McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) chief executive cry baby Jim Skinner told attendees at the National Restaurant Association's annual convention that the increasing popularity of state regulations requiring fast food chains to disclose calories counts are "redundant and flawed" and referred to the activists pushing for these measures as "CAVE people - Citizens Against Virtually Everything."With all due respect to Mr. Skinner, he couldn't be more wrong or disingenuous.
Posting calorie counts on menus will give consumers greater and more convenient to nutritional information than they've ever had before. The reason McDonald's opposes these laws is that they know that if people knew what they were eating, many would eat less and save some of the money for the respirator.
The fact that Mr. Skinner is so worried about these laws that cities including New York have adopted demonstrates that they aren't redundant. If they were, there would be nothing to worry about!
It's a shame when the CEO of one of America's largest companies takes a stand against providing consumers with more information in a more convenient format.
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5-19-2008 @ 10:18AM
rick said...
The comment CAVE people is appropriate. If it were not for the CAVE people, we would have drilled in Anwar and the Gulf of Mexico and wwould be less dependent on foreign oil. We would have built the border fence and kept millions of dependent illegals out. We could have drilled in the lower 48. We would not be wasting money on bailing out people who were too stupid to buy what they could not afford. and we could eat what we want.
5-19-2008 @ 10:31AM
hank said...
He's a little pu**y! Great fries though. I don't give a s**t how many calories there are. I can't believe someone of his level is actually whining like a little 4th grade girl. Better check your package dude. I think you left it at the last rest stop when you and Ronald were having a chat!!!!
5-19-2008 @ 3:20PM
Jim said...
I have no objection to requiring restaurants to post calorie content of their dishes, so long as it's all restaurants. That's right, I said ALL. I want the fancy 4 star expense account French restuarants to provide calorie info as well. What's sauce for the Big Mac is sauce for the foie gras.
5-19-2008 @ 3:21PM
LeeAnn said...
The idiot here is is really do the whining is the writer of this article, ZAC BISSONNETTE!!!!!!
The CEO of McDonalds hit the nail on the head when he stated that it was the CAVE People who are the whiners.
Anyone knows that any type of fast food is not something you should be eating 3 meals a day, 7 days a week. Does not take a rocket scientist to figure that one out and posting all the caloric and nutritional information on menus is a waste of time. It is NOT what you eat, but HOW MUCH of it that is the key. Any person who doesn't live a CAVE life knows that.
These "Dudley Do Righters" are turning this country into a Dictatorship rather than a Democracy with all their whining about everything and anything. But I will gurantee you that if someone tried to change something the CAVE People do, they would be right in your face.
I would almost bet you that these are the same people who because they are into everyone elses business all the time are the same people who do not have the time to cook a nutritious meal for their families and are the ones supporting the "Take Out & Fast Food Industries".