San Francisco bans Happy Meals

Los Angeles Times ^ | November 2, 2010 | Sharon Bernstein

[inflorida]

San Francisco's board of supervisors has voted, by a veto-proof margin, to ban most of McDonald's Happy Meals as they are now served in the restaurants.

The measure will make San Francisco the first major city in the country to forbid restaurants from offering a free toy with meals that contain more than set levels of calories, sugar and fat.

The ordinance would also require restaurants to provide fruits and vegetables with all meals for children that come with toys.

"We're part of a movement that is moving forward an agenda of food justice," said Supervisor Eric Mar, who sponsored the measure. "From San Francisco to New York City, the epidemic of childhood obesity in this country is making our kids sick, particularly kids from low income neighborhoods, at an alarming rate. It's a survival issue and a day-to-day issue."

[mmercier]

Anyone living in SF should be required by enforceable statute and an appropriate civil penalty (best paid in cash) to eat only what people other than themselves say.

Four more years of turd in that pipe.

[diverteach]

ALL FReepers that pass through San Fran should start stopping by an Oakland or other outlying area McDonalds, buy a happy meal, and discreetly discard it upon the streets of San Francisco.

[diverteach]

ALL FReepers that pass through San Fran should start stopping by an Oakland or other outlying area McDonalds, buy a happy meal, and discreetly discard the box upon the streets of San Francisco.

[Vroomfondel]

Potatoes aren’t vegetables?

[bboop]

‘Food Justice’ — what WILL they fight for next? Always winter and never Christmas in San Fran.

[Vroomfondel]

...Cracker Jacks will have to be banned...

Corn's not a vegetable?

[New Perspective]

all they need to do is put some “gay friendly” toys in there and San Fran will reverse the ban.

[metmom]

McD’s will take care of that technicality.

They’ll offer a free toy to any child who accompanies a parent into the store, meal notwithstanding.

[metmom]

GMTA. I was just thinking that myself.

[TheOldLady]

"San Francisco bans Happy"

That's all the headline you need. SF wants everybody to be as miserable as they are.

Oops. My initials are SF. Darn. And I want everybody to be happy.

[Wuli]

If the S.F. local yokels want to use public money to encourage parents to not make a habit of buying “happy meals” for their children, for “public health reasons”, that would NOT compromise anyone’s rights, PROVIDED the publicly funded ads spelled out those reasons, in factual terms. But, to ban the meals outright ought to ruled unconstitutional.

[Slings and Arrows]

Gay meals are just fine, I suppose.

They're FABULOUS!

[kenavi]

Since when you get a Happy Meal you CAN get apples instead of fries and milk or juice instead of soda

I didn't know that.

[Edgerunner]

Will the mob start selling black market Happy meals?

[SaraJohnson]

The Obamas and their pals can inflict all the elitist directives they want to “improve” California as far as I am concerned. As long as they don’t become my nanny - cause I don’t want a nanny.

[machogirl]

Dear Lord. lol

[svcw]

Yep. When I take my grandkids we get apple slices not fries and two of them like the juice one the milk. That is why I wonder if these SF people have ever been to a McDs.

[machogirl]

I’m covering my mouth while laughing.

[machogirl]

I shouldn’t be laughing. ;)