What is the difference between McDonald in US and McDonald in India?

Answer 1

I work at an American McDonald's, but we're close to the border of Canada, so we have a lot of Canadian customers.

As far as menu items go, the Big'n'Tasty is called the Big Extra in Canada, and they seem to have "junior" meals available with small fries and drinks. American restaurants don't have the McRib, to the best of my knowledge, or hockey cards. Or Fruitopia, but they do have Hi-C Orange.

As far as employee benefits go, Canadian McDonalds workers get a GoldCard which entitles them to half off any meal at any McD's in Canada or White Rock, and free soda at their restaurant.

American McDonalds employees get one free meal per shift that can only be eaten on a half-hour lunch break (unless your shift isn't long enough for a half, in which you can eat on your ten minute break), and, though I don't know if this is the same nationally, one slip on the back of paycheques good for half off of one purchase up to five dollars, and we're prohibited from using it with dollar menu items. Also, taking as much as a soda when you're not "entitled" to it (read: not on break) is considered theft, and appropriate action is supposed to be taken by managers.

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I work at a Canadian McDonalds and we're a Franchise so we are not run by the corporate head office. The biggest differences that I notice is definitely the menu items.

At my McDonalds we do NOT offer:

The Big Extra OR the Big'n'Tasty.

Twist cones (Chocolate&Vanilla ice cream)

Frappes, Lemonade, or those cherry Ice slushies.

20 piece nuggets

Honey Mustard sauce, ranch sauce, or buffalo sauce.

Also our Jr.Chickens are the size of the American McChickens. Our McChickens are full size Sandwiches that come with their own meal. We also don't have a dollar menu, we have an Extra Value Menu instead, with the cheapest item being $1.29 for a plain hamburger. Also American Sweet Tea is our Iced Tea. American Iced Tea is DISGUSTING! It's basically just cold tea.

As far as employee benefits, it's actually called a Platinum card and it can be used at any McDonalds across Canada. It entitles us to 50% off everything on the menu including EVM items and drinks. We never get free meals unless a Manager is so inclined to promo our order. We only get free drinks 30 minutes before our shift, during our shift, and then 30 minutes after.

I've never actually heard of Hockey cards, and the meal that the person above speaks of, the "junior meal" does not exist at my McDonalds. People ask for them ALL the time and we have to explain that they don't exist, at least not anymore.

I'm also fairly close to the border as my McDonalds is in Ladner, BC.. which is about an 45 minute drive from the Peace Arch Washington border. We get a lot of American customers who ask for several things that we don't have on our menu. We also have issues with Canadian customers asking for American menu items due to TV Commercials. We even have an option on our tills for US Cash that does the exchange rate for us.

I hope that gave some perspective!

Answer 2

There is less food being made in Canada versus us, theres roughly the same amount of people in Canada as there is in California alone. so the cost is higher, they don't make as much in Canada through quantity, as they do in US. Supply and demand unfortunately =/

Answer 3

One big difference between the McDonalds menu at UK and US stores is the size of the sides and drinks (American ones are larger offerings). The names of items also vary, and the taste of some items may be different.

Answer 4

McDonald's in India do not offer beef products. There are also no franchisee-owned locations, which means the corporation owns all of the locations.