By Veronika Bondarenko Foot traffic at the Golden Arches is up but returning monthly visitors are down.. Remember that time when, at the very start of the pandemic, you made pledges to cook elaborate meals at home and in general become a healthier version of you? Apparently, neither do many of us — traffic at fast food chains, and McDonald’s (MCD) – Get McDonald’s Corporation Report in particular, is now higher than it was before the pandemic. According to the most recent foot traffic report from Placer.ai, visits to the Golden Arches are up 5.5% compared to the first week of April in 2019. Vi…