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McDonald's Corporation

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Q & A with Ben Campbell: How (and Why) to Make a Mummy out of McDonald's Food

    There's playing with your food, and there's Playing With Your Food. A kind of brilliant example of the latter is the artwork of Ben Campbell, a Texas artist who recently constructed a mummy entirely out of McDonald's food. Campbell, who describes himself as "some guy in West Texas who makes artwork ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    Coachella Explosion Rocks McDonald's in 100-Plus Degree Heat

    It got so hot at Coachella over the weekend there was an explosion. No, not the kind seen on-stage at the Coachella festival when holographic Tupac was on the mic: This was a real, honest-to-goodness blast of fire at an Indio McDonald's. Riverside County Sheriff's officials say this is what happen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2012

    PETA to Swarm Echo Park McDonald's in Protest Over Chicken McNuggets (Really)

    Taking on the global scourge of chicken abuse, PETA members plan to swarm an Echo Park McDonald's tomorrow. The source of their ire? "Terror and agony for millions of chickens" that are each year destined to become tasty, golden Chicken McNuggets, PETA says. According to an announcement from the g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2012

    McDonald's Facing Two More Hot Coffee Lawsuits

    Back a lifetime ago in 1994, McDonald's was sued over the temperature of its coffee when a woman accused the fast food chain of serving coffee so hot, it gave her third-degree burns when the cup spilled on her legs and groin. Now it's déjà vu all over again, as McDonald's is defending itself agai ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 23, 2012

    The Unhappiness Index: McDonald's Customers are Least Happy with Their Health Other Uncomfortable Insights Into Fast Food Choices

    Apparently, one can guess whether you are happy or unhappy with your health based on your decision to have chicken nuggets from Chick-fil-A rather than from McDonald's. That is, according to the BIGinsight™ Monthly Consumer Survey, which ranked the happiness level of certain fast food customers o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2012

    McDonald's Debuts the McRibster... In Austria

    Is there a McRib-sized void in your arteries? In need of some cheese and bacon as well? Then book an international flight to Austria and indulge in McDonalds' newly introduced McRibster. According to Burger Business, McDonalds' sandwich creation contains "juicy pork, bacon, pepper-Jack cheese, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    McDonald's Introduces Fatty, Salty Little Chicken Bombs

    McDonald's Corp. The "snack size" McBites contain 310 calories. ​Taking on KFC's popcorn chicken, McDonald's is introducing a new fatty, salty treat: Chicken McBites, "poppable pieces of premium chicken breast seasoned to homestyle perfection," according to the Mickey D's website. The snack si ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Five Artsy Things to Do This Week, Including the Longest Film Ever Made

    Courtesy 1301PE GalleryA still from Modern Times, Forever, which might be the longest film ever made​ Pacific Standard Time's performance-art festival continues through this weekend, but there are a few great exhibitions to see as well. One in Chinatown is almost therapeutic, while another, o ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2012

    "Modern Times, Forever"

    Courtesy 1301PE GalleryA still from Modern Times, Forever, which might be the longest film ever made​ Pacific Standard Time's performance-art festival continues through this weekend, but there are a few great exhibitions to see as well. One in Chinatown is almost therapeutic, while another, o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Khadijah Baseer, Burbank Homeless Woman, Caught Offering Blowjobs for Chicken McNuggets

    A homeless woman that Burbank police say often hangs around the local McDonalds allegedly took the begging game to new lows last Wednesday. "She was offering BJs" for Chicken McNuggets, says Lieutenant John Dilibert, who immediately knew why we were calling. He was baffled by the insane amount of p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Wendy's Dethrones Burger King as #2 Burger Chain

    Among a slew of fast food headlines in 2011, the unveiling of a new Wendy's burger, Dave's Hot 'N Juicy, had lasting effects on the future of the fast food industry. Thanks largely to the new better-quality burger, Wendy's is set to surpass Burger King next year as the second-most popular (behind Mc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 20, 2011

    "We Bought A Zoo," Brought to You by McDonald's Listening to Ryan Gosling

    M. RochlinThe McDonald's sign at Venice & Overland​It may be a signal that the infrastructure of Los Angeles is further declining. Or that the recent wild Santa Anas blew further west than initially thought. Or maybe this McDonald's sign, on the corner of Venice and Overland in Culver City, is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 12, 2011

