Evangeline Marrero Lucca, 37 years old and devoted Chicken McNuggets fan, got tasered at a McDonald’s drive-thru by police officers. She cut into the car line and then refused to move and wait her turn when instructed to do so. More »
The pink goop has never been used in McDonald’s restaurants in Australia, but in the US, the fast-food chain has only just caved in to public pressure to stop using random beef off-cuts mixed with ammonium hydroxide. More »
Remember the #qantasluxury PR fail? It seems someone didn’t learn from it. Somewhere in corporate Hamburgerland, an ad executive with a penchant for “social media” and “the Twitter” thought a McDonald’s-themed hashtag would sell more food. Oh boy was he wrong. Mickey D’s Twitter push is backfiring harder than E. coli vomit. More »
My first ever job was at KFC in Merrylands, Sydney. I was back home at Christmas and shocked that they’ve now got bank-style anti-theft barriers. But after only just hearing McDonalds in the same suburb was held up twice while I was in the US covering CES, I can now see why. I also get why Maccas is following the lead of McDonalds Netherlands and using an identifiable DNA-based spray that soaks criminals as they flee the store. More »
I love the alternate-reality logo work by svenska designern Viktor Hertz. After his first series, he’s back with a new batch of Honest Logos, even better than the first. My favorites: Nokia, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. More »
I’m jealous of the French two days in a row. McDonald’s has commissioned designer Patric Norguet to redesign its ‘restaurants’ in France and he’s come up with a stunning redefinition of the most popular fast food chain in the world. It’s fit more for Michelin star restaurants than McDonald’s. More »
Do we actually know how FPSRussia — everyone’s favourite faux-Russian artillery maniac — isn’t constantly arrested for doing things like, oh, driving an armoured infantry vehicle with a live .50 calibre machine gun down populated streets and into a McDonalds? Because I’d like to. More »
