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McDonald's Shamrock Shake To Spread Minty Green Rapture Nationwide For The First Time
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 8, 2012 4:00 PM
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This is exactly why St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland and spread Catholicism across its verdant hills and magical, leprechaun-filled valleys — so that McDonald's could one day offer its syrupy green mint concoction known as the Shamrock Shake to its customers throughout the United States. More »
(J. Star)
Blocking The McDonald's Drive-Thru? That's A Tasering
By Chris Morran on February 6, 2012 3:30 PM
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A North Carolina woman is probably still feeling the sting — at least the sting of public humiliation — from being Tased by police for refusing to budge from the McDonald's drive-thru. More »
McDonald's Apologizes For Saying Pit Bulls Are More Dangerous Than Its Chicken
By Chris Morran on February 6, 2012 1:22 PM
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Pit bulls have gotten a bad rap over the years and are too often associated with dog fights and violence, though that has significantly more to do with horrible owners than the rather pleasant pit bulls they mistreat. Somehow this escaped the people at McDonald's, who thought that these dogs would be a good way to epitomize the idea of "danger." More »
McDonald's Finally Realizes Pink Slime Is Not An Appetizing Burger Ingredient
By Mary Beth Quirk on February 1, 2012 11:00 AM
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If you've been rolling up to McDonald's thinking, "Mmm, can't wait for that pink slime made from all the leftover parts of the cow that no one wants to eat until they've been chemically treated," you're out of luck. McDonald's grody practice of using ammonium hydroxide solution to kill bacteria in scrap meat is at an end, so no more pink goo for you. More »
Religious California Community Sees McDonald's As A Fatty Dagger In The Town's Healthy Heart
By Mary Beth Quirk on January 24, 2012 1:00 PM
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Many of Loma Linda, Calif.'s citizens don't drink and don't smoke, so what do they do when McDonald's comes to town? They get up in arms and start complaining about the Golden Arches breaching their haven of health. More »
Wendy's Set To Dethrone Burger King As #2 Fast Food Destination
By Chris Morran on December 21, 2011 11:30 AM
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In the over 40 years since Wendy's began slinging burgers, the fast food chain has never been able to slip past competitor Burger King, which seemed to have a permanent lock on the runner-up slot behind McDonald's. But the newest numbers indicate that while the Ohio-based burger joint is set to leap-frog BK into the number two spot in total sales, even though it has almost 1,400 fewer stores in the U.S. More »
Motley Crew Of Celebrities Complains To McDonald's About Egg Suppliers
By Chris Morran on December 20, 2011 4:15 PM
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Less than a month after McDonald's dropped one of its largest egg suppliers over concerns about conditions at the facility, a group of celebrities — ranging from bona fide stars to "oh yeah... them" on the fame scale — has penned a letter to Jim Skinner, CEO of the fast food giant, about what they view as inhumane treatment of chickens at egg farms used by the Golden Arches. More »
McDonald's Wants To Be Sure You Know They Use Actual Potatoes In French Fries
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 16, 2011 11:00 AM
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In a bid to woo more customers into chomping their bits of french fry goodness instead of a competitor's fried offerings, McDonald's is launching a new ad campaign to show how their fast food isn't just about grease and speed, but that it comes from actual plants grown in the ground. More »
McDonald's Franchisee Raises $14,000 In One Night For Families Of Car Crash Victims
By Chris Morran on December 9, 2011 2:15 PM
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Earlier this week, five teens were killed in a car crash in the town of New Oxford, PA. In an effort to bring the community together, the owner of a local McDonald's franchise hosted a fundraiser last night, where 100% of his proceeds for the evening went to offer financial support to the families of those lost in the horrible incident. More »
McDonald's Fined $1.8 Million In Brazil Over Happy Meal Toys
By Chris Morran on December 7, 2011 12:30 PM
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Looks like San Francisco isn't the only place that has a problem with McDonald's including free toys in its Happy Meals. The fast food giant has been fined approximately $1.8 million by a Brazilian agency that claims the freebies in McDonald's kids' meals promotes bad eating habits in children. More »
(SA_Steve)
San Francisco Burger Kings Also Charging $.10 To Get Around Kids' Meal Toy Ban
By Chris Morran on December 1, 2011 12:15 PM
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Today, San Francisco's dreaded ban on including free toys in fast food kids' meals kicks in. McDonald's has already announced that it will get around the regulation by charging an additional $.10 for the definitely-not-covered-in-lead-paint-and-cadmium toys. And because everyone loves a loophole, the royal court of the Burger King has ruled that it will also follow suit. More »
McDonald's Gets Around San Francisco Happy Meal Ban By Charging You For The Toy
By Chris Morran on November 30, 2011 1:40 PM
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After a seemingly endless amount of debating, various votes, a mayoral veto and whatnot, the San Francisco that puts an end to the practice of including toys and other giveaway gimmicks in Happy Meals (and many other fast food kids' meals with similar freebies) kicks in later this week. But the folks at McDonald's have devised a clever plan to get those Shrek movie promo toys in your little ones' hands — by simply charging for them. More »
McDonald's Kicks Egg Supplier To Curb Following FDA Citations
By Chris Morran on November 18, 2011 12:00 PM
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A lot of people are still a bit touchy about eggs following last year's salmonella outbreak and subsequent massive recall. Thus, when the folks at McDonald's saw an upcoming ABC News report on — and learned of an FDA warning against — one of their major egg suppliers, the fast food giant decided it was time to take its business elsewhere. More »
(WDAM.com)
McDonald's Customer Eats Burger, Punches Cop, While Her Car Burns Up In The Parking Lot
By Chris Morran on November 17, 2011 12:15 PM
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It's not exactly Nero fiddling while Rome burned, but when a Mississippi woman's car caught on fire at a McDonald's drive-thru, she stayed and ate her food — and then got arrested for allegedly punching a police officer. More »
Turn A McDouble Into A Lower-Carb Version Of A Big Mac For An Additional $.25
By Chris Morran on November 9, 2011 1:30 PM
118 Comments
If you've ever felt like chowing down on a McDonald's Big Mac but didn't feel like paying the Big Mac price, here's an easy work-around that might save you some coin and some calories. More »
McDonald's Exec: Swipe Fee Reform May End Up Hurting Our Bottom Line
By Chris Morran on November 4, 2011 4:30 PM
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A number of the new or increased banking fees, including Bank of America's scrapped attempt to charge debit card users $5/month, that have popped up recently have been financial institutions' reactions to recently enacted regulations that cap swipe fees — the amount banks charge retailers each time a debit card is used to make a purchase. While the goal is to put billions back into retailers' coffers, some of the nation's biggest chains say it may end up hurting them. More »
Why Was My McRib Served On A Round Hamburger Bun?
By Laura Northrup on November 3, 2011 1:15 PM
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McRib fever is sweeping the nation. In the area in upstate New York where Harold lives, this situation has become desperate. His local McDonald's is clearly so overwhelmed that they've run out of the proper-sized buns for the McRib and slapped his delicious meat log in a hamburger-sized bun. More »
McRib Pork Supplier Hit With SEC Filed Complaint Over Alleged Pig Abuse
By Ben Popken on November 3, 2011 12:00 PM
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Can you taste the tears in your McRib? The supplier of pork products to McDonald's, Smithfield Farms, just got hit by a complaint filed with the SEC by animal rights group Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Citing their own shocking undercover investigative video, HSUS allege that Smithfield is making false and misleading claims to shareholders and consumers about how well they treat their pigs and that those claims are in violation of federal securities law. More »
(jencu)
What's A McRib Made Of?
By Ben Popken on November 2, 2011 12:00 PM
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There's no rib in a McRib. There are about 70 other ingredients. The greatest amount of them come from ground-up low-value pork trimmings mixed together with salt and water to create "meat logs" that are then carved to size. So in what forest do you find a meat log? More »
Mom Crusading Against Dirty Fast Food Playgrounds Says She's Now Banned From 11 McDonald's
By Chris Morran on October 24, 2011 2:15 PM
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Over the summer, concerned mom Erin Carr-Jordan made headlines around the country with her online crusade to clean up filthy playgrounds found at McDonald's and other fast food chains. It seems her efforts have rubbed at least one Golden Arches franchisee the wrong way, as Carr-Jordan claims she's been barred from all of his eateries. More »
