McDonalds
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McRibs are made from the unhappiest pigs
What does the McRib taste like? Gym mats? Or PIG TEARS? Meat farming is kind of the worst, but it seems the pigs who end up in McRib sandwiches are especially in need of a clever spider to rescue them. The McRib pork (who knew it had actual pork in it?!) is sourced from Smithfield […]
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Oh man alive you will not believe what’s in the McRib
McDonald's McRib sandwich has kind of a cult following, like Phish if they were only around for like a month every year instead of seemingly forever. And like Phish, it is jam-packed with synthetic ingredients. (I kid, I kid. I'm sure all of Phish's enhancement is purely herbal.) For instance, one of the bun ingredients […]
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Big Food exerts unhealthy influence on America's nutritionists
If their annual conference is any indication, the organization that defines nutrition in this country -- The American Dietetic Association -- works very closely with processed-food titans like Monsanto, Hershey's, Coca-Cola, and Cargill.
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Graphic: Fast food is more expensive than homemade
The New York Times breaks down the cost of two home-cooked meals, relative to McDonald's.
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McChange doesn't come easy
McDonald's announced that it will include apple slices and a smaller French fry serving in its Happy Meal. How significant is the announcement?
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Who put McDonald's in charge of kids' health?
Improvements to the McDonald's Happy Meal just distract policymakers from doing their job of setting boundaries for corporate behavior.
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McDonalds and United Arab Emirates greener than America?
Everyone loves a “man bites dog” story. Not everyone likes those tales, however, if they embarrass someone in the process. Take the news out of the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, where fast food giant McDonalds has just announced that they will fuel their delivery trucks with bio-diesel made from their own used vegetable oil. Neutral […]
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Cheap food: Not what’s for dinner anymore?
Cheap food might go the way of cheap gas.Photo: Eddie SCross-posted from Mother Jones. Remember when gas was a dollar a gallon? The era of the fast-food “dollar menu” may be going the same way. Cheap food has been with us for a while. After World War II, global grain prices fell steadily for decades. […]
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It’s the McEconomy, stupid
As American as Baked Apple Pie.Photo: Keoni 101Cross-posted from Mother Jones. Up to 30,000 of the 54,000 jobs created in May were the result of a hiring spree by the hamburger chain, analysts at Morgan Stanley told Market Watch on Friday. So hiring at McDonald’s accounted for about half of the nation’s job growth in […]