Mcdonalds News Archives

“I'm still happy 30 years later.”

Jan Fields is certain her shops can pour cappuccinos and lattes without slowing service. via BusinessWeek

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In the period between 2004 and 2007, the Chinese stock market index rose more than 450%. On the streets of Shanghai I witnessed lines of Chinese citizens waiting outside brokerages to deposit funds so they ... via Fool.com

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“But it's also the right thing to do with business. All these little things add up, and end up making a big impact.”

Last year, Greenpeace activists climbed into rafts in the Amazon rain forest for a fact-finding tour about deforestation. via Investor's Business Daily

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“We believe that the combination of ITW food equipment and Enodis will create an expanded global food-equipment platform with very complementary strategic, operational and geographical growth positions”

Illinois Tool Works on Thursday swooped in with a $2 billion bid for a restaurant equipment maker in Britain that Elgin-based Middleby Corp. via Daily Herald

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A recent immigrant, Aigul Aubanova, wondered at the cultural implications of having teachers work at McDonald's to raise money for the schools where they teach, in her April 9 guest opinion. via Statesman Journal

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McDonald's Corp., the nation's No. 1 hamburger chain, said Thursday its global same-store sales rose 5 percent in April. via Raw Story

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“We're working with our owner-operators to provide medical coverage at reasonable rates”

McDonald's Corp. is working hard to redefine "McJob," a word various dictionaries define as unstimulating, low-paying employment with few prospects. via Daily Herald

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“Pizza Hut is the cheapest of the cheapest restaurants in the United States, but in China, Pizza Hut is seen as a classy, up-scale place for dining”

With a possible US recession looming, Colonel Sanders is turning to China to fill the breach, offering a menu of fried dough and preserved egg porridge alongside the chicken that turned KFC into an American ... via The Peninsula

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Fast food chain McDonald's Inc. says it's giving out millions of free samples of its two new chicken menu items. via WLS-TV Chicago

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Join the Majic Street Team & the McDonald's Street Team this Friday, May 9th from 8:30a-9:30a on Lucas & Hunt Rd as McDonald's introduces the new Southern Style Chicken Biscuit & Southern Style Chicken ... via KMJM - Majic 104.9

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“Since 2004, we've had at least two corrections a year. I'm not talking small corrections. I'm talking 15 percent corrections.”

MANY INVESTORS LIKE to buy what they know. Eat a lot of fast food, the logic goes, buy McDonald's Corp. via Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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“Dame dos hamburgesas con queso, un Big Mac, dos papitas fritas y tres sodas.”

Black Voice News , News Report, Chris Levister, Posted: May 03, 2008 'Don't speak Spanish...can't get the job?' When San Bernardino High School teens Jazanique Jackson, Ashanae Brown and Kimyen Hawkins decided ... via News.ncmonline.com

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Join the Majic Street Team & the McDonald's Street Team this Monday, May 5th from 8:30a-9:30a on Page Ave as McDonald's introduces the new Southern Style Chicken Biscuit & Southern Style Chicken Sandwich. via KMJM - Majic 104.9

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“After several days of training about customer service at McDonald's, a young Soviet teenager asked the McDonald's trainer a very serious question: 'Why do we have to be so nice to the customers? After all, WE have the hamburgers, and they don't!'”

Swiss jumps using Leonardo da Vinci-designed parachute Too bad it wasn't Eva Longoria. via The Amateur Economist & Curmudgeon Blog

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