[Not really racist!]

There are way more franchise restaurants than there are McOpCo in general. McOpCo in past few years have been selling off ones in Vancouver (Granville, Davie, and most recently the new TV towers/central library just to name a few) and slowly shifting development towards Surrey (you can probably guess why).

As far as I know there are quite a number of McOpCo in Surrey but that one is a franchise I think. They don't care what you say really... and the head office McD is McOpCo so that could be why.

Franchises are pretty cheap and want to save money... also food cost among other things (bonuses). Cheese is expensive too.. I guess. Just different policies for different management. Private operators rack in $$$$ like crazy, like Andy Bates and Joe Guzzo.