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Tag: McDonald’s

Health

Researcher: McDonald’s menus touchscreens are gross and dangerous

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 28, 2018, 1:48 PM Nov 28, 2018
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As we’ve noted before, we are not big fans of the touch screens that have sprouted up at the renovated McDonald’s. We like human contact and, besides, it takes much longer to order through the technology than to simply walk to the counter.

But now some research in the UK has confirmed the wisdom of our disdain. Read more →

Health

The story behind the kangaroo in McDonald’s

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 4, 2015, 10:39 AM Feb 4, 2015
8

We all had a good chuckle in the last 24 hours about the McDonald’s in Beaver Dam, Wis., that kicked a woman out for bringing a kangaroo into the restaurant. It’s just Wisconsin being Wisconsin and all. Maybe there’s more to the story. Read more →

Economy

It takes a village, and McDonald’s, to fire single mom

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 23, 2014, 7:41 AM Jul 23, 2014
4

McDonald’s, showing a rather odd mastery of the art of public relations, has fired the South Carolina single mother who was sent to jail because she let her daughter play in a nearby park while she worked at the fast-food restaurant. Read more →

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