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Moms tour McDonald's produce suppliers
September 18, 2007
SWEDESBORO, N.J. — Six Moms' Quality Correspondents are touring McDonald's apple supply chain from the farm to the supplier. They are exploring an apple orchard near Buffalo, N.Y., a nearby produce-packing facility, and Missa Bay, an apple and produce supplier in Swedesboro, N.J.
The group is seeing firsthand how the apples are picked, sorted, bundled, washed, cored, peeled, seeded, sliced, chilled and packaged for delivery to the restaurant.
The moms will share their personal experiences from the tour via downloadablevideos and online journal entries at http://www.McDonaldsmom.com in lateSeptember.
This marks the group's third discovery tour. During the first, they visited McDonald's headquarters where they met with top executives and food quality and safety experts and toured Chef Dan Coudreaut's test kitchen and McDonald's corporate training center. The second stop included a tour of McDonald's beef supplier, Lopez Foods, and abehind-the-counter experience working in a McDonald's restaurant.
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