you feel the need to discuss it with people who don't care or are ignorant. Ahhh I get it you want to be a an Econ professor
McDonald's better be careful that people will stop buying any of its french fries in the future. We're tired of having half empty boxes for such an overpriced product; not to mention other shrinking products!!
amazing video, i watched through every SECOND of it and if you guys don’t believe me, that’s okay. I love this type of content and hopefully when the hunt second edition comes (if there is one) you’ll make something like this again!
Happy meals are for the toys that comes with it. Generally for kids. You can easily buy a burger, fries and a drink and it not be a happy meal. But then again you can still be happy but don't get a toy.
I Worked At McDonald's For A Short Period & I Am Old Enough To Remember When ANYTHING That Wasn't Fresh/Perfect,, The Customer Would Never Know Because I Wasn't Served.
And most addictive. I would order 2 orders of fries with cheap 50 cent burger for lunch everyday... throw burger out or gave it to dog that hung around office.. till I saw he wouldn't eat it
My plant did 2M lbs/day + Lots of hash brown type products. Bet there ove 1,000 motors, some are huge(100's HP), big ass boiler. 400 employees. But when I left 5 yrs ago. They were wiring for some automation. But 2M x 225(?) Operating days is lots. Many plants out there. Most smaller.
@@baberRuth - must’ve changed. I’m old. Read a book 30 years ago about Ray Crock (may have misspelled name) and the part about the great fries. I’m sure things are different now. The potatos actually went to the restaurant whole and unpeeled, too.
@@jimmorrison306 👍 worked till 5yrs ago. 2M lbs/day for fries. I made 20 comments here. They added some bagged stuff to Blancher. Not much. But our food processing is diff then then, I'm sure. It's amazing how many plants there are. The fossil fuel energy to gv us that crappy? treat us unreal 🤔
Always ask for no salt and its ALWAYS fresh and hot... And id you rwally need salt, you can proceed to the table with the sauces and napkins and you find salt there
Fun fact, they only use one type of potato so that they have the classic appearance. But in order to get rid of blemishes in the potatoes, they use a toxic pesticide on the potatoes, and they're harmful to eat or use until 6 weeks after harvested. So this video starts after about a month and a half after the process actually starts
I like it when they say the $2.80 “profit” - they don’t mention the shipping costs, costs of buying and running the stores, wages, federal taxes, state taxes, repayments on the loans the franchisees have to take out to own a store, franchise fee to the Head Office so they can pay for all their staff and buildings…. Power, water, gas - so much for the “profit”!!!!!
There's McD's fries 🍟 in America which are FULL of all sorts of nasty chemicals from start to finish and then there's the UK McD's. Who ONLY uses 4 ingredients in total and one of those ingredients is the chips 🍟 themselves.
.20 cents cost. They have to be transported at the right temperature to a distribution center. They have be stored at the proper temperature. They have to be distributed at the right temperature to the restaurant. They have to be stored at the right temperature. They have to be cooked and served within a limited time period. On top of all this is the labor cost every step of the way.
.. This is why back in the day McDonald's stated asking all customers "Do You Want Fries With That?" .. And then came the combo menu .. And eventually every fast food burger joint did the same ...
You have no clue, maccas doesn't pay that, the franchise 9wner pays that.... And the insurance is provided by a inside company that does deals with macdonalds..... They win every time... They make money off the insurance cos they tell the franchise 9wner which insurance to use.... You really think maccas doesn't have a deal with insurance companies???? Hey insurers I've got xyz franchise owners looking for insurance.... If I give you exclusive insurance to my client base, how much can I make out of your premiums???? Or better still partner or own their own insurances.... So everything you guys are talking about is crap.... They make money off everything.... They even play coca cola and Pepsi against each other to get better deals.... Cos the companies all want a cut of the companies earnings.... Same with oil they use to fry... They force the franchise owner to purchase their product that they've already been heavily discounted on due to bulk purchase then add a few percent on top of that and sell to the franchise owners..... They are winning all the time...
I'm friends with a family that used to own a restaurant near me. Their youngest son taught me the best way to make fries which was to cut your own potato and fry it twice. His fries were to die for, and after that, fast food fries didn't hold any appeal.
