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6 Mascots That Must Go
 6 Mascots That Must Go 
Apr 4, 2010 8:00 AM CDT

6 Mascots That Must Go

Ronald McDonald and the Trix rabbit, for starters

(Newser) - A new survey shows lots of people want McDonald's to retire Ronald McDonald as a mascot, and Nerve agrees: He's just a little creepy. Josh Kurp lists five other mascots that need to go:
  • Chester Cheetah, Cheetos: He's "more drug dealer/pimp than a snack-food-selling jungle cat."
  • Dig 'em
...

Group Pounds Ronald McDonald Over Big Mac Fat Kids

Child obesity's not funny

(Newser) - Ronald McDonald is a conniving kid lure who has become the Joe Camel of the child obesity epidemic, claims a group demanding that McDonald's not-so-funny clown be retired. "For 50 years, no one has been better at hooking kids on unhealthy food," said a spokeswoman for Corporate Accountability...

Guy Crawls Through Drive-Thru for Filet-O-Fish
Guy Crawls Through
Drive-Thru for Filet-O-Fish
extreme munchies dept
Mar 31, 2010 8:22 AM CDT

Guy Crawls Through Drive-Thru for Filet-O-Fish

Pushes, slaps McDonald's employee before taking sandwich

(Newser) - A New Jersey man really, really wanted his Filet-O-Fish—and he crawled through a McDonald’s drive-thru window to get it. “His Filet-O-Fish was taking too long at 4:30 in the morning,” a police officer tells NBCNewYork , so the customer climbed through the window, pushed an employee...

5 Big Fat Green Food Lies


 5 Big Fat Green Food Lies 
eco-friendly mcd's? C'mon!
Mar 29, 2010 3:25 PM CDT

5 Big Fat Green Food Lies

McDonald's and other companies that aren't as green as they act

(Newser) - The food industry hasn’t missed the fact that many people are hopping on the green bandwagon. But how can you tell the difference between true sustainability and marketing baloney? Anna Lappe lists the five least green claims in her book Diet for a Hot Planet, excerpted by Salon :
  • Sara
...

4 Dystopias Health Reform Will Prevent


 4 Dystopias 
 Health Reform 
 Will Prevent 
ZOMBIE PLAGUES, FOR ONE
Mar 24, 2010 10:50 PM CDT

4 Dystopias Health Reform Will Prevent

Could Obamacare prevent zombie plagues?

(Newser) - Perhaps the best way to explore how health-care reform will affect our lives is to consider the fictional dystopias the Obamacare society won't have to endure. Or, have io9 do it for you:
  1. A mutant plague. A rich country in which 30 million people have no access to preventative care
...

15 Fast Food Failures
 15 Fast Food Failures 
mmm, mclobster
Mar 20, 2010 7:34 AM CDT

15 Fast Food Failures

From the Arch Deluxe to the Wendy's buffet and beyond

(Newser) - Taco Bell is debuting its new shrimp tacos, a decision that seems destined to go down in the annals of fast food failures. But it won’t be alone. Marcus Leshock recalls the 15 biggest fast food product disasters at Chicago Now. Here's a sampling:
  • McLobster: For some reason, McDonald’
...

Shh! Secret Restaurant Menus
 Shh! Secret Restaurant Menus 
mcgangbang, anyone?
Mar 6, 2010 12:50 PM CST

Shh! Secret Restaurant Menus

Fast-food places have plenty of little-known options

(Newser) - In-N-Out Burger’s “secret menu” (veggie burgers, etc.) has gotten way too famous to really be considered a secret anymore—but Coupon Sherpa rounds up little-known items at other fast-food joints:
  • Chili’s: Though it’s not on the menu anymore, you can in fact still order the
...

Weight Watchers Approves Some McDonald's Items
Weight Watchers Approves
Some McDonald's Items
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS DEPT.
Mar 3, 2010 8:26 PM CST

Weight Watchers Approves Some McDonald's Items

Filet-O-Fish, McNuggets assigned points for NZ dieters

(Newser) - One of the more unlikely pairings in food could soon be coming to a McDonald’s near you, as Weight Watchers has agreed to lend its stamp of approval to several items on the menus of the chain’s New Zealand locations. The Filet-O-Fish, Chicken McNuggets and Sweet Chili Seared...

Starbucks Tests New Size: 31-Ounce 'Trenta'

Iced drinks available only in Phoenix and Tampa for now

(Newser) - Starbucks is offering a 31-ounce cup of iced coffee or tea in Phoenix and Tampa. The move is likely another step in the competition between McDonald's and Starbucks—McDonald's sells 32-ounce sweet teas in Southern markets, and recently started offering espresso. The new Starbucks size is called "Trenta."...

