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REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Thousands of Icelanders lined up at McDonald's restaurants to order their last Big Macs before the U.S. fast-food chain abandons the crisis-hit island at midnight Saturday due to soaring costs. The world's largest fast-food company said earlier this week that all three of its restaurants in Iceland, operated by franchisee Jon Ogmundsson, would shut down October 31. The outlets have been packed since the announcement, with lines at one restaurant on the east side of the city backing up out the door and onto the street. At lunchtime Friday the outlet's parking lot was full and staff...

SALT LAKE CITY — A rap by four teenagers at a McDonald's has gotten them a bad rap in one Utah city. The teens were cited by American Fork police earlier this week for disorderly conduct after they rapped their order at a McDonald's drive-through.

REYKJAVIK (Reuters) – McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) will shutter its business in Iceland because it is too expensive for the franchise to operate after the country's financial crisis. The world's largest fast-food company said on Monday that all three of its restaurants in Iceland, operated by franchisee Jon Ogmundsson, would stop operating at midnight on October 31. Ogmundsson has run the McDonald's restaurants since 2004. He told Reuters that the decision to close the restaurants was mainly due to the severe depreciation of the Icelandic krona and high taxes on imported food. Instead, he

McDonald's posted a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, helped by cost controls and rising sales in all regions, and expects same-store sales to remain positive in October even though people eat out less often. Shares of the world's largest hamburger chain rose 2 percent in premarket trading. McDonald's [MCD 58.33 --- UNCH ] and some other fast-food chains have been outperforming other restaurant companies due to their lower-priced fare, but rising unemployment is erasing that advantage. McDonald's third-quarter net income rose to $1.26 billion, or $1.15 a share, from $1.19 billion, or $1.05 a share, a year earlier. Analysts on...

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Commerce: Is it just us, or does McDonald's opening at the Louvre sound ... just wrong? Nothing against the fast food giant. But in the land of cordon bleu, where are the French entrepreneurs to sell there instead? Food snobs, of course, will exclaim "quelle horreur!" at the thought of the odor of fries wafting through the high temple of French culture, one of the world's greatest art museums. The thought of a Mona Lisa Extra Value Meal, as one satirical Web site put it, would make anyone shudder. Fortunately, it won't be like that. McDonald's will open its 1,142nd...

A Chicago man has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's Corporation after he says he swallowed a gold earring in his sandwich. The man purchased the sandwich on Aug. 11 from the McDonald's at Chicago's Navy Pier, according to the suit filed on Wednesday in the circuit court of Cook County, Ill. The plaintiff, Boguslaw Nedza, claims after he ate the sandwich "the earring became lodged in his throat and stomach and efforts to remove it by emergency personnel were unsuccessful." Nedza is now suing McDonald's for the injuries he sustained from ingesting the jewelry.

The map above is a visualization of the contiguous United States, colored by distance to the nearest McDonald’s, courtesy of Stephen Von Worley (via Felix Salmon): For maximum McSparseness, we look westward, towards the deepest, darkest holes in our map: the barren deserts of central Nevada, the arid hills of southeastern Oregon, the rugged wilderness of Idaho’s Salmon River Mountains, and the conspicuous well of blackness on the high plains of northwestern South Dakota. There, in a patch of rolling grassland, loosely hemmed in by Bismarck, Dickinson, Pierre, and the greater Rapid City-Spearfish-Sturgis metropolitan area, we find our answer....

FAST food giant McDonald's has been named as Britain's most-hated brand in a new survey by marketing experts. The American burger chain – unpopular with 46 per cent of consumers – topped a list of the least-liked brands which featured some of the country's biggest names. Tesco was second most hated in the poll for Marketing magazine, followed by Coca-Cola and the discount fashion chain Primark. However, the research showed some of the most well-known brands also attracted consumers in equal measure. Tesco and Coca-Cola were also voted Britain's sixth and seventh most loved brands respectively. Both were more loved...

Continuing this weekend's unintentional theme of "toddlers and food service," today we bring you the sad tale of a Quincy, Mass. 23-month-old whose parents are suing Dunkin' Donuts after he was burned by a hash brown. A hash brown that fell out of his mouth and onto his neck. "It took only seconds for the extremely high temperature of the interior portion of the food item to severely burn and blister (Cullen's) skin," attorney Joseph K. Curran Jr. wrote in a complaint filed in Norfolk Superior Court. Before handing the hash brown to her son to eat, the boy's mother,...

