10 Most Absurd Lies Told By McDonald's CEO

[xchrom]

http://www.alternet.org/food/10-most-absurd-lies-told-mcdonalds-ceo



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1) “First off, we don’t sell junk food, Hannah.”

Where to even begin? A quick look at the menu belies that statement, while this “ big breakfast ” item packs more than 1,000 calories: half a day’s worth.

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2) “We sell lots of fruits and veggies at McDonald’s and we sell side salads for a dollar on the dollar menu.”

In 2011, McDonald’s made a big deal about how it would automatically include apple slices in Happy Meals. Considering that McDonald’s is now the single largest purchaser of apples in the nation, that may qualify as “lots of fruit.” Then again, the company is also the single largest purchaser of both beef (a billion pounds a year) and potatoes. I suppose Thompson would count fries as a vegetable?

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3) Claiming “chicken nugget Happy Meals and fat-free milk” are healthy.

According to the McDonald’s website, Chicken McNuggets contain roughly 30 ingredients, including: sodium phosphates, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, monocalcium phosphate and calcium lactate.


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4) “Many hospitals have asked us to come back in or to never leave.”

Thompson must be forgetting about how the CEO of Truman Medical Center in Kansas City kicked McDonald’s out just last year, citing an “inconsistent message.” Perhaps Thompson was also unaware of at least three other hospitals that had ended their contracts with McDonald’s prior to Truman: Lurie Children’s Hospital (formerly Chicago Memorial Hospital), Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Vanderbilt Medical Center and Parkland Health & Hospital System.

[hobbit709]

1. ANY of their commercials.

[chervilant]

2. "Supersize me!"

Like they need to sell portions that contain a full day's worth of fat and calories! (Spurlock's iconic documentary is still a thorn in their McSide.)

[badtoworse]

3. Lay off McDonalds! I like my Big Mac and Fries

[Phentex]

4. His latest weight loss story pissed me off...

He lost weight and ate at McDonalds every day. Oh and by the way, he started exercising.

This is just like all those stupid infomercials for weight loss exercise programs. If you look at the fine print, nearly all of them come with a diet plan. So while the exercise is great for you, their guarantee of weight loss comes only if you follow the diet along with the exercise. It's misleading.

[spinbaby]

5. It's possible to eat a healthy meal at McDonalds

Not easy, but possible.

[Scuba]

6. I still stop there for the urinals.

[xchrom]

7. !

[Scuba]

8. Well what did you think the golden arches were for?

[MillennialDem]

9. Yes it is possible to eat healthy at McDs, but

their food is very empty in terms of calories. Almost no protein in their meat (all fat), which makes it taste like crap and is unhealthy and calorie loaded to boot.I get ice cream from there and breakfast there rarely. A few times a year. Burgers or chicken from them? Never.

[KansDem]

10. Stop it! You're pissing him off!

[xchrom]

11. !

[lindysalsagal]

13. Great pic! n/t.

[zappaman]

12. HAHA

Number 4 is hilarious!

[sarisataka]

14. McDonald's may not be high cuisine

or especially healthy overall, they are FAR from the worst...
High calorie offerings:
http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/manyeyes/datasets/top-10-least-healthy-fast-food-mea/versions/1
Worst meals:
http://eatthis.menshealth.com/slideshow/10-worst-fast-food-meals
Transfat:
http://www.acaloriecounter.com/fast-food-trans-fat.php
Cheap but...:
http://lifehacker.com/5108577/the-top-five-cheapest++but-least-healthy++fast-food-choices
Breakfast:
http://shine.yahoo.com/healthy-living/12-healthiest-worst-fast-food-breakfast-sandwiches-144100688.html

These are just fast food, not including the 'upscale' like Chili's, Applebee's... which can often put fast food to shame for bad for your heart. Consider also that resistance to menus featuring nutritional info is strongest from the 'real' restaurants, fast food is usually the first to publish their numbers.
I'd give links to those but now I'm hungry

[backscatter712]

15. Even their salads are bad for you. n/t