PHONE toll-free 1-800-244-6227.
SNAIL MAIL U.S. corporate mailing address: McDonald’s Corporation 2111 McDonald's Dr Oak Brook, IL 60523
EMAIL FORM: http://www.mcdonalds.com/contact/contact_us/social_responsibility.html
I wish Comcast cable service would stop paying for billboards in Spanish. I saw a couple of them when I went home to Delaware last weekend.
Why shouldn't McDonald's advertise to whomever they want to? It's a free country. There are no tax dollars going towards those ads.
People now realize that without unifying factors between new immigrants and residents of this country, we eventually will break up into specific cultural groups that will inevitably vie against one another for power over the direction of our country. We will become balkanized.
Our politics will divide even more on ethnic issues and petty points that previous generations were able to get pass because of the integration of immigrants into American culture. It's obvious the concepts of "Diversity" and "Multiculturalism" have been introduced to our society as a means to injure our nation by irreparably dividing our people along ethnic lines.
This can no longer be permitted nor tolerated. I myself adore my linguistic capabilities. I speak Portuguese like a fish breathes water and absolutely love the Spanish language. I don't even listen to American music having wholly rejected it when the abomination of Rap hit the airwaves. But I am COMPLETELY AMERICAN and anyone who wants to live here on our shores must strives for the same thing.
We as a society should accept no less.
This is our home and we cannot tolerate guests who try to push us around and tell us how to run things. They need to conform or be shown the door in the harshest possible manner.
/Caffeine induced rant off.
Why can't a private company advertise in whatever language it likes?
Liz, I have to disagree with you. If I invest in a corporation I expect, as a stock holder in a capilist economy, that they will will do anything that is legal and ethical to sell their product - McDonalds should adapt to their market. If a town has so many spanish speaking people it makes economic sense to market to them then that's what they should. If everybody in town like NASCAR then a stock car racing promotion might make sense.
They tailor McDonalds all around the world to the local market - it would be a shame if here in America they were restricted from normal adaptive marketing.
This will be a mute point in fifty years. Hispanics will be a majority then.
This is still America and private businesses can take whatever advertising risks they see fit to attract more business. If it works, great; if not, well those are the risks.
Deport the illegals and McDonalds will go back to English-only.
Seesh, come to Los Angeles. About a quarter of the billboards in my neighborhood are in Spanish. McDonalds is onyl one company courting Hispanics.
On the other hand, if it works, more power to the boycotters.
Thanks for the contact info.
I called, got a very polite person one the other end, left my complaint, along with my name etc.
I suggest others take a couple of minutes to do the same.
McDonalds is American as apple pie and motherhood and shouldn't be involved in Balkanizing the coutry.
Enter '1' for Spanish...'2' for English...
Thank you for the information and post Liz!
In addition to complaining to McDonalds, I hope that everyone who did so will take the time to encourage Bergen town's mayor for taking this action. I've begun to notice that more and more city officials are coming around and taking action like this. I have continually written to thank them and have receive e-mails in return thanking me for support.
Mayor Steve Lonegan
Phone: 201-342-1736 x233
eMail: mayor@bogotaonline.org
Apparently, he thinks that his position on this devisive issue will benefit him in his next campaign for governer.
And we also have a first amendment right NOT to buy their sh$tty wormburgers.
Boo frickin' hoo... It's their business, not any of yours.
If it wasn't for the fact that I haven't bought anything from McD's in over 15 years, I'd boycott them! :-)
Look, I think every last illegal alien should be deported, and President Bush ought to be impeached for derilection of duty, but I don't get why people are making a fuss over an ad for coffee.
Did no one note the irony of the name of the town...? ;>)
At the end of the article:
In a statement released yesterday, Jennifer Nagy, a marketing manager of McDonald's NY Metro Region, stood by the advertisement.
"Our customers are at the heart of every decision we make, and we would never do anything to intentionally offend anyone," Nagy said.