McDonald’s Australia has shocked customers by revealing it ordered more than 150million kilograms of potatoes and 80million kilograms of beef last year.
The popular fast-food restaurant chain shared its billion-dollar shopping list for 2023, which included everything from meat and chicken to milk, eggs and salad.
Despite an egg and potato shortage and the cost of living crisis the fast-food giant sold millions across the nation.
In the last year alone, McDonald’s contributed more than $1billion to the local supply chain by using Australian produce, products, and ingredients from over 15,000 farmers in its food.
More and more foodies are choosing to eat at McDonald’s and other bargain restaurants as the cost of living continues to go up across the country.
Australians previously revealed the various ‘luxury’ supermarket foods they were forced to give up due to the rising prices, such as ice cream, steak, and fresh berries.
In the wake of expensive groceries and restaurants rising their prices, Aussies have turned to fast-food restaurants and cheap menus to fill their bellies instead.
The fast-food chain purchased a whopping 150million kilograms of potatoes in 2023, up from 137million kilograms in 2022.
McDonald’s Australia has shocked customers by revealing it sold more than 150million kilograms of potatoes and 80million kilograms of beef last year
In the last year alone, McDonald’s contributed more than $1billion to the local supply chain by using Australian produce, products, and ingredients from over 15,000 farmers in its food
McDonald’s also purchased more than double the amount of Aussie beef last year – with customers consuming 80million kilograms of the popular beef burgers.
Surprisingly, Australians demanded less chicken than the year before, with Macca’s only needing 20million kilograms for its chicken McNuggets and burgers instead of 26million kilograms the year before.
McDonald’s also used 79million eggs to make its popular breakfast McMuffins.
The restaurant’s commitment to the local agricultural industry over the last 50 years has bolstered its ability to ‘serve up the highest-quality ingredients for our customers to enjoy’, Tom Mahony from McDonald’s Australia told FEMAIL.
McDonald’s sources its beef, chicken, potatoes, apples, milk, cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes, wheat flour, eggs, and onions from all around Australia.
Matt Vela, a third-generation lettuce grower from Camden, is one of the dedicated farmers behind McDonald’s mouth-watering food
Matt Vella, a third-generation lettuce grower from Camden, is one of the dedicated farmers behind McDonald’s mouth-watering food.
‘We’ve proudly partnered with McDonald’s for over a decade, supplying 3,000 kilograms of fresh, crisp iceberg lettuce each week, totaling more than 156,000 kilograms per year,’ he said.
Matt’s lettuce is delivered to restaurants in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia.
What was on McDonald’s shopping list in 2023?
150 million kilograms of potatoes
80 million kilograms of beef
20 million kilograms of chicken
52 million litres of fresh milk
21 million kilograms of wheat flour
1.8 million kilograms of cucumbers
79 million cage-free eggs
3.9 million kilograms of lettuce
1.7 million kilograms of tomatoes
1.2 million kilograms of onions
1.2 million kilograms of apples
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