(McDonald’s buys millions of pounds of hoki each year for Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. Now, conservationists say the New Zealand fish is being depleted.) Ever wonder what kind of fish end up in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich? The answer is usually hoki, a bug-eyed sea creature found deep in the Pacific waters of New Zealand. But it turns out that exporting millions of pounds of the fish each year -- McDonald’s alone at one time used 15 million pounds annually -- is depleting the hoki supply and pitting conservationists against commercial interests. “We have major concerns,” said Peter Trott, the fisheries program manager...

At McDonald's®, we believe that African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year — not just during Black History Month. That's the idea behind 365Black.com. Like the unique African Baobab tree, which nourishes its community with its leaves and fruit, McDonald's has branched out to the African-American community nourishing it with valuable programs and opportunities

Here is video of a High School Science teacher who went to McDonald's for breakfast and wound up with a baby scorpion in his bag along with a sandwich! Arizona teacher Jeff Tallman said he ordered an Egg McMuffin and when we went to get a napkin out of his bag he saw a scorpion inside! It's a good thing he didn't just stick his hand in the bag. The video shows the scorpion inside the bag. Lesson: Always look inside the bag! . . . .(Watch Video)

WHAT IS 365BLACK? At McDonald's®, we believe that African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year — not just during Black History Month. That's the idea behind 365Black.com. It's a place where you can learn more about education, employment, career advancement and entrepreneurship opportunities, and meet real people whose lives have been touched by McDonald's. Plus, you can also have a chance to win exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. So make sure you visit often — you just might get inspired.

This is the text taken directly from the homepage of a new McDonald's website. You can judge the content for yourself. WHAT IS 365BLACK? At McDonald's®, we believe that African-American culture and achievement should be celebrated 365 days a year — not just during Black History Month. That's the idea behind 365Black.com. It's a place where you can learn more about education, employment, career advancement and entrepreneurship opportunities, and meet real people whose lives have been touched by McDonald's. Plus, you can also have a chance to win exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. So make sure you visit often — you just...

Jeff Foxworthy once said that there is only one answer to the question "Does my butt look big in this dress?" That Answer is "Do I have to answer that question?" Foxworthy also made an observation about large women wearing Spandex, "If your bottom looks like two raccoons wrestling around in a fifty pound sack of feed, you are NOT 'juicy'!" PETA, the People for ethical treatment of animals, would disagree, if you your bottom looks like two raccoons wrestling...its because you are not a vegetarian. The radical animal right's group is continuing in its effort to upset just about...

Kids hoping to grab a Happy Meal from McDonald's might end up with PETA's Unhappy Meal instead. The animal rights organization lifted its moratorium on the McCruelty Campaign this year and since June has distributed Chicken McCruelty Unhappy Meals to McDonald's customers outside about a dozen restaurants around the country. "McDonald's markets its food to children by packaging it in brightly colored boxes with toys," Lindsay Rajt, a spokeswoman for PETA, tells Slashfood. "But most kids really love animals, and if they knew that McDonald's suppliers were breaking the wings and legs of gentle animals like chickens, I think that...

CNN) -- When James Huberty walked into a McDonald's restaurant 25 years ago this month, he knew he was going to kill somebody. He probably didn't know his murderous rampage would change how police departments work. Witnesses said the unemployed welder and security guard started shooting immediately, and kept on shooting for 77 minutes until a police sniper on a nearby rooftop ended the siege with a bullet through Huberty's heart. When the carnage ended, Huberty and 21 victims -- including grandmothers, an infant, children on bicycles and teenage McDonald's employees -- lay dead inside and outside the restaurant. Nineteen...

AURORA — A Denver police officer has been charged with felony menacing for allegedly brandishing his gun at a McDonald's restaurant after getting tired of waiting for his food. Derrick Curtis, 29, Saunders also face charges of prohibited use of a weapon, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.

No, "over salting" isn't code for anything nasty. The 20-year-old McDonald's worker literally spilled salt on the hamburger meat that was used to make a "Big 'N Tasty" that was served to a Georgia police officer. The police officer says the burger made him sick—and Kendra Bull, 20, spent a night in jail because of it. According to Kendra, she accidentally spilled too much salt on the hamburger meat, tried to remove it, notified her coworkers, then took a break. During the break she says she ate a burger made from the salty meat.

