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Seraph@kbin.social 11 months agoThere's a lot of interesting alternatives like that right now but they all have the same issue: Scale.
Providing a McDonald's quantity of straws requires a HUGE supply chain.
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Seraph@kbin.social 11 months agoThere's a lot of interesting alternatives like that right now but they all have the same issue: Scale.
Providing a McDonald's quantity of straws requires a HUGE supply chain.
DanglingFury@lemmy.world 11 months ago
True, but every place i went to on all of the islands out there had the straws, so it was working. They had the plastic silverware of the same material as well.
ryathal@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
McDonald’s is an absurdly large scale. Google says 69 million customers per day. Most companies can’t provide that many straws. It’s also the reason things like the McRib are limited time, there aren’t enough pork trimmings to consistently supply them at a reasonable price point.
DanglingFury@lemmy.world 11 months ago
For sure they are silly big. They wouldn’t need to convert all of their branches at the same time though. Primarily focus it around coasts and waterways, convert bit by bit as needed. They won’t convert unless it is cheaper or required by regulation