Comments on: McDonalds wants you to make up your own mind

By: McSux

McSux — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 20:31:24 +0000

“Americans will eat garbage, provided you sprinkle it liberally with ketchup”

By: Ack

Ack — Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:04:21 +0000

customer service at maccas is pathetic

By: Yan

Yan — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:34:55 +0000

I agree with Arnold its true I have learned of these media tricks to brainwash kids when their young so they have life time consumers out of them. Maccas and coke both do this on a massive scale and should be eliminated.

By: Arnold

Arnold — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 01:31:19 +0000

Yes the demand for maccas is due to the addictive nature of the food. As for other resturants and foods concern dont know where you get your false facts. I agree that you can get heavy foods but also healthy ones.

People have been brainwashed by the commercials since they were kids they use media to suck in the weak. Thats why they affer so much for children ect.

So its not their choice they have been brainwshed.

By: Big Mac

Big Mac — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 10:21:02 +0000

im sorry but have you all forgotten one of the key factors to living in a country like Australia or America?? FREEDOM!! freedom of speech, freedom of in-humane punishment, freedom of third world country diseases and freedom to decide what it is you eat. if you dont like mcdonalds or disagree with the companies values then guess what…?? GO SOMEWHERE ELES TO EAT. Grow up for gods sake. stop worrying about what other people are eating and what its doing to them. They – like you – have a CHOICE!. And don’t be so naive to think that a main coarse at any sit down restaurant has less fat than a Mc Value Meal. Your average steak and chips would far out weigh a Big Mac Meal on fat value. and then add the few cokes or acholic beverages you have along with it. the simple fact is that McDonalds provides AFFORDABLE food to your average family, no worst for you than the restaurant down the road that is just to exspensive to take the whole family to.
And last but not least, if there was no demand for it, they wouldn’t be the MOST successful food company on the planet. Wake up and smell the roses, Maccas is here to stay.
p.s. i think mcdonalds taste horrible, and i never eat it, but that doesn’t mean other people don’t value McDonalds existence.

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 19 Oct 2006 06:19:50 +0000

Great to see posts popping up all over the place regarding this issue.

I’ve put a few posts up myself at http://www.interactivehealth.com.au/?p=66 and http://technhealth.blogspot.com/2006/09/mcdonalds-make-up-your-own-min d-last.html.

I work in Health and these commercials along with the companies disgust me. I can only hope that those in Health able to make decisions and be pro-active to change can help facilitate a new approach to educating people.

The companies are masters at manipulation and I think the day will come when health agencies will need to change their approach to how they educate and make people aware.

We need to encourage people to actively campaign fast food manufacturers to change how they produce their products and find alternatives to trans fat and hydrogenised foods.

Given the release yesterday of the actual cost of obesity in Australia, I think Government will be compelled to invest more money in developing campaigns using different methods of delivery (technology, ad campaigns, etc) to ensure we get the message out to as many as we can.

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By: Yan

Yan — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 10:10:54 +0000

Well as we all know McDonalds would not make as good a profit if the food was real. Their foods are all processed and nothing is really 100% genuine. I mean buy fresh chicken breasts from your supermarket and taste them when cooked. Now buy the nuggets as if its real chicken let alone all their food sausages, pankakes, beef and hash browns.

Just like the social responsibility they go about doing helping the sick ect all just to create a positive public image so they can make more money.

Its always about increasing profits for the share holders and doing it at any costs. McDonalds has enough money to bribe lie cheat and steal. Not to mention hide damages they are causing to international crops for the so called fresh food.

By: Scott Savage

Scott Savage — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:46:01 +0000

Not that different to Telstra’s now we’re talking website (http://www.nowwearetalking.com.au/). They are both corporate propaganda sites to push an issue. I wonder whether people actually fall for these…

By: club

club — Sun, 01 Oct 2006 11:13:26 +0000

Of course you put fresh, lean beef in your burgers */sarcasm*

McDonalds is really that desprate? 0_o Just eat at Subway, it is better!