McDonald's

Clipped Roman Coins and Shrunken Coke Cans

Max Keiser | Posted 07.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Roman Coins, Starbucks, Empire, McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Loss of Empire, Inflation, Rome, Economy, Business News
Max Keiser

The Romans had a gold-backed currency that they physically needed to shrink to engineer empire-killing inflation. In America, the government, not having a gold-backed currency, just prints more worthless paper.

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AFA Boycotts McDonald's For 'Promoting The Homosexual Agenda'

Think Progress | Posted 07.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Mcdonald's Boycott, American Family Association Mcdonald's Boycott, Afa, McDonald's, American Family Association, Business News

Today, the right-wing American Family Association (AFA) announced a boycott of McDonald's. According to AFA, Ronald McDonald and his gang are part of...

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Virginia Resident Chris Coleson Drops 80 Lbs On All-McDonald's Diet

AP | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

Read More: McDonald's Weight Loss, McDonald's, McDonald's Diet, Chris Coleson, Living News

QUINTON, Va. — A Virginia man lost about 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald's. Not Big Macs, french fries and choco...

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Bear Wanders Through New Jersey McDonalds Drive-Through

AP | Posted 06.18.2008 | Home

Read More: McDonald's, Bears, McDonalds New Jersey Bear, Home News

SOUTH BRUNSWICK, N.J. — The morning rush hour finds plenty of people in the drive-through lane at the McDonald's on busy Route 1 in South Brunsw...

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McDonald's Stops Serving Tomatoes After Salmonella Outbreak

AP | MEGAN K. SCOTT | Posted 06.09.2008 | Business

Read More: McDonald's, Tomatoes, Salmonella, Salmonella Outbreak, Salmonella Tomatoes Mcdonalds, Mcdonald's Tomatoes, Business News

A salmonella outbreak linked to raw tomatoes serves as a reminder to take extra care with summer fruits and vegetables. More than 20 people have been ...

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Economy Threatens McD's Dollar Menu

ChicagoBusiness.com | Emily Bryson York | Posted 06.03.2008 | Business

Read More: Economic Slowdown, McDonald's, Dollar Menu, Business News

(Crain's) -- With sky-high commodity costs, an increase in minimum wage and consumers trading down to lower-price items, McDonald's owner/operators ar...

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The McDonalds Falling Dollar Menu

Michael Pento | Posted 05.30.2008 | Business

Read More: Commodities, Dollar, Weak Dollar, Agriculture, McDonald's, Dollar Menu, McDonalds Stock, Business News
Michael Pento

Because the dollar has fallen 40% in the last six years, McDonalds may have to reduce quality, raise prices or both in their famed Dollar Menu.

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Starvation & Obesity: Two Sides of the Same High Fructose Corn Syrup Coin

Max Keiser | Posted 05.26.2008 | Business

Read More: High Fructose Corn Syrup, McDonald's, Starvation, Obesity, Bearstearns, Business News
Max Keiser

The global matrix of food price manipulation and subsidies has produced two casualties; a billion starving people and a billion people eating themselves to death in countries like America.

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Fast Food Chains Thrive On Imitation

NY Times | Posted 05.22.2008 | Business

Read More: Chick-Fil-A, Wendy's, Hardee's, Burger King, Taco Bell, McDonald's, Business News

IN the fast-food business, imitation isn't just a form of flattery -- it's a proven way to increase sales. The Taco Bell value menu, for instance, ga...

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Beyond Royale With Cheese: McDonald's Around The World

Fortune | Posted 05.14.2008 | Business

Read More: McDonald's, McDonald's World, McDonald's Around the World, Business News

Fortune Magazine rounded up a sampling of McDonald's fare from around the world that caters to local tastes. Not everyone snacks on a Q...

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Bush's "Bread Man"

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Climate, Maryland, Agriculture, Campaign Finance, George W. Bush, Paterakis, Conservation Reserve Program, Ducks, Biofuels, Environment, Baking, McDonald's, H & S Bakery, Industrial Agriculture, Global Warming, Baltimore, Wildlife, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

Last week, The New York Times's David Streitfeld told the story of one JR Paterakis, a Baltimore "baker" who opposes the Conservation Reserve Program ...