    John Atterberry, Music Exec, Died Today Following Friday's Sunset & Vine Shooting Spree Caught on Video

    Tyler Brehm on Facebook.​Updated at the bottom with victim John Atterberry dying today. First posted at 11:12 a.m. Friday. A suspect was dead this morning after at least one LAPD officer responding to a "man-with-a-gun" call at the iconic intersection of Sunset and Vine opened fire, police to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 21, 2011

    McDonald's, Target Drop Egg Supplier Over Cruelty Concerns

    Flickr/Calgary ReviewsMcDonald's will find a new egg source for its McMuffins.​ McDonald's and Target dropped one of the nation's largest egg suppliers after an animal rights group released an undercover video last Friday of the egg producer's farms in three states, according to the Associated ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 10/17-10/21

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Can you get a vegan mi quang? This is Echo Park. You shouldn't have to ask." Central Vietnamese in the O.C. ... or Echo Park. "And rather than the 'Select' and 'Start' printed on the controller, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 17, 2011

    The McDonald's Channel: Fast Food HDTV

    ​ The reprogramming of America just keeps getting scarier. First Oprah launched her own television channel (OWN), and now McDonald's is doing the same. Not on your home HDTV (yet), but in its own restaurants. The McDonalds Channel (McDTV, doubtless) will soon be in some 800 California restaura ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2011

    Top 5 Athlete Diets: Wade Boggs's Chicken-a-Day, Kenyan Ugali Steve Nash's Nuts

    Wheaties may be the breakfast of champions, but plenty of athletes don't swear by dry flakes for their daily sustenance. Lakers forward Ron Artest used to drink Hennessey at half-time. His teamate Lamar Odom likes jelly beans and gummy bears. Former Yankees slugger Babe Ruth once inhaled 24 hot d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Emily Strunk-Heim, Long Beach Marathoner, Will Eat Only McDonald's for Month Before Run (a la 'Supersize Me')

    ABC7The stuff of life.​Update: She's not the first to try it. "McRunner" Joe D'Amico pulled the same stunt before the L.A. Marathon earlier this year, and lived to tell the tale. Finished 29th, even! It's psychotic enough to go on a strict McDonald's diet while filming an award-winning docume ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 29, 2011

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 7/25-7/29

    Flickr/Lauren Manning​ In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Plus, there's a citrus slush, a bioflavonoid bomb enhanced with pomegranate vinegar, that is to a Jamba Juice concoction what a Kia Soul is to your mom's Subaru Forester." Iota: K-Town Teen Heaven ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2011

    Mrs. Obama Approves: McDonald's Selling Apples Trimming Calories

    iirraa/flickrApples at McDonald's​ Last week, First Lady Michelle Obama and James Gavin III practically shed tears of joy over Wal-Mart's professed commitment to selling good food cheaper and expanding into barren Whole Foods-deprived "food deserts." Gavin said, perhaps jokingly, that he hope ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    The New KFC: Korean Fried Chicken

    Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic​ Dear Mr. Gold: You seem to be writing about a lot of Korean restaurants recently. The new KFC is Korean Fried Chicken. I've tried BonChon and Kyochon. While both are good, I have to give the edge to Kyochon, although BonChon gets points for easy pa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2011

    Oinkster does Umami, Father's Office & McDonald's for Burger Week

    ​It's a little late for National Hamburger Day, but it's never too late in our book. From June 6th through June 12th, Eagle Rock pastrami haven and burger barn The Oinkster is hosting its own Burger Week. They're honoring the mighty meat with a burger-a-day tribute to their favorite local ea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    McDonald's Hiring Spree Inspires Hundreds to Vie For Jobs in L.A.

    McDonald's​We're not sure if this is a positive sign of a turnaround, or an image that will be our time's version of a Depression-era soup line. But it appears that people are making a run on those thousands of jobs that have opened up at McDonald's. Yeah, the restaurant chain that not even A ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Beyond the Burger: Top 5 Fast Food Sides & Desserts

    Sweet Plantains at El Pollo Campero​ It is probably no surprise that being thrifty about food is extremely difficult for us, no matter how the economy is doing; even our vast knowledge of happy hours and hole-in-the-wall Mexican food can't save us. With that in mind, we set out to discover so ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Love Among the Nuggets: McWeddings on the Rise in Hong Kong

    ceetap/Flickr​ In other countries, McDonald's franchises sell different things.  Big Macs are made with lamb in much of India.  In Greece, a Greek Mac consists of several smaller patties tucked into a pita.  In Hong Kong, you can get a burger sandwiched between compressed sheets of glutinou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2011

    McDonald's Serves Oatmeal: Terrible or Edible?