<p>A Denver police officer has been charged with felony menacing for allegedly brandishing his gun at a McDonald's restaurant after getting tired of waiting for his food. Derrick Curtis, 29, Saunders also face charges of prohibited use of a weapon, reckless endangerment and disorderly conduct.</p>

Starbucks is still losing customers, but not as many as it has for the last two quarters. These days, that qualifies as welcome news. On Tuesday, Starbucks, which is based in Seattle, reported that net income in the third quarter, ended June 28, was $151.5 million, or 20 cents a share, compared with a net loss of $6.7 million and a penny a share in the same period last year. Revenue fell 6.6 percent, to $2.4 billion, from $2.6 billion a year ago. “The transformation of Starbucks business — including the success of our consumer-facing initiatives and the permanent changes...

The US company, which opened its first restaurant in London in 1974, joins other large US corporations that have based their European operations in Switzerland Photo: BLOOMBERG Senior executives, including Denis Hennequin, president of McDonald's operations in Europe, will be based there. The US company, which opened its first restaurant in London in 1974, joins other large US corporations that have based their European operations in Switzerland, including Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive and Yahoo. Google also chose Zurich for its European headquarters, despite having a large office in the UK capital. McDonald's said the move "enables us to...

McDonald's, the fast food giant, will join the ranks of companies quitting the UK when it moves its European headquarters to Geneva later this year. Senior executives, including Denis Hennequin, president of McDonald's operations in Europe, will be based there. The US company, which opened its first restaurant in London in 1974, joins other large US corporations that have based their European operations in Switzerland, including Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Colgate Palmolive and Yahoo. Google also chose Zurich for its European headquarters, despite having a large office in the UK capital. McDonald's said the move "enables us to conduct the...

CARY — A Big Mac with a jolt of juice is on the menu at a new Raleigh-area McDonald's that will be the first in the nation to feature electric car charging stations. The new McDonald's opens Tuesday with two battery charging units for patrons of the restaurant or the nearby shopping center to use free of charge.

RAPID CITY, S.D. - Custer rides again, although he's atop a plastic motorcycle and in a McDonald's Happy Meal box. And that doesn't sit well with some in the Native American community. Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer was killed in 1876 along the Little Big Horn River by Native Americans he aimed to destroy. But Hollywood brought him back to life as a character in the Ben Stiller comedy “Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian,” which opened in theaters May 22. McDonald's included characters from the movie as toys in its kid-sized Happy Meals. The fast food chain's...

What do you do whan you think McDonald's forgot to pack your orange juice with your order? Call 911. In the Age of Obama, it seems no problem is too minute for government involvement

ALOHA, Ore. – An Oregon man spent Memorial Day in jail after dialing 911 to complain that a McDonald's worker was rude and didn't give him an orange juice he ordered.

Who knows what nightmares haunt the makers of a dream brand in trouble? Maybe trouble is too strong a word to describe Starbucks' situation. But the days of easy growth are long past and this icon of Seattle is tarnished by brutal competition, a nose dive in profitability and no clear path to regaining its groove. Maybe the worst nightmare is this: What if Starbucks is an artifact of an economy that's not coming back?...

A condom in your Happy Meal? A girl found one at a Switzerland McDonald'sI am not one of those mothers that feels McDonald's is evil. My girls love Happy Meals. They can't wait to eat the nuggets but the toy is what they really want. However a condom was the lastest toy found in a Happy Meal at one McDonald's in Switzerland.

Girl allegedly finds condom in ‘Happy Meal’ Swiss cops investigate claim 7-year-old girl found condom in French fries The Associated Press updated 12:09 p.m. ET May 4, 2009 FRIBOURG, Switzerland - Swiss police said they are investigating a 7-year-old girl's discovery of a condom in her McDonald's Happy Meal. Fribourg state police said the mother called them after the girl discovered the condom among her French fries.

I'm looking for video of the classic McDonald's television commercial in which a father is in a swimming pool trying to get his daughter (Katy?) to jump from the side of the pool to him. He promises to catch her. She refuses. He finally bribes her with a trip to McDonald's and she jumps. If you know where the video can be found, please post a link to it or FReepmail me with the information. I need the video for a compilation piece on which I am working. I appreciate any help you can provide. I apologize for the vanity...

