AFP - The French branch of US fast food giant McDonald's said Tuesday it was to introduce a "McBaguette" sandwich in a bid to cater to local tastes.

Often derided in food-mad France for its mass-production approach, the chain has worked to adapt with sandwiches featuring local ingredients such as goat's cheese and pepper sauce, alongside its traditional burgers and chips.

The McBaguette will be launched as a test product on April 18 for six weeks in the chain's 1,230 French restaurants, Nawfal Trabelsi, McDonald's France's vice president for marketing, told journalists.

"It's a crispy baguette, served hot, with beef, a slightly strong whole grain mustard sauce and ripe Emmental cheese," Trabelsi said, adding that the product was of "symbolic importance" and part of the company's efforts at local "integration".

After long resisting the lure of fast food, French consumers have increasingly turned to chain restaurants in recent years, with the fast food market growing from about 20 billion euros ($26 billion) in 2004 to nearly 33 billion euros last year.

McDonald's has done particularly well, growing to 63,000 employees since opening its first French branch in 1979 and with pre-tax turnover last year of 4.2 billion euros.

Today France, tomorrow the world.

Now, I a have a reason to go to France.

I expect a welcome at the airport.

Simple will have to be given sedatives once he hears about this.

VAVD wrote:

Simple will have to be given sedatives once he hears about this.

can you blame him?

VAVD wrote:

Simple will have to be given sedatives once he hears about this.

He shouldn't mix those with all that alcohol.

OldLyme wrote:

He shouldn't mix those with all that alcohol.

Yes he should. How else to alleviate the humiliation?

The Mac Kékette!

Sounded good until they got to the Emmental cheese. Ugh! Smells like dirty socks!

So mcdonalds has to give up its american identity to make money?

Great american cultural victory!

Fredmasse wrote:

The Mac Kékette!

Well will certainly appeal to the average fronchman.

ohmygawd wrote:

So mcdonalds has to give up its american identity to make money?

The identity of a corporation is all about making money. That's why corporations exist.

Are you a commie or just stupid?

PopsFrost wrote:

ohmygawd wrote:

So mcdonalds has to give up its american identity to make money?

The identity of a corporation is all about making money. That's why corporations exist.

Are you a commie or just stupid?

Both

Isn't it suppertime over there, Ferd? Go run to McDos and get your McBaguette with a cherry vanilla wine and a six-piece McSnails.

ohmygawd wrote:

So mcdonalds has to give up its american identity to make money?

No. We've Americanized your cuisine, just like we've done with Mexican and Italian food.

We've added your biological and cultural distinctiveness to our own. Resistance is futile.

www.fuckfrance.com . . .

Already posted like two months ago

Dupe thread reported to the moderation, We gonna have to shave you and ban you.

I was curious how LTK disguised himself when he goes to the local elementary schools.

PopsFrost wrote:

Fredmasse wrote:

The Mac Kékette!

Well will certainly appeal to the average fronchman.

Exactly, McD' could really tempt the frogs with "Ronald McDickinass" and turn the franchises into gay brothels. Would do well in "belgium" and spain too. I mean they're already most of the way there: it's a baguette, it's in frownce, and if you change the accent pronunciation just slightly it sounds like "McFaggot"

Here is your big chance froggies to be innovative and enterprising and smarter businessmen than those dumb Americans. Rush down to McDonald's and buy all the Mcbaguettes.

Oh how humiliated they will be. If you need help understanding this business model, ask Jeanv. He's a capitalist genius.



He developed the highly successful 'Underpants Gnome' economic juggernaut.

The Five Worst Hospital Food Environments
A Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine Report
Winter 2011

Hospitals have an obligation to provide a healthy environment. But when it comes to the food served to patients, staff, and visitors, many health care facilities offer high-fat, high-cholesterol fare that contributes to the very medical problems that land many patients in the hospital. To determine which hospital food environments are increasing the risk of diet-related diseases, dietitians with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) analyzed food served at more than 110 hospitals in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and identified five institutions serving the most unhealthful food.

Findings

PCRM dietitians found that some hospitals house as many as five fast-food outlets. Many hospital cafeterias and patient menus are dominated by foods high in fat, cholesterol, calories, sugar, and sodium. But these five institutions offer an especially unhealthful food environment:

The Five Worst Hospital Food Environments
Institution Nutrition Shocker
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute/Texas Children’s Hospital Complex (Houston, Texas) 4 fast-food outlets and fried-chicken bar in the cafeteria
Medical University of South Carolina University Hospital Complex (Charleston, S.C.) 5 fast-food outlets and a cafeteria serving country-fried steak and other high-fat fare
Naval Medical Center San Diego Hospital Facility Complex (San Diego, Calif.) 3 fast-food outlets; patients order from menu featuring pork chops, meatball sandwiches, and other high-cholesterol fare
Duke University Hospital Complex (Durham, N.C.) 3 fast-food outlets; patients order from cafeteria menu featuring spicy pork loin and other high-fat items
Children’s Memorial Hospital Complex (Chicago, Ill.) 1 fast-food outlet; patients’ menu has chicken wings, quesadillas with bacon, and grilled hot dogs
Background

Many physicians and patients are increasingly concerned about the foods served in hospitals. These concerned observers point to the many fast-food outlets now located in hospitals, the high-fat, meat-heavy menus offered by many hospital cafeterias, and the unhealthful food often served to patients.

