On the one hand, the company has established mutually supportive partnerships with local produce suppliers, giving them guidance to help them improve quality and increase the quantity of produce supplied under contract, in order to reduce McDonald's exposure to price fluctuations. On the other hand the number of branches has increased rapidly, topping 100 last year, and this gives the chain enough economic scale to share and reduce all kinds of costs.
一方面他們和本地農產品供應者建立互相提攜的合夥關係，輔導他們提昇品質、擴大「契作」的量，以減少價格波動的衝擊；一方面分店數量成長快速，在去年突破一百大關，也使得他們有足夠的經濟規模，各項成本得以分攤降低。