Mice_Elf

"McDonald's is slimming down its menu.

The fast-food chain has started phasing out its trademark Supersize fries and drinks in its US restaurants. A company spokesman says it's part of an effort to simplify its menu and give customers choices that support "a balanced lifestyle."

The official says by the end of this year, super size will no longer be available at McDonald's outlets except in certain promotions.

The move comes as the world's largest restaurant company, and fast-food chains in general, are under growing public pressure to give consumers healthier food options in a nation that has suddenly become aware of its bulging waistline and the resulting health dangers.

Last year, McDonald's added entree salads and has been moving to provide more fruit, vegetable and yoghurt options with its Happy Meals. "

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You can now get a McApple to go with your McTuna McSalad. Or perhaps a McOrange with your McJacket McPotato with McCheese.

OllyK

That'll stop the porkers they'll just buy 2 portions of regular fries

Look out for record volumes of fruit and veg going to the waste sites in the US following people dumping the fruit and veg that comes with the dripping burger being thrown in the bin

Do people really think that people will choose the healthy options in McD's and such places? People go there for a burger and fries, if they wanted something healthy, they'd be down the Deli instead.

cinders

McDonalds is the worst food (if you can call it that) - I'd never eat one of their products ever! The milkshakes have over 200 different chemicals in them.

You wouldn't beleive how big MCD's really is, or how much is behind it...

Try reading Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser, you'll never eat fast food again!

ajm

Of course in this day and age no one should be expected to be repsonsible for their own welfare..... if you are fat it has to be someone elses fault doens't it!

ProperCharlie

all you get with "supersize" fries is a bigger container with the same amount of "fries" in it. supersize was a great marketing idea - charge 50p or something for a couple of extra chips and some more sugary water - total value approx. 1p

unclebuck

I thought being obese was 'genetic' LOL

UB

ProperCharlie

can't we just melt all the fat people down and turn them into axle grease or something?

OllyK

It kind of is, parents are fat and eat crap so they feed the kids crap and they get fat and they then pass this on to their kids! OK it's environment and up-bringing but it sounded good for a minute!

Dracoro

If you read everything there is, you won't eat ANY food again. There was a thread here the other day about supermarkets and what they do with food.

Yeah, I know MaccyDees (and all the others) is unhealthy and don't eat there much but every now and again I do and I don't care two hoots what goes into the food. If I eat it and it tastes nice and I'm not ill afterwards then I'm happy. This is how the majority of people think. Anybody who thinks fast food outlets are healthy are stupid and deserve to end up ill and obese rather than blaming others.

GaryK

cool,

now all they gotta do is phase out using horse meat in their burgers


Gary

Dracoro

Even if obesity is genetic, doesn't mean you just give up and eat loads.

Someone who is genetically obese who eats healthily and exercises won't end up a 20 stone lard bucket.

ProperCharlie

genetic obesity is only a *propensity* to put on wieght. if you control your diet and exersize, you will be fine. how many obese wild animals do you see? errr...

i have a genetic predisposition to eat curries and burgers and chips and pizza. there's nothing i can do about it.

help!
help!

anyone know a good curry house in stevenage?

milo

do u honestly believe it's actually meat at all in their burgers?!

OllyK

Seeing as the lions on the Massai Mara don't have a Tesco handy they have to run after their food to catch it. The things being chased have to run faster than the lions to survive, the fat, ill and weak get caught.

Now if we apply that principal to humans, all food should be supplied off the back of moving vehciles, when you are thin and fit enough to keep up you can get fed. The fat and the unfit go hungry till they can get down to a weight to be able to chase the vehicle

OllyK

Well if it is in the Fillet or the Veggie burger they should be prosecuted

milo

or up to a weight where they can easily sit on the skinny people and steal the food that they've caught

OllyK

There's the key - gotta catch 'em first, that in itself will help them keep the weight off

midget1500

maybe they could learn from airports. just like check-in desks, at the food counter at mc donalds have a set of scales and you have to be under a certain weight to be served drive throughs could become problematic, as well as consideration for age, gender, ohh i give up...

RichWalk

One of our local Postmen a guy I was at school at reguarly goes to Burger King and eats 10 Woppas then goes out drinking cider- no wonder the Royal Mails loosing money!

ProperCharlie

rich - are you sure he didn't say "...in the toilets at burger king i usually eat about 10 whoppers before a night out."

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I was mortified the other day when they said they'd stopped selling Toffee Crisp Mc Flurry's

I can live without supersize...I'll buy twice as much instead

Markus

The one reason this is occuring is due to the increased number of lawsuits being filed against maccas from stupid fat yanks who want to blame someone for them being fat. Umm, it's you, you porky git, you're the one stuffing your piehole with food, they are just there to supply that, they don't FORCE you to eat it!

The sad fact is that a few of these lawsuits have made it too court and have won! christ knows how.

Jerome

I have to limit myself to one visit to McD's a week. I could eat in there every day sad barsteward that I am.

If I wanted healthy food, I wouldn't go into McD's in the first place. I've been getting the same order for 20 years, so I'm hardly going to suddenly change into a veggiesaurus anyway.

For the record I'm not a lard ****. I must have thin genes.

milo

good lawyers. thats what it boils down to at the end of the day... not who's right and wrong... but who has the best lawyers.

Markus

Milo, very, very true! Good lawyers? well, greedy buggers, that'll I'll give you.

The yanks are so litigious they'll sue over anything. does make me mad sometimes!

ProperCharlie

aren't the people on celebrity fit club being a bit wasteful? instead of burning off all that blubber they could have it recycled into something useful.

Chip

I'd be quite happy if they just phased out McDonalds altogether

Chip.

OllyK

They are - CO2 to help with the planet's greenhouse effect to keep us nice and toastie warm all year round. The fact the we'll loose East Anglia back under the sea in the process is no great loss

Brendan Hughes

You're right about the lawyers and surprises, but in a roundabout way - it's amazing that McD's lost (assuming it was them, and not a cheap equivalent). They have the best lawyers money can buy.

blair

Carefull !!

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