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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by Pxtl on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @02:34PM (#11904214)
Yup. If there were more eateries that made as much effort to be kid-friendly as McDonald's (and I'm not talking about the food, I'm talking about the toys and the playplace) I'd get out more.

It's actually quite frustrating because my kids and I are vegetarians and while the wrap suits me just fine, my kids get stuck with their mediocre grilled cheese sandwiches (vegetarian children are still children - they think the wrap is weird).

It's not that I need every place to go to the lengths the clown does. I don't expect Pita Pit or my local felafel place to build playgrounds. I just wish there was a second chain providing this kind of product.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by nommm-nommm on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @09:21PM (#11906605)
Where do you live where McDonald's sells vegetarian wraps and grilled cheese?
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by Pxtl on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:23AM (#11908551)
Canada
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by nommm-nommm on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @04:10PM (#11911801)
Oh wow. Those options are not available in the US, I wish they were. However, all day breakfast is available now and egg McMuffin sans ham is a good option for me.
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by Pxtl on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @04:16PM (#11911845)
Yeah, the all-day breakfast thing isn't being done here. The grilled cheese they have is just another option for kids' meals like mcnuggets and burgers - they don't really advertise it but it's good for my family.

Did they have that brief experiment with the Santa Fe wrap and the Mediterranean Vegetable vegetarian wraps? The latter involved feta cheese, and you can imagine how wonderous McDonald's feta cheese was. In the end they killed the Santa Fe wrap but they made the Mediterranean wrap better, and so now that's my go-to McFood.

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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by nommm-nommm on Thursday June 16, 2016 @12:03PM (#11917008)
They didn't experiment with those wraps in my area if at all.
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @04:58PM (#11905251)
Isn't the whole thing with fastfood that you can take it anywhere - so grab some and go to the community playground?
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by Pxtl on Tuesday June 14, 2016 @05:02PM (#11905279)
I mostly take the kids to McDonalds when the weather's bad, personally. The play place is a good way to get out of the house and do something energetic despite the rain or snow.
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @06:25AM (#11908323)
Interesting I don't think any McDo have play areas in the UK - sometimes there's a little corner with a TV and some colouring stuff, or I used to see them at least. Some of the larger chain pubs have play areas but they're usually outside. Do the restaurants charge for the play area, are their age limits?
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Re:In poor neighborhoods, McDonald’s have become de-facto co... by Pxtl on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:32AM (#11908601)
They don't charge, but there are age limits. The play areas here are this dense structure of interconnecting cubic sections they climb up inside, with a couple of slides, bubble-windows, and inlaid rotating kaleidoscope things to play with.
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