Showing posts with label McDonald's. Show all posts
Showing posts with label McDonald's. Show all posts

Monday, October 10, 2011

Virginia Businesses~ One Closes- Another Opens

The Roses department store in Exmore has announced they will be closing their doors.


According to management, employees were told of the closure at a staff meeting on Wednesday.

The reason nor the actual closing date has not been released at this time.

Management did state that the Onley Roses store will remain open.
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Meanwhile McDonalds customers in the central Accomack County area will be happy to know the all new McDonalds facility will open Tuesday morning at 8 AM.

The old McDonalds was the first to open on the Eastern Shore.

According to company officials, the old building didn't have adequate space to make it possible for the Onley store to carry many of the new products the chain has introduced over the last several years. The old store was demolished during the early spring.


Source;  Shoredailynews

Thursday, November 4, 2010

McDonald's Happy Meals May Become UnHappy Meals In San Francisco

In another significant vote on the health front Tuesday, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors took a big step toward an ordinance against restaurants handing out toys as part of junky kids' meals.

Can you say McDonald's Happy Meal? We thought you could.

In an 8-3 vote, the board passed a preliminary version of a new rule that forbids toy freebies with meals that don't meet minimum nutritional standards.

"This is a challenge to the restaurant industry to think about children's health first and join the wide range of local restaurants that have already made this commitment," Supervisor Eric Mar, who introduced the legislation, said in a statement.

How high is the bar? Not as high as you might think.

Here's the lowdown on what kind of meal would qualify.

  • Calories: Less than 600
  • Sodium: Less than 640 milligram.
  • Fat: Less than 35 percent of calories from fat; Less than 10 percent from saturated fat (with exception for nuts, seeds, eggs or low-fat cheese).

  • Meals would also have to offer fruit or vegetables.

    Mayor Gavin Newsom has said he would veto the ordinance. But if a final vote, expected next week, goes like this one, it would be veto-proof.

    McDonald's is unhappy. "We are extremely disappointed with this decision," company spokeswoman Danya Proud said in a statement. "It's not what our customers want, nor is it something they asked for."

    The fast-food chain says research shows the proposal is "unrealistic" because kids aren't likely to eat the sorts of meals stipulated by the ordinance.

    www.npr.org