Your Questions
A dedicated Make Up Your Own Mind team from across McDonald's is working hard to answer your questions. You can ask whatever you want, and we aim to answer even the toughest question within two weeks in an honest and straight-talking fashion. The 'Questions & Answers' can be searched either by keyword or by sub-sections - this should help you find the information you’re looking for.
Some of the questions we've been asked
Show all answers Hide all answers- 1. what are the policies on pregnancy and maternity leave
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For hourly paid staff McDonald’s offers statutory maternity leave and pay, which is six weeks pay at ninety percent of their average earnings. Employees also receive a statutory maternity pay of £108 per week for the remaining 20 weeks. Employees can take an additional 26 weeks maternity leave without pay. For management staff McDonald’s offer six weeks at ninety percent of full pay, followed by 20 weeks at £108 per week. If an employee has over five years service with McDonald’s, an extra eight weeks at full pay is also awarded. Managers are also entitled to an additional 26 weeks maternity leave which is unpaid. Pregnant employees are paid for antenatal appointments that would fall during a scheduled shift. There is also additional health and safety guidance for pregnant employees working in restaurants.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 2. where do you get the meat for your burgers
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McDonald's has a policy to source its ingredients locally wherever possible and last year over 17,200 British and Irish farmers supplied ingredients for the menu items. In fact over 70 percent of the annual food spend is with suppliers from the British Isles. Where McDonald's can't buy ingredients from the UK the ingredients are bought from Europe, and some from farther a field. (Any overseas suppliers of course must meet or exceed the stringent quality standards McDonald's set, as they would if they were from the UK.)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 3. Could you please tell me, how many of your UK restaurants are open 24 hours?
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Thank you for your question. McDonald’s UK has a total of 342 restaurants that operate 24 hours at least once a week. Within this group there are 191 restaurants operating 24/7.
(October 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 4. How many of people who work for McDonald's (or any company running a McDonald's Restaurant) are in a TUC-recognised trade union?
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McDonald's don’t have any objections to anyone joining a trade union. In fact, McDonald's understands that many employees may already be trade union members. However, the amount of employees who are in a recognised union or TUC is not tracked by McDonald's.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 5. So you basically feed your cows with GM foods and inject them with hormones?
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McDonald’s does not use any does not use any genetically modified (GM) ingredients in the food it serves. With regards to GM animal feed, McDonald’s UK beef cattle are fed on a diet of grass, root crops and cereals. Occasionally young cattle may be fed a feed ration which may have a small amount of soya included to provide protein. This soya may come from GM crops grown in the USA or South America, depending on the harvest and availability. Please bear in mind that because the animals may be fed on GM soya, it doesn't mean that their derived meat and milk are genetically modified. Further, antibiotic growth promoters or hormones are also strictly forbidden by the requirements of McDonald’s Agriculture Assurance Programme (MAAP).
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 6. Does McDonalds use 100% UK born, reared and slaughtered meat in its meat products in the UK?
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Yes, all McDonald’s hamburgers are 100 percent beef, made from whole cuts of forequarter and flank, reared and slaughtered in the UK and Ireland.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 7. Are the salads all freshly prepared on site, or are they brought in?
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The salad leaves are pre-packed in bags and bought in to use as a base for the salads. Depending on the salad you choose from the menu the cheese, bacon, tomatoes, chicken or other ingredients are added in the McDonald's kitchen to make up each individual salad. As a result, each salad is freshly prepared.
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 8. Why is there such a huge amount of my recommended daily intake of salt in most savoury McDonald's proudts?
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Thank you for your question. McDonald’s has a varied menu offering plenty of choice. Within the different foods there will be varying amounts of salt. So for example, a small portion of French Fries contains 0.5g of salt, whereas a Hamburger contains 1.2g of salt. A lot of research goes into the recipe of the menu items, and the amount of salt in each product compliments the taste for each item.
However, McDonald’s are working all the time to reduce the amount of salt in its foods without compromising on taste, and works closely with the Food Standards Agency on this issue. In fact, over the last few years a number of reductions have already taken place, such as a 30% reduction of salt in Chicken McNuggets, a 24% reduction of salt in French Fries, and a 20% reduction of salt in buns.
(Jan 09)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 9. What was McDonald’s annual turn over in 2008 and what percentage of their profits go to shareholders?
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McDonald's hopes you can appreciate that we are unable to comment on commercially sensitive information. If you would like further financial detailed information on McDonald’s global financial results please visit www.mcdonalds.com.
(December 2009)
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What are these? Delicious Digg Reddit Facebook StumbleUpon - 10. Why when ever I am unfortunate enough to have to had McDonalds food (usually in an overpriced service station) do I always feel sick and ill, with greasy skin for the rest of the day?
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McDonald’s food contains nothing that should make a normal, healthy person ill or feel sick in any way and all ingredients that are used are similar to those you would buy in the supermarket or use at home.
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