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McDonald’s Launches McArabia (!!????)
Arab News ^
| 3.5.03
| Mohammed Alkhereiji
Posted on 03/13/2003 9:17:41 AM PST by mhking
JEDDAH, 5 March 2003 — In a bid to salvage its business interest in the Middle East, McDonald’s has introduced a new sandwich for the Arab consumer: McArabia.
The new sandwich, which continues MacDonald’s tradition of catering to local markets, is made of Arab bread, grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes and Arab sauce.
In a year which, according to a McDonald’s representative who spoke to Arab News, saw a sharp fall in the company’s profits and the laying off of workers including many Saudis, the once undisputed fast food king is working hard on catering to a market that is looking for alternatives to US products in the current international political climate.
In 2002, Al-Watan newspaper reported that the sale of US food and consumer products was down a staggering 25 percent.
Ironically, the main ingredients that make up the new McArabia are of international origin. The Arab bread for the sandwich is imported from Britain. The chicken is currently being imported from Malaysia.
In 2002 McDonald’s Corp. announced the first quarterly net loss in its history.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: porkfatrules
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Huh?
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:17:41 AM PST
by
mhking
To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; Timesink; dubyaismypresident; Grani; coug97; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:18:01 AM PST
by
mhking
(Fasten your seatbelts....We're goin' in!)
To: mhking
Is this from the
Onion?
So9
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:18:56 AM PST
by
Servant of the Nine
(We are the Hegemon. We can do anything we damned well please.)
To: mhking
Does it come with bacon?
To: mhking
You know, no country with a McDonalds have ever gone to war against the US.
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:20:03 AM PST
by
ewing
To: mhking
is made of Arab bread, grilled chicken, lettuce, tomatoes and Arab sauce.Let me be the first to say it: "MADE WITH 100% REAL ARABS!"
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:20:19 AM PST
by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
To: mhking
Is that "Arab Sauce" made with fresh Arabs or canned?
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:20:40 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: mhking
and Arab sauce
ewwww.....
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:20:47 AM PST
by
Daus
To: mhking
In 2002 McDonald’s Corp. announced the first quarterly net loss in its history.Well, what do they expect when their "food" is crap, their "service" is crap and their employees speak English about as well as my dog...?
To: Anitius Severinus Boethius
THE CHICKEN is fried with the best hog lard!
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:21:39 AM PST
by
HuntsvilleTxVeteran
(chIRAQ & sadDAM are bedfellows & clinton is a raping traitor!)
To: xm177e2
Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, Arabs, on a sesame-seed bun.
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:22:03 AM PST
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: xm177e2
Let me be the first to say it: "MADE WITH 100% REAL ARABS!" In the Addam's Family movie Wednesday asked if Girl Scout cookies were made with real Girl Scouts.... So I was thinking along the same lines.
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:22:05 AM PST
by
NeoCaveman
(Original White Devil for Sharpton)
To: RoughDobermann
"Well, what do they expect when their "food" is crap, their "service" is crap and their employees speak English about as well as my dog...?"No more phone calls..............we have a winner.
To: mhking
ROFLMAO: Arab Sauce Would this be a taheeni sesame oil version, or the pine nut persuasion?
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:25:24 AM PST
by
NautiNurse
(Usama bin Laden has produced more tapes than Steely Dan)
To: mhking
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:28:25 AM PST
by
Alouette
To: mhking
McCamel - mmmmm tastes just like Chicken.
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:29:24 AM PST
by
areafiftyone
(The U.N. is now officially irrelevant! The building is for Sale!!!)
To: mhking
"Hey, what was that high-pitched shreiking?"
"Oh, nothing. Someone just ordered the McArabia..."
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:33:27 AM PST
by
ItsJeff
(Ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya!)
To: mhking
"is made of Arab bread, grilled PORK, lettuce, tomatoes, Bacon, and duck sauce."
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:33:58 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Quickly flip the switch and watch the pretty colors, of the pyrotechnics of my heart exploding.)
To: Alouette
Great! Now you have POed 3.5 billion Islamokazis!
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:34:20 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: mhking
D'oh!
"Arab HEAD"...
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posted on
03/13/2003 9:34:37 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(Quickly flip the switch and watch the pretty colors, of the pyrotechnics of my heart exploding.)
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