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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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McDonald's stories: 82 news summaries

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McDonald's Doesn't Own 'Mc' Prefix: Malaysian Judge

Court reverses decision against McCurry's restaurant

Apr 29, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Malaysian court ruled that McDonald’s does not control the rights to every word with the “Mc” prefix, the AP reports. The appellate court overturned a 2006 decision that forced a Malaysian restaurant named “McCurry’s” to pay damages to McDonald’s for using the name to... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • restaurant • copyright • judge • Malaysia • appellate court • curry • McCurry's

(Newser) - McDonald's will soon be faced with an epic decision: Which comes first, the cage-free chicken or the profit margin? The Humane Society plans to press the fast-food behemoth at a shareholder meeting in May to use cage-free eggs, but the fast food giant’s response is anything but certain,... More »

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McDonald's • animal cruelty • eggs • Humane Society • cage free • chicken

Aussie Critics Rip Micky D's McMath Tutoring

Program is sneaky marketing push, charge educators

Mar 20, 09 7:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nutritionists and educators are having trouble swallowing McDonald's sponsorship of an online math program, the Guardian reports. The tutoring program, available free to schools and students across Australia, features the golden arches logo on its front page. Australia's government commended McDonald's for providing the resource, but critics see it as... More »

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education • Australia • McDonald's • fast food • online learning • mathematics

Woman Who Called 911 Over McNuggets
Gets Refund

McDonald's aims to please crazy customer

Mar 4, 09 1:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Latreasa Goodman will at long last get her refund, McDonald's announced today. The 27-year-old called 911 three times last week, enraged because McDonald's was out of the Chicken McNuggets she had ordered and paid for, but wouldn’t give her a refund. “This is an emergency!” she told... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • 911 call • 911

McDonald's Won't Pay Hospital Bills of Hero Employee

Worker got shot protecting customer

Feb 19, 09 5:18 PM CST
(Newser) - It doesn't pay to be a hero, sometimes. A McDonald's employee who stepped in to prevent a man from beating up a woman in the restaurant got shot multiple times and ended up with $300,000 in medical bills. Now McDonald's says it's won't pay up because his injuries "... More »

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health insurance • McDonald's • medical bills • hero

PETA Protests McCruel Chicken Slaughter

Group boycotts fast
food chains that
use shocked poultry

Feb 16, 09 2:15 AM CST
(Newser) - After years of KFC boycotts, PETA will once again picket McDonald's in a bid to trigger a change in the way chickens are slaughtered in the US. American farms usually shock chickens before beheading them, a method the animal rights group calls inhumane. PETA prefers the European method, which involves... More »

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McDonald's • animal rights • PETA • KFC • poultry • chicken

 China Loses Taste for Fast Food 

Chinese revert to cheaper, healthier options amid recession

Feb 12, 09 4:25 PM CST
(Newser) - The dollar menu thrives when times are tough in the US, but in China—where Western fast food is no bargain—the American chains are facing tough competition. Price is the main sticking point, but not the only one. "It's fast food," one diner in Shanghai told... More »

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China • health • McDonald's • Pizza Hut • fast food • recession • KFC • Globalization

I'll Have a No. 2, Please: Starbucks Adds Meal Deals

Struggling coffee icon adds $3.95 breakfast deals to jolt sales

Feb 9, 09 8:56 AM CST
(Newser) - Starbucks is taking a page from McDonald’s book by offering $3.95 drink and breakfast deals it hopes will help reprogram consumers' perceptions of the chain as home of the $4 coffee, reports the Wall Street Journal. "It is a reset of both economic and social behavior,... More »

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Howard Schultz • Starbucks • McDonald's • coffee • lattes

ANALYSIS

Obama Aside, Marketers Still Bypass Blacks

$913B in buying power goes relatively ignored by Madison Ave.

Feb 2, 09 4:07 PM CST
(Newser) - Many of the advertising folks who named Barack Obama Marketer of the Year have cut spending directed at African-Americans, whose buying power is nearly $1 trillion, Marissa Miley writes in Advertising Age. “Why people continue to question this customer segment continues to baffle me,” says one author. “... More »

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Barack Obama • race • advertising • African Americans • McDonald's • marketing • Hispanics

 The 10 Best Super Bowl Ads 

Animals, violence, catchphrases fuel success

Jan 27, 09 12:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Sure, the economy's in the toilet, but there’s always $3 million in the couch cushions for 30 seconds come Super Bowl time. But it remains to be seen whether this year’s crop stick to a reliable winning formula: Include “animals, potty humor, violence, celebrities, sentimentality,” or... More »

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television • McDonald's • Super Bowl • Apple • commercials • Budweiser • Reebok • E Trade • Super Bowl ads • Coca-Cola • television advertising • Super Bowl XLIII

MARKET open

 Stocks Shrug Off Job Losses 

Pfizer deal drives gains

Jan 26, 09 8:58 AM CST
(Newser) - Pfizer’s massive deal to buy Wyeth helped investors shrug off the bloodbath at Caterpillar, Home Depot and Sprint-Nextel this morning, sending indexes slightly higher at the open. The Dow rose 55 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq rose 11 and 18 points respectively. Caterpillar fell 10% pre-market after... More »

