McDonalds To Add Apples To Every Happy Meal

[Obama 2012 1,714]

The bolded part says it all. The lazy fat ####### people out there who can't get up from their damn Xbox blame McDonalds for being fat slobs.

Seriously, you're fat because you're lazy garbage and need to get out and excercise. Your thumbs might be skinny from pushing those damn controller buttons or the remote control buttons. Why? Because you actually work that part of your body.

I am so sick of these idiots who blame fast food places, fatty foods, school meals, etc. on their kids being fat.

Your kids are fat because they are LAZY. Because you are over-protective and keep them inside all day because the media tells you if your child goes outside, they are going to be raped. That and you're such a bad parent, that you have zero control over your little brat.

Typical in this country today. Blame all your personal problems on everyone else.

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http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/food/2011-07-26-McDonalds-apples-happy-meal_n.htm

NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald's is adding apples to all its Happy Meals and launching a nutrition-focused mobile phone app as part of a broader health push.

The changes underscore how the restaurant industry is reacting to the demands of customers and regulators who blame it for health ills ranging from childhood obesity to diabetes.

Among other changes in McDonald's new program:

— McDonald's pledged to reduce sugars, saturated fats and calories through "varied portion sizes, reformulations and innovations" by 2020. It didn't give details. By 2015, it will reduce sodium by 15%.

— McDonald's will introduce a new mobile app focused just on nutrition information.

— McDonald's USA president Jan Fields and other executives will go on a "listening tour" in August to hear suggestions from parents and nutrition experts. The chain will also launch a new online forum for parents.

McDonald's says the new directives are "absolutely not" related to impending regulations that will force the industry to curb the marketing of junk food to children and post nutrition information on menus.

Rather, the changes are a response to what customers were asking for, said Cindy Goody, McDonald's senior director of nutrition.

"We've been in the nutrition game for over 30 years in providing nutrition information to our customers," Goody said. "Now what we're doing is we're adding more food groups and … creating nutritional awareness."

The nutrition talk also has helped McDonald's grab business from other fast-food restaurants, even as the recession forced people to cut back on eating out.

McDonald's has worked to paint itself as a healthy, hip place to eat, offering wireless access in restaurants and introducing smoothies and oatmeal, moves that other fast-food companies are now trying to replicate.

For Happy Meals, U.S. customers can already choose between apples or fries. But only about 11% of customers were ordering apples, the restaurant said.

So by the beginning of next year, McDonald's will instead include a half-order of apples and a half-order of fries. Customers can get all fries or all apples if they ask.

Goody said the change is indicative of "incremental lifestyle modifications." Asked why McDonald's didn't eliminate fries, she said that "all foods fit when consumed in moderation."

This isn't the first time the world's largest burger chain has tried to paint itself as an emissary of nutrition. In the '80s it created a fitness program for middle schoolers featuring gymnast Mary Lou Retton. A decade ago, McDonald's used spokesclown Ronald McDonald to encourage parents to get their children immunized and to tell kids to drink milk. In 2004, McDonald's christened Ronald a "balanced, active lifestyles ambassador" and passed out pedometers to encourage exercise.

[patient2010 93]

thanks for sharing

[mawilson 2,133]

Seriously, you're fat because you're lazy garbage and need to get out and excercise

O-kay, and apples are bad because...?

[^_^ 5,021]

If you wanna eat out and eat quick and eat healthy, go to Saladworks. McDonalds is for McNuggets, McCafe sugary beverages and big slabs of what we're told is beef.

[slim 1,525]

I guess we'll start seeing a lot more apples by the side of the road.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Rather, the changes are a response to what customers were asking for, said Cindy Goody, McDonald's senior director of nutrition.

Oh, the horror. A business is reacting to and accommodating customer demands.

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

The bolded part says it all. The lazy fat ####### people out there who can't get up from their damn Xbox blame McDonalds for being fat slobs.

Seriously, you're fat because you're lazy garbage and need to get out and excercise. Your thumbs might be skinny from pushing those damn controller buttons or the remote control buttons. Why? Because you actually work that part of your body.

I am so sick of these idiots who blame fast food places, fatty foods, school meals, etc. on their kids being fat.

Your kids are fat because they are LAZY. Because you are over-protective and keep them inside all day because the media tells you if your child goes outside, they are going to be raped. That and you're such a bad parent, that you have zero control over your little brat.

Typical in this country today. Blame all your personal problems on everyone else.

[_Simpson_ 250]

Oh, the horror. A business is reacting to and accommodating customer demands.

You shouldn't believe everything you read. I have a hard time believing that people who go to McDonalds are interested in apples.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You shouldn't believe everything you read. I have a hard time believing that people who go to McDonalds are interested in apples.

So, McDonalds is an incompetent business? They're doing things that the customers don't want? It's hard to see how they're staying competitive when they're clearly not listening to their customers. As to whether people that go to McDonalds are interested in Apples, from my personal viewpoint as an infrequent customer of that establishment, I'd say yes. I think I'd be more inclined to take my daughter to Mickey D's if they'd sub half the fries they serve in a Happy Meal® today with apple slices. But what do I know? I'm just a crazy lefty anyways...

[slim 1,525]

they're clearly not listening to their customers.

McDonald's is probably the best business in America at using feedback to determine product sales.

If it doesn't sell... it doesn't make it!

[Ban Hammer 13,343]

I guess we'll start seeing a lot more apples by the side of the road.

johnny appleseed all over again.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

McDonald's is probably the best business in America at using feedback to determine product sales.

If it doesn't sell... it doesn't make it!

Right. That's the free market at work. I don't know why our professed chief free market proponent would have an issue with this.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I can understand why someone might be upset if the Federal government said - McDonald's, you must serve apples.

But this just seems like a private company making a business decision.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

I can understand why someone might be upset if the Federal government said - McDonald's, you must serve apples.

But this just seems like a private company making a business decision.

Let us not forget certain cities that have banned happy meals pretty much.

Sure, McDonalds made the decision on thier own, but it was under pressure despite what the article states.

There are pieces of legislation in the works all across the country and in the Federal government to crack down on fatty foods, etc.

Just look at the new FDA menu regulations for starters.

It's all in the name of blaming companies for McDonalds and ignoring the real problem as I stated in my OP.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Let us not forget certain cities that have banned happy meals pretty much.

Sure, McDonalds made the decision on thier own, but it was under pressure despite what the article states.

There are pieces of legislation in the works all across the country and in the Federal government to crack down on fatty foods, etc.

Just look at the new FDA menu regulations for starters.

It's all in the name of blaming companies for McDonalds and ignoring the real problem as I stated in my OP.

Well legally I think they would have a strong chance at challenging SF, but thats negative publicity I'm sure.