McDonalds goes healthy! Now here’s a first for the junk food giant
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Tons of burgers chains becoming Prioritizing India’s burger fanatics, McDonalds has a gift for the country. As per a news report by The Economic Times, customers across western and southern India can now choose from two buns, whatever burger they order. The burgers with the healthier Focaccia buns, which McDonald's introduced over the weekend, will cost an additional Rs 15 over the regular ones.
"These premium buns provide tremendous taste and flavour for the consumers. With olive oil as one of the ingredient, it is also healthier and has less sugar than existing buns," Amit Jatia, vice-chairman at
While this choice of bread was available in some of the Quick Service Restaurants, giving an option in burger is something never seen before.
This will definitely invite more health-conscious consumers to McDonalds.
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As per the ET report, the eating-out market in the country is estimated to be $94 billion, or about Rs 5,85,000 crore, but only 2% of it is organised with national and international food retail brands. With major chains such as McDonald's, Yum's KFC and Pizza Hut and Jubilant FoodWorks, which operates
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