With the nation in its deepest recession in decades, why would McDonald's pick this moment to launch a $4 burger? You may have noticed the signs that just went up on some McDonald's drive-through menus: The new Angus burger. It weighs one-third of a pound. It costs four bucks. In its first-quarter earnings conference call this morning, the company did not say it is rolling out the Angus nationwide, but it did not say it isn't. The company was cagey. Still, they're starting to pop up -- The Ticker saw the Angus on a menu last Saturday, at a McDonald's...

BEIRUT: McDonalds became the latest target of the boycott campaign against pro-Israeli businesses Tuesday when a couple of dozen activists representing the Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth (ULDY) picketed outside the fast-food chain's Hamra location across from the American University of Beirut (AUB). "People who sit there and don't care - may they eat poison," they shouted, addressing the few customers who ignored the protesters and munched on their food inside the restaurant. "You're being fed Palestinian meat," they continued. ULDY regularly calls for protests outside large restaurants and businesses that the group accuses of contributing directly or indirectly to...

SALT LAKE CITY – Police said a customer fired one or two shots into a Salt Lake City McDonald's after the driver of the car he was in .. was told only breakfast was available. .. two men then got out of the car and one pulled a sawed-off shotgun from the trunk, shooting into the drive-thru window once or twice, The Salt Lake Tribune reported Monday. No one was injured. ...

Not 'lovin' it,' he shoots Mickey D's drive-through Man fired sawed-off into window after being told menu was breakfast-only. By Erin Alberty The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 03/30/2009 06:51:31 AM MDT A McDonald's drive-through was shot up early Sunday after a customer was angered that the restaurant had shifted from the lunch menu to the breakfast menu, police said. The driver of a white Dodge Intrepid pulled into the drive-through at about 2 a.m. at McDonald's at 210 W. 500 South in Salt Lake City and ordered food from the lunch and dinner menu, police said. When a clerk told...

McDonald's Tests Big Mac in a Tortilla Fast-Food Giant Rolls Out Snack Wrap Mac in Markets Including Houston, Wisconsin By Emily Bryson York Published: March 23, 2009 CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- McDonald's might have to come up with a new "two all-beef patties" jingle for its newest product. The chain is testing the Snack Wrap Mac, which puts a new spin on the old classic: half a beef patty, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions -- wrapped in a flour tortilla. McDonald's spokeswoman Danya Proud said the $1.49 wrap is being sold in an "advertised test" in several U.S. markets, including...

Washington, D.C.—With the lack of parenting ever more prevalent today in America, Barack Obama, D-IL, is taking a hard stand against the fast food industry. He is proposing a plan to increase the corporate tax by 20% on fast food restaurants. The proposal, if implemented, would begin on June 1, 2009, in time for summer break, when all the responsibility of parenting seems to go out the window. Since the demonization of smokers, alcohol drinkers and gas guzzling consumers has been accomplished, the Obama administration is now going after a more sinister demon: Fast Food. The feeling of the administration...

For months, drug dealers sold an array of prescription drugs out of three Downtown McDonald's restaurants, operating in daylight and lingering for hours without buying food, an undercover police detective said. The detective offered glimpses into a "lucrative" drug trade yesterday, a day after an employee of the Smithfield Street store was arrested for selling drugs in a rest room, and District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. threatened to take legal action against the restaurants. Police Chief Nate Harper urged other Downtown business owners to take heed, saying they are "fully responsible to patrol their property." More than 100 people...

Many Americans have become stupid, weak, self-entitled, greedy, and unable to fend for themselves. There is a whole subset of our country wholly dependent on the teet of the government. Case and point, this woman: Latreasa Goodman had an emergency. A chicken emergency; her local McDonald’s ran out of Chicken McNuggets, so she called 911...Told McDonald’s was out of Chicken McNuggets after paying for a 10-piece meal, a local woman called 911. Three times.“This is an emergency, If I would have known they didn’t have McNuggets, I wouldn’t have given my money, and now she wants to give me a...

