Fast food restaurant chain McDonald's is the company that distributes the
most toys worldwide, at an estimated 1.5 billion toys globally. McDonald's
began selling kids’ “Happy Meals” in 1979 and as of 2014,
approximately 20% of all of McDonald’s sales include a kids’ meal that
comes with a toy. In 1997, McDonald's set records with its toys, when it
included “Teenie Beanie Babies” with their kids’ meals and sold four
meals for every child in the US. Critics of the fast food chain claim the
inclusion of toys with kids’ meals encourages unhealthy eating habits as
the meals are often high in sodium and fat, and don’t include fruits or
vegetables. In 2011, San Francisco banned “Happy Meals” from being
marketed to children and being sold with toys.