MikeFrank   10 #169 Posted June 23, 2016 What are the specifics of even stuff like storage though? Can pork/halal be stored in the same room, or same building? Transported in the same truck?  Can you cook it in the same room, on adjacent cookers, on the same cooker but at other ends?  Are the rules even set in stone or open for interpretation anyway??  It is assumed that all those involved in the production of Halal food are respectful of the people who want it. It only take one brain dead racist moron and the halal food is not halal food. If I was a practising Muslim I wouldn't eat anything prepared by none Muslims. Too risky. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
runningman1   12 #170 Posted June 23, 2016 It all gets a bit complicated when various food stuffs are not allowed. Like I said earlier I don't mind as long as customers are advised if its Halal. They can eat it or go elsewhere. It would worry me that because some of the staff are not well educated and to be blunt racist they may contaminate halal meals with pork. It wouldn't be hard.   This happens anyway. The fish burgers (and the old veggie burgers) are often cooked in the same vats as the chicken products.  I didn't think to ask about the breakfast menu and the occasional bacon burger they do, I shall ask.  This is only an application and the request has been made for a halal site. Perhaps Mcdonalds will reject it.  However, the potential of contamination has been considered and the brothers say that they will only be hiring Muslims.  I am playing football with one of them on Saturday, I will tell them about this thread and see if they are willing to come and address the coments.  From what I understand the halal idea is purely a business rather than a religious one. They feel that there is the demand for a halal Mcdonalds. The younger one, the one I know properly isn't all that fussed about religion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
geared   268 #171 Posted June 23, 2016 Who will provide the meat then, I assume McDonalds don't have the ability with their current supply chain. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Tim1   10 #172 Posted June 23, 2016 if they want to sell halal burgers why not open there own burger place? I don't think McDonalds would allow a great portion of its breakfast menu to be altered, which would need doing if the restaurant went halal.  It would not just be the breakfast menu. Halal and non halal foods can't be stored, transported or prepared in the same vicinity. As I said I have non halal beef dripping imported from Ireland. It's a right pain Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
runningman1   12 #173 Posted June 23, 2016 It would not just be the breakfast menu. Halal and non halal foods can't be stored, transported or prepared in the same vicinity. As I said I have non halal beef dripping imported from Ireland. It's a right pain  Yes they can. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
MikeFrank   10 #174 Posted June 23, 2016 This happens anyway. The fish burgers (and the old veggie burgers) are often cooked in the same vats as the chicken products.  I didn't think to ask about the breakfast menu and the occasional bacon burger they do, I shall ask.  This is only an application and the request has been made for a halal site. Perhaps Mcdonalds will reject it.  However, the potential of contamination has been considered and the brothers say that they will only be hiring Muslims.  I am playing football with one of them on Saturday, I will tell them about this thread and see if they are willing to come and address the coments.  From what I understand the halal idea is purely a business rather than a religious one. They feel that there is the demand for a halal Mcdonalds. The younger one, the one I know properly isn't all that fussed about religion.  I doubt a halal will be successful there's not many Muslims in the area. Some none Muslims will boycott it. I will. It's destined to fail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Crosser   10 #175 Posted June 23, 2016 However, the potential of contamination has been considered and the brothers say that they will only be hiring Muslims.   I didn't think we could discriminate on religious grounds in the UK? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
runningman1 Â Â 12 #176 Posted June 24, 2016 I didn't think we could discriminate on religious grounds in the UK? Â Not openly no. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
BigRstar88 Â Â 10 #177 Posted June 24, 2016 Halal food, kosher food or ordinary food does it really matter. Most of time unless you grow it yourself then you haven't got a clue what's in it. Just because someone tells you it's halal or whatever doesn't mean it is. Tesco beef being horse meat ring a bell? The people that care what's in there food probably wouldn't be eating here anyway. Â The McDonald's is a bonus for some and not for others either way unless a hell of a lot of people moan about it then it will probably get built and also do well. If it does well then the quiet little 'village' of ecclesfield will be full of these places. Won't be long till the ball becomes a KFC or another tesco express etc. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
monkey104 Â Â 10 #178 Posted June 24, 2016 I don't know if I have been unlucky or what but the two times I have had chicken from the halal kfc opposite the arena it has not tasted as well as other non halal Kfc. Having said that I ate at a halal McDonald's in Dubai and it tasted no different. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Radan   10 #179 Posted June 24, 2016 I had KFC in the US. Came with mash potato.  Didn't know you had to ask for 'fries' specifically instead of mash.  And no baked beans in sight.  As for a McDodah in Ecclesfax, may the best side win (locals or Corporate America). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...
Crosser   10 #180 Posted June 25, 2016 Halal food, kosher food or ordinary food does it really matter. Most of time unless you grow it yourself then you haven't got a clue what's in it. Just because someone tells you it's halal or whatever doesn't mean it is. Tesco beef being horse meat ring a bell? The people that care what's in there food probably wouldn't be eating here anyway.  The McDonald's is a bonus for some and not for others either way unless a hell of a lot of people moan about it then it will probably get built and also do well. If it does well then the quiet little 'village' of ecclesfield will be full of these places. Won't be long till the ball becomes a KFC or another tesco express etc.  Better than the drug - den it has been recently then? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Share this content via...