<p>FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of Chicken McNuggets. According to a police report, 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident Latreasa L. Goodman told authorities she paid for a 10-piece last week but was later informed the restaurant had run out. She says employees refused to give her a refund, saying all sales were final. A cashier told police she offered Goodman a larger portion of different food for the same price, but Goodman became irate.</p>

A FT PIERCE WOMAN IS IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW FOR CALLING 911 TO COMPLAIN MCDONALD'S WOULD NOT GIVE HER A REFUND AFTER RUNNING OUT OF MCNUGGETS. MCDONALDS OFFERED HER OTHER FOOD ITEMS FOR FREE TO REPLACE THE MCNUGGETS. POLICE SAY SHE CALLED 911 THREE TIMES ON SATURDAY TELLING THE 911 DISPATCHER AND OFFICERS THAT HER MCNUGGETS WERE AN EMERGENCY. POLICE DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY AND GAVE HER A NOTICE TO APPEAR IN COURT.

MARCH 3--Angered that her local McDonald's was out of Chicken McNuggets, a Florida woman called 911 three times to report the fast food "emergency." Latreasa Goodman, 27, last Saturday called police to complain that a cashier--citing a McDonald's all sales are final policy--would not give her a refund. [To listen to Goodman's 911 calls, click here, here, and here.] When cops responded to the restaurant, Goodman told them, "This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don't want...

MARCH 3--Angered that her local McDonald's was out of Chicken McNuggets, a Florida woman called 911 three times to report the fast food "emergency." Latreasa Goodman, 27, last Saturday called police to complain that a cashier--citing a McDonald's all sales are final policy--would not give her a refund. When cops responded to the restaurant, Goodman told them, "This is an emergency. If I would have known they didn't have McNuggets, I wouldn't have given my money, and now she wants to give me a McDouble, but I don't want one." Goodman noted, "I called 911 because I couldn't get a...

Nigel Haskett was working at a McDonalds in Arkansas last summer when he witnessed Perry Kennon, a criminal with a long record beating a woman. Mr. Haskett tackled Kennon, threw him out of the restaurant, and then stood by the door to prevent reentry. Kennon went to his vehicle, grabbed a gun and proceeded to shoot Nigel Haskett multiple times. Haskett staggered back into the McDonalds and collapsed. Haskett has had multiple surgeries and medical costs are at $300,000 and counting. McDonald’s has denied workers compensation benefits to Mr. Haskett. http://www.thedailychange.com/mcdonalds-shafts-one-of-their-own/

"Victim's heroics rouse judge," read a headline in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, but Nigel Haskett's heroics apparently didn't rouse his employer, McDonald's. The hamburger kingpin has denied Haskett's claim for workers compensation benefits. According to newspaper accounts and Haskett's lawyer, Philip M. Wilson, Haskett was working at the McDonald's at 10201 Rodney Parham Road last August when he interceded to stop a man who was beating a woman in the restaurant. The assailant, later identified as Perry Kennon, went outside. Haskett also stepped outside and stood at the door to keep Kennon from re-entering the restaurant. Kennon retrieved a gun from...

Clinton, insurers announce anti-obesity effortAssociated Press February 19, 2009 Former President Bill Clinton announced a new anti-obesity program for children on Thursday that will extend health care coverage for visits to dietitians to focus on healthy eating and lifestyle changes. The program is the latest initiative from the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a partnership between the William J. Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association. Martin Yadrick, president of the American Dietitic Association, said dietitian visits have not usually been covered by insurers, except for specific conditions like diabetes or kidney disease. "This is really opening the door for...

JACKSON — The Attorney General's Office is warning Mississippians of a fraudulent e-mail circulating in a form that claims to be a McDonalds Customer Satisfaction Survey. The e-mail's real purpose is to obtain consumers personal information. ">snip<"

Golden Arches may shine bright in quarter By William Spain, MarketWatch Last update: 2:01 p.m. EST Jan. 23, 2009 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- In the early stages of what is already looking like a largely downbeat season of quarterly financial reports from U.S. companies, it is almost a given that one iconic American company will still shine: McDonald's Corp. The fast-food behemoth and component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average has so far been one of the few beneficiaries of the economic downturn, posting hefty sales and profit increases as cash-strapped consumers "trade down" from pricier dining options and take advantage...

What is a rational American to do during tumultuous economic times? Well, typically, you get sloshed. The Mayo Clinic tells us, "High levels of stress, anxiety or emotional pain can lead some people to drink alcohol to block out the turmoil." So predictably, the sales of spirits, beer and wine have risen as the Dow Jones has tanked. Drinking can be fun. But other behavioral trends set off by recession have been downright unsightly. For one, we have witnessed a legion of once-enlightened Americans turning to a host of deviant activities. Instead of buying tree seedlings and eco-friendly hair gel,...