How the war in Gaza hurt McDonald’s sales
A McDonald’s franchise donated meals to soldiers in Israel. That led to a boycott in the Arab world
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Fast Forward Orthodox Jewish Man Sues McDonald’s For Not Hiring Him Due To His Beard
(JTA) — A Jewish haredi man is suing McDonald’s, claiming the fast-food giant violated his freedom of religion when it refused to hire him because of his beard. The plaintiff, who sued Wednesday, is represented by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in his claim against McDonald’s restaurant in Longwood, Florida that turned down his 2016…
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Culture The Secret Jewish History Of The Happy Meal
In June of 1979, 40 years ago, the world of picky eaters experienced a total game changer. That month, McDonald’s went national with a cardboard clutch containing a choice of hamburger or cheeseburger, a small drink, cookies, a small bag of fries and — of course — a toy. The Happy Meal, like the fast…
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Food McDonald’s Reports Record Sales in Israel
2017 was a good year for McDonald’s in Israel, and 2018 may just be better. The company has reached a peak of NIS 870 million (over $240.5 million) in sales last year and is expecting to reach NIS 1 billion (approximately $276.6 million) in 2018, Alonyal Ltd., the owner of the global fast-food chain’s Israeli…
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Fast Forward Yossi’s Mitzvah At McDonald’s Went Viral — For All The Wrong Reasons
(JTA) — A Jewish man generated a media storm with his video showing police kicking a homeless man out of South Carolina McDonald’s restaurant after he had treated the man to a meal there. Yossi Gallo of Myrtle Beach, whose mother, Dina Galimidi is Israeli, posted on Wednesday the video to Facebook, where it has…
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Fast Forward People Are Boycotting McDonald’s To Protest Trump’s Jerusalem Decision
President Trump is a known lover of McDonald’s — former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski recently claimed that the most powerful man in the world would often order two Big Macs, two Filet-o-Fish sandwiches and a chocolate milkshake for a meal during the campaign. But Trump’s decision to officially recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…
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Culture The Secret Jewish History of McDonald’s
There’s more than meets the eye in the title of “The Founder,” the new biopic of Ray Kroc. For while Kroc carefully cultivated his image as “the founder” of McDonald’s, two brothers named McDonald invented their namesake restaurant chain. By the time Kroc — a traveling salesman played by Michael Keaton in the film —…
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Breaking News McDonald’s Trip Leads to 9-Year-Old Ultra-Orthodox Girl Being Shunned
(JTA) — A haredi Orthodox Jewish man from London told a family court judge that his 9-year-old daughter was facing ostracism from their community after her mother allowed her to eat McDonald’s and go to a mixed-sex gymnastics class. The girl’s mother had left her husband and their insular community, according to reports in the…
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