Read more McDonald's stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1017/mcdonalds.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:34:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74410/mcdonalds-gets-euro-chic-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMcDonald’s is getting a makeover, starting with one New York restaurant that now features a sleek, European-inspired look, flat-screen TVs, and free wi-fi. The redesign features employees in all-black uniforms and “Danish Modern furniture,” reports the AP —or, as Daniel Maurer writes in New York , “knockoff mod furniture, laptop outlets,...http://www.newser.com/story/74410/mcdonalds-gets-euro-chic-makeover.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73760/gitmo-mickey-dees-now-hiring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe only McDonald's in Cuba is looking for an assistant manager. An ad posted on a job website last week invited candidates with valid American passports to apply for a job at the franchise at the Guantanamo Bay base. Burgers are shipped in from Florida and detainees cleared by the...http://www.newser.com/story/73760/gitmo-mickey-dees-now-hiring.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 11 Nov 2009 7:32:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/73561/how-arbys-lost-its-beefiness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe recession has had its winners and losers, and when it comes to fast food, Arby's is bringing up the rear. Same-stores sales have been down for the last seven quarters, writes Daniel Gross for Slate, but the economy can't take the entire rap on this one: Arby's just doesn't...http://www.newser.com/story/73561/how-arbys-lost-its-beefiness.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 08 Nov 2009 10:26:50 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFour Utah teens are in trouble with the law for attempting to place their McDonald's order in the form of a rap song. The four teens, rolled into the drive-through this week and, finding themselves the only customers, attempted to re-create a 2006 YouTube video by rapping their order. The...http://www.newser.com/story/72948/teens-busted-for-rapping-fast-food-order.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 30 Oct 2009 10:21:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/72581/iceland-too-poor-for-mcdonalds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSoon there will be at least one country you can visit without seeing the golden arches. The financial crisis hit Iceland’s currency so hard that McDonald’s, which imports most of its ingredients, can’t afford to operate there anymore. “We would have to raise our prices by 20%,” the head of...http://www.newser.com/story/72581/iceland-too-poor-for-mcdonalds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 14:55:38 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70936/zut-alors-french-attack-big-macs-at-louvre.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNews that a McDonald's will open just yards from the entrance of the Louvre museum has sent lovers of French culture into conniptions. “This is the pinnacle of exhausting consumerism, deficient gastronomy and very unpleasant odors in the context of a museum,” sniffed one art historian who works at the...http://www.newser.com/story/70936/zut-alors-french-attack-big-macs-at-louvre.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 05 Oct 2009 3:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70037/subway-will-soon-have-more-stores-than-mcdonalds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSubway is nearing a milestone: the sandwich chain will soon have more global locations than McDonald’s, Ad Age reports. The chain is expanding so quickly that it's expected to have 31,800 stores by the end of the week. It's probably just a matter of months before it surpasses the...http://www.newser.com/story/70037/subway-will-soon-have-more-stores-than-mcdonalds.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 22 Sep 2009 17:30:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69383/in-war-on-stds-nc-tries-new-weapon-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe incidence of syphilis is spiking in the economically hard-hit South, and health officials have lit on a novel preventative measure, MSNBC reports: Wal-Mart gift cards. Syphilis tends to rebound in tough times, and a program in North Carolina induces patients to submit to a test in exchange for the...http://www.newser.com/story/69383/in-war-on-stds-nc-tries-new-weapon-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 14:21:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69007/overfishing-plagues-filet-o-fishs-main-ingredient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhat exactly is the fish in a Filet-O-Fish sandwich? It’s a bug-eyed creature from New Zealand called the hoki, and it is apparently under pressure from overfishing, the New York Times reports. New Zealand—while not specifically citing that cause—has been cutting the allowable catch as conservation groups express...http://www.newser.com/story/69007/overfishing-plagues-filet-o-fishs-main-ingredient.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Sep 2009 10:01:25 CDT