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Business, China and Darfur

Marc Gunther | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Investors Against Genocide, Mia Farrow, Divestment, Olympics, Beijing Olympics, Johnson & Johnson, Genocide in Sudan, Fidelity Mutual Fund, Dream for Darfur, Darfur, Mia Farrow Darfur, Journalism in China, Fidelity, Reporters in China, McDonald's, Kodak, Darfur Sudan, China, Business News
Marc Gunther

Fidelity mutual fund investors, McDonald's customers, employees of Kodak and Johnson & Johnson -- all will soon have the opportunity to urge those companies to speak out against the ongoing genocide in Darfur.

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Calif. McDonald's Tries Feng Shui Theme

AP | DAISY NGUYEN | Posted 02.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Fast Food, McDonald Feng Shui, Ronald McDonald, Fast Food Joints, Hamburgers, McDonald's, Burgers, Golden Arches, Feng Shui, Business News

HACIENDA HEIGHTS, Calif. — The only familiar signs at the McDonald's in this large Asian community are the golden arches, the drive-through and ...

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Starbucks Tests $1 Cup Of Coffee, Free Refills

Wall Street Journal | Janet Adamy | Posted 01.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Starbucks Seattle, McDonald's, Starbucks Coffee, McDonald's Coffee, Starbucks Corp, Starbucks, Business News

Starbucks Corp., the company that popularized the $4 cup of coffee, is testing a $1 cup and free refills of some of its offerings. The Seattle coffee...

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Does it Matter if Starbucks Sucks? (Yes. A lot. And More Every Day)

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Fair Trade, Nina Planck, Michael Pollan, Organic Food, McDonald's, Dunkin' Donuts, Coffee, Starbucks, Howard Schultz, Starbucks Organic, Starbucks Coffee, Living News
Jesse Kornbluth

Starbucks is not just another company that mainlined growth, saturated the market and lost its way. It's the one public space in America that's the natural heir to the venerable Kaffeehäusen of Vienna and cafés of Paris.

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Caution: The McBeverage You're About To Enjoy is Extremely Overpriced

Edward Ugel | Posted 01.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Coffee, Coffee Wars, McDonald's, Starbucks, Business News
Edward Ugel

Just getting a small coffee at Starbucks is an act of bravery and public protest.

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Starbucks And McDonald's Coffee Showdown

Newsweek | Jennifer Ordoñez | Posted 01.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Starbucks Coffee, McDonald's, Coffee, McDonald's Coffee, McDonald's Coffee Drinks, Starbucks, Business News

Obama and Clinton. McCain and Romney. Call them the great contests of the week, if you must. But pound for (finely ground) pound, a more heated battle...

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McDonald's To Poach Starbucks Customers With Coffee Bars

Wall Street Journal | Janet Adamy | Posted 01.07.2008 | Business

Read More: McDonald's Coffee Drinks, McDonald's Coffee, Frappuccino, Baristias, McDonald's, Frappe, McDonald's Starbucks, Starbucks, Business News

This fall, a McDonald's here added a position to its crew: barista. McDonald's is setting out to poach Starbucks customers with the biggest addition ...

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Boycott Burger King

Dan Brown | Posted 11.29.2007 | Business

Read More: Boycott, Florida Tomato Growers Exchange, Taco Bell, Burger King, Fast Food, Migrant Workers, McDonald's, Goldman Sachs Partners, Union, Eric Schlosser, Business News
Dan Brown

This week's flurry of unnerving news stories and op-eds have made it easy for me to decide to boycott Burger King.

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Whither Weatherman

August J. Pollak | Posted 11.19.2007 | Politics

Read More: Environment, McDonald's, Climate Change, Dr. Phil, Weather, Global Warming, Coleman, Politics News
August J. Pollak

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McDonald's To Take On Starbucks

Ad Age | Emily Bryson York | Posted 11.13.2007 | Business

Read More: McDonald's, McDonald's Coffee, McDonald's Coffee Drinks, Starbucks, Business News

Take note, Starbucks: McDonald's is coming after you. Yes, that McDonald's. Emboldened by rave reviews for the relaunch of its coffee business 18 mon...

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