McDonald's celebrates 25 years in Lincoln
Keith Parkins | 07.01.2008 11:43 | Globalisation | Health | World
McDonald's were given a full-page spread in the Lincolnshire Echo today to celebrate that they had been serving their junk food in Lincoln for a quarter of a century.
An independent restaurant serving quality food, would be a cause for celebration.
McDonald's closing down would be a cause for celebration.
That McDonald's has been serving junk food for a quarter of a century is no cause for celebration, and it is a sad state of affairs the the Lincolnshire Echo should feel otherwise.
The kids eating in McDonald's will be lucky if they see past their 30th birthday, the parents who take their kids to McDonald's should be charged with child abuse.
Web
http://www.mcspotlight.org/
Reference
Joanna Blythman, Bad Food Britain, Fourth Estate, 2006
http://www.heureka.clara.net/books/bad-food-britain.htm
Greg Critser, Fat Land
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5673284
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5457144
Fast Food Nation, March 2006 {DVD}
http://www.participate.net/fastfoodnation
Felicity Lawrence, Not on the Label: What Really Goes Into the Food on Your Plate, Penguin, 2004
http://www.heureka.clara.net/books/notonthelabel.htm
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5457973
Charlotte Orson, We're Lovin' It!, Lincolnshire Echo, 7 July 2007
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=242285&home=yes&more_nodeId1=156139&contentPK=19464677
Keith Parkins, MP promotes junk food, Indymedia UK, 17 January 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360187.html
Keith Parkins, MP yet again pictured promoting McDonald's, Indymedia UK, 19 January 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360389.html?c=on
Keith Parkins, Why do we feed our kids junk food?, Indymedia UK, 12 February 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362123.html
Keith Parkins, Bad Food Britain, to be published
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, Penguin/Allen Lane, 2001
Super Size Me! {DVD}
John Vidal, McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial, The New Press, 1997
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5444601
An independent restaurant serving quality food, would be a cause for celebration.
McDonald's closing down would be a cause for celebration.
That McDonald's has been serving junk food for a quarter of a century is no cause for celebration, and it is a sad state of affairs the the Lincolnshire Echo should feel otherwise.
The kids eating in McDonald's will be lucky if they see past their 30th birthday, the parents who take their kids to McDonald's should be charged with child abuse.
Web
http://www.mcspotlight.org/ Reference
Joanna Blythman, Bad Food Britain, Fourth Estate, 2006
http://www.heureka.clara.net/books/bad-food-britain.htm Greg Critser, Fat Land
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5673284 http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5457144 Fast Food Nation, March 2006 {DVD}
http://www.participate.net/fastfoodnation Felicity Lawrence, Not on the Label: What Really Goes Into the Food on Your Plate, Penguin, 2004
http://www.heureka.clara.net/books/notonthelabel.htm http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5457973 Charlotte Orson, We're Lovin' It!, Lincolnshire Echo, 7 July 2007
http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=156130&command=displayContent&sourceNode=242285&home=yes&more_nodeId1=156139&contentPK=19464677 Keith Parkins, MP promotes junk food, Indymedia UK, 17 January 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360187.html Keith Parkins, MP yet again pictured promoting McDonald's, Indymedia UK, 19 January 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/01/360389.html?c=on Keith Parkins, Why do we feed our kids junk food?, Indymedia UK, 12 February 2007
http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/362123.html Keith Parkins, Bad Food Britain, to be published
Eric Schlosser, Fast Food Nation, Penguin/Allen Lane, 2001
Super Size Me! {DVD}
John Vidal, McLibel: Burger Culture on Trial, The New Press, 1997
http://www.bookcrossing.com/journal/5444601
Keith Parkins
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Celebration!
18.03.2008 17:26
I read through this, what seems to be a shallow attempt at an article! Some thoughts popped into my head whilst reading it - have you seen the new revised Happy Meal for children?, have you seen the new menu? and also have you seen the condition in which we do our job to make sure we give out the best quality food!
Today we have such and wide range of products with the best ingredients that it's a shame people are still shooting us down for something we no longer do! We no longer supply the 'super size' option, we discontinued the 'Big Tasty', and we brought in salads, fruit bags, less salt and no preservatives in most of our food. We also brought out recently new chicken selects & legends which are made from the best Chicken strips. These are all cause for celebration, especially for the people that work behind the counter.
Plus if people are so offended by the food we offer that bu all means don't visit our stores but as due to public demand in Lincoln McDonald's operates 5 stores, one of which goes 24/7 in April and all other stores opening from 5 am till late hours varying across the city that won't happen soon!
Thank You for listening to a McDonald's Employees View
Christopher Conway
e-mail:
chrisy9980@hotmail.com
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