The Olsens advertise McDonaldsfrom Ireland OnLine19/09/2004 - 15:50:18 Hollywood twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have disgusted fans by advertising fast food franchise McDonald's - two months after Mary-Kate checked out of rehabilitation for an eating disorder.The New York Minute duo appear on posters for the French division of McDonald's promoting burgers and chips despite the brunette twin, 18, spending six weeks in an undisclosed medical centre for anorexia from June to July.Images of th...

McDonald's Linked to $0.06/Hr Sweatshop Sep 22, 12:40 PM [ Reply ] Disney & McDonald's Linked to $0.06/Hour Sweatshop in Vietnam Summary: Seventeen year old women are forced to work 9 to 10 hours a day, seven days a week, earning as little as six cents an hour in the Keyhinge factory in Vietnam making the popular giveaway promotional toys, many of which are Disney characters, for McDonald's Happy Meals. After working a 70 hour week, some of the teenage women take home a salary of only...

Officials: At Least 10 Sick From Area McDonalds POSTED: 5:54 p.m. EDT October 3, 2004 PIQUA, Ohio -- Calls flood the Miami County Emergency Dispatch Center with people complaining of food poisoning. Piqua fire investigators say the source of the problem was a Mcdonald's restaurant on US 36 near I-75. The calls came in between 3-7pm Saturday evening. There were at least 10 ambulance calls, according to dispatchers, everyone was complaining of the same symptoms: vomiting, d...

Article1 October 2004 Saving me from myself? A chocolate-lover mourns the passing of the King-Size Mars Bar. by Sandy Starr Those, such as myself, who love king-size chocolate bars, were dismayed to learn this week that they are no longer to be sold in the UK. In response to the growing panic over obesity, Cadbury has announced that it will withdraw king-size Crunchie and Boost bars, while Masterfoods has announced that it will withdraw king-size Mars and Snickers bars. Ne...

Health fears eat into profits at McDonald's Leading article: McDonald's loss is the healthy consumer's gain Health fears eat into profits at McDonald's By Jonathan Brown 29 September 2004 The fast-food giant McDonald's is used to serving up super- size profits for its shareholders as well as bulging cartons of burgers and fries to a hungry public. But yesterday it was explaining away a significant decline in reported profits as it revealed its restaurants had been hit by a big...

Irony Calvin Sep 27, 05:21 PM [ Reply ] Ok. Let’s get this straight. Spurlock made a movie where he criticised McD’s for manipulating the truth about its product through advertising, and exploiting children and making money as a result. And you guys got angry at McD’s. How dare they profit from exploiting others and manipulating the truth? Outrage! But now Spurlock has exploited McD’s and manipulated the truth in order to sell his own product (the movie) and make a profit for himself....

Hey gang, guy in a big Budget rent a truck broadsided me in Fayetteville NC on Oct. 18...be back soon!

McDonald's Europe Stumbled Going After Kids, Young Men Tuesday October 19, 1:56 PM EDT DES MOINES, Iowa (Dow Jones)--McDonald's Corp. (MCD), admitting that its European business "ran into some challenges in the third quarter," plans to increase sales pitches to children and young adults there. Although high unemployment in Germany and other external factors were partly to blame for slowing momentum, the company admitted it had made internal errors in some of its marketing to key c...

Should You Sue McDonalds? By Robert Paul Reyes Oct. 9, 2004 When you wear a thong at the beach are you mistaken for a whale with a strategically placed piece of dental floss? Do you have to wear a watch on each wrist because your hefty bulk resides in two different time zones? Have you given up wearing pants and skirts and now sport only all-purpose muumuus? Do folks always scream in panic, "Oh God, it's an earthquake," when you walk past them? Do you use a truck scale to weigh your...

Staph germ sickened 120 at Piqua McDonald's, findings indicate By Nancy Bowman Dayton Daily News-Oct.8,2004 PIQUA | Preliminary test findings indicate that a staphylococcus organism, growing in an ice cream machine because of a mechanical malfunction, sickened more than 120 people, the city health director said Thursday. The machine used in preparing ice cream, shakes and sundaes at the McDonald's at 995 E. Ash St. was shut down Saturday and has been replaced with a new machin...

Class-action status sought for claims against McDonald's By Nancy Bowman Dayton Daily News PIQUA | While health officials worked to determine what caused a food-borne illness that hit more than 100 people last weekend, two Dayton law firms filed suits seeking class-action status in Miami County Common Pleas Court. Both suits — one filed late Tuesday and the other early Wednesday — seek to represent those who claim they or family members became ill from food poisoning after eating a...

Documentary has shocking McStatistics By REED DUNN -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- When I looked at the timer on my DVD player, it was roughly 17 minutes into the movie. That's when I got off the couch and started doing crunches in my living room. After about 250 crunches, I moved on to a routine of aerobic walking in place. That lasted for a good 45 minutes. What Morgan Spurlock had to say was disgusting me. I was so grossed ou...

Water or Coke? Regardless of calories, and the ridiculos notion that eating McDonalds without soft drinks you'll lose weight, (What if you just drank the soft drink and didn't eat the Mcdonalds, you'd loose weight too). Which one is the 'Real Thing' ??? We all know that water is important but you've never seen it written down like this before. WATER 1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applies to half world population.) 2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst ...

Ronald's Lovin' SuperSizeMe... JoeMaggard Sep 26, 02:43 PM [ Reply ] Hey everybody, despite all the corporate McRobots sent to disrupt this board with McPropaganda, people are engaging in very healthy dialog and debate about wise eating choices and habits. Now I defy anyone, and most certainly McDonald's, to say that debate and dialog, due directly to this Movie, is not a good thing for us all. Morgan Spurlock's art has had a tremendous positive effect on society, what a wonderful thing f...

Rest in Peace Charlie Bell JoeMaggard Jan 16, 11:55 PM [ Reply ] Today, in Australia former McDonald's CEO Charlie Bell died of cancer at 44. A scrappy kid from the suburbs of Sydney who started as a fry cook and rose to CEO of the Company, Charlie Bell was well known for his quick wit and that Aussie sense of humor. My issues with the McDonald's Corporation are well known, but to the many hardworking folks who are simply trying to make a living working there, I'm very sorry about the loss ...