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Burger King Gets Around 'Happy Meal Ban,' Too

Will charge extra for toys, like McDonald's

(Newser) - Burger King is taking a page from the McDonald's handbook : In order to "comply" with San Francisco's so-called "Happy Meal ban," the fast food chain will stop giving away toys in its kids' meals … but it will offer them for purchase for just 10...

McDonald's Sidesteps SF Happy Meal Ban

Toys to be sold as an extra

(Newser) - San Francisco's Happy Meal ban kicks in tomorrow, but McDonald's has found a very simple way to dodge it. The law bans restaurants from including a toy with a meal if that meal doesn't comply with the city's nutritional guidelines. So McDonald's is selling Happy...

McDonald's, Target Drop 'Cruel' Egg Supplier

Undercover video showed chickens being abused, harsh conditions

(Newser) - McDonald's and Target have both dropped a major egg supplier after an animal rights group released an undercover video last week showing animal cruelty and harsh conditions at five of the supplier's facilities, reports AP . "Having been made aware of the unacceptable conditions in the company's...

McRib Pork Supplier Smithfield Keeps Pigs in Appalling Conditions: Humane Society
McRib Pigs' Conditions Appalling: Humane Society 
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Nov 5, 2011 8:00 AM CDT

McRib Pigs' Conditions Appalling: Humane Society

Supplier misleading about animals' condition, group says

(Newser) - Your much-hyped McRib sandwich may have a dark past. The Humane Society has filed a complaint with the feds that McDonald’s pork supplier, Smithfield Foods, has misled consumers regarding how it treats its animals. Smithfield, which has won a “supplier sustainability” award from the restaurant chain, calls its...

Missing the McRib? McYearn No Longer

McDonald's brings back the boneless rib sandwich

(Newser) - America has apparently been salivating for the past year, and McDonald's is coming to the rescue. The mega-food-chain announced today it will be selling its McRib boneless barbecue pork sandwich nationwide until Nov. 14. Normally its franchises can choose whether to sell the sandwich, but a national release last...

Celebs Who Hawked McD's Before They Got Famous

These commercials must be seen to be believed

(Newser) - Before there were Oscars or legendary sitcoms, there were apparently McDonald’s commercials for a number of actors. Huffington Post rounds up eight amazing commercials that must be seen to be believed, featuring everyone from Michael J. Fox to (our favorite) Jason Alexander. Watch a selection in the gallery or...

McDonald's Launches Own TV Channel

Already grabbing ginormous audience in Southwest

(Newser) - Bored with merely eating and talking when you indulge in a McDonald's visit? Soon you'll be able to watch TV—that is, McTV. The mega-fast-food chain is launching its own exclusive channel, McDonald's Television, with corporate-approved content like entertainment news, advertising, and bits on local moms and...

Soda Fountain Gas Blamed for McDonald's Death

Carbon dioxide left woman, 80, unable to breathe

(Newser) - A soda fountain is to blame in the death of an 80-year-old woman who was found unconscious last week in a McDonald’s restroom in Georgia, police say. Carbon dioxide, used to carbonate the beverages and normally harmless, was accidentally piped through leaky gas lines in the walls between the...

Two Die in Bizarre Fast Food Incidents

One woman sickened by fumes, another hit by her own SUV

(Newser) - Two Florida women died yesterday in weird but unrelated deaths at fast food establishments. The more serious incident occurred Wednesday when fumes filled a south Georgia McDonald's. Firefighters found two people passed out in the bathroom, and several others struggling to breathe, the AP reports. Eventually 10 were taken...

The 5 Creepiest Ad Mascots of All Time

In honor of BK's King, Time breaks down the weirdest product hawkers

(Newser) - Now that Burger King’s weird plastic-faced “King” mascot is done terrorizing us , Time decided to break down the creepiest product mascots of all time. You can check out some of their greatest hits in the video gallery below.

