Group will sue McDonald's over Happy Meal toys - Page 2

MrLiberty · #11 (**permalink**) 06-27-2010, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

Do you think the weather has anything to do with it? For me it was one of the most miserable in winter I ever experienced traveling through there.
Same as in certain parts of the South. The lazy heat...
Just a thought.

Well, at first I was gonna say no, but, then thinking on it a bit, it just might, they go to fast food joints in the winter to get warm, (half the schools have little to no heat,) and in the summer to get cool because of air conditioning. So you might be on to something there salty!

saltwn · #12 (**permalink**) 06-27-2010, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

Well, at first I was gonna say no, but, then thinking on it a bit, it just might, they go to fast food joints in the winter to get warm, (half the schools have little to no heat,) and in the summer to get cool because of air conditioning. So you might be on to something there salty!

And folks in Boston just go to bars.

I think any time of year.

cnredd · #13 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 11:12 AM

Update - McD's CEO lays the smackdown!...

Happy Meals here to stay: McDonald's

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Those Hot Wheels and Polly Pocket dolls aren't going anywhere.

The Happy Meals toys are staying, according to a letter McDonald's brass delivered Wednesday to a health watchdog group that criticized the popular kids' meals and how they are marketed.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest last month threatened a lawsuit against the fast-food giant to get it to dump the toys that accompany Happy Meals.

Forget it, McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner said, defending Happy Meals in the written response sent to the Washington, D.C.-based group.

"Internet sites, blogs and network surveys suggest that public opinion is running overwhelmingly against your premise," Skinner wrote. "Our customer websites and phone lines at McDonald's are also busy, with more than nine out of 10 customers disagreeing with your agenda."

The strong public response is uncommon for the company, whose dominance in the fast-food industry makes its a target of a range of activist groups.

"CSPI is wrong in its assertions, and frivolous in its legal threats," Skinner said, calling the group's claims "over-the-top rhetoric."

Seeking to turn the tables on the group, Skinner called for an apology.

"CSPI's twisted characterization of McDonald's as 'the stranger in the playground handing out candy to children' is an insult to every one of our franchisees and employees around the world," Skinner wrote. "When CSPI refers to America's children as 'an unpaid drone army," you similarly denigrate parents and families, because they are fully capable of making their own decisions. You should apologize."

"Parents, in particular, strongly believe they have the right and responsibility to decide what's best for their children, not CSPI," he wrote. "It's really that simple."

That was pretty eloquent for saying "Go f**k yourself!"...

highway80west · #14 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by saltwn

And folks in Boston just go to bars.

I think any time of year.

If I were in Boston, I would go to a bar, too. Like drink a Sam Adams at Cheers.

Seriously, the lawsuit would be a dumb thing to do. Starting with the hot coffee lawsuit in Florida, a lawsuit filed by an obese guy in New York, and now this.

What do they want to do? Put McDonald's out of business? If so, that would be something like a covert action by a team from Mission: Impossible.

Revere · #15 (**permalink**) 07-09-2010, 03:04 PM

Have no fear! The Kagan Supreme Court will make it Constitutional for gummit to tell you what you can eat!

Pretty Flamingo · #16 (**permalink**) 08-26-2012, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

Detroit is lacking a lot of things and one of the main things is fresh produce. However, we do have Eastern Market which is a great place to shop for fresh fruits and vegetables but that is near downtown so it doesn't help those who can't get there.

Someone saw a need and decided to open a fresh produce stand in Midtown Detroit, across from a MacDonald's and this is what happens.

I would bet that these people will go out of business within the year.

Two years since you wrote this. Are they out of business?

MrLiberty · #17 (**permalink**) 08-26-2012, 12:10 PM

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Two years since you wrote this. Are they out of business?

Yes, closed up shop for lack of business.

In Detroit there have been a few people willing to start urban farms and grow food for the city, but as with all things Detroit they meet stone walls and road blocks at every turn.

One gentleman had bought up 40 acres for his start up farm. After two years he started planting fruit trees, and as expected his neighbors turned around and sued him. It seems they don't like trees or fruit.

Detroit is the perfect example of what happens with bloated government, people raised to live on hand outs, high crime, corrupt government, and 40+ years of democratic control.

saltwn · #18 (**permalink**) 08-26-2012, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

Yes, closed up shop for lack of business.

In Detroit there have been a few people willing to start urban farms and grow food for the city, but as with all things Detroit they meet stone walls and road blocks at every turn.

One gentleman had bought up 40 acres for his start up farm. After two years he started planting fruit trees, and as expected his neighbors turned around and sued him. It seems they don't like trees or fruit.

Detroit is the perfect example of what happens with bloated government, people raised to live on hand outs, high crime, corrupt government, and 40+ years of democratic control.

what did they sue over? surely not fruit?

Pretty Flamingo · #19 (**permalink**) 08-26-2012, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by MrLiberty

Yes, closed up shop for lack of business.

In Detroit there have been a few people willing to start urban farms and grow food for the city, but as with all things Detroit they meet stone walls and road blocks at every turn.

One gentleman had bought up 40 acres for his start up farm. After two years he started planting fruit trees, and as expected his neighbors turned around and sued him. It seems they don't like trees or fruit.

Detroit is the perfect example of what happens with bloated government, people raised to live on hand outs, high crime, corrupt government, and 40+ years of democratic control.

That is a shame. London, thank goodness, is not like that.

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saltwn · #20 (**permalink**) 08-26-2012, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Pretty Flamingo

That is a shame. London, thank goodness, is not like that.

,

neither is Idaho.

Unless you want to sell liquor or tobacco, you don't need a license to sell anything or start a business.

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