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Mar172019 by adminNo Comments

McDonald's: Tom Watson urges chain to drop Monopoly campaign

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A McDonald's Monopoly campaign which sees customers given the chance to win prizes including food is a "danger to public health", says MP Tom Watson.He is urging the fast food giant to drop the annual competition, which starts again this week, saying it encouraged people to order more.It comes as the government considers banning junk food adverts on TV before 9pm to tackle childhood obesity. McDonald's said "customer choice" was at the heart of its business. Mr Watson - who tackled his type 2 diabetes by adopting a healthier lifestyle and losing seven stone - has asked Paul Pomroy, chief executive of McDonald's UK, to cancel the marketing campaign, the Observer reported.But McDonald's argued that people can take part by buying some of the healthier foods ...

Jan252019 by adminNo Comments

2019 McDonald's All-American Game rosters unveiled

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Jan. 24 (UPI) -- The McDonald's All-American rosters were unveiled on Thursday, as some of the elite prospects in the country earned recognition and a trip to the 42nd annual McDonald's All-American Game. Five schools have multiple commits selected to play, with Arizona, Kentucky, Duke, Florida and Villanova each sending two. Players headlining the boy's game include James Wiseman (No. 1 ESPN, No. 1 247Sports), Anthony Edwards (No. 5 ESPN, No. 4 247Sports), Cole Anthony (No. 2 ESPN, No. 3 247Sports), Vernon Carey (No. 3 ESPN, No. 2 247Sports) and Jaden McDaniels (No. 6 ESPN, No. 5 247Sports). Overall, 13 programs represent the rosters, including six uncommitted players. Anthony is the top unsigned prospect remaining in the 2019 class. It's the first time in the game's history that three p...

Jul282018 by adminNo Comments

Everything you need to know about the McDonald's salad parasite outbreak

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As of July 26, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports a total of 286 people in 15 states have been infected with a parasite called Cyclospora, an increase of 120 people in the last week alone. So far, there have been 11 hospitalizations but no deaths associated with this outbreak. The parasite has been linked to salads from McDonald’s. So what is this parasite, and why are the numbers still increasing? What is Cyclospora? Cyclospora is a parasite found in contaminated food or water -- which in the U.S. can mean fresh produce -- and causes a short-term illness known as Cyclosporiasis. The parasite isn’t typically transmitted from one person to another, but rather, makes people sick after it is ingested. What are the signs of an infection? Once someo...

Mar232018 by adminNo Comments

'Perfect storm' for retailers, warns McDonald's boss

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Britain's retailers are facing "a perfect storm" that will see businesses squeezed and more corporate failures, according to the UK boss of McDonald's.In an exclusive interview for Sky News, Paul Pomroy said he had made the "bold decision" to keep investing in restaurants and staff since Brexit, but said conditions were getting ever tougher.Describing a "perfect storm of challenges, Mr Pomroy said: "I am really concerned by the amount of inflation that companies are carrying at the moment."Food inflation is running at between 4% and 7% across retail, there's pressure on wage inflation, interest rate movements and now you are seeing businesses becoming less brave in their decision-making.Image:Paul Pomroy says firms are becoming 'less brave in their decision-making'"They're not making the i...

Mar72018 by adminNo Comments

Is McDonald's New Burger With Fresh Beef Actually Any Healthier?

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McDonald’s announced today that it has replaced frozen beef with fresh, cooked-to-order patties for its Quarter Pounder and Signature Crafted Recipe burgers at approximately 3,500 restaurants in select markets. According to a company press release, the upgrade will be available at all participating restaurants in the contiguous United States by early May.The fast-food giant says that customers in test markets have loved the “hotter and juicier” fresh-beef quarter-pound burgers and that the company “saw a 90% customer satisfaction from customers who ordered the burgers and 90% intent to repurchase.”Clearly, there are some taste and temperature advantages to having a burger “cooked right when ordered, and not a second before,” as Mickey D’s website states. But what we really want t...