As one of the world’s largest fast food chains, McDonald’s serves up a mind-boggling amount of food on the daily. But have you ever wondered just how much beef they go through in a single day? As a beef-loving McDonald’s fan, I decided to dig into the numbers to find out.
First off, with over 13,000 locations in the United States alone, the McDonald’s supply chain requires massive coordination The logistics of keeping all those restaurants stocked with ingredients is an enormous undertaking
Let’s focus on the beef. McDonald’s uses 100% real beef without any fillers in their burgers. The beef is ground, formed into patties, and flash frozen to seal in freshness. Both Quarter Pounder and regular hamburgers are made from this never-frozen, 100% pure beef.
According to McDonald’s, it takes about 2-3 weeks from the forming of the patties until they are served in a restaurant. That’s a pretty quick turnaround for thousands of locations!
Now to the real question – how much beef per day are we talking? Estimates vary, but McDonald’s likely serves around 75 million burgers globally per day.
Let’s dig into how much beef that translates to:
- Regular hamburger patty: 1.6 oz
- Quarter Pounder patty: 4 oz
- 75 million burgers per day
- 25% Quarter Pounder sales = 18.75 million QP burgers
- 56.25 million regular burgers
That equals approximately 635000 pounds of beef a day worldwide.
Focusing on just the United States with about 13,000 locations, a reasonable estimate is that McDonald’s goes through around 75,000 to 100,000 pounds of beef per day to feed hungry Americans.
That’s a whole lot of cows! It takes about 1,500 cows to supply one McDonald’s location for an entire year. For the full US supply, that ends up being about 19 million pounds of beef on average per day.
To put it into perspective, here are some mind-blowing stats:
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100,000 pounds of beef = 50 tons
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It would take 6000+ cows to supply 1 day of US beef demand
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Laid out in patties, 100,000 pounds would be over 6 million quarter pounders
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FAQ
How much beef does McDonald’s use in one day?
How much beef is consumed by Mcdonalds?
How many pounds of beef does McDonald’s use annually?
How much beef is actually in a mcdonalds burger?
How much beef does McDonalds eat a year?
In the United States alone, people eat over 1 billion pounds of beef at McDonald’s in a year, which is 5½ million head of cattle. McDonalds Corporation sells over 1 billion cups of coffee each year around the world. It sells 500 million cups a day in the U.S. alone. McDonald’s opens a new restaurant every four hours.
How much beef does McDonald’s buy a year?
E ach year, McDonald’s buys as much as 1.9bn lb of beef that it packs into patties for millions of Happy Meals, Quarter Pounders, Big Macs, Triple Cheeseburgers and other popular beefy sandwiches served across the globe.
Is McDonald’s meat 100% beef?
According to McDonald’s — yes, their meat is 100 percent beef. “Every one of our burgers is made with 100% pure beef and cooked and prepared with salt, pepper and nothing else — no fillers, no additives, no preservatives,” reads a statement on their website. Most of that meat is a ground-up mixture of chuck, sirloin, and round.
Does McDonald’s have beef?
We have answers to all of your questions about McDonald’s burgers and beef. Whether you’re wondering if McDonald’s uses real beef or does McDonald’s have a veggie burger — we’ve got an answer in our FAQ. Are McDonald’s burgers fresh or frozen? Our 100% beef is ground, formed into patties, and then flash frozen.