r/interestingasfuck • u/Charming_History7423 • 12d ago

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

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u/Kimberlylynn2003 12d ago

Did they change to stop marketing toward kids or just wanted modern?

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u/schw4161 11d ago

They’re still marketing towards those kids. They’re just all adults now.

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u/AnyJamesBookerFans 11d ago

Anecdotally speaking, when I was growing up (80s), going to McDonalds was something you did for the kids. My parents never got McDonalds on their own, or suggested getting it.

It was something for us kids, a treat if we got good grades. Or if we helped grandma do her grocery shopping and behaved then she'd swing by McDs on the way home so that us kids could get Happy Meals, etc.

I remember one friend in particular, who had a dad that liked McDonalds. He was the only adult I remember actually getting something for themselves when we'd go there.