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Last month The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) sent a letter to McDonald's threatening to sue if the company didn’t stop using toys to market Happy Meals to kids.
Now, McDonald's is defending its Happy Meals as a "fun treat with right-sized, quality food choices," and says its toys are staying put. (And it has some choice words for the consumer watchdog group.)
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The original CSPI letter was harshly critical of the nutritional value of Happy Meals -- claiming that not only do they cause kids to develop lifelo
Originally posted by Faiol
corporations over humans, thats everything I need to say
Originally posted by Faiol
corporations over humans, thats everything I need to say
Originally posted by VintageEnvy
The only toys that ever sucked me in were the teeny beanies. I love the ty beanie babies and they were putting the teenie ones in the happy meal. I purchased the meal and threw it out and kept the teenie beanies. It is the parents responsibility to decide if mcdonalds is something they dont mind putting into their children's bodies. As much as it pains me I agree with the CEO.
Originally posted by EyesWideShut
Fast food is fine in moderation (once in a blue) but feeding your kid that crap on a daily basis is akin to child abuse imho.