Friday, May 23, 2008
Restaurants Ronald McDonald resorts to porn but gives up trans fats
Posted by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock on Fri, May 23, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Somebody's running a You Tube campaign against the McDonald's at 30 Marietta St. in downtown Atlanta. The angry diner has uploaded two videos documenting the claims. (Warning: the second is mind-numbingly long.)
OK, so there's porn and panhandling there. But what about the food? Why are you eating there?
[kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/-PYmzT0CaD4" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
[kml_flashembed movie="http://youtube.com/v/gXBIHq-eIzE" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]
By the way, McDonald's announced this week that it's completely giving up trans fats. The Wall Street Journal reports:
The world's largest restaurant chain is now cooking French fries, hash browns, Filet-O-Fish sandwiches and chicken in a blend of canola, corn and soybean oils, Chief Executive Jim Skinner said at the company's annual meeting here Thursday. Those items are now considered to have zero grams of trans fat per serving; some items may still contain a trace amount of the substance, though it is negligible. McDonald's plans to finish converting pies and cookies so they also qualify as free of trans fat by year end.
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