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stock market • McDonald's • Pfizer • earnings reports • Nasdaq • Caterpillar • Dow • Wyeth • S&P 500

Booming Mickey D's
Plans European Surge

Global downturn? They're lovin' it

Jan 24, 09 5:55 PM CST
(Newser) - A rare beneficiary of the financial crisis, McDonald’s says it will build 240 new European locations and create 12,000 jobs, the Financial Times reports. The firm’s biggest expansion in 5 years will extend mainly to Spain, France, Italy, Russia, and Poland. “We’re certainly not slowing... More »

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McDonald's • Europe • fast food • restaurant • fast food industry • expansion • job • downturn • financial crisis

China Knockoff Craze Gains Steam, Courage

Shanzhai culture shifts from brand names to national symbols

Jan 24, 09 12:27 AM CST
(Newser) - An internet variety showed parodying the annual lunar new year gala on Chinese central TV is just the most publicized knockoff generated by the country’s rebellious shanzhai culture, the Wall Street Journal reports. Once mainly the province of counterfeit name brands (think HiPhone), the web now is awash with... More »

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China • Starbucks • McDonald's • Pizza Hut • Wall Street Journal • art • knockoff • Haagen-Dazs • Shanzai • shanzhai

 PETA Flays 
 Burger King 
 With Parody 
 Perfume 

Parody perfume launched to douse 'Flame'

Dec 24, 08 11:45 AM CST
(Newser) - If PETA had its way, right away, burger joints would close their doors forever, but the never-warm-and-fuzzy relationship reached a flashpoint last week when Burger King launched a meat-scented cologne called Flame. Now PETA is adding fuel to the fire with a parody fragrance called "Gore by Murder King,... More »

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McDonald's • parody • animal rights • PETA • KFC • vegetarianism • fragrance • Burger King

Starbucks Shrugs Off
Big Mac Attack

Company refuses to get steamed as rivals move in for the kill

Dec 11, 08 3:09 AM CST
(Newser) - So far Starbucks isn't giving two beans about rival efforts to keep the coffee wars piping hot, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports. The latest not-so-subtle salvo—a McDonald's espresso billboard declaring "Four Bucks is Dumb" erected within sight of Starbucks' Seattle headquarters—has yet to meet a response, and execs... More »

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Starbucks • advertising • McDonald's • coffee • billboards • coffee houses

Jack in the Box Boasts
Most Toxic 'Value' Burger

$1 Junior Bacon Cheeseburger tops cancer researchers' unhealthful list

Dec 9, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - It’s official: Jack in the Box’s Junior Bacon Cheeseburger is the least healthy value offering by a chain restaurant, the Los Angeles Times reports. The Cancer Project, which monitors links between nutrition and the disease, singled out the grilled meat and bacon in the sandwich as carcinogenic and... More »

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McDonald's • Taco Bell • fast food • carcinogens • healthy eating • Burger King • Jack in the Box • Cancer Project

Ark. Man Sues Mickey D's Over Wife's Nudie Pix

Workers vowed
to keep lost
camera phone 'safe'

Nov 23, 08 8:03 AM CST
(Newser) - An Arkansas man has sued McDonald's because nude photos of his wife on a cell phone he lost in one of the restaurants ended up on the Internet. When the man called the outlet, employees promised to keep the phone safe until he could collect it, reports the New York ... More »

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cell phones • McDonald's • nude photo • camera phones • pictures

Mickey Dee's Looks to Moms for Healthier Image

Gives 6 bloggers a peek at inner workings

Nov 20, 08 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - McDonald's is trying to harness mom power to help shake its unhealthy image, reports the Washington Post. The burger joint has recruited six mothers to serve as "quality correspondents" and is giving them unprecedented access to the company's operations in the hope they will share their favorable findings about... More »

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nutrition • McDonald's • fast food • mothers • fast food industry • public relations

MARKETS

 Chinese Stimulus Rally Fizzles 

Earnings reports quash session's early gains

Nov 10, 08 3:26 PM CST
(Newser) - An early rally in reaction to the Chinese government’s fiscal stimulus package couldn’t hold up and the markets ended today's session with losses. Poor quarterly earnings reports soured investor confidence, the Wall Street Journal reports. The Dow fell 73.27 to close at 8,871. The Nasdaq lost... More »

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China • McDonald's • Dow Jones • General Motors • Nasdaq • S&P 500


 McDonald's Sees Sales 
 Jump in Oct. 

Recession? Ronald is lovin' it

Nov 10, 08 12:40 PM CST
(AP) - Consumers worldwide who are watching their spending bought more burgers and chicken breakfast biscuits at McDonald's in October, leading to a big rise in sales at established locations. The corporation said today its global same-store sales jumped 8.2% during the month, beating the company's own prediction for a rise... More »

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McDonald's • fast food • fast food industry • same-store sales

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