These Are Michigan’s Most Popular McDonald’s Orders
We’re only days away from National McDonald’s Day. Falling on April 15, the day marks the anniversary of when Ray Kroc opened his first McDonald’s restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois in 1955. The McDonald’s website said the first day of sales for the restaurant was $366.12 which is equivalent to $4,123.44 in 2023.
Currently, there more than 13,500 stores across the United States. The large chain claims to be America’s leading fast-food restaurant. The team at Floridabet.com combed through all things McDonald’s to determine the most popular orders in each state. They used data from the last 12 months and analyzed a range of search terms including “McDonald’s” and “McDonald’s Near Me” to reveal which states most love McDonald’s.
The data was then divided by the population of each state to reveal the number of searches per 1,000 residents. Then, they analyzed the menu to reveal the top 10 meals based on search data including Big Mac, Mc Chicken, Mc Flurry. This data found the most popular food orders in each state.
The study revealed that there were more searches than there were residents in 14 states. This includes Illinois (1,238), Florida (1,138), and, unexpectedly, Hawaii (1,101), which has among the fewest restaurants nationwide (76).
Michigan had about 10,582,440 McDonald’s searches and 1,055 per 1000 people. According to search statistics, the most popular orders were McDonald’s Snack Wraps, Big Macs, and Happy Meals. However, McDonald’s sold a chicken snap wrap for about a decade before it was discontinued in 2016. Most of the states on the list seem to search Big Macs more often. Meanwhile, the second and third top searches are McRibs and Happy Meals.
The state has over 500 McDonald’s locations which is less than half the number of California with over 1,100 locations. As a matter of fact, the first McDonald’s location in Michigan was in Lansing. It opened in 1957 at 2120 North Larch St. Though the building has undergone renovations over the past few years, it’s still standing, said the Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau.
5 Of the Riskiest Foods Linked to Recalls
A new Consumer Reports study has ranked the riskiest foods. They analyzed data from the CDC, the Food and Drug Administration, and the Department of Agriculture between 2017 and 2022. Their researchers focused on “widely consumed foods” that had recalls over a specific duration of time.
According to Consumers Reports, the CDC estimates that 48 million people each year fall ill from salmonella, listeria, E. coli, or other bacteria or viruses in food. They said most recover on their own after a few days. But about 130,000 people are hospitalized and 3,000 die from foodborne illnesses yearly.
Some of the foods that are ranked at the top of the list include bagged salads, poultry products, and deli meats. The top five are leafy greens, deli cheese and meat, ground beef, onions, and poultry. Bagged salads and other leafy greens ranked number one on the list. They found 50 different recalls linked to them since 2017. Also, it has the most caused deaths. Last on the list at number ten is flour. Unlike leafy greens, flour has had zero total deaths.
“We aren’t saying people need to avoid these foods entirely,” says Brian Ronholm, director of food policy at CR, who led the analysis. “After all, these foods are all usually safe, and many of them are in fact important parts of a healthy diet.” Ronholm continued to say in Consumers Report that the list underscores the “importance of following best food safety practices with all of your foods, including knowing how to track, and respond, to food recalls when they happen.” Read the entire list, and learn how you can reduce your risk at Consumer Reports.
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