The "need" argument, again.

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This is just a snippet from today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article about McDonald's "voluntarily" getting rid of the SuperSize orders. The full article can be viewed here.

But notice that pesky "need" word in the interviewee's response. From my own personal and greedy perspective, I have no "need" for the city of Wauwatosa to even exist. I would rather it was absorbed into the city of Milwaukee, so that all those smug 'Tosa residents can give their last dollars to the tax base of a dying city.

Anyway...

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Change speaks to nation's lighter culture

By JOHN FAUBER and MARK JOHNSON
[email protected]

Posted: March 4, 2004

Supersizing - the culinary concept that became a symbol of obesity in America - will be eliminated by McDonald's, the fast-food giant that created the idea nearly 30 years ago.
Downsizing Supersizing

By the end of the year, its trademark Super Size fries and soda no longer will be available in more than 13,000 U.S. restaurants, except as occasional promotional items.

They won't be missed by Janet Keller, who stopped by a McDonald's in Wauwatosa on Wednesday.

"I don't think anybody needs a giant size," said Keller, who dines at the restaurant chain two to three times a month and never orders the supersize portions.
 
"I don't think anybody needs a giant size,"
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Brain? Heart?

What separates a freedom fighter from the enemy:

I don't think anybody needs (implying that others must subscribe to her values)

versus I may/may not need (and staying out of "everybody else's" business).
 
"I don't think anybody needs a giant size,"
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Simple solution. Dont dine there, and dont order giant size. But dont tell me what i do or dont need. Most overweight people could stop gaining weight and start triming down by simply pushing back from the table. No need for legislation, law suits and all.
 
Anybody who thinks McDonalds got rid of super sizes "for the children" is living in a world with pink skies and rainbows.

Now instead of getting one supersize fry folks will be ordering two regular size fries. McDonalds profits are gonna go up as a result because the price of two regulars is more than one supersize. And the margins on things that McD's supersize is really, really big.

Good business on McD's part. Gettin' rid of supersizes ain't got a damn thing to do with the children or fat people or any other bleedin' heart liberal cause - it's just good business.
 
I'm sorry, but if they're going to go after the fast food joints, they better take a good hard look at the buffet restaurants, such as Old Country Buffet, Panda Garden, etc. What about all of those brunch offerings on Sunday mornings? Have you seen the size of some people at these buffet joints?

I am being a little sarcastic here, and I really don't mean to impune people who are overweight. However, having the govt. and the trial lawyers step in to try and rectify the situation, is not what the USA is all about. It's about personal responsibility. No one is forced to eat at any specific restaurant. No restaurant is lying to people about the adictive nature of food. We need to get over this penchant for shirking our own responsibilities in favor of govt. ordered ones.

Same for gun lawsuits. We need to hold the criminal accountable for crimes. That's it! (Just to keep this gun related).
 
I rarely patronize McDonald's, but it looks like I won't be going there in the future. I actually order super-size stuff when I'm there because my strapping 6'6" frame demands all the food it can get. :) If you can't monitor your food intake... that's your problem.

I'm still quite in shock that they're doing something like this. I certainly can't say I saw it coming... offer low-fat/diet/healthier alternatives, yes, but not change in a significant way the existing menu.

McDonalds profits are gonna go up as a result because the price of two regulars is more than one supersize.
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Sounds reasonable.
 
The whole reason they started the Supersized deal was because of restaurants in Gas stations. They were losing money when people would buy a burger then walk to the gas station register and buy a 44oz drink from them for .99 instead of a med 16 oz cup for $1.20. They saw an avenue to make money and took it. I'm sure they see another avenue to make money now. Either they are in less gas stations or they own them. No one gives away money for free.
 
I think the way they're trying to make money by doing this is by avoiding the lawsuits on the horizon. Some fat kid already tried to sue them, claiming he did not know that eating Big Macs for lunch and dinner every day of his life was bad for him :rolleyes:

They're getting rid of the supersize, and they've added salads (good ones, too) to the menu. I think they're just trying to not be the next Phillip Morris or RJ Reynolds, paying money to people who couldn't exercise any self control.
 
"I don't think anybody needs a giant size," said Keller, who dines
at the restaurant chain two to three times a month and never orders the supersize portions.
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Good lord... Someone needs a few taps with the 'ol clue bat. A nice aluminum one, that makes a satisfying BINK! noise when it bounces of it's intended victims skull...

The sad connotations of the nanny state aside, it's a shrewd move on McDondald's part, they'll forestall lawsuit moves somewhat, and all the while, those that demand supersizing anyway will just buy another order of fries for more money than the supersizing cost, and increase McDonald's profit margins.

I wonder if the nanny-staters, once they realize this, will complain that McDonald's is exploting the "supersize loophole", just like they do about the AWB, and gunshows... :rolleyes:
 
If i wanted to eat healthy, i wouldnt be eating fast food. When you eat fast food, you dont care what your getting or how healthy it is.
 
I just heard tonight about a movie called "Supersize Me" that apparently won an award at the Cannes film festival. Some moron ate at McDonalds exclusively for a whole month and the movie chronicles the health "issues" that were the result. Gee, let me see, you eat crap for a month straight and you feel like crap, hmm, sounds logical to me. Was this filmmaker or anyone else surprised by this? Seems pretty stupid to me.
 
Ok, i'll occasionally get a supersize fries, but i can't finish the 84 oz barrel of soda that comes with it, nor will it fit my cupholder.
 
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