McDonald's Defeats the San Francisco Happy Meal Ban

[FrankRep]

http://www.mcdonalds.com/dam/McDonalds/bundleinstance/mcdonalds-Hamburger-Happy-Meals.png


McDonald’s Finds McEasy Way to Evade San Francisco Happy Meal Ban (http://thenewamerican.com/economy/sectors-mainmenu-46/10015-mcdonalds-finds-mceasy-way-to-evade-san-francisco-happy-meal-ban)


Michael Tennant | The New American (http://thenewamerican.com/)
01 December 2011


Here’s a story that’ll tickle your McRibs. On December 1 a law seemingly banning McDonald’s Happy Meals went into effect in San Francisco. The “Healthy Meal Incentives Ordinance” prohibits restaurants from giving away toys with meals that do not meet with the city’s approval — namely, meals with too many calories, too much salt or fat, or insufficient fruits and vegetables. Just a few days before the ordinance took effect, SF Weekly reports, McDonald’s announced it had found a simple way around the statute: Charge customers extra for the toys.

Now in order to obtain a Happy Meal toy, parents will first have to buy the meal and then pay an additional 10 cents, which will be considered a donation to Ronald McDonald House charities. With Burger King’s announcement that it will implement a similar policy, the Happy Meal ban has thus effectively been neutralized.
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Full Story:
http://thenewamerican.com/economy/sectors-mainmenu-46/10015-mcdonalds-finds-mceasy-way-to-evade-san-francisco-happy-meal-ban


Background:

2010: San Francisco Ponders Regulation of Happy Meals (http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/4779-san-francisco-ponders-regulation-of-happy-meals)

2010: San Francisco Bans Happy Meal Toys (http://www.thenewamerican.com/index.php/usnews/politics/5089-san-francisco-bans-happy-meal-toys)

[QuickZ06]

HAHA, jokes on you San Fran.

[BamaAla]

This story makes me want to go watch "Fat Head" again! Rock on McDonald's!!

[aGameOfThrones]

http://robrimes.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/mcdonalds.jpg

[AGRP]

lol!

What would be better is if they dropped the price of the meal by 10 cents and gave the option to purchase the toy for 10 cents given that the extra 10 cents would make the price to a round number to $5 with the toy and $4.90 without it.

http://www.catsncats.com/galleries/laughing-kitten.gif

[acptulsa]

I believe we can now all refer to our dimes as McLoopholes.

[specsaregood]

lol!
What would be better is if they dropped the price of the meal by 10 cents and gave the option to purchase the toy for 10 cents given that the extra 10 cents would make the price to a round number to $5 with the toy and $4.90 without it.

I'm gonna have to say that the 10cent donation to charity -> toy is the better option as it helps kids and its better publicity too.

[ShaneEnochs]

Good for them. The whole thing was ridiculous.

[VBRonPaulFan]

the liberals there are probably mcshitting.

[Philhelm]

Awesome!

[Danke]

Ronald seems happy on the news.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=epAXIdQrd5E

[Xenophage]

Good for McDonald's. It makes me want to go out and get some right now.

I hate fucking assholes that for whatever reason can't stand freedom and think they have the right to meddle in everyone's business and assert their fucked up sense of personal superiority. Liberals and conservatives both do it in equal amounts and it makes me sick.

[jkr]

SOOOOOOOOO this is inflation, yes?

they got bailed out a waivered, no more clown 4 me

[GreenLP]

Great for liberty! Horrible for kid's health. :(

[GreenLP]

http://robrimes.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/mcdonalds.jpg
Great pic to describe McDeath's.

And I love the irony of the Ronald McDonald House. They peddle unhealthy meals to kids, then setup charitable houses for when they get sick!

[Xenophage]

Great pic to describe McDeath's.

And I love the irony of the Ronald McDonald House. They peddle unhealthy meals to kids, then setup charitable houses for when they get sick!

I ate McDonald's as a kid plenty of times and I was always skinny, and I've never had any health issues. I don't blame McDonald's AT ALL for fat ass kids that have heart problems. I blame the parents that never cook a healthy meal. A little junk food is not going to hurt you.