Fast-food outlets are especially troubling because their menus tend to be dominated by foods that are extraordinarily high in saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, and sugar. Several of the hospitals surveyed host McDonald’s restaurants including Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Ben Taub General Hospital, Northside Hospital Atlanta, St Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Naval Medical Center San Diego, and Children’s Memorial Hospital in Chicago. McDonald’s serves a long list of high-fat, high-cholesterol items and offers almost no healthful choices, according to an analysis by PCRM dietitians. Even many McDonald’s items that consumers may believe are healthful—salads and children’s meals—are generally high in calories, fat, and sodium.

But the food served to patients and in many hospital cafeterias is often not much better. These menus tend to be full of meatball sandwiches, roasted pork loin, and other high-fat, high-cholesterol foods. They also often feature hot dogs, bacon, and other processed meats—which have been conclusively linked by the American Institute for Cancer Research to increased risk of colorectal cancer. Healthful meals rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains can be much harder for patients, visitors, and hospital staff to find.

At the Cleveland Clinic in Florida, for instance, a patient in the cardiac ICU was served fatty chunks of meat floating in lukewarm, congealed gravy. At St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Fla., a hospital employee recounted a breakfast that included two kinds of processed meat. Repeated requests for vegan soups were ignored. At the University of Chicago Medical Center, a participant in a sleep study was shocked when she was served a meal that included several fried items, a cookie, a soda, and milk. She sent photographs of the unhealthful food items to PCRM.

Obesity and diabetes rates in the United States have hit an all-time high. About 27 percent of young adults are now too overweight to qualify for military service, and an estimated one in three children born in 2000 will develop diabetes. Other diet-related diseases also take a serious toll on America’s health: More than half of all adult deaths are caused by cardiovascular disease.

Healthy eating habits, on the other hand, are increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in preventing chronic disease. The 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, for example, point out that low-fat, plant-based diets rich in fruits and vegetables provide nutritional advantages and reduce the risk of obesity, diabetes, and heart disease. Hospitals should lead the way in encouraging such healthful eating habits.

Review Process

In May 2011, PCRM dietitians began examining foods served by U.S. hospitals across the country to patients, visitors, and staff. Dietitians obtained information about available foods by gathering reports from patients and calling and visiting more than 110 hospitals located in major cities in 50 states and the District of Columbia. They evaluated each hospital food environment based on the number of fast-food outlets in the hospital and the healthfulness of options offered on cafeteria and patient menus.

Detailed Results: The Five Worst Hospital Food Environments

St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital/Texas Heart Institute/Texas Children’s Hospital Complex
Houston, Texas
The Texas Medical Center’s St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital building, which also houses the Texas Heart Institute and the Texas Children’s Hospital, plays host to four fast-food outlets, including a McDonald’s and a Chick-fil-A. St. Luke’s is renowned as a pioneer in the area of cardiovascular surgery, but the hospital’s cafeteria menu is dominated by heart-unfriendly, high-fat foods, including a fried-chicken bar. Patient food features high-fat, high-cholesterol items such as chicken Florentine and grilled hamburgers.

Medical University of South Carolina University Hospital Complex
Charleston, S.C.
This hospital hosts a whopping five fast-food outlets, including Chick-fil-A. Unhealthful food is pervasive in the cafeteria, which offers fried steak and other high-cholesterol options. The patient menu includes hot dogs, barbeque chicken, meat loaf, and grilled cheese with ham.

Naval Medical Center San Diego Hospital Facility Complex
San Diego, Calif.
This hospital has three fast-food outlets, including a McDonald’s. Not only do high-fat options such as pork chops and meatball sandwiches dominate the cafeteria offerings, but patients order from a menu featuring the same unhealthful foods.

Duke University Hospital Complex
Durham, N.C.
This hospital houses three fast-food outlets, including Chick-fil-A, and unhealthful items such as spicy pork loin, sweet-and-sour pork, chicken wings, and lasagna abound on the cafeteria menu. Patients can order from that unhealthful cafeteria menu.

Children’s Memorial Hospital Complex
Chicago, Ill.
There is a McDonald’s on the hospital’s basement level. The menu choices offered to patients include unhealthy, high-fat fare like chicken wings, quesadillas with bacon, and grilled hot dogs.

Processed food... that's what's killing you.

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