Deadliest New Fast Food Menu Items: TGI Fridays, Applebees, California Pizza Kitchen
 Worst New Fast Food Items 
Aug 14, 2011 10:04 AM CDT

Worst New Fast Food Items

Menus at Denny's, Olive Garden, and TGI Fridays each feature diet traps

(Newser) - Happy Meals may come with fruit now , but that doesn't mean gut-busters have been wiped from menus. And while Applebee's Provolone-Stuffed Meatballs dish is the stuff of legend, the Daily Beast also ferrets out a few surprises on its list of worst new fast food:
  • California Pizza Kitchen'
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Oo la la: C&#39;est la McBaguette!
 Oo la la: C'est la McBaguette 
Jul 29, 2011 3:00 AM CDT

Oo la la: C'est la McBaguette

Mickey D courts the French

(Newser) - Oh, well, isn't McDonald's just getting très chic? We knew about the fast-food resturant's precious demi-tasse cups of coffee, and now it's about to serve ... baguettes to the French. Still sticking sort of true to its roots, though, Mickey D's is calling the haute...

McDonald's Happy Meals to Get Healthier
 Happy Meals Get Healthier 
Jul 26, 2011 8:30 AM CDT

Happy Meals Get Healthier

McDonald's will add fruit, remove some of the fries

(Newser) - Are Happy Meals soon to become Healthy Meals? Well, at least healthier: McDonald's, under pressure from nutrition advocates, will add a serving of fruit or vegetables to all of the children's meals, the LA Times reports. But the French fries will still be included, albeit in a smaller...

McDonald's in Trouble After Racist Sign Hoax

Pic an old online joke, but suddenly resurfaced in recent days

(Newser) - An old online hoax is causing real-world headaches for McDonald's. A fake sign, claiming that McDonald's is charging African-American customers an extra $1.50 as an "insurance measure due in part to a recent string of robberies," first appeared on the Internet's notorious 4chan bulletin...

Only McDonald's Saved Us From Losing Jobs

Depressing: That one-day hiring binge kept us in the black

(Newser) - Just how lousy were today's unemployment numbers ? Employers created a meager 54,000 jobs, way under expectations. Alex Goldmark at Good points out that if not for McDonald's one-day hiring binge of 62,000 jobs, the nation would have had a net loss. "That's what...

McDonald&#39;s New Flavor: Mirepoix

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 New Flavor: 
 Mirepoix 
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May 29, 2011 6:18 PM CDT

McDonald's New Flavor: Mirepoix

America's beloved fast-food chicken sandwich to get French twist

(Newser) - Say bonjour to a whole new McDonald's chicken sandwich. The fast food giant is ditching its Italian-flavored chicken breast in favor of a French-flavored one in its grilled chicken sandwiches, reports the Christian Science Monitor . Made-in-the-US purists shouldn't start moaning sacré bleu, however: The move is part of...

McDonald's: We're Not Ditching Ronald

CEO defends marketing, says clown is 'ambassador for good'

(Newser) - McDonald’s isn’t going to stop marketing to kids anytime soon if CEO Jim Skinner has anything to say about it. At the company’s annual meeting today, Skinner defended the practice and said parents should be able to decide for themselves whether McDonald’s is healthy enough. “...

25K Big Macs? Man Marks Milestone Today

Don Gorske will celebrate at McDonald's

(Newser) - Don Gorske ate his first Big Mac on May 17, 1972. Today, 39 years later, he will eat his 25,000th. Gorske, 57, normally eats two of the McDonald’s classics a day, but has eaten just one on a number of days this year so that he could hit...

More Than 1M Applied for a McJob

McDonald's ends up hiring 62K new workers

(Newser) - McDonald's national hiring binge is done, and the chain ended up handing out 24% more jobs than the 50,000 it said it would. And those 62,000 new employees must be la creme de la creme, because they were chosen from a field of more than 1 million...

Starbucks Is America's New No. 3 Chain, Unseats Wendy's, Burger King
 New No. 3 US Chain: Starbucks 
Apr 27, 2011 6:55 AM CDT

New No. 3 US Chain: Starbucks

Unseats Burger King, Wendy's

(Newser) - The Whopper and the Frosty have officially been replaced by the Frappuccino: Starbucks is now the nation's No. 3 chain, having leapfrogged in front of burger giants Burger King and Wendy's, who, according to one researcher, have been struggling to find "their niche." In terms of...

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