Former McDonald’s restaurants across Russia were preparing to reopen under a new brand on Friday, Reuters reported while noting that the U.S.-based fast-food chain sold its locations in Russia to a local licensee last month in support of a U.S.-led boycott of Russian business.
Authorities say two women who received an incorrect food order pummeled a Florida Steak ‘n Shake employee in a beatdown, with one of the assailants flashing a gun and threatening to shoot the worker.
A Florida woman enraged by a wrong McDonald’s order made a “McMess” at the establishment and called 911 to complain, according to a sheriff.
McDonald’s said it plans to start removing golden arches and other symbols and signs with the company’s name.
The Russian government on Sunday reportedly threatened foreign companies who plan to withdraw from the nation they could have their staff members arrested and assets seized, as Moscow seeks to mitigate the economic impact of sanctions.
The startup firm Kytch, which invented a device to fix McDonald’s infamously broken and glitchy ice cream machines, has sued the fast-food giant for $900 million. Fighting back against the chain’s attacks on their product, a Kytch cofounder said: They’ve tarnished our name. They scared off our customers and ruined our business. They were anti-competitive. They lied about a product that they said would be released.”
A McDonald’s restaurant in France was robbed after criminals destroyed the facade of the building using an excavator they had stolen.
A shortage of potato imports from North America will force McDonald’s Japan to ration french fries at nearly 300 locations nationwide from December 25 to December 30, the company announced Tuesday.
A 15-year-old is being called a hero for helping a customer in a McDonald’s drive-thru located in Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
Six months ago, a startup called Kytch sued Taylor, the manufacturer of Mcdonald’s infamously broken ice cream machines. According to updates made to Kytch’s legal complaint, Taylor attempted to copy a repair device made by the company to help the McDonald’s ice cream flow, sabotaging Kytch’s business in the process.
McDonald’s says they are forced to raise menu prices as worker wages climb, as well as close down some restaurants due to labor shortages and slower service in some locations, according to reports.
Appearing Friday on the Fox Business Network’s Mornings with Maria, former McDonald’s USA CEO Ed Rensi said President Joe Biden’s policies have “dramatically” impacted the supply chain crisis and rising inflation facing the U.S.
A shift manager at a Michigan McDonald’s saved a man suffering from diabetic shock after his wife frantically asked for help over the drive-thru speaker.
President Joe Biden’s Federal Trade Commission has begun to look into the too-oft broken McDonald’s ice cream machines, which have angered consumers and franchise owners for years.
An Oregon McDonald’s decided to turn to young teenagers to fill jobs after having difficulty finding employees, the Washington Examiner reported on Thursday.
This is a classic case of ‘bootleggers and baptists’: two apparently opposing groups agitating for the same cause.
Indonesian police shut down 20 McDonald’s restaurants in Jakarta on Wednesday after the release of a new K-Pop-themed meal curated by the Korean boy band BTS caused food delivery drivers to flood McDonald’s locations across the city, creating massive crowds and lines.
LeBron James and John Cena are “Chinese finger puppets,” said the UFC’s Colby Covington of both James’s and Cena’s acquiescence to China.
Animal rights activists have blockaded four McDonald’s distribution centres in England, holding protest materials reading demands for a “plant based food system” and claiming “meat & dairy = climate crisis”.
Hollywood power producer and broadcast mogul Byron Allen is suing McDonald’s for alleged racial discrimination, and the entertainment executive is seeking $10 million in damages.
The billion-dollar fast food chain McDonald’s announced that it will boost its United States wages to $17 an hour to recruit workers for positions at its company-owned locations across the country.
Eighteen-year-old Marion Lewis has been arrested and charged in connection with the April 18, 2021, shooting death of a seven-year-old Chicago girl.
Wired magazine recently detailed how one man is hacking McDonald’s ice cream machines in protest of what he says is a predatory business model that goes beyond a right-to-repair issue.
Industry CEOs believe President Biden’s coronavirus relief plan is adding to a labor shortage for restaurants by paying people to stay home.
Police in Pittsburgh say a 12-year-old boy was stabbed inside a McDonald’s Saturday in the city’s downtown area.
A man in Hong Kong assaulted a McDonald’s employee with his mobile phone on Thursday after the worker asked him to download a coronavirus contact tracing app required to visit businesses amid the pandemic and the man refused.
The Houthis are a jihadist organization whose slogan is ‘God Is Great, Death to America, Death to Israel, a Curse on the Jews, Victory to Islam.’
A man who allegedly pulled a gun and pointed it at an Albuquerque, New Mexico, McDonald’s worker later told police he was just “trying to get a hamburger.”
As McDonald’s introduces more technology designed to improve ordering experiences and maximize profits, many franchisees are complaining about the increased costs of implementing new systems. Some restaurant owners claim they will be forced to raise prices to the consumer based on the fast-food giant’s increasing costs.
A Secret Santa in Idaho is making the rounds again, surprising a McDonald’s worker with a car, $5,000 in gas cards, and a $1,000 check to pay for expenses.
A McDonald’s worker has become Internet famous thanks to his kindness towards a young mom in Waynesville, Ohio.
Burger King has launched a new advertising campaign in Finland featuring its eponymous mascot sharing a deep kiss with Ronald McDonald, along with the English slogan ‘Love Conquers All’.
TikTok user Aly Sherb’s grandmother is getting a lot of attention for holding onto a McDonald’s hamburger meal she reportedly bought in 1996.
McDonald’s employees may begin calling the police on customers who refuse to wear masks in their establishments, company CEO Chris Kempczinski said during a Thursday appearance on CBS This Morning.
An 18-year-old woman was arrested and charged with murder after a body was found wrapped in a plastic bag on top of a Bronx McDonalds, according to the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Police arrested a man in Indonesian on Tuesday for threatening to blow up a McDonald’s restaurant because “he thought Italians were responsible for the abominations that are the American fast-food franchise” and the Chinese coronavirus, Indonesian news outlets Coconuts Jakarta reported on Thursday.
McDonald’s has changed its Twitter display name to “Amplifying Black Voices,” adding a profile banner that lists Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Alton Sterling, Botham Jean, Atatiana Jefferson, Ahmaud Arbery, and George Floyd as victims of “racism” and “systemic oppression.” The
A big reopening for the golden arches is planned for this summer
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