Perhaps in an effort to hearken back to her bandanna-sporting bank robber forebears, a woman in Oklahoma decided to fashion a mask out of a pair of undies for her late-night burglary of a McDonald’s drive-thru. Thank God it was caught on camera. [More]
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McDonald's Pulls Plug On Planned Smoothie Giveaway
By 7.19.10
If you had planned on taking advantage of McDonald’s planned giveaway of samples of their new line of smoothies, you’re out of luck. Perhaps in an attempt to avoid a debacle like the Oprah/KFC clusterf*ck from last year, the Golden Arches has preemptively pulled the plug on the event to avoid shortages. [More]
McDonald's: We're Not Strangers In The Playground Handing Out Candy To Kids
By 7.8.10
A few weeks ago, the Center for Science in the Public Interest (aka Buzzkill Central) made headlines by threatening to file a lawsuit against McDonald’s if the fast foodies didn’t stop putting toys in their Happy Meals. Perhaps not surprisingly, the boys and girls at the Golden Arches aren’t exactly pleased with the news. [More]
Customer Sues McDonald's & Walmart Over A Bone In Her Burger
By 7.7.10
Almost two years two the day after she claims she chomped into something hard in a McDonald’s double cheeseburger, a woman in Illinois has filed a lawsuit against the fast food giant. [More]
McDonald's Puts Mac Snack Wraps Out Of Their Misery
By 7.1.10
If you haven’t had the chance to feast on a Mac Snack Wrap or a Big N’ Tasty at McDonald’s, you don’t have much time left. The Golden Arches has decided to put a bullet in these two low-selling items, along with others. The fast food Goliath is also planning to go wide with its currently testing oatmeal breakfast. [More]
McDonald's Wants You To Come In For A Drink
By 6.28.10
Emboldened by its success with coffee and lattes, McDonald’s is about to take on Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts and your local coffee shop, and grab a bigger chunk of the $153 billion beverage market. Coming next month: McDonald’s smoothies, which the company hopes will lure customers away from Jamba Juice and other smoothie chains. [More]
Why Does The UK Get Healthier McNuggets Than We Do?
By 6.28.10
When one thinks of British cuisine — bangers and mash, fish and chips, shepherd’s pie — one doesn’t necessarily think of health food. But, at least when it comes to McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets, our funny-speaking friends across the Atlantic are getting the less-caloric end of the deal. [More]
CSPI Wants To Make Your McDonald's Happy Meal Sad
By 6.23.10
Perennial buzzkills at the Center for Science in the Public Interest have decided to set their sights on McDonald’s, issuing the fast food giant an ultimatum: Stop putting toys in their Happy Meals in the next 30 days or face a lawsuit. [More]
McDonald's Takes Heat For Not Airing Gay-Friendly Ad In U.S.
By 6.18.10
When McDonald’s recently began airing a TV spot in France that not only admitted the existence of homosexual men, but also that they eat at — and are welcome at — the fast food eateries, it received many plaudits from gay rights advocacy groups on this side of the pond. But now that bigwigs out of Oak Brook have made it clear the ad, or nothing like it, will air stateside anytime soon, the tide has turned against the golden arches. [More]
$.99 6-Piece Chicken McNugget Mondays (Southeast FL Only)
By 6.16.10
McDonald’s is offering $.99 6-piece McNugget Mondays regional promotion, good now through Sept. 30, limited to the Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties of Florida. Normally it’s $.99 for 4, so it’s basically two free nuggets. [More]
Papa John's Somehow Tops Customer Satisfaction Survey
By 6.15.10
While Domino’s has scrambled to re-imagine their pizza recipes and Pizza Hut continues to basically give away their pizzas for a pittance, it was Papa John’s who apparently made the best impression on eaters in the last year. The Kentucky-based chain has topped not only its pizzeria rivals, but all fast foods in an annual survey of customer satisfaction. [More]
The Frankenburger: What Happens When Burger King, Wendy's and McDonald's Collide
By 6.11.10
Forget the Double Down or the McGangBang, the ultimate fast food burger has been found — the Frankenburger. And when I say “ultimate,” I literally mean this could be the final thing you ever eat. [More]
Meet The McGangBang: The Chicken Sandwich Between Two Burgers
By 6.10.10
Though it’s just come to our attention, long before anyone had ever gotten their hands slick with a KFC Double Down, some folks out there were loosening their belts because of the McGangBang — an entire McDonald’s McChicken sandwich that is then sandwiched between the halves of a double cheeseburger. [More]
McDonald's Threatens Mac & Cheese Restaurant With Lawsuit Over Name
By 6.9.10
McDonald’s has lost at least two customers in the San Francisco area. The fast food Goliath has threatened to sue a pair of hopeful restaurateurs if they go ahead with the plan to name their plan to name their small macaroni and cheese-themed restaurant “Little Mac.” [More]
Got A Shrek Drinking Glass? McDonald's Will Pay You $3 For It
By 6.8.10
McDonald’s is upping the ante in its recall of the not-so-collectible Shrek drinking glasses. Although the four glass designs were recalled officially on June 4th by the CPSC, McDonald’s has announced that starting tomorrow you’ll be able to bring them back to the restaurant, fill out a refund form, and get a $3 refund per glass. [More]
McDonald's Recalls Shrek Drinking Glasses, And Not Just Because Latest Movie Sucks
By 6.4.10
No, this isn’t a hoax like yesterday’s McRibbles reports. McDonald’s, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has announced a voluntary recall of their Shrek Forever After Collectible Drinking Glasses because of a risk of exposure to cadmium. [More]
UPDATE: McDonald's Calls McRibble A "Hoax"!
By 6.3.10
Anyone whose mouth was watering after hearing the rumor that McDonald’s was going to release the McRibble, a bite-sized version of their sorta-meat product the McRib, prepare to be disappointed. We checked with the folks in Oak Brook and they tell us this is all just wishful thinking. [More]
Is The McRib About To Return As "McRibbles"?
By 6.3.10
UPDATE: We checked with McDonald’s and… things aren’t what they appear to be. [More]