    N. GalutenMcDonald's enters the oatmeal business​Fast food restaurants love adding new items to their menus, and then promoting them to the point at which every single person in the country is aware that KFC has replaced bread with fried chicken. (Does anyone else remember the Tracy Jordan Mea ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    McDonald's Going Big in Japan

    ​ Last Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported on what it may have perceived to be a case of irony: In Japan, where citizens traditionally eat a healthier diet, live longer, and weigh less than their American counterparts, McDonald's has launched Big America 2, a marketing campaign featuri ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    January 6, 2011

    The Platonic Ideal

    Farmshop's french fries are what fries should be

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    [Updated] First Bite: The Platonic Ideal, or FarmShop's French Fries Are What Fries Should Be

    Jonagold apple, portions removed​Update: Department of Corrections. In this week's First Bite column, which waxed rather purple over French fries at the rather too new FarmShop, we misidentified the price of the potatoes involved. We were erroneously brought a $4.50 serving of French fries ins ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 17, 2010

    UK Turns to McDonald's, Pepsi, to Help Write Health Policy

    Pleasure PalateMcDonald's: your healthcare specialist​ And you thought our healthcare system was screwed up? The Guardian's Felicity Lawrence reported last week that the United Kingdom is getting a little assistance with their newest healthcare policy -- by bringing in McDonald's, PepsiCo, and ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 11/1-11/5

    In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "I'm the guy who cooks red beans and rice or quail and grapes for 10, and then realizes that he has forgotten to invite anybody to dinner." Ask Mr. Gold: Cooking With the Critic, Or The Top 10 Most Battered Cookbooks in Jonat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2010

    Happy Meals Are About to Get A lot Less Happy

    Mario Anzuoni, ReutersTo our children's dismay, Happy Meals may become healthy meals​ California kids will now have fewer incentives to ditch mom's homemade organically grown, tofu steak dinners for Happy Meals, thanks to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. On Tuesday, the Board took ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 13, 2010

    Consumer Reports Ranks Best-Tasting U.S. Burgers

    RachellebAmerica's Favorite Burger​ Turns out Burger King -- and McDonald's, Wendy's and Jack in the Box -- no longer rank among U.S. burger royalty. Consumer Reports recently published a list of our 18 favorite fast food burgers and local legend In-N-Out got top honors. While obviously proud ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2010

    Weekly Cover Story: Paying The Bills At Nevada Brothels

    Kevin ScanlonCiara, 20, earned $8,000 one week, half of which she gets to keep. She supports her boyfriend, who has cancer, and his mother.​Check out the Weekly's cover story, "The Family Prostitute," this week, about California woman going to Nevada in some significant numbers to work in the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 17, 2010

    Small Town Bans Chain Restaurants -- Gets Sued

    Flickr/Simon ShekShould this sandwich be illegal?​ Some towns, to maintain their unique personality, have an ordinance in place banning "formula restaurants" like McDonald's and Applebee's from opening up within their borders. One of those towns -- Springdale, Utah -- has been doing it since ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 27, 2010

    The French Fry as Economic Ruler: Germany Braces for Shorter Fries

    Anne FishbeinFrench fries at Church & State​ French fries have always been prized for their uniformity and length -- see Michael Pollan on the potato and McDonald's -- but the size of your fries is determined by more than just aesthetics. (Your size matters joke here _______.) According to the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2010

    McDonald's Being Sued Over 'Happy Meal' Toys Following California County's Move To Ban Them

    ​A nutrition watchdog group has threatened to sue McDonalds over its "Happy Meals." The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) threatened (PDF) to sue if the fast food chain did not stop using toys to market Happy Meals. "McDonald's practice of dangling toys in front of children is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2010

