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...good fight. As she worked the Democratic Club at the Leisure World retirement community in Silver Spring, Townsend scattered barbs at Ehrlich, who she insists is far more conservative than his image. "He wanted to privatize Social Security," she warned the seniors, who were polishing off their fried chicken. "Do you want your money in the stock market? I don't think...
...supersized. Its home market is all but saturated, its sterling reputation for fast, friendly service and cleanliness is tarnished, and customers are putting a growing premium on freshness and taste, neither of which McDonald's is renowned for. It hasn't come up with a new blockbuster product since Chicken McNuggets in 1983, and its aging slogan, We Love to See You Smile, hasn't made many people happy on either side of the counter in quite a while...
...friendly service, to roll out a national "dollar value menu" and a fresh $20 million national ad campaign. To lay the foundation for future growth, Greenberg is experimenting with all kinds of new restaurant formats: an expanded McDonald's with a sit-down diner serving meat loaf or chicken-fried steak, a three-in-one outlet offering burgers and fries along with Boston Market chicken and Donatos pizza (both of which McDonald's owns), and small snack bars with limited menus inside a Home Depot or a Wal-Mart. He is even considering using McDonald's vast real estate...
McDonald's is doing its best to cash in on changing tastes. Its Grilled Chicken Flatbread sandwich, introduced this summer on a limited basis, was more popular than the company anticipated, so it briefly had to stop promoting the sandwich because outlets were running out of, what else, flatbread. In response to an outcry, McDonald's has changed its cooking oil to cut down on cholesterol-raising trans-fatty acids. Always known more for convenience and kid-friendliness than for taste--except, many would argue, when it comes to its superior fries--McDonald's still has a food problem. Despite...
...into a sense of deep misgiving and even hostility." Three days later Gore said Bush domestic-security measures amounted to an "attack on civil liberties" and called denying U.S. citizens the right to counsel "disgraceful." MEANWHILE Want To Supersize It? A man who ordered extra biscuits with his fried chicken at a drive-through restaurant in San Francisco was handed two bags of marijuana by the clerk at the service window. The driver gave the bags back and called the police, who arrested Carlos Ayala, 26. Authorities allege Ayala was selling pot to customers who knew the password...