The chemical wash and the changes in the oil explains why the fries suck anymore. They used to be the only reason we went there and hung out at the mall in the 70's and 80's, besides the arcades.
It is weird that no other restaurant of French fries tastes like McDonald's and I've had nearly every comnercial fast food restaurant 's fries at some point in my life. The chemical wash " to remove toxins" is an irony. I have dropped fries while eating in the car. Typically I found them when I do my quarterly car cleaning and the fry looks like I just dropped it yesterday! Very scary what that chemical wash is made from.
I'm 66 and I remember going for a tour of a McDonald's in Cub Scouts the potatoes were delivered whole and fresh they cleaned, sliced them and fried them with in minutes of you ordering them in lard animal fat Man they were good a little salt and ketchup Thank God we have made progress LOL dream on youngsters for the day that your fries will ever be that good
This Narrator is WRONG!...The most Profitable item Fast Food Restaurants is Soft Drinks...The cups cost about 5 cents each & the drinks cost about 10 cents to serve & they sell them for about $1.00 to $3.00 each depending on size cup
McDonald's has an exclusive contract with J.R. Simplot. That means that all the potatoes are Idaho russet. That means that you get the same french fries in California or Florida or London.
You left out the best bit, how do they all come in the same length? After the slice they are passed through cameras, pointed at different angles, when a camera picks a short one a particular air hole is activated to blow that fry aside' they are thus sorted at incredible speed and efficiency.
When McDonald's took the beef fat out of thier fries, about 30 years ago, they ruined them. No surprise that a fast food company makes a ton off fries, that's why they always ask "would you like fries with that", duh!!.
A lot more money is spent between the 20 cents and the $3. Trucks, drivers, machinery, energy, storage, employees, restaurant, insurance, taxes, containers, etc. So it’s a bit disingenuous to say the “profit” $2.80.
Chemical wash that's why they never age once left
Lol they said they wash them in chemicals to remove toxins but washing stuff in chemicals is how you add toxins
Nope.... Maybe in America, but here in the UK you can't do things like that.
The chemical will be to strip the starch off the fry quickly, rather than just wash it in cold water and let it dry.
The cooking part (blanching) and the quick freeze will do the protecting.
😬. You can dig them up ten years later and they are still edible
@@Kalamain same where I worked 20 yrs in US
Mcdonalds fries start becoming hard and stale if you don't eat them once you buy them where as crinkle cut fries from del taco unique freshness retained a while longer
I never knew they started out as potatoes in a field. Amazing.
I never knew fries are made from potatoes
🤯
😂😅😊😅😂😂😂
Narrator: "They start out in a substitute field where the substitute potato is mined by a substitute farmer."
Most children don't know that.
I worked at Winkies in 1965. We used to peal our potatoes, cut them up, and freeze them.
We used to make our own Cole slaw.
Yeah...Absolutely No Chains ever do that anymore. MOM - POP only.
@@kevinjohnson-lf3kj Right.
and you used to be able to afford a house payment with that paycheck.
@@RandomDeforge Right
In and out burger cuts the potatoes for fries- five guys as well.
For the price of McDonald's medium fries, I can buy 20lbs of fresh potatoes.
BUT,,, those fresh potatoes haven’t been washed in chemicals,, you know to get rid of anything healthy about them!
But haven't Americans been largely turned into mindless robots and most Americans can't cook food because the brainwashing propaganda by their food companies have made that possible?
Tell me where you buy such cheap potatoes. My local McDonalds sells medium fries for £1.49. Tesco's sell their cheapest "imperfect" potatoes (probably quite nasty) for £0.46p/kg, so £1.49 will buy 7lbs 2oz.
@@edeledeledel5490 Green Valley fresh produce market on Costa's Farm Groeneweide, Germiston.
£1,56 buys a 10kg bag of medium, 1st grade Sifra potatoes.
Always buy at source, not supermarkets where up to 6 middlemen have added on their markups and you pay for all the packaging, unpackaging, repackaging and labeling as well as each leg of the transportation involved.
