Ultimate Debate #3 McDonalds (pro) VS Burger King (con)

(INTRODUCTION) Thank you for debating me on this, Ozzyhead. It should be interesting. This time it is just one person writing this though. Oh well. We have done a great debate in the past. So here we go: (ARGUMENTS) (1) Advertisement is a big part of each fast food chain. So, when advertisements are offensive, that obviously goes against that restaurant. Remember, these ads are towards the actually food chain, Burger King, not the company. I will give numerous examples on how the burger king ads are plain offensive. “Around 2008, the ads became more controversial. This one infuriated women. To increase sales, the chain decided to zero in on "super-fans": 18-to-34 year old men. While the sense of humor the brand used may have engaged that group, it alienated many others. This ad ran in Singapore in 2009, but annoyed women all over the world. It was the first in a series that drew anger from consumers” {1} http://culturevisuelle.org... So, this ad was offensive against women. “The Mexican government took issue with this ad. Texican Whopper (2009) This commercial, which promoted the Texican Whopper, depicted a tall American cowboy living with a much smaller Mexican wrestler. The Mexican government was angered on two counts, NBC Miami reported at the time: The ads "improperly used the stereotyped image of a Mexican." In the spot, the wrestler is wearing the Mexican flag as a cape. The country has a tradition of respect for its flag and has strict rules about how it is used.” {1} So Burger King insults countries, and stereotypes them. More? Ok… This one offended the hindus: “It's not surprising why: The ad, which ran in Spain, depicts Lakshmi sitting on top of a ham sandwich—a sacred religious figure from a vegetarian religion selling meat.” {1} Last one, since you get the point. Though this one is ridiculous. An overly sexual and suggestive ad TOWARDS KIDS “For a SpongeBob Square Pants promotion targeting children, Burger King created a spot that used a remixed version of Sir Mix-a-Lot's "Baby Got Back." {1} So, now you see that burger king has overly sexual, racist, and mostly VERY offensive ads. This should alone show how Burger King’s is very bad, because of being politically incorrect and offensive. But, I shall continue. (2) You know how fast-food chains fall under scrutiny for being unhealthy? Well, At least McDonalds is making an effort to be healthy, especially with kids. “Free Fruit Fridays is our long term commitment to help kids get one of their 5-a-day. You'll now get a free Pineapple Stick when you buy a Happy Meal® on the first Friday of every month.”{2} While improving the health of kids may not be the goal of “free fruit fridays” it still helps, while you may say that if you get a kids meal at Burger King you get apple slices, you can get apple slices at McDonalds as well, plus carrot sticks and pineapple sticks. Selling healthy food to kids with a cheeseburger and a drink is pure marketing gold. Burger King tries to do this, but McDonalds beats Burger King to the ground in this aspect. {3} Now, kids health is not the only important area, let’s go into the salads! Both McDonalds and Burger King serve “Garden Side Salads” however, the two dishes are NOT the same. The McDonalds “Garden Side Salad” is a mere 20 calories, however, Burger Kings “Garden Side Salad” is 240 CALORIES. Wow. {4} {5} If that is not enough, let me compare their chicken salads. The grilled chicken salad has 140 calories, while the Chicken Caesar Garden Fresh salad is 270 calories. {4} {5} Of course if you only want to eat healthy food then never even step into a fast food restaurant, however, If you want to get a salad with your cheeseburger, or chicken please, go to McDonalds. They have more options of healthy food and the healthy food at McDonalds is much healthier. Plus, McDonalds gives kids free pineapple stick, so you save money too! (3) Location location location. Of a fast food restaurant. The point of a fast food restraunt is to have as many people possible buy as cheap and as convenient food as possible. So, obviously, the more locations make a chain better. “Burger King reported it had over 13,000 outlets in 79 countries” {6} “119 countries across 35,000 outlets” {7} So, there are OVER DOUBLE the amount of McDonald’s restaurants as there are Burger Kings’. That is an enormous output. But the key fact in this is the amount of countries. 40 more countries have McDonalds. Now how is this so key? It helps against hunger. 40 more countries now have the ability to buy cheap food. The lower class people can now afford to buy food, instead of dying from starvation. Fast food might be the key to these extra country's lower class survival. But quite how big is this starvation thing? ‘842 million people continue to struggle with hunger every day.” {8} But, because McDonalds is in more countries, it can help lower this number. (CONCLUSION) I look forward to your arguments. Thanks, and good luck! DDD (REFERENCES) {1}http://www.businessinsider.com... {2}http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk... {3}http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk... {4}http://www.mcdonalds.co.uk...tml {5}http://www.bk.com... {6}http://en.wikipedia.org... {7} http://en.wikipedia.org...