and the RATS, take another one in the.........HA ha!!!
Posted on 12/01/2011 3:50:26 PM PST by YankeeReb
Beginning today, all McDonald’s (MCD) restaurants in the City of San Francisco are forbidden by law to give away toys with Happy Meals.
McDonald’s response?
Eat it, California.
Though Policy Number 471.1 through 471.9 -- otherwise known as the "Healthy Meal Incentives Ordinance” -- will now, as noted by SF Weekly’s Joe Eskenazi, “require Happy Meal purchasers to make a 10-cent charitable donation to Ronald McDonald House in order to receive their coveted trinket,” the world’s largest fast food chain has pulled off a decisive, magnificent win.
"This law is not what my customers wanted or asked for, but the law's the law," local McDonald's franchisee Scott Rodrick told a reporter.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:
Instead of reducing fat, salt and sugar in children's meals and offering more fruits and vegetables, Rodrick's stores will adhere to the law Thursday by making customers pay an extra 10 cents for a Happy Meal toy. Customers who buy Happy Meals outside San Francisco, including just across the border in Daly City, will continue to get the toy gratis.
"It complies with the letter of the law," Rodrick said. The three other McDonald's franchise owners in the city have agreed to follow the same tack.
(Excerpt) Read more at minyanville.com ...
As long as they pay the extra money and go home and eat the happy meal under a compact flourescent lightbulb everything will be okay in amerika
It’s unbelievable to think the what liberals who run SF think is the public’s business, and what is up to people’s own discretion/freedom of choice.
On the one hand, this city passed a food police type of ordinance against the Happy Meal. On the other hand, this city has a very liberal public nudity ordinance, and freely tolerates open nudity and open sex acts at gay oriented events such as Folsom Street fair.
On the one hand, they feel that they need to discourage unhealthy eating. On the other hand, they see no need to discourage public indecency or public sex activity.
Amazing thought process at work here.............
Sweet and gotcha! I’m exceedingly impressed. The city ordinance promotes the primary McDonald’s charity.
Would you like some carrot sticks with that?
Heeheeeheeee love it! When my kids were little they ate at McDonald’s maybe once or twice a year, but, I have to laugh myself silly at the CA morons who think they can screw with McDonalds.
“On the one hand, this city passed a food police type of ordinance against the Happy Meal. On the other hand, this city has a very liberal public nudity ordinance, and freely tolerates open nudity and open sex acts at gay oriented events such as Folsom Street fair.”
Haven’t been to San francisco, I can honestly say I don’t understand the flap; there are no children there anyway.
Like banning Happy Meal toys in a retirement community, but a younger one full of deviants.
Hahaha! I love it. Kids still get their Happy Meal trinkets and a worthy charity gets additional $$$.
No carrots here - Eat your peas, dang it!!!
I would have solved the entire situation by donating happy meals to the wonderful OWS and then arresting them (the OWS) for contributing to the delinquency of the radically immature and stupid by encouraging the engorging of that absolutely degenerative garbage. (Mucho sarcasm, in concert with the SpanEnglish mode of operation in SF)
In San Francisco selling a kid a hamburger is more of a sin than teaching and indroctinating the same kid all sorts of knowledge and acceptance of perverted “lifestyles”.
I’m sure it would be okay with the brain trust if the kids got some kind of sex toy with their happy meal.
To Do List: 1. Buy more shares of MCD.
LOL.
Gotta love that.
I wonder what other laws we can get around??
“OMG, are you selling incandescent bulbs? That’s illegal!”
-—”No, I am giving them away with the purchase of my $1 booklet on Nanny-state Government”
That was a good one.
“. On the other hand, this city has a very liberal public nudity ordinance, and freely tolerates open nudity and open sex acts at gay oriented events such as Folsom Street fair.”
Oh yes, and all the healthy behavior at the bathhouses.
Unbelievable hypocrisy.
I loved it when I first heard it... way to do Mikey D’s
Ronald will be right at home. He’s not the only clown in San Francisco.
More proof that businessmen are smarter than politicians.
It’s commendable to give the proceeds to the Ronald McDonald House project that helps the families with lodging while their children are in treatment for cancer.
However, it would be really funny to have the money go for Free Fries Friday, when all kids could get free fries and a flier explaining freedom to the children. That would make the statist nannies heads explode.
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