@@edeledeledel5490my local McDonald's sells medium fries for something over 3.50 USD. 1.49 pounds is 1.80 usd
In 1967 the process was TOTALLY manual. You started with a 50 lb bag of potatoes. Each potato was sliced in a hand slicer, into a large sink of water. The washed frys were loaded into baskets and hug on a large rack. each basket was then "blanched," or fried for 30 sec to 1 minute, and then hung back on the rack. Each rack held @ 30 baskets and the Fry Man had two racks full at the beginning of the day, which in 1967, was 10 am. Throughout the day, the process repeated itself multiple times, until closing which was 12:00 midnight on Friday and Saturday and 11 pm Monday-Thursday and Sunday. Nothing was ever kept after closing. Either staff ate or took home the few burgers and fries or through them in the trash. (Usually there was nothing left, since 2-30 minutes before closing, everything was made by the order.)
Needless to say, the fries were better back in the day. Today they are so thin as to make them too thin.
You right the fries back in the day was the best fast food fries
absolutely correct ! they decided to use a new fryer oil = YUCK
I think used lard back then, didn't they?
@@BamBamSr they used BEEF TALLOW until they started using Vegetable oil in the 1990's
Try that at 2 million lbs/day.
I love the part when he said they use "CHEMICALS" to remove the toxins. I wonder what is more toxic than the chemicals used.
Water, air, your body are all composed of chemicals.
Review your 5th grade science book for reference.
H2O is a chemical.
And its usually a starch removing agent.
A quick google search seems to point to citric acid... Which after thinking about it seems legit.
Do you believe everything he is saying? It could be as simple as saline solution. It is still chemical. It goes to show you how dumb you are.
My ex.
@@harveyreece5585 yeah that right absolutely my ex nothing worst than her
They are so delicious now we know why they are the no 1 when it comes to fries you can't beat a Big Mac and french fries
1979 there advertisment was burger, fries, and a coke with change back from your dollar. It was 93 cents. And the fries were hot!
Late 60s. 15¢ for fast food plain one. But at McD's...18¢
Corvettes cost more too. $4,800 in 70
Change back from your dollar was a popular campaign.
$2.80 profit per medium order? You neglect oil, power to heat the oil, the deep fryer, etc. The biggest cost for McD produced fries are the employees that prepare them.
20 yrs ago. Electric bill at my plant was $400K a month. 2,000,000 lbs day + hash brown type products. The boiler could heat a good size MN City in January.. 400 workers.
The electric $ for the refrigerant compressors was BIG
@@baberRuthlol
lol, you don't understand how many fries that small amount of oil and heat generate. It costs about $.35 per hour to run a deep fryer. I don't think you understand how this works.
@@gitresearch Including the person ($15.00/hour) running the fryer? Maybe you don't understand how this works.
In-N-Out makes fries from fresh potatoes.
In n out 🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮
Arbys is better
@@goat-qx4qy r/youngpeopleyoutube
Can't really compare. In & out is like 5 guys, higher level fast food. McDonald's co.pete w/BKing, Wendy's, etc
I worked at 5 guys for 2 different years. We also cut the fries fresh every day from bags of potatoes! 🥔
Our burgers were… pretty good, not the best ever. (They’re cooked on an electric top, which I grew up eating burger patties that way, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea. Many people like the flavor char-broil gives)
But our selling point was *definitely* our fries; if you cooked them according to method, you could be proud of how they tasted.
I haven’t had an In-n-Out burger yet, but it’s on my bucket list; it’s kinda something farther west you have to drive out and get, so I live too far away. But I would like to try one!
@@goat-qx4qy
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Transported all around the world. I was looking at the difference in ingredients between the UK and US. In the UK the fries contain potatoes, sunflower oil and salt. The US fries contain potatoes, canola oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavour, dextrose, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid and dimethylpolysiloxane. The video didn't mention when all these other "ingredients" are added.
can you help me with more information please
You are correct
The fries do not contain any additional ingredients they are potatoes. But the OIL they cook them in does.
"So that they can be cooked quicker at the restaurant" where they cool down into twigs in 5 minutes after being served. Tru meaning of "fast food".
The heat loss is because of teh size and shape... Not the cooking method.
If you eat a UK chip (generally fatter and longer) then they hold heat MUCH longer.
@@Kalamain I suppose. Good point cheers!
Been there twice in 30 years, that won't get me back any sooner
Not even if SuperSize comes back?
