Source: GIZMODO, 9/1/21


You might be familiar with the McFlurry machine as “the way you get a milkshake at McDonald’s” or, more typically, “the machine that’s always broken, preventing you from getting a milkshake at McDonald’s.” But according to a new report, the Federal Trade Commission is familiar with the McFlurry machine as “potentially in violation of antitrust law,” which is pretty cold—colder than the frozen treats the machine serves up, you might say. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that the FTC sent letters to McDonald’s franchisees earlier this summer seeking to get to the root of why those newfangled machines are always broken

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