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The ordinance requires McDonald's Happy Meals and other fast-food servings that come with toys to meet new nutritional standards.
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They should be eating happy meals, not growing veggies in their front yard!
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"I remember McDonald's had Transformers in their Happy Meals, " Ms. Keyssar went on.
But from personal experience I can tell you that my girls beg and plead for Happy Meals all of the time.
All we did was ask for the healthier options on the menu, and the girls were happy with their Happy Meals.
The company noted that transactions tied to Shrek Happy Meals boosted sales.
Volokh concludes that courts could find the San Francisco ban unconstitutional, assuming it passes (you know it will: San Franciscans banned Happy Meals, for chrissakes).
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Whatever happens with the Happy Meals, the current ban is a cue for this corporate giant to do for San Franciscans what it did for Parisiennes and others around the world.
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The new position of "runner" has been created to do things like hand out cups and sauce packets, and fetch juice boxes for Happy Meals, freeing up the order taker to focus on the customer.
But, from my branding point of view, I have to say that, while it was a smart move to make Happy Meals healthier meals, this is just one step in the marathon race all brands run in their quest for on-going success.
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Embattled McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ) said today that it is testing health food-style "happy meals" for adults at 150 Indiana locations, under what appears to be a spirited effort to convince the public that it is the solution--and not the cause--of the obesity crisis in the United States.
Some 91% of parents said they were very happy with the school meals service they received, with almost three-quarters (72%) saying the quality of the food was key and 87% saying they found school meals good value for money.
Some public-health experts talk of changing an environment where the worst choices are the easiest to make, especially for those without the time and money to seek out better ones supermarkets crammed with ready meals, happy hours in pubs, roads too dangerous for children to walk to school.
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