[Xenophage]

And I think the picture is supposed to be satire. That's the image of McDonald's that stupid hippies would like you believe, and it couldn't be farther from the truth. I mean, how ludicrous! Look at the way he's FORCING the food into the child's mouth! It's hilarious.

[Kludge]

It is pretty awesome to be able to get a full day's calories for just over $5. I wanna go, too, now. You folks paying a premium for food with reduced calories can go asplode.

[GreenLP]

I ate McDonald's as a kid plenty of times and I was always skinny, and I've never had any health issues. I don't blame McDonald's AT ALL for fat ass kids that have heart problems. I blame the parents that never cook a healthy meal. A little junk food is not going to hurt you.
But reality is too many kids are eating too much junk food and toys in meals targeted to kids is nothing more than a worm on a hook.


And I think the picture is supposed to be satire. That's the image of McDonald's that stupid hippies would like you believe, and it couldn't be farther from the truth. I mean, how ludicrous! Look at the way he's FORCING the food into the child's mouth! It's hilarious.
I see it as reality. "Stupid Hippies"?!?

[Rael]

This comment cracked me up


Double standard
In San Francisco they are so concerned that you do not suffer from heart disease or diabetes from eating junk food. If only they would be so concerned about getting AIDS from sodomites.

[dannno]

This story makes me want to go watch "Fat Head" again! Rock on McDonald's!!

Fat Head does not promote McDonalds or fast food as being particularly healthful.. in fact, doesn't a kid's meal come with a sugary drink?

McDonalds is really a piece of shit restaurant, but I'm not going to physically stop anybody from eating there.

[GreenLP]

This comment cracked me up
A false and homophobic comment cracked you up?

[dannno]

A false and homophobic comment cracked you up?

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to GreenLP again.

[emazur]

I ate McDonald's as a kid plenty of times and I was always skinny, and I've never had any health issues. I don't blame McDonald's AT ALL for fat ass kids that have heart problems. I blame the parents that never cook a healthy meal. A little junk food is not going to hurt you.

As I did, you'd probably like what Peter Schiff has to say:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LEmxZQOM5w

[Rael]

A false and homophobic comment cracked you up?

How is that comment false and homophobic?

From the San Francisco Aids Foundation:

San Francisco

Since the beginning of the epidemic a total of 28,409 San Francisco residents have been diagnosed with AIDS, which comprises 18% of California AIDS cases and 3% of cases reported nationally. There have been 19,080 reported AIDS deaths in San Francisco as of Dec. 31, 2009.
There were 15,836 San Franciscans living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2009. Most were male (92%) and white (63%). In addition, nearly three-quarters of all HIV/AIDS cases were among men who have sex with men (MSM) and an additional 13% were among MSM who were also injecting drug users.

Source: San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV Epidemiology Section. HIV/AIDS Epidemiology Annual Report 2009

And San Francisco is number 15 on the list of top 25 cities with AIDS

http://365voice.com/top-25-cities-in-the-usa-with-aids/

[Humanae Libertas]

San Francisco proves how crazy California can be. Anyone still wanna move to CA?


Thought so...

[BamaAla]

Fat Head does not promote McDonalds or fast food as being particularly healthful.. in fact, doesn't a kid's meal come with a sugary drink?

McDonalds is really a piece of shit restaurant, but I'm not going to physically stop anybody from eating there.

You couldn't physically stop anyone from eating at McDonald's vegetarian:p

I wouldn't eat at McDonald's if I was starving, but that's not the point dannno.

[jkob]

I ate McDonald's as a kid plenty of times and I was always skinny, and I've never had any health issues. I don't blame McDonald's AT ALL for fat ass kids that have heart problems. I blame the parents that never cook a healthy meal. A little junk food is not going to hurt you.

As did I and I was as scrawny as a little kid can be. I actually didn't start packing on weight until I decided I didn't like McDonalds anymore oddly enough. I second what you're saying about not blaming McDonalds for making kids fat tho, bad parents who buy it for their kids every day and let them sit on the butts playing video games for hours a day are the ones responsible.