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McDonald's Misses Same-Store Sales Estimates (MCD)
Global fast-food giant McDonald's reported weaker than anticipated same-store sales across its franchises this April, with comps rising 3.3 percent in total. Click here for updates > Analysts...
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An American College Kid Became An Online Hero In China After Giving A...
Jason Loose, a Californian college student, has become a hero on Chinese micro-blogging service Sina Weibo after being photographed sharing some McDonald's French fries with a homeless woman in...
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Someone Found A Giant Bug On The Bottom Of Their McDonald's Hashbrown
A Reddit user posted a disgusting photo of a McDonald's hash brown with what appears to be a dead bug stuck to it. "I was eating a hash brown from McDonald's on the way home when I felt something on...
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WATCH: The 12 Most Ridiculous Ads Featuring Charles Barkley
Hall of fame NBA player Charles Barkley is best-known for being one of the best big men in NBA history. But he also has a portfolio of ad campaigns that includes Nike, Taco Bell, T-Mobile, McDonald's,...
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The 28 Most Valuable Brands In The World
After an incredible increase in sales, Apple is once again the most valuable brand in the world. Apple's brand value is $182 billion, an incredible 19 percent increase from last year, according to...
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This Exchange Between CEOs Shows How Immensely Important McDonald's Is To...
Neville Isdell, former chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola, revealed a remarkable little anecdote in his book "Inside Coca-Cola" that shows just how much Coca-Cola values its relationship with the world's...
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In 40 Years We Could Face An Ocean Without Fish
Overfishing is pushing marine life to the brink of collapse. In fact, in 40 years we could face an ocean without fish, Newsweek said last month. For perspective, in 1950, the total catch of fish in...
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Well, It May Be Time To Face The Fact That We Need Labor Unions...
I've always instinctively hated labor unions. Why? Several reasons. They create an "us versus them" culture within companies, instead of putting everyone on the same team They restrict flexibility and...
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MCDONALD'S CHEF: 'I Don't See Anything On The Menu That's Unhealthy'
Chef Daniel Coudreaut, senior director of culinary innovation for McDonald's USA, recently defended his company's menu in Cleveland and provided quite a provoking quote, reports Lisa Abraham at the...
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Surely McDonald's Will Pull This Racist Ad Running In Germany (MCD)
Two weeks ago, McDonald's Germany launched a new ad campaign for McCafé bubble team with a few ads it hoped would go viral for the drink's launch yesterday. The ads, which according to BuzzFeed came...
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UBS's Rogue Trader Released On Bail, Gets Dropped Off At McDonald's
Kweku Adoboli, the UBS "rogue trader" who allegedly lost over $2 billion in authorized trades, is back in the news. He was recently granted bail and released from London's Wandsworth Prison. This is...
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These Are The Five Worst Fast Food Meals For Kids
A year after American fast food companies agreed to make kids meals healthier, nutritionists and the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit advocacy group, evaluated the changes...
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These Are The Major Restaurants That Mistreat Their Servers
A lot of us are concerned about how animals are raised before they end up on our dinner table. But very rarely do any of us think about whether or not our servers are able to pay their rent and have...
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Check Out What McDonald's Does To Its Burgers Before They Appear In Ads
Fast food advertising is famous for the discrepancies between what the food looks like in the ad, and what it looks like in real-life. McDonald's Canada has released a video on YouTube that takes you...
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Apple Deserves A Medal For Giving Apple Store Clerks A Raise -- Now If Only...
Earlier this week, Apple startled everyone by giving its Apple store employees a big raise (an additional $4 an hour, in some cases). This news left observers both dumbfounded and hopeful....
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Here Are McDonald's Weird New 'Mad Men'-Inspired Uniforms (MCD)
In preparation for the Olympics, of which it is an official sponsor, McDonald's is rolling out a host of upgrades for its British operation. Earlier it announced it would create a two-story location...
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How Chipotle Changed Fast Food Forever (CMG)
It is safe to say that Chipotle founder Steve Ells has rewritten the rules of fast food. It turns out that you really can serve sustainably sourced ingredients en masse. Since 2006, Chipotle's...
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WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? Check Out This Racist McDonald's Ad From 1976 (MCD)
This McDonald's print ad was made to target African-Americans in 1976, according to Buzzfeed. Read the text; it's indefensible: Related: 10 Recent Racist Ads That Companies Wish You Would Forget...
View ArticleWATCH: McDonald's Workers Kick Around A Dead Rat Like It's A 'Soccer Ball'
All one man wanted last Wednesday was some chicken nuggets from McDonald's. Instead, he got 10 seconds of video footage of what might be the biggest fast food fail ever: workers kicking a dead rat...
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McDonald's Has Dared To Mess With The Big Mac
The Big Mac is McDonald's biggest and most important brand, and the company is daring to mess with it, reports Scott Hume at Burger Business. It comes in the form of a Big Mac spinoff in Germany,...
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