That request makes sense given the heightened competition, but some franchisees see an unspoken motive behind the program. Their suspicions arise from remarks McDonald’s CEO James Skinner made in September, when he told investors that all-day breakfast could be possible with a new cooking system under development in the company’s innovation center in Romeoville. After his comments, McDonald’s representatives quickly told the press that Mr. Skinner was merely “painting a picture of what is possible” and that all-day breakfast might never happen.
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McDonald's "Trip Planner"
By 1.30.07
Planning a road trip across the country but want to make sure you’re never too far away from a McDonald’s? McDonald’s website has just the thing. They’ve added a “trip planner” to help you make sure that you don’t miss a single McDonald’s.
Don't Learn Science From Happy Meal Bags
By 1.29.07
In case there was any doubt before, this picture confirms that you really shouldn’t learn science from Happy Meal bags. —MEGHANN MARCO
Fast Food 24/7: McDonald’s To Go All Night? Wendy’s Breakfast? It’s Coming.
By 1.26.07
24/7 McDonald’s are growing in profitability as more Americans eat away from home and at weird hours. McDonald’s has almost reached a saturation point, after all: How many new locations they can open? What’s next? The answer appears to be extending their hours. You can expect to see:
Nation’s Largest Pork Producer Discontinues Use of “Crates”
By 1.26.07
- The largest U.S. pork supplier, Virginia-based Smithfield Foods, said yesterday that it will require its producers to phase out the practice of keeping pregnant pigs in “gestation crates” — metal and concrete cages that animal welfare advocates consider one of the most inhumane features of large-scale factory farming.
Almost As Many PayDay Loan Centers As There Are McDonalds
By 1.23.07
There’s almost as many PayDay Loan Centers in America as there are McDonald’s.
McDonald’s And Food Network: Subliminal Advertising?
By 1.22.07
Reader Janeka sends in this video from You Tube. Someone was watching Iron Chef America when they noticed their screen flash red, and when they went back to see what it was, they found a McDonald’s ad on just one frame! Oooh, scary!
Unboxed: Sony PSP Flog Lucky Golden Shit Awards
By 1.19.07
The lucky golden shit awards for the best flog of 2006 have arrived!
‘All I Want For Xmas Is A PSP’ Wins Best Flog 2006
By 1.2.07
Based on reader votes, we anoint Sony’s Alliwantforxmasisapsp as the best flog of 2006.
McDonald’s Re-Gifts A Burger
By 12.27.06
Yes, they handed Joel some cheese in a box. Joel, being a sane person, refused cheese in a box. “I handed her the box of cheese, and the one bite missing burger, and asked if you could please remake it…Another minute passes, the lady comes back and hands me a very very hot box with a Home style burger in it, I hand it to the girlfriend and …She opened the box and guess what! It’s her exact same burger! With the bite missing. What they did was take the spare piece of cheese, slap it on the burger, and nuke it for about a minute.”
McDonald’s to Experiment With Mini-Gyms
By 12.5.06
“It is considering replacing play areas in thousands of its restaurants with kids’ gyms where young customers can burn off their Happy Meals.”
McDonald’s Says Flogs Were Not Completely Fake
By 11.27.06
In late October, we exposed two McDonald’s flogs promoting their Monopoly game. One was supposedly written by “Stanley Smith” and followed his quest to collect all four railroads. The other was ostensibly written by 2004 million-dollar winner Marcia Schroeder.
Buy McDonald’s at the Grocery Store. Sorta.
By 11.17.06
From Business Week:
” Supermarket operator Safeway Inc. said Tuesday its Blackhawk Network unit agreed with McDonald’s Corp. to sell the burger chain’s prepaid shopping cards.
McDonalds Caused Iraq?
By 11.2.06
According to a new article in the Engineering Economist, Americans use 938 million more gallons of fuel per annum than in 1960 as a direct result of their increased weight.
Mickey D’s Responds To Flogs
By 10.31.06
We asked JSH&A for a comment regarding the McDonald’s flogs, and we got it:
