Articles & Opinion To Articles & Opinion 4 October, 2004 Have you been McDonaldised yet? By T.J. Snaith "…The fundamental problem with McDonaldisation is that it's other people in the system structuring our lives for us, rather than us structuring our lives for ourselves…You don't want a creative person at the counter - that's why they are scripted. You don't want a creative hamburger cook - you want somebody who simply follows routines or follows scripts. No, you take all...

These facts? Uh, Not So Fun. 1. Each day, 1 in 4 Americans visits a fast food restaurant 2. In 1972, we spent 3 billion a year on fast food - today we spend more than 110 billion 3. McDonald's feeds more than 46 million people a day - more than the entire population of Spain 4. French fries are the most eaten vegetable in America 5. You would have to walk for seven hours straight to burn off a Super Sized Coke, fry and Big Mac 6. In the U.S., we eat more than 1,000,000 animals an ...

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...

UPDATE: The Truth About Tech Central Station When McDonald's wants to influence you, sometimes it doesn't want you to know that it's McDonald's doing the influencing. It would rather have you believe that its corporate message is actually the independent view of a publication that just happens to be pro-McDonald's. So rather than deliver its message honestly, under its own name, sometimes a corporation like McDonald's will secretly use an "independent" publication that allows it to pay a b...

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...

Wed 29 Sep 2004 Healthy eating takes bite out of Big Mac EDWARD BLACK COULD the golden arches of McDonald’s finally be losing their allure on the British high street? In the surest sign yet that the message about the importance of a healthy diet being hammered home by government agencies and interest groups is working, the British arm of McDonald’s suffered the biggest profits collapse in its 30-year history. The US-owned burger giant revealed that its pre-tax prof...

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...

September 26, 2004 Focus: 'Fat, dumb and happy' John Arlidge McDonald's took its eye off the ball, according to its new boss, Charlie Bell, who is now thinking outside the burger box to restore its fortunes ‘Fat, dumb and happy!” shouts Charlie Bell, the boss of McDonald’s. Bell is not lampooning Morgan Spurlock, the man behind the anti-McDonald’s documentary, Super Size Me. He is describing McDonald’s recent business performance. “Big companies get fat, dumb and happy. They take ...

McDonald's profits slump in face of junk food battle Chris Tryhorn, City correspondent Tuesday September 28, 2004 McDonald's: pre-tax profits fell by nearly three-quarters in UK last year Fast food giant McDonald's profits have plunged in Britain to the worst level since they launched 30 years ago, as it continues to battle the war on junk food. The burger chain's pre-tax profits tumbled by nearly three-quarters in the UK last year, falling to £23.6m from £83.8m. Profits ...

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....

Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) McDonald's Panned for "Broken McPromise" on Trans Fat CSPI Mounts Ad Campaign Against Partially Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil 9/24/04 A BROKEN McPROMISE (Click for CSPI's Full page ad taken in the NEW YORK TIMES) McDonald's has not kept its two-year-old promise to eliminate artificial trans fat from its cooking oil and the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) is not lovin' it. Today, t...

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...

'Patience, Hell, Let's Sue Somebody' By Dan Gainor CNSNews.com Commentary September 22, 2004 The food police are looking to take a healthy bite out of corporate America. What is their beef? They think the food industry is making all of us fat. Are they recommending we eat less or hit the gym? Not really. Their solution is lawsuits, of course. At least they are public about it. But not too public thanks to the media that gives little attention to this cottage industry. This past week...

'Patience, Hell, Let's Sue Somebody' By Dan Gainor CNSNews.com Commentary September 22, 2004 The food police are looking to take a healthy bite out of corporate America. What is their beef? They think the food industry is making all of us fat. Are they recommending we eat less or hit the gym? Not really. Their solution is lawsuits, of course. At least they are public about it. But not too public thanks to the media that gives little attention to this cottage industry. This past week...

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...