A Healthy New Role for Ronald McDonald

Madison.com ^ | June 11, 2005 | Stephanie Shapiro

[Diana in Wisconsin]

[scott7278]

While French is pleased with McDonald's decision to eliminate "super-size" items and offer salads, such as its new fruit and walnut salad, the Ronald McDonald makeover is "a distraction" from the real issue, she said. "They're marketing really high-fat food and humongous size portions."

Why don't you start your own salad chain, Simone French?

[freedom44]

Eat the grill chicken sandwich.

[mikrofon]

French runs through the whole thread...

[BallyBill]

Ronald looks a little ahh, how you say, "gayer" than before. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

"...such as its new fruit and walnut salad..."

That's one reason I posted this. They've been heavily advertising in our area for their new salad and I thought to myself (being a member of their target audience), "Man, that sounds delicious!"

So I went home and made one, LOL!

They get little of my money since I weaned myself off of those evil, addictive "Filet-o-Fish" sammiches. I'm not going down that road again. Ever! My thighs and I are much happier for having done it. ;)

[martin_fierro]

Ronald's back.

And maaaan, is he pissed.

[Mears]

Madness!

If I go to McDonalds I want something fatty and greasy and salty and not good for me. Yummy stuff!

I have enough brains to use moderation and I think the rest of the US public does too.

[Paul Atreides]

[Diana in Wisconsin]

ROFLMAO! Brilliant! :)

[scott7278]

Good for you -- you made the choice to start living healthier (I'm trying myself).  But I despise it when the free market is no longer the driving force, but what some "Center for Science in the Public Interest" group wants existing businesses to be. 

 

The following is directed toward them, not you:

 

"Get off of your rear end and contribute to society instead of sitting around whining!  You don't like McDonald's and their "high-fat food and humongous size portions"?  Then do what normal Americans do -- start some competition and see who wins.  Otherwise, take your bowl of tofu and have a fun meal (see, there's your first idea for your new restaurant: Fun Meals instead of Happy Meals)."

 

Now get it done!

[NewRomeTacitus]

I don't care what they say - I think Ronald is one of a long line of evil clowns.

[small voice in the wilderness]

"A lot of kids imitate what they see and they look up to him,"

Then it would make more sense if they started dressing as clowns rather than imitate his food choices. They won't be happy until this clown is dressed in a kimono and selling Macquiche. Bas**rds.

[Tribune7]

LOLOLOLOLOL

[Charles Henrickson]

[mikrofon]

No phony "makeover" can absolve him from
his crimes against humanity:

[NewRomeTacitus]

Are you refering to the "I lost my earring at the Ronald park bench display"? Priceless.