Baby Born at California Mall McDonald's
Baby Born at California
Mall McDonald's
[INSERT NAME JOKE HERE]
Feb 12, 2010 7:44 PM CST

Baby Born at California Mall McDonald's

Husband, 3-year-old daughter are on hand at food court

(Newser) - A woman gave birth this afternoon in the food court of a northern California mall, delivering in the McDonald’s where she had been eating with her husband and 3-year-old daughter. A mall cop helped deliver the healthy baby girl; paramedics had been on the scene earlier after Evelyn Alexander...

AP Scribe Debunks HuffPo Blogger's War Tale

Media darling with lovable dog has sketchy lawsuit and criminal past

(Newser) - Huffington Post blogger Luis Carlos Montalván started out as an anti-war liberal's dream: a decorated Iraq vet with a compelling war story, vocally opposed to the war and accompanied by a lovable golden retriever to stave off PTSD-related anxiety. But an AP reporter who's been digging into the self-promoting...

Minister Skewers 'Stalinist' Journo Over McItaly Rip

Guardian 's Fort shops organic with 'heavy wallet and light conscience'

(Newser) - After a British writer ripped into the Italian government for not only allowing but wholeheartedly endorsing a new line of McDonald’s burgers linked to the Italy’s famous cuisine, the country’s agriculture minister fired right back, attacking the writer as “Stalinist” and for “baying at the...

Foodies Gag on McDonald's New McItaly Burgers

Why water down the country's diverse food culture?

(Newser) - It’s bad enough that McDonald’s would seek to water down Italy’s vaunted food culture by introducing a line of “McItaly” burgers, Matthew Fort snorts, but that the morally bankrupt government of Silvio Berlusconi would give a stamp of approval is a “monstrous act of national...

McDonald's Will Offer Free Wi-Fi

Chain will drop $2.95 charge

(Newser) - McDonald's will stop charging for Wi-Fi starting early next year at most of its locations. The chain currently charges $2.95 to connect to the Internet for 2 hours, but will drop the fee at 11,000 of its 14,000 US restaurants. The chain is likely hoping to lure...

Meat Standards at McD's Loftier Than at Schools
Meat Standards at McD's Loftier Than at Schools
investigation
Dec 9, 2009 8:56 AM CST

Meat Standards at McD's Loftier Than at Schools

Virtually any fast-food joint is choosier about what your kid eats

(Newser) - The millions of pounds of beef and chicken doled out by the National School Lunch program every year wouldn’t pass muster at KFC or McDonald's. Though the meat the USDA buys and then supplies to schools beats the bare minimums imposed on grocery store meat, it doesn’t live...

Bike Lane's Next Detour: Fast-Food Drive-Thru
 Bike Lane's Next Detour: 
 Fast-Food Drive-Thru 
NOT YANKING YOUR CHAINS
Dec 6, 2009 5:15 AM CST

Bike Lane's Next Detour: Fast-Food Drive-Thru

OK, McDonald's isn't on board, but there's a movement

(Newser) - With more cities making room for cyclists, advocates of the two-wheel lifestyle (no-emissions class) are taking aim at another preserve of the gas-powered set: the drive-thru window. One Oregon cyclist got local chain Burgerville to change its policy after being refused service, and a movement was born. “If it’...

McDonald's Gets Euro-Chic Makeover

But 'it looks like Swatch had a baby with Ikea'

(Newser) - McDonald’s is getting a makeover, starting with one New York restaurant that now features a sleek, European-inspired look, flat-screen TVs, and free wi-fi. The redesign features employees in all-black uniforms and “Danish Modern furniture,” reports the AP —or, as Daniel Maurer writes in New York , “...

Gitmo Mickey Dee's Now Hiring
 Gitmo Mickey Dee's Now Hiring 
Nov 11, 2009 7:32 AM CST

Gitmo Mickey Dee's Now Hiring

Burger-flipper sought for Cuba's sole McDonald's

(Newser) - The only McDonald's in Cuba is looking for an assistant manager. An ad posted on a job website last week invited candidates with valid American passports to apply for a job at the franchise at the Guantanamo Bay base. Burgers are shipped in from Florida and detainees cleared by the...

How Arby's Lost Its Beefiness
 How Arby's Lost Its Beefiness 
FLOUNDERING CHAIN
Nov 8, 2009 10:26 AM CST

How Arby's Lost Its Beefiness

Don't blame recession: fast-food chain just isn't trying

(Newser) - The recession has had its winners and losers, and when it comes to fast food, Arby's is bringing up the rear. Same-stores sales have been down for the last seven quarters, writes Daniel Gross for Slate, but the economy can't take the entire rap on this one: Arby's just doesn't...

Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

Utah McDonald's doesn't appreciate YouTube-inspired stunt

(Newser) - Four Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The...

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