Franchise Equity Group

July 19, 2026

Some Will be Educated, Some Will be Angry

Anonymous submitted a recent YouTube video about McDonald's.

I suppose many McDonald's people will find this video offensive, but he did a good job of balancing out the advantages and disadvantages of the franchise. And he used the FDD (Franchise Disclosure Document) as a source, which means he's read it - something few franchisees have ever done.
And yes, he gets a few things wrong, such as implying that all a franchisee needs to do to get a renewal is pay another franchise fee.
It's good that it's up to date and addresses contemporary issues like price-fixing.
Run time: 38 min +

YouTube video on McDonald's franchise

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Very insightful and spot on. You dont truly buy the franchise as much as you buy a JOB.

Anonymous said...

another 52 wk low price.
https://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/mcdonalds-mcd-stock-declines-while-215005251.html

Anonymous said...

Im glad it mentions MCDs rampant price fixing. There is much intimidation going on currently over this overreach by McDonalds.

Anonymous said...

Tom Curtis CEO of Burger King is a far better spokesman for the brand than Chris K is for us