Eating outside the home – where do you go out to eat?
Our panelists frequent fast-food chains and treat the eating out occasion as a treat instead of a health-food destination.
Quotes from parent panelists:
“My family loves Chipotle because you can build your meal how you like it and you have direct control of what’s going into your bowl.”
“The reality is, if we’re eating out on the run, we want her to finish the food and get out. We’ve done a lot of McDonalds, my daughter likes the chicken McNuggets. The healthier SKU that McDonalds is trying to feels likes it’s more about appealing to parents. “
“We do go to McDonald’s about once per week as a treat and they get very excited about that. They split a small size of French fries, and I don’t feel that bad about it. There are healthier things on the menu, but that’s not why we’re going.”:
“We also do McDonalds, and I like that they have the small size of French fries for my three-year-old. She doesn’t need a big serving of French fries. Local to Chicago, we love Native Foods and my kids don’t know that it’s actually not ‘chicken’ in the chicken nuggets.’