temperature range of –18ºC to 4ºC. About 52% of its food products needed to be stored
under these conditions before they were usedxxvii.
As the ingredients moved from farms to processing plants to the restaurant, McDonald's
Quality Inspection Program (QIP) carried out quality checks at over 36 different points in
the Cold Chain system till it reached the customerxxviii. Setting up of the Cold Chain enabled
McDonald’s to cut down on operational wastage.