Word: mcdonaldization
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...That option apparently wasn't good enough for Caesar Barber. Last Friday, he filed a lawsuit against McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken. Barber claims they sold him the food that made him obese, and that they should therefore be held accountable for "wrecking his life...
...says chief operating officer Paul Toback. The corpulent U.S. has 18,000 health clubs. China has fewer than 20 freestanding fitness centers catering to the middle class. "We were also very encouraged to see how many large Western companies had made entries in China," says Toback, "chief among them McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Pizza Hut." To get rich is glorious, but getting fat is just gross. Let one hundred blisters bloom...
...Omen A group of overweight Americans is suing four leading fast-food chains, including McDonald's, over weight-related health problems blamed on the high fat and salt content of cheap, habit-forming fare...
...males by 9.5% in Germany "If these are the opinions you honestly hold, call me collect. We can do business." Warren Buffett, CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, on executives who claim stock options cost nothing "I always thought it was good for you." Caesar Barbar, one of seven Americans suing McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants for making them...
...grounds that they were making us all rich in the process. You did not actually need to get richer to feel richer; even other people's paper profits had a magical effect: Times are good; the Dow is up; let's go to the Sizzler instead of McDonald's, the Seychelles instead of Sarasota. Cabbies turned day traders got crushed when the NASDAQ tanked, but careful investors who did their homework were the luckiest generation ever. Pay $9.95 a trade, buy and hold, and retire...