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It should be noted that McDonald's France rakes in over 5 billion euro per year.

Someone's eating it, and I don't think American tourists would account for it by an order of magnitude.

I also agree with the other poster that Italian food is far superior to French. So is Mexican (either "genuine" Mexican or Tex-Mex).

I've long had the impression that French food only got the reputation of being "good" because it was being compared to British food. :-)

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You should look up french mcdonalds.

I did. Where do you think I got the 5 billion euro figure?

Yes, McDonald's France has some local items, as they do everywhere*, but they also have Le Big Mac and Le Royal Cheese (because of the metric system, as all Pulp Fiction fans know).

* Here it's the "Denali Mac" which is a Big Mac made with Quarter Pounder patties.

The thing you're missing is that McDonalds (and indeed, most fast food franchises) are far, far better in anywhere else but the US. McDonalds in Japan for example is leagues ahead any McDonalds you could find in the US and that's because they're often using higher quality fresher ingredients with stricter food standards.

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