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Jack In The Box's Free Wi-Fi Experiment Ended. Did Anyone Notice?

By Chris Walters on February 9, 2010 9:24 AM 0 views

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Knowzy.com, the website that's been tracking which Jack in the Box stores were offering free Wi-Fi, reports that the restaurant chain has pulled the plug. The Wi-Fi offer came with the installation of HDTVs that displayed ads in the dining area, but those are gone too: "In mid-2009, the TVs and the Wi-Fi began disappearing. By the time McDonald's made their free Wi-Fi announcement in December, Jack had completely dismantled his Wi-Fi network." More »

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Court to McD's: It's Wrong To Fire Someone Over A Slice Of Cheese

By Meg Marco on January 26, 2010 4:18 PM 0 views

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A McDonald's worker from the Netherlands was fired after she gave a cheeseburger to a colleague who only paid for a hamburger. A court has found that this is not a good enough reason to fire someone. More »

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Fast Food Managers Abuse Power, Force Teenage Workers Into Sex

By Laura Northrup on January 23, 2010 9:00 AM 19411 views

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Supervising nubile teenagers in a fast-food establishment does not mean that you have an open invitation to abuse your authority and demand sex from them. This seems that it would be a self-evident rule of management. It is not. More »

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Franz Ferdinand Tweets McDonald's Loathing Over Tune Use

By Ben Popken on January 23, 2010 2:38 AM 4532 views

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After a McDonald's microsite licensed one of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand's without their direct approval, as record labels are wont to do, singer for the group Alex Kapranos tweeted some infelicitous words about the fast food joint. Specifically, "Dirty bastards. Stupid arrogant motherf***ing pig-brained arseholes. I'd rather eat a cowpat on a bun than a bloody McDonalds." I dunno, Alex, have you tried their new Angus burgers? They're pretty tasty and they come with a big slice of fresh onion. [@alkapranos via NME via Eater]
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McDonald's McObjects To You Calling Your Event "McFest"

By Meg Marco on January 20, 2010 4:13 PM 14682 views
McDonald's has nothing better to do than sue a 19 year old whose last name, McClusky, was the inspiration for the name of an event she puts on to raise money for the Chicago chapter of Special Olympics. The event is called McFest, and it has raised $30,000. Trouble is, McClusky has now spent $5,000 of it defending herself against McDonald's legal assault. More »

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My Girlfriend Got A Raw Deal At McDonald's

By Phil Villarreal on January 19, 2010 10:30 AM 22613 views

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Kain says he and his girlfriend went to an Illinois McDonald's and were served a raw double quarter pounder with cheese. They snapped this photo with a cell phone camera. More »

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Do Not Punch Out A Drive Thru Window Because There Are No McNuggets

By Meg Marco on January 4, 2010 8:29 PM 9780 views

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Here is a suggestion from the experts here at Consumerist. Do not punch out the drive thru window of your local McDonald's because they are unable to provide you with McNuggets. More »

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Ronald McDonald Is Dead, Unless He Isn't

By Phil Villarreal on December 16, 2009 9:30 AM 2615 views

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Michael Polakovs, a man credited with creating and playing Ronald McDonald in several 1960s commercials, has passed on to that big play area in the sky, the Telegraph reports. More »

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McDonald's Manager To Transgender Woman: We Don't Hire [Gay Slur]

By Alex Chasick on December 11, 2009 2:21 PM 18974 views

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A Florida McDonald's has been sued for refusing to hire a transgender woman. The applicant, 17-year-old Zikerria Bellamy, says that after she didn't check a gender box on the application, then reluctantly selected male, she was refused an interview by two managers, one of whom then left her an bigoted voicemail. More »

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McDonald's Installs Musical Playgrounds, Wants You To Kill Self

By Meg Marco on December 7, 2009 1:54 PM 5212 views

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The always informative QSR magazine informs us that McDonald's is "adding music to its children's PlayPlace with a new music-themed interactive play area for children that combines play with the musical arts." More »

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Who Is This BNE Guy Putting Stickers Everywhere?

By Ben Popken on December 7, 2009 12:04 PM 13323 views

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Who is BNE? Why are cities of the world covered in stickers bearing the graffiti artist's initials? And why is McDonald's his biggest rival?
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Robots Play Trick On McDonald's Advertisement

By Chris Walters on November 27, 2009 10:26 AM 5333 views
This is what happens when you let robots select up-and-coming stories for your banner ad on Digg. Although now that I think about it, I'm not sure I'd ever let a Digg story be assigned to my brand, automatically or otherwise, without looking at it first. (Thanks to Jeff!)
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Does Convincing McDonald's To Make Chicken Selects For Breakfast Prove You Were Sober?

By Meg Marco on November 20, 2009 9:54 PM 14468 views

This summer a woman in an SUV drove almost two miles down the wrong way of an expressway before killing eight people in a horrible crash. The autopsy suggests she was drunk and high at the time, but her family says that isn't possible and to prove it, they say she was sober enough to convince McDonald's to make her son an order of Chicken Selects in the morning, right before the accident.  More »

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Leaked Document: McDonald's Nationwide Breakfast Dollar Menu Coming

By Meg Marco on November 10, 2009 6:56 PM 19699 views

The WSJ says they have their hands on a document that shows that a nationwide McDonald's Breakfast Dollar Menu is coming. The fast food giant has already tested these menus in several markets.  More »

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Putting In Too Much Overtime Can Kill You

By consumerist.com on October 28, 2009 5:37 PM 9190 views

A worker at a McDonald's branch in Japan died of "karoshi" — the Japanese term for death from overwork — according to officials at the local government labor bureau. The employee, a 41-year-old woman, had put in about 80 hours a month in overtime for six months before she died. "We determined her work caused the illness," said an official at the agency.  More »

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People Ate More After Calories Got Posted At Fast Food Joints

By Ben Popken on October 19, 2009 4:30 PM 9345 views

Calorie posting is supposed to help people make healthier eating choices, but study of fast food joints in poor New York neighborhoods saw customers eating more calories after the calories went up on the sign.  More »

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McDonald's Set To Open Branch In Louvre

By consumerist.com on October 5, 2009 1:31 PM 4262 views

The French arm of McDonald's may no longer be the target of local farmers and gastronomes who attacked it in decades past. But next month, the chain will ask the French if they'd like frites with their Mona Lisa, as it prepares to open a branch at what could be called Ground Zero of French culture: the Louvre. As one art historian said, the move represents "the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odours in the context of a museum."  More »

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Chick-Fil-A Has The Best Drive-Thru

By Meg Marco on October 2, 2009 9:22 PM 30337 views

The Chicago Tribune informs us that the quick-service industry publication QSR Magazine ranks fast food restaurants based on the follwoing drive-through attributes: speed of service, order accuracy, menu board appearance, and speaker clarity. Chick-fil-A is apparently unstoppable, stealing the top spot for the sixth time in seven years.  More »

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Fake McDonald's Letter Is Totally Fake, Burger Pusher Confirms

By Ben Popken on October 1, 2009 5:35 PM 23791 views

Mickey D's down under wants everyone to know that the parody McDonald's letter making the rounds is indeed prankaliscious. Corporate Communications Manager Bronwyn Stubbs writes:  More »

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(Parody) New Profit Center For Australian McDonald's: Fraud?

By Laura Northrup on October 1, 2009 1:00 AM 58491 views

Note: This memo is a parodic spoof.  More »

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