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McDonald's stories: 82 news summaries

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 McDonald's Gets 
 Euro-Chic Makeover 

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

Nov 19, 09 12:41 PM CST
(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 , “... More »

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McDonald's • Europe • New York • fast food • McDonald's makeover

 Gitmo Mickey Dee's Now Hiring 

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

Nov 11, 09 7:32 AM CST
(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... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • Guantanamo Bay • Guantanamo prisoners • job vacancies

FLOUNDERING CHAIN

 How Arby's Lost Its Beefiness 

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

Nov 8, 09 10:26 AM CST
(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... More »

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McDonald's • beef • fast food • fast food industry • Arby's

Teens Busted for Rapping Fast-Food Order

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

Oct 30, 09 10:21 AM CDT
(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... More »

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Internet • YouTube • McDonald's • police • Utah • prank • disorderly conduct

 Iceland Too Poor 
 for McDonald's 

With currency off 80%, golden arches fall

Oct 26, 09 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Soon there will be at least one country you can visit without seeing the golden arches. The financial crisis hit Iceland’s currency so hard that McDonald’s, which imports most of its ingredients, can’t afford to operate there anymore. “We would have to raise our prices by... More »

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globalization • McDonald's • Iceland • economy • financial crisis

 Zut Alors! 
 French 
 Attack 
 Big Macs 
 at Louvre 

Wake up and smell the French fries, Mona Lisa

Oct 5, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - News that a McDonald's will open just yards from the entrance of the Louvre museum has sent lovers of French culture into conniptions. “This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odors in the context of a museum,” sniffed one art historian who works... More »

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McDonald's • France • museum • The Louvre

Subway Will Soon Have More Stores Than McDonald's

But sandwich chain still lags behind McD's in sales

Sep 22, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Subway is nearing a milestone: the sandwich chain will soon have more global locations than McDonald’s, Ad Age reports. The chain is expanding so quickly that it's expected to have 31,800 stores by the end of the week. It's probably just a matter of months before it surpasses... More »

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globalization • McDonald's • fast food • restaurant • Subway

In War on STDs, NC Tries New Weapon: Bribery

Syphilis outbreak sparks offer of gift card in exchange for test

Sep 14, 09 2:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - The incidence of syphilis is spiking in the economically hard-hit South, and health officials have lit on a novel preventative measure, MSNBC reports: Wal-Mart gift cards. Syphilis tends to rebound in tough times, and a program in North Carolina induces patients to submit to a test in exchange for the... More »

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McDonald's • public health • North Carolina • syphilis • STD • gift card • Wal-Mart • testing • Southern United States • sexually transmitted diseases • economic incentive

Overfishing Plagues
Filet-O-Fish's Main Ingredient

New Zealand's hoki center of overfishing controversy

Sep 10, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - What exactly is the fish in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich? It’s a bug-eyed creature from New Zealand called the hoki, and it is apparently under pressure from overfishing, the New York Times reports. New Zealand—while not specifically citing that cause—has been cutting the allowable catch as conservation groups... More »

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environment • McDonald's • fast food • fish • New Zealand • overfishing • hoki

(Newser) - Meet Mr. James, the star of McDonald's new ad campaign in Japan: He's a wacky white guy in nerd glasses who speaks broken Japanese, hitches his pants up to his armpits, and probably strikes out with the ladies. Americans living in Japan call the Mr. James campaign racism, while the... More »

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Japan • McDonald's • stereotypes • Mr. James

(Newser) - Having workers in their golden years is key to the Golden Arches' success, according to a British study. Researchers found that customer satisfaction levels were 20% higher in outlets where people over 60 were employed. The boost comes from the older workers' better people skills, strong work ethic, and influence... More »

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elderly • McDonald's • age • fast food industry • customer service • employee

Analysis

 Recession? 
 McDonald's 
 Is Loving It 


Aug 12, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now that the recession’s supposed to be just about over, it’s time to survey the battlefield and pick out winners, and nobody was a bigger winner than the Golden Arches, writes Daniel Gross for Slate. McDonald’s sales grew more in 2008 than in 2006 or 2007, and... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • recession • fast food industry • gourmet coffee • recession depression • McCafe

OPINION

 Need Coffee Fix 
 ASAP? Definitely 
 Skip Starbucks 

Famous chain loses in Slate taste test

Aug 4, 09 2:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Coffee snobs may “talk about the subtleties of macchiato” and scorn the chain stores, but “even sanctimonious coffee bores must lapse: The flesh is weak, the day is full, and Starbucks is just half a block away,” writes Nathan Heller for Slate. Dunkin’ Donuts and McDonald’s... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • Dunkin' Donuts • Jay-ZTV

Burger King Aims to Burn McD's With $1 Cheeseburger

Burger joint looking for more lettuce in battle for consumers

Jul 9, 09 2:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Burger King is spoiling for a cheeseburger price war, the Chicago Tribune reports. The chain is trying to persuade franchisees to halve the price of double cheeseburgers to just $1 for several months. McDonald's recently hiked the price of its double cheeseburgers to $1.19, under pressure from their franchisees,... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • fast food industry • Burger King • double cheeseburger • cheeseburgers

(Newser) - McDonald’s will roll out its deluxe Angus burger nationwide later this year, the Chicago Tribune reports. Until now, the one-third-of-a-pound burger made with premium beef has been available only in a handful of test markets. Though the fast-food chain has said publicly it would delay the launch until... More »

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McDonald's • beef • fast food • franchise • product launch • Angus burger • restaurant chain • hamburger

(Newser) - A multi-billion-dollar plan to install upscale Salvation Army community centers in US cities has hit the recession skids, the New York Times reports. Joan B. Kroc, widow of McDonald’s founder Ray Kroc, left $1.8 billion for the Army to build some 30 complexes featuring pools and ice rinks.... More »

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McDonald's • recession • Salvation Army • community center

(Newser) - Time counts down the top 10 weirdest non-emergency 911 calls. Among the craziest:
  • A cop who stole pot from a drug bust and made brownies. After getting stoned, he called 911 in a panic. "I think we're dead," he told the operator. "Time is going by
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McDonald's • police • 911 call • marijuana • Time magazine • Burger King

(Newser) - Just as Starbucks is scaling back its European expansion, McDonald's plans to open hundreds of new outlets offering high-end coffees and pastries on the continent, reports the Financial Times. “We can become the biggest seller of coffee in Europe,” boasted McDonald's chief financial officer. The company plans... More »

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Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • Europe • cappuccino • espresso • McCafe

OPINION

'Healthy' Fast Food Eaters
Mull the Salad, Buy the Fried

Companies like KFC know how to play to customers' cravings

May 17, 09 9:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - KFC's grilled chicken giveaway may have been a bust, but the company actually got what it wanted—luring health-conscious eaters back to the franchise, argues Steve Almond in the Washington Post. The chicken chain's CEO appeared on Oprah to apologize for pulling the plug on the offer, yet "... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • Oprah Winfrey • psychology • fast food industry • KFC • fried food • Kentucky Fried Chicken


 McDonald's-
 Starbucks  
 Java War 
 Brewing 

Marketing campaigns launch this week

May 5, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A classy coffee war begins this week, with troubled giant Starbucks facing up-and-comer McDonald’s, the Wall Street Journal reports. Both firms are starting national marketing campaigns, with Starbucks insisting that its coffee is the best while McDonald’s tells consumers that its new lattes, cappuccinos, mochas, and hot chocolates... More »

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Starbucks • advertising • McDonald's • coffee • ad campaign

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