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How kids' menus turn cheap food into big profits

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Restaurants deliberately pack kids menus with incredibly cheap chicken nuggets and fries. It completely maximizes profit margins while conveniently training an entire generation to only associate dining out with heavily battered, low grade carbohydrates.

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