Steps to a smile

Ever wonder what a step by step program will do to you. Maybe think of the way that the plate of food got in front of you? I did, for this blog post I chose to follow the trail of production that worked together for me to get the meal that was in front of me. I decided to follow my McDonalds meal.  

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Everyone loves fast food. Well, most do in that case. Yet, I always wondered how it got here. Yea I drove to go pick it up but how did it get to this location and who brought it here from where and how? These are all questions that boggle my mind way more times than I can explain. If anyone knows McDonald then they probably know that their meals are really good and great tasting, but no one really knows what is behind the scenes. I decided to follow the trail on how did they get the meat they produce.

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After various websites and papers I found out that McDonalds got their food from a supplier called Lopez Foods. After being interviewed he was asked what does he think about being one of McDonalds food suppliers. He responded with “I think what makes Lopez Foods special is the family atmospherethat we all have in the company. And from management all the way down to theproduction workers, we come together to achieve that goal on McDonald’squality.” - Ed Sanchez, CEO, Lopez Foods. This shows us that he is excited about working with them.

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Lopez foods is found in Oklahoma. That is approximately 7 hours of truck driving to reach a Baytown destination. Let us go over what we have on the beef. We have a company in Oklahoma producing the beef. Secondly, they drive 7 hours to a location that really joins it all together like Houston. After that they get shipped to small restaurants and joints. After being processed and decontaminated they are ready to be put in small frozen boxes and shipped to a nearby location.

In that destination they grab box and freeze it until it is time for it to be eaten.

Now let us say I order. They go to the back and get the meat and they begin to cook it, after that they serve it to me and I drive all the way home and begin to eat.

Once it gets to my house it has reached its final destination.

It’s crazy to think that the burger I am eating was produced in some factory in Oklahoma then driven by a truck driver that made it after 7 hours. Then driven again to a nearby McDonalds. Picked up by me and eaten at home 10 minutes away.

Everyone’s experience is different. I for one thinks it is cool how you have to connect different states and locations while also creating jobs for people.

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You have a job driving, cutting the meat, sanitizing it, and even selling it. The food that is right in front of you, and is feeding you was  brought by someone that works day in and day out to make sure that smile happens.