Why do McDonald\u2019s salads cost more than a burger? Former chef explains McDonald’s \/ TikTok: chefmikeharaczA former McDonald\u2019s corporate chef has revealed why healthier options on the menu such as salads are more expensive than a burger. Former McDonald\u2019s corporate chef Mike Haracz frequently shares insight into the fast food chain with his 300,000 followers on TikTok. His latest inside scoop? Why a salad will cost you more than a burger. In the video, Mike responded to a viewer who asked, \u201cExplain to me why a fresh salad [costs] $9 [and] a cooked beef burger [costs] $1.59.\u201d As it turns out, it all comes down to longevity and the freshness of the products, with Mike explaining; \u201cThe biggest reason is that salad doesn\u2019t last long and by salad, we are talking about iceberg lettuce, romaine, leafy greens, and things of that nature.\u201d \u201cYou can freeze beef, you can refrigerate beef in gas-flushed containers for shelf-life extension,\u201d he continued. Vegetables can also be gas-flushed, but do not last as long. On top of this, lettuce requires a lot more care and uses up more space when being transported; \u201cThe same trucks that transport beef and you know, more dense items, also transport lettuce. You can\u2019t compound it. You can\u2019t crush it. You have to be incredibly gentle and delicate to it, or else it gets bruised and people will not buy it.\u201d \u201cIf it looks weird, even though is perfectly fine to eat, but that tomato? If it\u2019s got a little dent in it, people just don\u2019t want to buy it,\u201d Mike said. \u201cBut the biggest thing is because lettuce does not last long and there is nothing we all can do about it.\u201d Viewers pitched in with their own theories in the comments, with one person writing, \u201cIt\u2019s also just the \u2018health tax\u201d\u2019 Companies know if you\u2019re into health \u2014 you\u2019ll pay. Same thing with \u2018organics.’\u201d \u201cThere\u2019s more waste with salads, what if you don\u2019t sell [enough and] those salads have to be thrown away?\u201d another person wrote. \u201cThat drives up the cost.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Why do McDonald\u2019s salads cost more than a burger? Former chef explains McDonald’s \/ TikTok: chefmikeharaczA former McDonald\u2019s corporate chef has revealed why healthier options on the menu such as salads are more expensive than a burger. Former McDonald\u2019s corporate chef Mike Haracz frequently shares insight into the fast food chain with his 300,000 followers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71133\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}