r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

/r/all McDonald's in the 80s compared to today

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u/cheeersaiii 12d ago

They went from kids/family vibe to “operating theatre please leave quickly” vibe. In Australia we had one with a train carriage for kid’s birthdays, one with a plane, all sorts of fun. I understand the change and the coffee is better for it but still change isn’t always a good thing

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u/Nostalgia-89 11d ago

People complained incessantly that McDonald's was making kids fat. Of course, if parents (myself very much included) could refrain from getting fast food too often and getting their kids to move more, this wouldn't have been a complaint.

McDonald's adjusted and went to something like this over time. It's the market adjusting to cries that fast food corporations were intentionally harming children.