The Real Reason McDonald’s Got Rid Of Ronald McDonald

McDonald’s has certainly changed quite a bit since its humble California beginnings in the 1950s, and a great deal of that change has happened just in the last decade or so. They’ve removed many of their playgrounds, spent $6 billion on making their restaurants more high-tech and sleeker-looking, and done everything under the sun to create a menu that appeals to fast casual-loving millennials. One of the more nostalgic aspects of McDonald’s that’s faded away has been the burger chain’s longstanding clown mascot - Ronald McDonald. The absence of Ronald McDonald is bound to split people into two groups.