February 03, 2005
Saying yes to... mal-bouffe
Looks like not everyone is getting busy "dismantling" McDonald's restaurants. Or bombing them.
McDonald's plans to nearly double its national presence in the next three years, the fast-food giant said Monday as it marked the 15th anniversary of its first restaurant in Russia..."Our business here is thriving," said Michael Roberts, McDonald's president and CEO. "We will continue to grow."
Roberts was speaking at the Pushkin Square McDonald's that made history 15 years ago when it opened its doors to long lines of Soviet citizens yearning for a taste of the West.
The location served 30,000 people on its opening day and still retains the distinction as the world's busiest McDonald's...
Now, after 15 years and more than 1 billion Russians served, the health craze -- not communism -- is the fast-food industry's fiercest foe.
Read it all here. Via Opinion Journal's Best of the Web Today.
Posted by Carine at February 3, 2005 12:40 AMI love how Auntie Beeb put "dismantle" in teh past tense... hilarious!
Posted by: Joe N. at February 3, 2005 01:28 PMMaybe they'll break out the octopus catapults again
http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2005/01/who-said-vaudeville-was-dead.html
Posted by: Joe N. at February 3, 2005 02:36 PM...If the endgame is propaganda, I don’t expect trashing America will end in our media. If, on the other hand, we write about what we feel is right and wrong, many should think again — at least on this issue.
A priori, taking the pen against America is not a good thing; similarly, taking the pen in praise of America is not treasonous. We have brains and we should use them.
Perhaps in the coming weeks we will take issue with America again. But for today, I am celebrating by having a McDonald’s. I hate fast food, but for this day I will make an exception.
by Dr. Mohammed T. Al-Rasheed, comments@d-corner.com
Posted by: papertiger at February 5, 2005 03:14 AM
