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McDonald's Is Dropping Angus Burgers From Its Menu As Beef Prices Reach An All-Time High

Kristine Bellino — Mon, 13 May 2013 17:32:05 +0000

Fast food giant McDonald’s is trimming the beef, in a big way. The Angus burgers is being eliminated, at least temporarily. The premium burgers have been offered by McDonald’s for the past four years. Company officials say that historically high beef prices are behind the menu move. This week United States Department of Agriculture beef [...]

Taco Bell Doritos Locos Tacos Cause High School Lockdown

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:11:12 +0000

If you spend a lot of time with high school students you should be pretty well acquainted with Taco Bell. Which is why it’s surprising that the delicious fast food was able to cause so much confusion at Del Campo High School in Sacramento, California. Turns out somebody had left a big bag of Doritos Locos [...]

Who's Lovin' This? McDonald's Now Hiring Cashiers With a College Degree

Drew Weisholtz — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:20:14 +0000

You probably don’t need more proof that the job market is competitive, but we’ve got some, anyway. A McDonald’s in Winchedon, Massachusetts recently posted an ad for a cashier position online. No supersize deal, right? Well, it is when you consider the listing states applicants must have two years’ experience, as well as a bachelor’s [...]

Find Out What 2,000 Calories Actually Looks Like

Emerald Catron — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:31:51 +0000

Here’s a helpful video, if you were wondering how many carrots you could eat without going over 2,000 calories. If that sounds like something you definitely do not need to know, 2,000 calories is also quantified in Big Macs, pizza, Chipotle burritos and delicious, delicious avocados. Because you probably couldn’t eat 60 carrots if you [...]

Eww! Mother Says Toddler Ate Used Condom Found at McDonald's

Drew Weisholtz — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 20:00:01 +0000

A trip to McDonald’s turned out to be anything but a happy meal for one Chicago-area family. Anishi Spencer is suing the restaurant for at least $50,000 in damages, claiming one of her kids ate a used condom he found in the play area. Spencer says back in February 2012, her children – Jonathan, then [...]

McDonald's Breakfast Burrito Ruined by Pesky Nose Ring

Emerald Catron — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:10:25 +0000

Good news/bad news. The good news is we found your nose ring!! The bad news is that it was in somebody’s McDonald’s breakfast burrito in Lawrenceville, Georgia. So we might not be eating another one of those for a while, because yuck. Frances Rosario, the mom who found it, had ordered two breakfast burritos. The [...]

Three New Kinds of Quarter Pounders Are On the Way

Mike Adams — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:20:36 +0000

McDonald's seems to be following the old "toss enough stuff at the walls and see what sticks" adage, as the burger chain recently announced that it will be testing three new variations of its infamous Quarter Pounder: habanero ranch, deluxe and bacon cheese, starting this week.

McDelivery: McDonald's Actually Delivers To Doorsteps Overseas!

Keith James — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:27:00 +0000

So, not only are they enlarging your waistline but now they’re not going to require you to burn the couple of calories that the drive to and from the restaurant would take. They’ll come to you… Time for obesity to become even more of an epidemic than it already is. They’ve already been testing [...]

Fast Food Breakfast Sandwiches Are Tasty, Quick and Grossly Unhealthy

Donald Deane — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 14:35:20 +0000

When it comes to breakfast, few things are tastier than an Egg McMuffin. But a new Canadian study says delicious morning meals like that may be causing serious damage to your heart.

Ronald McDonald Broke The Law By Going To McDonald's

Dan Seitz — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:30:41 +0000

You’d think if your name is Ronald McDonald, you would be welcome in any of the thousands of McDonald’s restaurants around the world. In certain situations, however, this is not the case. A British man named, you guessed it, Ronald McDonald was arrested following a violation of a restraining order against him. And, yes, he [...]

Does Your Job Actually Make The World Worse?

Keith James — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 13:00:12 +0000

Most of us like to think we're contributing to the overall good, or at least feel like we're needed when we show up to work whether we like our jobs or not. But here's a list of jobs that even those that do them have chimed in to say they're not helping make the world a much better place at all.

Wendy's Is Getting Its First Makeover in 30 Years

Mike Adams — Sat, 13 Oct 2012 16:35:51 +0000

The Wendy’s logo is getting a makeover for the first time since 1983, as the Ohio based burger chain steers its focus on becoming known as a high-end hamburger restaurant. The new logo shies away from the almost-30-year-old boxed in, red-and-yellow burger badge with a distinguished new red font against a plain white background and [...]

Which Fast Food Restaurant Has the Worst Drive-Thru Service?

Donald Deane — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 16:54:07 +0000

Consumers expect their meals quickly when going through a fast food drive-thru. But according to an annual report by QSR Magazine, you won't get that sort of service at Burger King. In fact, it came in dead last in a ranking of seven fast food restaurants for drive-thru service.

Pizza Cone Crust Pizza — Awesomely Gross or Grossly Awesome?

Cameron Simcik — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:01:24 +0000

Remember when we introduced you to the Pizza Hut Crown Crust Pizza? We’d like you to meet Pizza Hut Middle East’s newest massive calorie bomb, the Cone Crust Pizza. Sounds innocent enough, right? WRONG. Wrong wrong wrong. Heaven help us all.

Canadian KFC Serves Up Raw Chicken Burger

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:26:23 +0000

When you remove a fast food burger from its wrapper and bite down, you are taking it on faith that there isn't something really disgusting between the buns.

Last week a KFC diner in the Toronto-area paid for this faith. As you can see, he took a big bite of his chicken burger only to find that somebody forgot to stick the chicken part in the deep fryer.

Good Burger, Great Butt: Restaurant Gives Discounts for Being Hot

Jackie Mancini — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 16:22:22 +0000

Lots of restaurants have a schtick: Dick’s Last Resort in Las Vegas makes their patrons don huge paper hats with insults written on them, while Modern Toilet in Taiwan offers diners the chance to eat while sitting on a toilet bowl.

Fast Food Apple Slices Being Recalled Across the Country Amidst Listeria Scare

Mike Adams — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:04:19 +0000

While an apple a day may keep the doctor away, it looks as if fast food apple slices could have you racing for the emergency room. Ready Pac Foods Inc. is recalling about 300,000 cases of apple slices and pieces, and nearly 300,000 fast food products sold at restaurants like McDonald’s and Burger King, as [...]

New KFC Cheese-Topped Chicken Burger Leaves Us More Confused Than Hungry

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 16:31:22 +0000

Sure there is the odd cheese-hater out there, but for the most part we can all agree that a slice of the dairy product is only going to make a burger better.

Yet the folks at KFC have managed to screw that up. The ad pictured here — which is the embodiment of “you’re doing it wrong” — features a new chicken sandwich being offered at the fast food chain’s locations in the Philippines.

Infographic Dispels Myth that Eating Healthy Is Expensive

Don Deane — Sat, 16 Jun 2012 16:17:17 +0000

If you’re anything like us, you probably assume that fast food is cheaper than home-cooked meals. But, as this infographic going around Facebook shows, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, a typical meal for a family of four at McDonald’s — two Big Macs, a cheeseburger, chicken McNuggets, four fries and four [...]

Teen Discovers Finger In His Arby's Sandwich

Kathy Landin — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:05:42 +0000

When you go to Arby’s you expect to get finger food like, say, tater tots with horsey sauce. What you don’t expect is to be served an actual finger. But, a human finger is exactly what one kid got in his junior roast beef sandwich.