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    McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    Jamie Oliver will be pulling out his (rather lovely) hair as he hears of McDonald's' new found advertisements located right on the report cards of school children.
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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    I hate McDonalds and their corporate greed. I think this is pretty bad

    Mind you, they do do a tasty burger....mmmm.

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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

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    I hate McDonalds and their corporate greed. I think this is pretty bad

    Mind you, they do do a tasty burger....mmmm.
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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    oooh, Maccies have a new festive menu too!

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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

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    Cheers for that, I'll be taking a look when I visit Brum over Xmas

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    Does McDonalds restaurants still have the 500 chavs chilling outside at this time of the year?
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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    What do you do when your 9-year-old daughter comes home with a report card featuring such good grades, it offers her a free McDonald's Happy Meal?
    It doesn't say anywhere that the meal is free!
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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    I used to eat McD's frequently when I was in school... I turned out ok - a little fat but ok...

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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    Whilst i'm firmly with hex on where i go for a burger, mc'd are actually changing their colours, litterally. They are including more healthy options alongside the reconstituted chicken + salt. This is because their profits are falling.

    Now i actually have little problem with what they are doing. How often do kids get a report card? 3 times a year?

    I think everyone agrees you can have 3 horrifically un-healthy meals a year without much problem, and there are many kids who don't get encoragement from their parents.
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    Its when they hit GCSE/A Level and McDonalds start telling their kids to apply for a job there
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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    If you've got a B or higher, free happy meal, if you've got an E you've got a job
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    Re: McDonald's advertising directly to school kids

    Quote Originally Posted by SiM View Post
    I used to eat McD's frequently when I was in school... I turned out ok - a little fat but ok...
    I used to rotate between McDonald, Burger King and KFC daily 5-6 times a week. Somehow I got away with it (crazy mad metabolism) but I am definitely not doing that anymore
    Given they used to do that with Pizza Hut, I don't see the big deal.

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