With quality meals and fast service being a top priority for both McDonald's and Checkers, a family-friendly environment is a must-have approach for both companies to keep in mind. When you dine at McDonalds, you enter an elegant place where you can make noise and have fun. Kids who come to McDonald's love the fact that there is a place just for them, the Play Place. While parents order food, children can have fun in the secure play area. McDonald's is also a company known around the world thanks to its advertising of children's meals. About twice a month, McDonald's offers a change in children's treats that brings to every child's meal an up-to-date toy promotion of the month, these toys are usually from current movie characters playing in theaters. On the other hand, Checkers offers a simpler approach for a family environment. Checkers offers its customers a reasonably priced children's meal, although neither the children's meal nor the toys are advertised on television. Checkers always has kids eating their kids meals. While both fast food chains offer a family-friendly environment, McDonalds certainly offers more for families and their children.