You're so special
The bad thing is when they change da grease used to cook em,not as good n don't stay hot as long as they use to ,only thing is after it goes cold it's like eating frozen fries
You know that you need to cook french fries twice.
Not me eating fries while watching the process 😭
A food biologist in New Brunswick developed this potatoe for them...
Thank you, Dan. 🙄
They forgot to mention the added MSG, flavour consistency measures calibrated in each reagon so flavour consistency globally is maintained using local suppliers and preservatives added during the "chemical wash"
MSG scare proved BS
MSG?
that’s a meat tenderizer
It’s good for your insides!
😆
Especially
when processed with other chemicals
such as:
bleach, ammonia, silicone,
Etc 👍🏻
And anyway who cares?
If you never barfed 🤮
from the disgusting smell
by just passing
close to one MCDs
Then u probably a zombie 🧟
And
if u a zombie 🧟♀️ and went in and bought their food and say it’s good,
Then you probably a zombie 🧟♂️
Or
U got zero pallet or tastebuds or some kind of issue
Because:
MCDs food is the most disgusting
Dry
Unflavored
Grade F beef
Nasty junk in the World
My dog once took a bite and threw up
If the potatoes are 20¢ a serving and the final product is $3, the profit is NOT $2.80. There is also the cost of the fry container, the oil they are fried in, etc.
Transportation also.
Storage, Handling, waste management, the list goes on, plus - the final restaurant that sells them itself has its own expenses...
i think it will add up to 1.50 or 2 dollars
I guarantee you it costs much less than 20cents even throwing in transportation and everything else... , McDonald's are franchises, they pass the extra cost on. I'd say it costs maccas less than 5cents to produce their medium fries..... You think they even pay wholesale prices???? I doubt it.... The farmer has a deal and they make a pittence... They rob the customer mostly... When they say 8t costs them 20cents they are including everything, including what they make from the franchise owner....... They charge the franchise owner to use their product, so they're skimming profits from those "internal" sales too.... You really think they're gonna tell you how much it really costs them... No they are telling you how much the franchise owner pays including staff and what they pay for product... Big corporations work like big government.... They're top heavy....
The cost of the Fries is still $.20 and the profit is still $2.80 before expenses. If you are so cognizant of business expense then why do you feel the need to discuss it with people who don't care or are ignorant. Ahhh I get it you want to be a an Econ professor
McDonald's better be careful that people will stop buying any of its french fries in the future. We're tired of having half empty boxes for such an overpriced product; not to mention other shrinking products!!
my mate complains a lot, and always gets less fries than me. the universe helps positive people
No they won't. People are lazy and will pay over the odds for junk food rather than take 15 minutes to prep and fry a potato.
@@jasonbull3987 the universe doesn't give a flip about McDonald's french fries
The French will take French away from them fries
Oh I'm sure some poo flinging will be going down.
Here's the actually useful bit of information:
Do not eat food that does not decay.
Honey does not decay 😊
@@starseed_Wanderer And it's not man made. That's why.
@@vikingmike947q8 True, do not eat man made food that does not decay!
Why not? Salt is a good preservative.
@@starseed_Wanderer olive oil does not decay, olive oil is man made
I heard that the main factory that does the French fries is the McCain factory then just seasoning is added.
That would explain the similar taste!
Fries are the most profitable food idea. I worked McDonald's 18 years. And I loved it
It's not $2.80 in profit. They've got lots of other costs besides just buying the potatoes. This video clip demonstrates that.
Find my comment Im glad we think the same.
Franchise Fees ⬆️
Now I know why I think MC D's has the best fries...it must be those chemicals.
Yup. Salt is a chemical.
It's best to use the local chippy if you want chips they will be fresher, cheaper and no chemicals.
amazing video, i watched through every SECOND of it and if you guys don’t believe me, that’s okay. I love this type of content and hopefully when the hunt second edition comes (if there is one) you’ll make something like this again!
Run the algorithm
$4.19 for a large in Sacramento California.
In-n-out fries are much better.
You can go home buy you a big bag of potatoes for that price a small bag and fry your own fries
Rumor has it that McDonald's french fries will grow new hair on top of your head
Elon grew back his hair. 😀
Back in the day emseedounalds fried potatos in beef tallow. Yummy!
