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hunter

(38,953 posts)
18. I look forward to the day when most popular fast food hamburgers are not made of meat...
Wed Oct 9, 2024, 08:03 AM
Oct 9

... and those that are come from farms and ranches where the animals are treated well and the land is sustainably managed to minimize environmental impacts.

The Impossible Whopper at Burger King is pretty good.

Factory farm meat and dairy products are wretched in every way -- bad for the workers, bad for the environment, and worst of all for the animals.

I'm not a vegetarian like my wife but I do pay attention to where any meat I buy comes from. I can't recall the last time I bought hamburger in the supermarket or how much it cost, it was probably for a family get together. I don't expect everyone to be vegetarians.

Let them squeal. MickyD's has plenty of cash and can afford to pay. Just complaining cuz it's cutting into flying_wahini Oct 8 #1
Guess whose pocket MickyD will reach into to pay that price? sarisataka Oct 8 #3
You do understand that McDonald's is validating Harris' main argument about inflation, right? Prairie Gates Oct 8 #9
A lot of McDonald's stores are franchisees. LisaM Oct 8 #12
Because it is McDonald's. . . Collimator Oct 8 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 8 #4
rooting for McD's Marthe48 Oct 8 #5
I remember UpInArms Oct 8 #6
I think it was a little cheaper when I was young Marthe48 Oct 8 #11
I thought only "crazy Democrats" thought high prices were caused by corporate collusion Prairie Gates Oct 8 #7
I'm surprised McDonald's doesn't raise it's own beef JoseBalow Oct 8 #8
Ya they use they use their own ketchup which IMO tastes like shit. cstanleytech Oct 8 #10
Meat price collusion puts the squeeze on US family budget: (yawn). Let McD's get hurt and the sparks fly. Maine-i-ac Oct 8 #13
This has been a long time coming SmittyWerben Oct 8 #14
yep Kali Oct 9 #15
McDonald's intelpug Oct 9 #16
Official White House comments about meat-processors during the COVID pandemic (Sep 2021) C0RI0LANUS Oct 9 #17
I look forward to the day when most popular fast food hamburgers are not made of meat... hunter Oct 9 #18
I like the taste of Impossible burgers over regular burgers. I never make burgers of beef anymore. Vinca Oct 9 #19
Giant corporations steal like hell, yet seek tax oasis Oct 9 #20
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