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  • August 2008

    • Food Makers Tweak Recipes to Cut Costs

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 23, 08 10:01 AM CDT

      Food Makers Tweak Recipes to Cut Costs

      (Newser) - Food manufacturers are adjusting their recipes to cut costs as ingredient prices climb, the Wall Street Journal reports. Hershey is replacing some of its cocoa butter with vegetable oil, while General Mills is dumping pecans for walnuts in one cookie. McCormick, McDonald's, and other companies are making similar moves. But prices are staying the same—or rising—for consumers. More »

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      food  • economy  • food prices  • McDonald's  • recipes  • Hershey  • General Mills

    • How France Fell for Le Big Mac

      Times (UK)  |  Aug 19, 08 11:59 AM CDT

      How France Fell for Le Big Mac

      (Newser) - After the US, what country has the most profitable McDonald's franchises in the world? The surprising answer: it's France, home of the Michelin Guide and the three-hour lunch. The London Times travels to Paris to discover how the French have begun to adopt Anglo-American eating practices, abandoning the leisurely midday meal for a burger or sandwich to go. More »

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      France  • Europe  • Paris  • McDonald's  • fast food  • fast food industry  • lunch

    • Anti-Bubba: Is Obama's Bod Un-American?

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 1, 08 4:42 PM CDT

      Anti-Bubba: Is Obama's Bod Un-American?

      (Newser) - No matter how long the 2008 campaign drags on, we'll never see Barack Obama as we did Bill Clinton in 1992: drenched in sweat and jogging into a McDonald's. Obama's fit—skinny, even—and a bit of a gym rat. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the notion of presidential fitness and wonders if the typical American might find a "beanpole guy," as one voter described him, a little alienating. More »

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      Barack Obama  • John McCain  • health  • Bill Clinton  • obesity  • McDonald's  • junk food  • Dunkin' Donuts  • ice cream

  • July 2008

    • Bin Laden Driver's Soft Spot: McDonald's Fries

      Reuters  |  Jul 26, 08 1:31 PM CDT

      Bin Laden Driver's Soft Spot: McDonald's Fries

      (Newser) - Osama bin Laden’s driver warmed up to interrogators after he was given McDonald’s french fries, Reuters reports. He "even appreciated that McDonald's fries are not good cold," an FBI agent testified yesterday at Salim Hamdan’s war crimes trial. In another instance, he perked up when permitted to call his wife—after being held for 7 months. More »

    • In Tough Times, McDonald's Revives a Jingle

      New York Times  |  Jul 17, 08 8:47 AM CDT

      In Tough Times, McDonald's Revives a Jingle

      (Newser) - In 1974, with an unpopular war raging and inflation on the rise, McDonald's launched a jingle—"Two all beef patties, special sauce..."—to promote its signature product, the Big Mac. Decades later, in similar circumstances, the fast food giant is reintroducing the mantra-like list of ingredients via a MySpace competition. The New York Times looks at how the economic downturn is driving advertising retro. More »

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      advertising  • MySpace  • McDonald's  • advertising campaign  • weakening economy  • Big Mac

  • June 2008

    • McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jun 9, 08 1:53 PM CDT

      McDonald's: Hold the Tomatoes

      (Newser) - McDonald’s is pulling sliced tomatoes from its sandwiches following a nationwide outbreak of salmonella linked to the fruit. A spokesman was quick to note that the chain has not detected the bacteria in its supplies, “but with an abundance of caution, we want to make sure our food items containing tomatoes are absolutely safe," he told the Chicago Tribune . More »

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      FDA  • restaurant  • McDonald's  • outbreak  • tomatoes  • salmonella  • CDC  • bacteria  • sandwich

  • May 2008

    • Excoriated by China, 'Miserly' Firms Defend Quake Aid

      Associated Press  |  May 22, 08 10:24 AM CDT

      Excoriated by China, 'Miserly' Firms Defend Quake Aid

      (Newser) - Mega-companies are defending themselves against harsh criticism on Chinese websites that they’ve done too little to help earthquake survivors, AP reports. Companies such as McDonald’s, Wal-Mart, and Nokia were labeled “International Super-Misers” on one site. "We've been involved in helping and responding since day one,” said a McDonald’s rep, who added that the company pledged $15 million and is donating 40,000 meals. More »

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      China  • earthquake  • Wal-Mart  • McDonald's  • Nokia  • relief  • donation  • blogs

    • McDonald's Bets on Chicken for Breakfast

      Chicago Tribune  |  May 13, 08 4:40 PM CDT

      McDonald's Bets on Chicken for Breakfast

      (Newser) - Breakfast sandwiches are the latest move in McDonald's plan to tie its fortunes to the chicken coop, the Chicago Tribune reports. McDonald's has identified poultry as one of four areas crucial to long-term growth, and has debuted a new chicken option every year since 2003. Popular in the South, the chain's betting chicken for breakfast takes flight in the North, too. More »

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      McDonald's  • chicken

    • Small-Town Coffee Purveyor Goes Grande

      Barre-Montpelier Times Argus  |  May 9, 08 9:00 PM CDT

      Small-Town Coffee Purveyor Goes Grande

      (Newser) - A success story is brewing in tiny-town Vermont, where a coffee roaster is supplying beans to 600 McDonald's restaurants across 50 states and 25 countries. The creator of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Bob Stiller, never imagined such a feat—nor the $121 million in sales last quarter—when he started the business in 1981. "This vision of today was not in his mind," Green Mountain exec Jon Wettstein said. More »

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      coffee  • McDonald's  • gourmet coffee  • coffee roasting  • social responsibility  • business models

  • April 2008