Just when you thought the global economy was getting ready to flush your cash down the toilet, luckily McDonalds’ Dollar Menu will take your greenbacks and keep them nice and safe while you fill your gut with Fast Faux-Food.
Congratulations consumers! You’ve managed to keep what’s important to you afloat while the rest of the world sinks.
[via Reuters]
“As U.S. consumers visit fewer restaurants in a weak economy, McDonald’s Corp is growing its business faster than rivals as it rolls out new chicken sandwiches and offers low-priced drinks.
The world’s largest hamburger chain posted a profit that beat Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, saying it was optimistic about the rest of the year and describing its business as recession proof.”
“U.S. consumers, grappling with lower home values, job losses, a credit crunch and higher gas prices have cut back on eating out at mid-tier restaurant chains, and in many cases, have switched to lower-priced chains.”
Noting that foreign sales were just behind domestic sales increases of 4.7% over last year this time, a spokesman said:
“McDonald’s worldwide September same-restaurant sales were up 4.5 percent.”
Thank goodness the U.S.’s model of a “recession proof” corporation for the rest of the world is also the same one leading the way in spreading the western way of eating.
Well, don’t worry. Lets get our minds off junk food and watch an American icon at work: Ronald McDonald
Supposedly McDonald’s first commercial:
Was that creepy to anyone else?
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The original Ronald was played by Willard Scott, who is now on The Today Show:
Yes, he’s practically a complete lunatic.
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Just for fun, here’s an ad from Japan:
Hmmm… very avant-garde.
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I’m not sure if this is edited or not, but I am sure it will give me nightmares:
Wow.. those videos are really creepy and weird!
I’m not really surprised by the fact that McDonalds is making a profit. Although a wide demographic eats at McDonalds its always predominantly been the low income population that eats there a lot because one pays almost nothing for a large amount of “food”.
WTF was that??!!!
Seriously, WTF
I can guarantee that I will also be having nightmares of that last video
I think this Ronny is more appropriate for today’s Mickey D’s
http://finickypenguin.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/fat_donald.jpg
That’s a good version of Ronald, DR.
Yeah that last vid makes my brain hurt. If you go to the Youtube page with it, you can find several other “remixes” of the original. But, I could not find the original commercial (assuming there is one that wasn’t made to be so weird).
McBloggenstein!
I hate fast food just like you, but however, McDonalds does offer a yogart parfait (a whimpy bitchy size though) and apples (which are crisp and delish) for both a dollar. They probably found ways to pour trans fat into the yogart, but if I’m starving and out and about, its not a horrible snack to get.
Haven’t seen you around the blog in awhile, miss your cute comments. One thing I loved about NYC, all fast food places are required to post the calories of every item. Now fatties can’t defend their choices, the disgustingness is looking right at them in facts. Also, trans fat is apparently illegal in NY. At least one state is doing it right, but they are all skinny there anyway. They just eat cigarettes and coffee there.
Cheers!
Now we know how Willard Scott got so fat. They must have paid him in Big Macs to do that creepy commercial.
Ack, that Willard Scott one was waaaay creepy.
“I like doing all the things boys and girls like to do, especially eating McDonald’s hamburgers!” AAAAAAAHHHHH!
You’d think if people have less money they’d try and make it stretch more and maybe use their brains a little. Fast food is too expensive, even using the dollar menu, when you can spend $10 to $20 a week and eat real food.
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