On 2014-11-15 17:03:38 +0000, Ed Pawlowski said:

> On 11/15/2014 8:34 AM, Janet B wrote:
>> http://tinyurl.com/mcoh2dw
>>
>> The Idaho agribusiness continues to get blowback over the Innate line
>> of spuds.
>>
>> By ZACH KYLE
>
>
>> McDonald's, the world's largest fast-food company and a longtime buyer
>> of Simplot potatoes for french fries, says it doesn't plan to buy
>> Simplot's latest genetically modified organism, the Innate potato.
>>
>> "McDonald's USA does not source GMO potatoes, nor do we have current
>> plans to change our sourcing practices," the company said in a
>> statement.
>
> Smart on their part. Be they good or bad, they are too controversial
> for a big chain to start selling them to the masses.
>
> That may change 10 or 20 years from now, but right now GM foods scare
> lot of people. Personally, I'm not so sure yet.

My guess is that they did their market research and decided not to sell
GMO potatoes not just on a hunch, but because they KNEW it would harm
sales.