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Video of McDonald’s CEO reluctantly nibbling new Big Arch burger and calling it a “product” has people screaming
BusinessThe GuardianYahoo1d ago2 sources

Video of McDonald’s CEO reluctantly nibbling new Big Arch burger and calling it a “product” has people screaming

Video of Chris Kempczinski trying new ‘product’ the Big Arch burger criticized for feeling forced and corporate Business leaders are increasingly placing themselves in front of the camera, in an effort to appear more relatable to a social media-first audience. When it goes well, it can be a huge hit. When it doesn’t, you risk becoming the subject of online ridicule. In the recent case of Chris Kempczinski, the McDonald’s CEO and president, it’s the latter. Continue reading...

‘Doubling down on meat’: is the UK’s love affair with vegetarian food over?
CultureThe Guardian11d ago

‘Doubling down on meat’: is the UK’s love affair with vegetarian food over?

McDonald’s, Wagamama and others scale back plant-based choices in the UK in favour of ‘high-margin’ meat-led dishes In 2021, vegetarianism and veganism were booming and menus reflected it. Restaurants and fast-food chains rapidly expanded their meat-free offerings, racing to meet growing demand from diners. McDonald’s launched its first plant-based burger, joining a wave of operators embracing non-meat options. Fast forward to 2026 and the landscape looks markedly different. Last month, the f...

Eating a rugby player’s bulking diet for a week? It defeated me
Sportirish-independent8d ago

Eating a rugby player’s bulking diet for a week? It defeated me

Super Size Me was an award-winning 2004 documentary in which an American film-maker ate solely McDonald’s, three times a day, for a month. The now deceased Morgan Spurlock gobbled down 5,000kcal a day during the experiment, which led to the then-32-year-old gaining 11.1kg, high cholesterol, a fatty liver, mood swings, and sexual dysfunction.

Do you remember your first crappy job? Today’s young people would wish for half your luck | Gaby Hinsliff
PoliticsThe GuardianNew Statesman12d ago2 sources

Do you remember your first crappy job? Today’s young people would wish for half your luck | Gaby Hinsliff

The youth minimum wage is set to rise over this parliament, but it’s putting off employers from hiring people into their first roles When Keir Starmer was 14 years old, he got a part-time job clearing stones from a local farmer’s field. At 16, Kemi Badenoch was flipping burgers and cleaning toilets in McDonald’s. Me, I waitressed at weekends from the age of 15 in an Essex pub owned by an ex-paratrooper with two formidable rottweilers roaming behind the bar, which was a life lesson all of its own. But whatever your first job may have been, there’s a reasonable chance it combined the thrill of hard cash with several mortifying mistakes and a crash course in handling stroppy customers, taking criticism more or less gracefully and moaning about it only out of earshot. Though teenage starter jobs have been in decline for decades – for reasons varying from academic pressures on sixth-formers to the rise of side hustles on Vinted that don’t show up in official statistics – everyone still has to start somewhere, even if it’s now more likely at 18 than 14. But getting that start is becoming harder than it was. Continue reading...