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31Oct/17

McDonald’s new Chinese name mixed in translation

October 31, 2017Food and DrinkAnita, Anita Li, Blog, China, Companies, Company: MCDONALD 'S, Company: McDonalds, Country: China, Genealogy, Golden Arches, MCDONALD 'S, McDonald's, News media, Oak Brook Illinois, Restaurants, Reuters, Shanghai, Sumlock ANITA calculator, Weibosmbale

McDonalds has chosen a new name in China, but as Anita Li reports that’s not going down well in the country. Continue reading →

16Jan/17

Controversial Vatican McDonald’s feeds the homeless

January 16, 2017Food and DrinkALFREDO IORIO, Company: McDonalds, Fast food, Food and drink, Food industry, Homelessness, Jesuits, Jillian Kitchener, Kitchener Ontario, McDonald, McDonald's, Oak Brook Illinois, Pope Francis, Restaurants, Romesmbale

McDonald’s received a lukewarm reception when it opened a new branch within sight of Pope Francis’s window, but now the fast food giant seems to have taken on board one of his cherished principles – feeding the hungry. Jillian Kitchener reports. Continue reading →

14Mar/15

Foreign brands brace for China’s consumer day

March 14, 2015Food and DrinkBusiness, China, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Fast food, Food and drink, Globalization, Golden Arches, JANE LANHEE, Jane Lanhee Lee, JESSICA LEE, McDonald's, McDonald's (China), MCDONALD'S CORPORATION, Oak Brook Illinois, REPORTER, Restaurants, social media, Tim Cook, Volkswagensmbale

(BVO) – Pies, pies and more pies.

In China, McDonald’s is having a pi day. Get it?

That’s pi as in 3.1415, the mathematical constant you use to find the circumference of a circle.

The American fast food chain will be selling the dessert this week for half price at 3.14 yuan. That’s about fifty cents (USD).
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