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Ray Dalio's hedge fund strategy helped launch McDonald's Chicken McNuggets

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Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates, played a crucial role in the early development of McDonald's Chicken McNuggets by advising on commodity hedging strategies. In the early 1980s, McDonald's faced challenges in pricing the new menu item due to volatile feed costs for chickens, primarily soy and corn. Dalio, leveraging his expertise in agricultural commodities and prior consulting experience, proposed a synthetic future for these ingredients, which stabilized costs and enabled McDonald's to launch the McNuggets in 1983. This consulting engagement significantly boosted Bridgewater Associates' credibility and reputation, contributing to its early growth and securing a substantial investment from the World Bank. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Sarah Glodek ·

    The secret history of Ray Dalio and the creation of Chicken McNuggets—how a 1980s hedge strategy unlocked a whole new menu

    The Bridgewater founder began as a commodities expert and doesn’t claim credit: “the cost of a chicken has nothing to do with the price of the chick.”

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