March 29, 2005 McD's downgraded amid cost concerns (AP) — McDonald's Corp. shares fell Tuesday after the fast-food powerhouse was downgraded on concerns over escalating food and labor costs, as well as the early adoption of stock-based compensation accounting. The Oak Brook-based company is also facing pressure from service initiatives and discounts offered to clients in Europe, according to a report from Canadian-based research firm CIBC World Markets. The firm reduced its first-qua...

McDonald's To Pay $8.5M For Wrong Advertising Fast Food Chain Incorrectly Advertised Cut In Trans Fat Oils POSTED: 4:32 pm EST February 14, 2005 McDonald's must pay $8.5 million for advertising claims that it cut trans fat from its French fries. The golden arches announced the switch to healthier oil in September 2002, but five months later, said there was a delay. The suit, filed by the consumer advocacy group bantransfat.com, accused the McDonald's of failing to inform customer...

BAN McDonald's in Schools JoeMaggard Feb 01, 12:34 PM [ Reply ] What's my take on all of this? Sadly, most people will eat whatever is available. So if you make unhealthy foods available, that's what they're going to eat, and if those foods cause cardiovascular disease, obesity, diabetes and other health disorders, then that's what you're going to see in the population. It's no coincidence that the U.S. population is currently suffering from skyrocketing rates of all these chronic diseas...

Obesity Suit Dogs who... ??? JoeMaggard Jan 25, 06:36 PM [ Reply ] Court reinstates part of suit accusing the company of tricking kids into eating fattening foods. January 25, 2005: 7:07 PM EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court Tuesday revived part of the widely-watched obesity suit against ???????? Corp. that accuses the world's biggest fast-food company of using misleading advertising to lure children into eating fattening, unhealthy foods. The U.S. Second Circuit C...

I'm Free Don't grieve for me, for now I'm free, I'm following the path God laid for me. I took His hand when I heard Him call, I turned my back and left it all. I could not stay another day, To laugh, to love, to work or play. Tasks left undone must stay that way, I found that place at the close of day. If my passing has left a void, Then fill it with remembered joy. A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss, Ah yes, these things, I too will miss. Be not burdened with t...

Needles in McDonald's meal, woman claims Files a lawsuit; says hospital removed 3 she swallowed Friday, January 14, 2005 By Michaelangelo Conte Journal staff writer WEST NEW YORK - A North Bergen woman has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's, claiming she swallowed three inch-long needles while eating a Crispy Chicken Sandwich at a Bergenline Avenue restaurant. Beatriz Bermeo spent three days at Palisades Medical Center, where the three needles were surgically removed from her dige...

McDonald's Dirty McTactics!!!! JoeMaggard Jan 06, 10:55 AM [ Reply ] Ok, here's the deal...McDonald's is being evicted from the Cleveland Heart Center by Heart Surgeon Toby Cosgrove, so McDonald's calls him a racist. For simply having the common sense to want to set a healthy example for the patients, McDonald's has seen fit to drag a gifted Surgeon thru the dirt. Calling people ugly vile names is the way McDonald's operates folks, it's the way they do business! I'm just glad the whole wo...

Editorial Hospital has right to seek healthy food Dec 29, 2004 A food fight has broken out at a hospital that is noted for its heart care. The director of the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, heart surgeon Toby Cosgrove, wants some fast food purveyors to get out of his large urban facility. He has successfully convinced Pizza Hut to abandon its restaurant location, but McDonald's is standing firm on its intention to stay for the remaining 10 years of its lease. Cosgrove says he isn't tr...

Hospital targets the Big Mac Restaurant chain in battle with Cleveland Clinic By Ceci Connolly Updated: 7:53 p.m. ET Dec. 15, 2004CLEVELAND - The Pizza Hut is shuttered, its neon sign collecting dust on the floor. But knocking down the Golden Arches has proved far more difficult for Toby Cosgrove, the new head of the Cleveland Clinic. A heart surgeon who has cleaned out a career's worth of clogged arteries, Cosgrove didn't think Big Macs, supersize fries and inch-thick, six-cheese p...

Just Say McNO to McCRAP! JoeMaggard Dec 05, 09:00 PM [ Reply ] Why would Parents allow their children to ingest food that causes heart disease, diabetes, obesity and possibly cancer? Are the effects of this McCrap worth a sweatshop toy? Or does McDonald's target the very segments of society--minorities and children--who they know are the least likely to make wise and informed eating choices? Food for thought, ATB Joe www.ronaldmcdonaldusa.blogspot.com re: Just Say McNO to McCRAP! la D...

Texas Woman's Death Probed for Mad Cow Tie By Associated Press November 22, 2004, 7:24 AM EST BEAUMONT, Texas -- The family of a Beaumont, Texas, woman is waiting for test results to find out if she died from a form of an affliction connected to mad cow disease. Burnell Baize, 71, died Oct. 16 of the rare Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which eats holes in the brain and always causes death, the Beaumont Enterprise reported Sunday. There are two forms of the disease. One type is c...

Food Firms Will Still Target Children By Tom Whitehead, PA A ban on junk food adverts on early evening television will simply see firms target children in other ways, a branding expert warned tonight. The millions of pounds companies spend urging youngsters to buy their products will still be directed towards them, just not on television, Stephen Cheliotis said. Mr Cheliotis, chairman of the independent Superbrands Council, said the move could see a rise in sponsored children’s ...

McDonald's only cares about $$ JoeMaggard Oct 19, 07:41 PM [ Reply ] Since science has proven beyond a doubt that the McCrap from McDonald's causes obesity, heart disease, diabetes and possibly cancer. And since McDonald's makes no bones about directly targeting kids with this same McCrap...does it stand to reason that McDonald's could care less about society's health in general and children's health in particular? Ray Kroc himself summed McDonald's conscience and ethics up when he said: ...

Media Manipulated by McDonalds JoeMaggard Oct 16, 01:48 PM [ Reply ] Less than 2 weeks ago, over 100 people were sickened by catching staph from eating at McDonald's in Ohio. Many of these folks had to be hospitalized. Yet, the only media attention this received was from the local press and it was short lived. McDonald's once again proves they have the power to influence what the public hears and reads. By holding this $1.4 Billion sword over the media's head, McDonald's manipulates and c...

McDonalds Exposed for False Advertising BanTransFats.com, Inc. A California non-profit, filed a lawsuit against McDonalds Corporation for false advertising regarding its announcement they would implement a change to a new cooking oil with 48% less trans fat and that the change would be completed by February 2003. They have lied about this change,and to this date have not complied by the announcement. on The Edge, Kathy Fettke’s guest Attorney and CEO of BanTransFats.com, Stephen Joseph...