It’s also one of customer’s favorite things!
I love their fries, as long as they’re hot!
5$ for large !!!!!
This is how McDonald's wants us to think they made them
“These are how McDonald’s fries are made at a cost as 20 cents”
So they’re scamming us?
I've had a McDonald's meal only once in my life.
It won't happen again.
Clearly, evolution has now eliminated taste buds.
Happy meals are for the toys that comes with it. Generally for kids. You can easily buy a burger, fries and a drink and it not be a happy meal. But then again you can still be happy but don't get a toy.
To many rap artists at the drive thru?
Cheer up it's only your taste buds 😉✌️
Devolution.
Me too. i have only visited McDonald's only two or three times. It's so overrated.
Thank you I love Burger King Fries. Can't do Mcd's fries too small and not crisp.
Frys are not supposed to be crisp. That's an American invention.
You remember the fries burger King had that were dusted with cheese powder? Soooo bomb
Burger King has great fries.
Fun fact: McDonalds fries their fries in Beef Tallow
As a person who works at McDonald’s they barely put any fries and they train you that way. Fluff don’t stuff
McDonald's screws the farmer
Then the farmer will grow other stuff. Many Farms are massive & corporate.
I just wish the workers would always give fresh fries when you ask for it. They always come out damn soggy
Always fresh when you ask for no salt! :)
@@cliffdalrymple3489 lots of salty staff.
yeah they really don't stay hot for very long
@@jeanine9320 kinda like the employees lol
I Worked At McDonald's For A Short Period & I Am Old Enough To Remember When ANYTHING That Wasn't Fresh/Perfect,, The Customer Would Never Know Because I Wasn't Served.
Huh.
what?
What?
I like how the factory, the freezing and the transportation to the restaurants is all free
McDonalds food doesn't decompose. I thought that was common knowledge.
Ironically one of the most unpopular items on the McDonald's menu is the Fries just by themselves
And most addictive. I would order 2 orders of fries with cheap 50 cent burger for lunch everyday... throw burger out or gave it to dog that hung around office.. till I saw he wouldn't eat it
Actually, I once asked how much for an entire basket of them, just pout it out onto a tray and season it. They had no answer.
Not really..they are VERY popular! Better than BKing
Chemical wash?? Bruh, that shit taste damn good.
I remember when they cut them fresh in the individual restaurants about .12 cents per bag 😊
The profit sounds crazy but I wonder how expensive it is to run one of those facilities
They make their money on fries ,pop,and coffee! That is why the have deals on burgers and such. Not so much anymore, but you get it.
My plant did 2M lbs/day + Lots of hash brown type products. Bet there ove 1,000 motors, some are huge(100's HP), big ass boiler. 400 employees. But when I left 5 yrs ago. They were wiring for some automation. But 2M x 225(?) Operating days is lots. Many plants out there. Most smaller.
*_Extremely simplified. What you left out is they have milk in their fires. And on the flipside, they have potato in their milkshakes._*
Doesn’t milk put the fires out? 🤓
Forgot sugar. Sugar helps the fries brown and be crispy.
@@jimmorrison306 no sugar at plant is used
@@baberRuth - must’ve changed. I’m old. Read a book 30 years ago about Ray Crock (may have misspelled name) and the part about the great fries. I’m sure things are different now. The potatos actually went to the restaurant whole and unpeeled, too.
@@jimmorrison306 👍 worked till 5yrs ago. 2M lbs/day for fries. I made 20 comments here. They added some bagged stuff to Blancher. Not much. But our food processing is diff then then, I'm sure. It's amazing how many plants there are. The fossil fuel energy to gv us that crappy? treat us unreal 🤔
Biggest profit, best seller yet I have never had a fresh fry from that place in years 😂 you wait 2 minutes and they turn into packing peanuts
Gotta ask for no salt
What @that old guy said
Always ask for no salt and its ALWAYS fresh and hot... And id you rwally need salt, you can proceed to the table with the sauces and napkins and you find salt there
Yu must live in Ohio
Fun fact, they only use one type of potato so that they have the classic appearance. But in order to get rid of blemishes in the potatoes, they use a toxic pesticide on the potatoes, and they're harmful to eat or use until 6 weeks after harvested. So this video starts after about a month and a half after the process actually starts
I like it when they say the $2.80 “profit” - they don’t mention the shipping costs, costs of buying and running the stores, wages, federal taxes, state taxes, repayments on the loans the franchisees have to take out to own a store, franchise fee to the Head Office so they can pay for all their staff and buildings…. Power, water, gas - so much for the “profit”!!!!!
