Mcdonald's and the products it sells are part of a global-scale food chain involving hundreds of thousands of suppliers who grow, raise, and manufacture products. mcdonald's is part of the

The answer to this question is industrial food system.

industrial food system. refers to the type of business that involved in creating/producing foods for the customers.

Since McDonalds actually self-growing all of their ingredients (in order to reduce costs), the company could be considered as one of the industrial food system