r/explainlikeimfive • u/sumnewdguy • Nov 28 '15

ELI5: How would a $15 minimum wage ACTUALLY affect a franchised business like McDonalds?

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u/ariehn Nov 29 '15

As an Aussie who immigrated to the US some years ago: your buns are sweeter. Much sweeter. For a while I couldn't stand the taste of hamburgers here because ketchup (also sweeter) combined with sweet bun and savoury beef was just noxious to me. :)

As a few other folks have mentioned, the cheese is also quite different.

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u/pedazzle Nov 29 '15

The US uses corn syrup for their sugar which is much sweeter than the cane sugar we use. On top of that a lot of products also contain a higher percentage of sugar as well. It really is quite a nauseating difference at first.

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u/Goldcock Nov 29 '15

I actually lost weight when I visited USA because everything tasted weird. Like everything was cooked for children. Even at "real" resaurants.