A significant number of McDonalds locations in the US are owned by the McDonalds corporation, not franchisees. And McDonalds wields a heavy hand in "encouraging" franchisees to participate in whatever program they're currently running or implementing. This goes from food introductions, to hardware, to back of the office programs.
Of course that's a core of franchising: Limiting the choice of business owners. They have to source your stuff even if choices more suitable for them might exist.
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A significant number of McDonalds locations in the US are owned by the McDonalds corporation, not franchisees. And McDonalds wields a heavy hand in "encouraging" franchisees to participate in whatever program they're currently running or implementing. This goes from food introductions, to hardware, to back of the office programs.
Of course that's a core of franchising: Limiting the choice of business owners. They have to source your stuff even if choices more suitable for them might exist.