As we prepped for recording this episode we were still reeling from the news of E. coli cases related to the Quarter Pounder. The story continued to d

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2024-11-18 16:30:06

As we prepped for recording this episode we were still reeling from the news of E. coli cases related to the Quarter Pounder. The story continued to develop but it was the perfect tie-in to our case study about supply chains.

At the time the CDC was reporting 49 confirmed cases and one death. The investigation was looking at the possible culprit being either the slivered onions or the beef with cases spiking the most in Colorado.

CNN then reported, “McDonald’s supplier Taylor Farms has removed yellow onions from the market ‘out of an abundance of caution.’”

Taylor Farms, of Salinas, California, sent onions to one distribution facility [in Colorado], which led the fast-food chain to remove Quarter Pounder hamburgers from restaurants in several states. McDonald’s didn’t say which facility it was.

“I don’t see this as really affecting McDonald’s dramatically. And I think Wall Street agrees with me because the stock is only down about 5 percent.”

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