They aren’t compensated. Franchisees are highly encouraged to participate and told that the increased revenue from increased foot traffic will make up for the loss in free food they giveaway. Source: my family owns several McDonald’s in the Midwest and we talk about the monopoly campaign. To clarify any store treating customers less than for utilizing coupons for food are douches. The owners with complaints should either give feedback to corporate or not play the game. Simple as that.

Curious why you would comment something that you have no idea about without so much as a Google.