McApple
McDonalds were out in force at the marathon on Sunday shouting “get healthy with McDonalds, have one of our free apples”. I really couldn’t bring myself to take one even though an apple would have been nice as to me their brand will always be associated with fat and unnecessary ingredients injected into food and in my mind that apple was an unhealthy fatty apple.
April 20th, 2004 at 11:48 am
That’s because your nuts Sarah.
April 20th, 2004 at 12:29 pm
you could have got it for the packaging. i bet it must have had a mcdonalds sticker on it or something.. doh.
i quote from the guardian today:
“Last week the company kicked off an anti-obesity campaign with Adult Happy Meals, including bottled water, salad and a pedometer to get people walking. It is also phasing out super-sized fries and drinks.”
April 20th, 2004 at 12:53 pm
mmm I don’t think it did have a sticker on it, but they were giving out vouchers for their healthy food alongside the apples.
June 3rd, 2004 at 3:02 pm
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June 3rd, 2004 at 3:05 pm
fit fat
When I was at school I never really thought about the crazy Walkers ’sports equipment for schools’ offer, which effectively means you have to eat loads of crisps in order to get a free cricket bat or something for your school.
The idea of adverti…