Exactly
There's McD's fries 🍟 in America which are FULL of all sorts of nasty chemicals from start to finish and then there's the UK McD's. Who ONLY uses 4 ingredients in total and one of those ingredients is the chips 🍟 themselves.
I don't eat french fries from McDonald's anymore or anywhere else.. finally lost weight.., and cholesterol
I quit potatoes also and only eat rice on occasion so I understand what you mean
good on you
@@corywilliams7523 tough going but good on you
@@jasonbull3987 it finally get easier over time
.20 cents cost. They have to be transported at the right temperature to a distribution center. They have be stored at the proper temperature. They have to be distributed at the right temperature to the restaurant. They have to be stored at the right temperature. They have to be cooked and served within a limited time period. On top of all this is the labor cost every step of the way.
.. This is why back in the day McDonald's stated asking all customers "Do You Want Fries With That?" .. And then came the combo menu .. And eventually every fast food burger joint did the same ...
“They go through a CHEMICAL wash to remove any toxins” 😂
They have to pay employees insurance Electricity and more stuff.
You have no clue, maccas doesn't pay that, the franchise 9wner pays that.... And the insurance is provided by a inside company that does deals with macdonalds..... They win every time... They make money off the insurance cos they tell the franchise 9wner which insurance to use.... You really think maccas doesn't have a deal with insurance companies???? Hey insurers I've got xyz franchise owners looking for insurance.... If I give you exclusive insurance to my client base, how much can I make out of your premiums???? Or better still partner or own their own insurances.... So everything you guys are talking about is crap.... They make money off everything.... They even play coca cola and Pepsi against each other to get better deals.... Cos the companies all want a cut of the companies earnings.... Same with oil they use to fry... They force the franchise owner to purchase their product that they've already been heavily discounted on due to bulk purchase then add a few percent on top of that and sell to the franchise owners..... They are winning all the time...
And that is why they always ask, "do you want fries 🍟 with that".
That's like asking do you want to get extra screwed with that.... And they winel everytime....
I had some today. Thank you who ever came up with this world famous recipe.
In California french-fry cookers get paid $17 per hour.
ok...but how much is rent ? $600?
...$1800 for a kitchenette. prolly
Wait so you’re telling me McDonald’s French fries are real potatoes?
yeah. potatoes are cheap. substituting it with other ingredients is a waste of effort
What else could french fries be?...
I'm friends with a family that used to own a restaurant near me. Their youngest son taught me the best way to make fries which was to cut your own potato and fry it twice. His fries were to die for, and after that, fast food fries didn't hold any appeal.
i have a few mcdonalds fries from 2014. they still look the exact same nearly 10 years later
The chemical wash and the changes in the oil explains why the fries suck anymore. They used to be the only reason we went there and hung out at the mall in the 70's and 80's, besides the arcades.
Yea the changed the oil to some allegedly healthier stuff and it changed the taste. Early 80s I think!
@@stevehamman4465 I think it was later, when all of the health nuts started to whine. I'm guessing 90s.
Shows how badly McDonalds is ripping everyone off... ☹️
the narrator forgot to talk about the manpower shipping handling electricity and all that, so this little info might change your mind.
@@maxraina6612 I was just about say something similar...
It is weird that no other restaurant of French fries tastes like McDonald's and I've had nearly every comnercial fast food restaurant 's fries at some point in my life. The chemical wash " to remove toxins" is an irony. I have dropped fries while eating in the car. Typically I found them when I do my quarterly car cleaning and the fry looks like I just dropped it yesterday! Very scary what that chemical wash is made from.
They are $4.59 for medium fries
Nyc Jan. 2023
I thought food was cheap in US here in UK medium fries are £1.39 ($1.72) ....