    Top 10 Worst Potential McFood Ideas

    Chris SaulitWhat can we get for you?​ Sometimes fast food restaurants come up with menu ideas that really make your brain hurt. Amazingly, they could be doing a lot worse. For every KFC Famous Bowl, P'Zone, Volcano Taco and Nacho Crunch Burrito, there are hundreds upon hundreds of far more te ... More >>

  • Art+Books

    April 8, 2010

    David McDonald at Jancar Gallery

    Chris SaulitWhat can we get for you?​ Sometimes fast food restaurants come up with menu ideas that really make your brain hurt. Amazingly, they could be doing a lot worse. For every KFC Famous Bowl, P'Zone, Volcano Taco and Nacho Crunch Burrito, there are hundreds upon hundreds of far more te ... More >>

  • Eat+Drink

    March 25, 2010

    Sunnin: Westwood's Middle East

    New digs and a new vibe at lebanese cafe

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2010

    The McItaly: How Do You Say 'I'm NOT Loving It' in Italian?

    There's marketing, there's selling out, and then there's the McItaly, the new McDonald's hamburger that comes wrapped in the Italian flag, both literally and figuratively. The Italian government has so thoroughly embraced the burger that Luca Zaia, Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's Agricult ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2010

    Franz Ferdinand Singer to US Label: I'd Rather Eat Cow Shit Than McDonalds!

    James Freeman via FlickrHave You Had Your Break Today?​Stereogum and Rolling Stone report that Franz Ferdinand singer Alex Kapranos, "a noted foodie who compiled his eating adventures into a travelogue called Sound Bites," is really upset at the band's US label Epic Records for licensing one o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 21, 2009

    Stage Raw: A Rubicon Family Christmas

    COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGSNEW THEATER REVIEWSTHIS WEEK'S STAGE FEATURE on Palestine, New MexicoNEW REVIEW GO A RUBICON FAMILY CHRISTMAS ​Though Andy Williams and his fancy sweaters are nowhere to be seen, the Rubicon company misses little else this corny Christmas delight. Not a word of spoken ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Marijuana Dispensary Shut Down By County

    ​While the Los Angeles City Council has been sitting on its hands for the last three years and still has yet to produce a law governing local pot dispensaries, the county government of Los Angeles put regulations on the book in 2006 and this week moved to close a marijuana shop in Whittier. C ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 11, 2009

    Until the Light Takes Us Will Bring You into the Darkness Tonight

    Here's a movie that'll kill your Christmas spirit, though if you're a black metal fan, you ​wouldn't have any to begin with. After screening as part of last year's AFI Fest, the theatrical release of N.Y. filmmakers/musicians Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell's Norwegian black metal documentary Unt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2009

    5 American Fast Food Items You Can't Get in America

    While America may be known around the world as a fast food paradise, there are actually some menu items you can't get stateside. Here are our Top 5 oddities from abroad. 1. McDonald's Spaghetti and Fried Chicken (Philippines) Fried chicken with a side order of spaghetti? Yes, please! McDonald's Ph ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2009

    The Wednesday Edition: A Roundup of Today's Newspaper Food Stories

    SapphireBlue22stack of newspapers​What's the country reading today food-wise? Here's a roundup of some of the food-related stories from other newspapers, many of which print their food sections on Wednesday. And remember, even if you don't actually buy papers these days (or not; this paper is ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    What You Know Will Still Hurt You: New CA Law Forces Chain Restaurants to Print Calorie Counts

    Goodbye unconscious binge, hello nutrition facts. Thanks to Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima), who signed a bill to force fast food joints to publish nutritional information for their customers, you will now be able to face the caloric reality of your food next time you sit down at a major chain rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 19, 2009

    L.A.'s Newest McSupergraphic?

    Anti-clutter activists are irked again by the billboard industry's latest affront to good taste. Over the weekend, an office building on Overland Avenue in West Los Angeles put up a five-story supergraphic of a giant frosty coffee beverage as part of McDonald's advertising campaign to break into th ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 23, 2009

    THE JOKER

    Anti-clutter activists are irked again by the billboard industry's latest affront to good taste. Over the weekend, an office building on Overland Avenue in West Los Angeles put up a five-story supergraphic of a giant frosty coffee beverage as part of McDonald's advertising campaign to break into th ... More >>

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