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As an individual, you can’t do that much. But if McDonald’s for example were to put veggie patties in their burgers by default and beef only on request, that wo
by WA 8y ago
As an individual, you can’t do that much. But if McDonald’s for example were to put veggie patties in their burgers by default and beef only on request, that would actually change something.
In addition: if you have ever tried the veggie burger, it’s surprisingly good (the beef is a bit tasteless anyways) and I bet most people wouldn’t notice the difference, especially if McDonald’s pimp their veggie patty a bit more.
- michaelmrose 8y agoMcDonalds would be out of business and a laughingstock.
- regularfry 8y agoWin-win!
- ctack 8y agoNot a vegetarian and not a McDonald's client, but I'd actually support them if they went all in on something like that.
- WA 8y agoI'd argue this is a matter of marketing. Also, you don't have to go all-in at once. Introduce a special veggie burger, maybe even in a few stores or selected countries only. Gradually, switch more and more burgers to the veggie version. Defaults matter, as they say.
- rdl 8y agoI wonder if they would be better off pricing it at parity, at a premium to beef, or lower? I initially thought “heavily subsidize it, maybe put a huge one on the $1 menu...), but making it a premium option along with their “specialty” burgers might be better. At some point in the future they drop it to parity.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoThere's a vegan fast food chain in Australia called Lord of the Fries. It's basically a vegan McDonalds. It's actually quite popular, even amongst the non-veg population.
- toomanybeersies 8y agoMcDonalds beef patties are like eating cardboard, they're entirely flavourless. There are a few things I miss eating since I became vegetarian, McDonalds beef is not one of them. Personally, I've always liked vegetarian burgers better than meat burgers anyway. There's so much variation and flavour in vegetarian patties, whereas meat patties tend to just be a lump of meat, sometimes with some interesting seasoning.
- tropdrop 8y agoThere are some extremely convincing new veggie burgers that mimic the texture, taste and even bleeding of meat so well that meat eaters love it too [1]. I'm thinking of the Beyond and Impossible burger brands especially. [1] https://youtu.be/bVNoDP66UEE?t=199 https://youtu.be/bVNoDP66UEE?t=199
- mrpopo 8y agoThis has been done by Burger King but didn't get any traction AFAIK. https://burgerking.ca/content/bk-veggie-burger https://burgerking.ca/content/bk-veggie-burger