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fast food stories: 70 news summaries

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Russia Loves the Golden Arches

Oct 16, 07 12:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russians can’t get enough of McDonald’s, which is a good but frustrating situation for the fast-food giant. The company could easily open 100 new restaurants, executives tell the Journal, save for two things: their new corporate philosophy, which values quality over growth, and Russia’s rampant bureaucracy. More »

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Russia • nutrition • McDonald's • fast food

Taco Bell: You Quiero Mexico

French fries and 'tacostadas' aimed at setting chain apart from traditional taquerias

Oct 10, 07 2:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - Taco Bell is acting on its own long-standing imperative to run for the border, but as it re-enters Mexico, it’s not trying to pass as traditional—instead maxing out its American identity. The restaurant has its first Mexican branch since a failed 1990s incursion, but adding french fries to... More »

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Mexico • Taco Bell • fast food • NAFTA • french fries

Freedom Fries Fattening French

Celebrated food culture struggles to resist import of American obesity

Sep 20, 07 5:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Freedom Fries be danged, French waistlines are taking a decidedly American curve: As fast food and bigger portions invade, some 42% of the famously foodie nation's population is clocking in as either overweight or obese. But officials say don't let them eat cake, predicting US-level obesity if the trend isn't... More »

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obesity • food • France • weight • fast food • freedom fries

Chinese McDonald's
Aim at KFC

Golden arches play catch-up in a country that prefers chicken

Sep 17, 07 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - You can visit Ronald McDonald at 800 restaurants across China, but the Colonel will feed you at a whopping 1,940 KFC locations. So McDonald's is starting the engine on a new campaign to overcome the Chinese cultural bias for poultry over beef: Unable to compete in sheer number of... More »

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China • food • McDonald's • fast food • restaurant • KFC

Bigger Portions Weigh Down Healthy Choices

That sub may have less fat than a Big Mac—but not with that cookie

Sep 16, 07 10:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Choosing Subway over McDonalds doesn't help if you eat more when you're there. A new study shows that people underestimate calories when eating relatively healthier food, leading them to eat more and get just as fat. "We have to move away from thinking of food in 'good food/bad food'... More »

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obesity • nutrition • health • McDonald's • fast food • calories • portions • Subway

LA Eyes Ban
on New Fast Food Outlets

Moratorium proposed
on unhealthy eateries in South LA

Sep 10, 07 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - There is so much fast food in South Los Angeles, and so much obesity, that city officials are considering banning any new outlets.  A two-year moratorium on new fast-food eateries has been proposed for an area where 30% of adults and 29% of kids are obese (compared with just... More »

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obesity • food • California • Los Angeles • fast food • restaurant • Berkeley • Arcata

A Big Mac by Any Other Name Is Not as Tasty

Fast-food packaging, not what's inside,
sways kids' tastes

Aug 7, 07 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Preschoolers judged McDonald’s-branded food superior, even compared to the same products served without the familiar packaging, a study reported in Time concludes. The Pavlovian response to the Golden Arches worries child health experts, who link it to increasing obesity among the young. More »

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obesity • food • health • advertising • McDonald's • Stanford University • children • fast food • Thomas Robinson

McDonald's Plans Raise for Chinese Workers

Union criticism, bad press prompt chain-wide wage hike

Aug 6, 07 7:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bowing to pressure from the state labor union and attempting to counter negative publicity, McDonald's will raise wages for its Chinese employees. The fast-food megalith will boost the pay of 45,000 full- and part-time workers by an average of 30%, the Wall Street Journal reports, and issue counter workers... More »

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China • McDonald's • minimum wage • fast food • wages • union

Wendy's on Block as Stale Sales Sink Earnings 

High beef prices, tough competition take toll

Jun 19, 07 5:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Wendy's is looking for buyers as the hamburger chain's earnings and market share plummet. Aggressive competition from McDonald's and Burger King as well as soaring beef and dairy prices have taken a  big bite out of Wendy's bottom line, the Wall Street Journal reports. More »

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food • McDonald's • fast food • Nelson Peltz • Wendy's • privatization • Triarc Co.

Fast Food Replaces Grandma's Cooking

Across the globe, traditional diets fade

Jun 2, 07 9:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Every nation has its traditional cuisines, but in today's fast-paced, globalized culture, cheap, fatty Westernized food is crowding out ancient preparations and presentations. Diets define who we are, Time reports, and in the modern world, once-unique food is becoming culturally homogenized. Global influences traditionally enriched flavors and techniques; today, the... More »

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food • nutrition • Spain • globalization • famine • world economy • Westernization • diet • fast food

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