A number of the new or increased banking fees, including Bank of America’s scrapped attempt to charge debit card users $5/month, that have popped up recently have been financial institutions’ reactions to recently enacted regulations that cap swipe fees — the amount banks charge retailers each time a debit card is used to make a purchase. While the goal is to put billions back into retailers’ coffers, some of the nation’s biggest chains say it may end up hurting them. [More]
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Why Was My McRib Served On A Round Hamburger Bun?
By 11.3.11
McRib fever is sweeping the nation. In the area in upstate New York where Harold lives, this situation has become desperate. His local McDonald’s is clearly so overwhelmed that they’ve run out of the proper-sized buns for the McRib and slapped his delicious meat log in a hamburger-sized bun.
McRib Pork Supplier Hit With SEC Filed Complaint Over Alleged Pig Abuse
By 11.3.11
Can you taste the tears in your McRib? The supplier of pork products to McDonald’s, Smithfield Farms, just got hit by a complaint filed with the SEC by animal rights group Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Citing their own shocking undercover investigative video, HSUS allege that Smithfield is making false and misleading claims to shareholders and consumers about how well they treat their pigs and that those claims are in violation of federal securities law. [More]
What's A McRib Made Of?
By 11.2.11
There’s no rib in a McRib. There are about 70 other ingredients. The greatest amount of them come from ground-up low-value pork trimmings mixed together with salt and water to create “meat logs” that are then carved to size. So in what forest do you find a meat log? [More]
Mom Crusading Against Dirty Fast Food Playgrounds Says She's Now Banned From 11 McDonald's
By 10.24.11
Over the summer, concerned mom Erin Carr-Jordan made headlines around the country with her online crusade to clean up filthy playgrounds found at McDonald’s and other fast food chains. It seems her efforts have rubbed at least one Golden Arches franchisee the wrong way, as Carr-Jordan claims she’s been barred from all of his eateries. [More]
The McRib Is Back, Temporarily
By 10.24.11
The McRib is a flirtatious little pile of pork. On the menu, then off again, then up to individual franchises to decide whether to offer it, the boneless pork patty on a sesame bun is going to be back at McDonald’s again starting today through November 14th. [More]
Judge: McDonald's Was Right To Call Cops On Angry Customer
By 10.21.11
A Chicago-area man recently attempted to sue McDonald’s, alleging that his civil rights were violated when the eatery called the cops after he became angry because he didn’t receive the free burgers he’d been promised. But the judge in the case basically said that if he didn’t want the cops called, he shouldn’t have gotten so upset over a cheeseburger. [More]
McDonald's In Legal Battle With Houston Mac & Cheese Restaurant Over The Word "Mac"
By 9.22.11
A Houston-area gourmet macaroni and cheese eatery is involved in a trademark battle with fast food behemoth Big Mac because it dared to use the word “mac” in the restaurant’s name. [More]
McDonald's Manager Interrupts Attempted Coneing
By 9.20.11
“Coneing” is a “trend” where “people” have their “friends” YouTube them grabbing an ice cream cone from a fast food place by the top of the ice cream instead of the cone. The “comedy” arises out of the shocked reactions from the unsuspecting fast food workers seeing the customer get ice cream all over their hand on purpose. But here’s a video of McDonald’s manager who was hip to the game. He totally “coneblocks” an attempted coneing. [More]
1 Dead, 9 Sick From Fumes Inside A McDonald's
By 9.8.11
An 80-year old woman is dead and nine are sick after succumbing to fumes emanating from a Georgia McDonald’s bathroom. [More]
Driving Your Car Through The Door Is A Good Way To Get Banned From Every McDonald's In The UK
By 9.7.11
If you’re not happy with the service at your McDonald’s drive-thru, there are many, many ways to express your frustration. One that we most definitely do not recommend is repeatedly ramming your car into the building. [More]
Help Make Our Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items Even Bigger
By 8.19.11
It’s been more than four years since we first posted The Really Big Guide To Secret Menu Items, in which readers shared their inside scoops on how to score hidden fast food gems like “Naked Chicken” at Popeyes or take advantage of TGIFriday’s Five Easy Pieces policy. There have been several requests to update and expand the list, so we’re going back to the source: you. [More]
Five Guys Opened Four Times As Many New Restaurants As McDonald's In 2010
By 8.9.11
With surveys like Zagat’s and Consumer Reports’ putting Five Guys among the best-tasting burgers available, it’s perhaps not surprising that the chain is the fastest-growing hamburger shack in the country. In fact, a new report says that new Five Guys eateries outnumbered new McDonald’s by greater than 4:1 in 2010. [More]
McDonald's Puts The Move On The French With Baguettes
By 8.1.11
Besides sitting in a cafe smoking a pack of Gauloises while wearing a striped shirt and brooding, what’s the best way to lure the French? McDonald’s is going with the bread method, adding baguettes to their menu in France. [More]
McDonald's To Make Apple Slices Mandatory In Happy Meals
By 7.26.11
With at least one lawsuit pending and some municipalities trying to ban Happy Meals and other fast food kids’ meals that offer some sort of prize or gift, McDonald’s has announced that it wants to healthy-up your kids’ food by making some menu tweaks, like automatically including apple slices in Happy Meals. [More]
McDonald's Thinks People Want Something Called A Zesty BBQ Cruncher Burger
By 7.20.11
Packing as many descriptors into a burger name doesn’t always work, but we’ve gotta say, the sound of a Zesty BBQ Cruncher Burger has ignited the Consumerist salivary glands. McDonald’s is now said to be testing the new offering, so keep your eyes peeled! [More]
Mom Turns Summer Vacation Into Crusade For Cleaner Playgrounds At Fast Food Joints
By 7.13.11
Anyone who thinks playgrounds are clean either doesn’t remember being a kid or is seriously deluding themselves. But one Arizona mom is so fed up with the crap-tastic conditions at the playgrounds found at fast food restaurants that she’s turned her summer vacation into a research project. [More]
Why Won't McDonald's Give My Kid A Cup Of Water With Her Happy Meal?
By 7.11.11
Consumerist reader Courtney is scratching her head at the bone-headed service she’s received at multiple McDonald’s when trying to buy her 3-year-old daughter a Happy Meal. [More]
