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Order Fries, Get Ketchup, Ban Landmines

" Shown in photos above and below, a ketchup packet designed by the advertising agency Publicis Mojo for the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines is clever, though I doubt it will end the use of landmines. What’s next? I fully expect the concept to be adopted soon by...

Leonard Rhomberg Celebrates 50 Years Working at McDonald's

McDonald's officially has an employee of the century, or half century to be exact. Leonard Rhomberg, 68, has worked at the fast food chain McDonald's for 50 years, at an actual restaurant not in the corporate...

McCurry: Malaysian Chicken Curry Won McDonald's Trademark Lawsuit

McDonald's has lost the 8-year lawsuit against Malaysian curry restaurant, McCurry. McDonald's argued that the "Mc" prefix constituted trademark infringement, the owner of McCurry insisted the "Mc" was abbreviation...

Woman Found Dead in a Machine at McDonald's Food Processing Plant

A woman has been found dead in one of the machines at the Golden State Foods food processing plant in Southern California, one of the major suppliers for McDonald's restaurants. Investigators believe her death was accidental, and her body was found early on Tuesday morning....

Taco Bell In, McDonald's Out as Official NBA Sponsor

Taco Bell is in and McDonald's is out as the official sponsor of the NBA.  The four year deal will mean that Taco Bell will be the official fast-food supplier for the NBA.  Taco Bell will also enjoy...

Culture Wars: AFA Calls for Pepsi Boycott

The American Family Association (AFA), who claims to stand for "traditional family values", is targeting Pepsi for its pro-homosexual support. "The AFA, in an Action Alert to its more than two-million members,...

McDonald's Not Hurt by Starbucks Egg McMuffin Clone

McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner was quick to assure shareholders that Starbucks was no competition at a lunch in Chicago, Friday.  Starbucks entered the breakfast food market last year with the introduction of...

McDonald's Employee Gets Shot at Work, Refused Benefits

A McDonald's Employee was shot at work and refused Workmans Comp Benefits http://tinyurl.com/d25g9f Well it looks like McDonald's is not feeling Post-Racial. According to Raw Story the fast food giant McDonald's has denied workers compensation benefits to a minimum wage...

Venezuela: McDonald's closed for Tax evasion

Caracas, Venezuela, 10 October, 2008. Yesterday, all 115 Venezuelan McDonald´s shops were closed by government Tax officials (Seniat). This measure was taken by Seniat after an examination of accounting...

Man has eaten 23,000 Big Macs since 1972

How many Big Macs do you think you could eat in a day…week…month…year…years??  One guy has managed to eat 23,000 Big Macs since 1972. Yes...23,000!  For those that have ever seen Super Size...

Helping Consumers Help the Airlines

This week, we look at the poor being used as fronts, product placement on the news and battling ad buys. In "Six Degrees of Spin and Fakin'," we look at the pro-drilling front group "Americans for American Energy."

Man lost 80 pounds over six months by eating at McDonald's

We've all seen the documentary Super Size Me, where the film producer Morgan Spurlock explores the health effects of the fast food industry by eating three time a day for thirty days at the fast food giant...

MickeyDees starts peddlin' Red Bull

McD's is adding Red Bull to its beverage offerings.   So if you think your kids don't get enough sugar and caffeine, they can get their fix at the Golden Arches."Fountain giant McDonald's is testing the...

McDonald's Goes Trans-Fat Free

Mickey D's is finally catching up to the rest of its fast food competitors and phasing out its use of trans-fats in North America.Now we can all eat unlimited amounts of McMeals, right? What harm could they do us...

McDonald's to take on Starbucks

First Starbucks takes a page out of the McDonald's playbook by selling Starbuckian breakfast sandwiches, and now McDonald's wants to return the favour. No matter where you stand on fast food, Goliath versus...

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