I heard the following business story about McDonalds salads and I don't know if it's true but it sounds plausible: Apparently, McDonalds salads are not directl

I heard the following business story about McDonalds salads and I don't know if it's true but it sounds plausible: Apparently, McDonalds salads are not directly all that profitable for them. So why do they offer them as an menu option?!? Because there is often one member in the car that would veto going to McDonald's if they didn't have a salad as an alternative to a meat burger. E.g. if mom vetoes McDonalds, they would lose the 3 potential burger sales to the dad & 2 kids in the car. Scenarios like that makes the salad option (and veggie/meatless burgers) worth it for them. EDIT ... found one source about this: https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mcdonalds-uses-anti-veto-vote-menu-items-2013-3 https://www.businessinsider.com/how-mcdonalds-uses-anti-veto...