@@izzabelladogalini wow
The power of BRAND
I'm 66 and I remember going for a tour of a McDonald's in Cub Scouts the potatoes were delivered whole and fresh they cleaned, sliced them and fried them with in minutes of you ordering them in lard animal fat Man they were good a little salt and ketchup Thank God we have made progress LOL dream on youngsters for the day that your fries will ever be that good
Bill gates own 90 percent of the potato farms . So the next time you order fries from McDonald’s. Bill gates thanks you.
This Narrator is WRONG!...The most Profitable item Fast Food Restaurants is Soft Drinks...The cups cost about 5 cents each & the drinks cost about 10 cents to serve & they sell them for about $1.00 to $3.00 each depending on size cup
It starts even before that with a very specific potato that will cook just right and brown just right.
McDonald's has an exclusive contract with J.R. Simplot. That means that all the potatoes are Idaho russet. That means that you get the same french fries in California or Florida or London.
i’m never eating McD again
Not to mention the unique elongated shape.
McDonald's needs to stop using chemicals. I wish the US had strict food standards like the EU.
The cost of the fries is just a food cost. There’s also franchise cost, real estate cost, employees cost, insurance, etc.
In the netherlands we have to pay like 30 euros for a meal for 2 people, which is expenssive
You left out the best bit, how do they all come in the same length? After the slice they are passed through cameras, pointed at different angles, when a camera picks a short one a particular air hole is activated to blow that fry aside' they are thus sorted at incredible speed and efficiency.
Chemical Wash, no wonder I had a 2 day fever after having some Mcdonald fries in years.
Who pays 3 dollars for fries? In the U.K. they are 99p
When McDonald's took the beef fat out of thier fries, about 30 years ago, they ruined them. No surprise that a fast food company makes a ton off fries, that's why they always ask "would you like fries with that", duh!!.
How rad would it be to be launched 70+ miles an hour into cutters 😮
Have you ever watched Resident evil?
The laser room scene. B-)
They get aligned on belt, after that. Sensors scan for black Spots. Then, whack. That spot is cut out. Or discarded.
You do not mention cost transportation, franchisee profits and marketing. How unfair to make people believe they are thieves
So they can afford to pay more to the workers without charging more to the customers
Worked 20 yrs at one. Highest paying job for non mgmt. Pension..$400/mo. Not complaining. Just facts
Yum yum love there French fries 🍟 ❤
McDonald's, please go back to cooking them in tallow. They were the best fries ever!
2.80 isn’t the net profit. There’s VAT included, labor costs, insurances, rents/leases etc.
Fun fact: when you customer used to ask for fresh fries at the drive thru we would just dip them back in the fryer so the are hot again🤣
Wendy's new fries are excellent
I agree. Way better than McDonald's.
McDonald’s French Fry Ingredients here in Canada:
Potatoes, High oleic low linolenic canola oil and/or canola oil, Hydrogenated soybean oil, Natural flavour (vegetable source), Sugars (dextrose), Sodium acid pyrophopshate (maintain colour), Citric acid (preservative), Dimethylpolysiloxane (antifoaming agent). Cooked in vegetable oil (high oleic low linoleic canola oil and/or canola oil, corn oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, citric acid, dimethylpolysiloxane)
Salt
Ingredients: Salt, Silicoaluminate, Sugar (dextrose), Potassium iodide.
McEff Off Eh
While certainly interesting you have to admire a man who will publicly acknowledge he doesn't know shit about cost accounting.
I don't think I will ever stop eating their fries, but I may limit myself a little😊❤
2.80 is obviously not the profit as all business expenses still need to be paid
FDA organic farming always a soy based stearic acid vegetable wash. There is also one made from coconut and palm proteins.
A lot more money is spent between the 20 cents and the $3. Trucks, drivers, machinery, energy, storage, employees, restaurant, insurance, taxes, containers, etc. So it’s a bit disingenuous to say the “profit” $2.80.
You be lucky to get crispy, fresh fries and not cold, wobbly, soggy ones
In Business Operations that is the Way in Operation Costs and Over heads 😅😂
Spoiled people don't even consider the cost of construction, electricity, taxes, payroll,
food delivery, and maintenance.
Are we a bit entitled ?