Help Wanted at McDonald's (II)

Okay - it must be a regional thing.We just posted on the huge "Help Wanted" sign in the New Hartford, NY (store #825) McDonald's yesterday. And today we encountered the same type of sign in the Utica, NY Mohawk Street store (store #5340).We'll repeat ourselves and encourage the management to hire great people. Remember, the customers are counting on you.The McChronicles: A blog about, not affiliated with, McDonald's.Image: The McChronicl...

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Sign of the Times: Help Wanted at McDonald's

In what has been semi-seriously referred to as "the world's largest 'HELP WANTED' sign", the Sangertown Square Mall (New Hartford, NY) restaurant (store #6079) is clearly seeking some new employees.Based on this report The McChronicles jumped into action and paid the store a visit. Our food was great, and the service, though slowed a bit by the Presidents' Day no-school crowd, was fine. And, sure enough, we witnessed "the sign".This store experiences...

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Deconstructing McRib -- the story, the photographs...

The good people over at FastFoodFacts weblog have done the fast-food world a great service recently. They deconstructed the McDonald's McRib sandwich. For those McChronicles fans who are also McRib lovers, this is "must see" blogging. We do feel compelled to warn you, though, that this is some pretty rough stuff. After all, it takes a set of pretty strong eyes to stare down a McRib that has been stripped of its dignity (and condiments) and bared...

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McDonald's Sasquatch Ad

OK - first there was the BK fiberglass-faced King ads (freaky, scary, frightening, all come to mind).Then, McDonald's unleashed their equally peculiar "Hamster Ad" (see previous post on that) during the 2006 Super Bowl.Now we've got the "Sasquatch Ad" (Bigfoot, Yetti, whatever). We just spied it while watching the Olympic Women's downhill events.Both the Hamster Ad and the Sasquatch Ad follow the same format: a Ronald McDonald statue sits in repose...

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McDonald's Nutritional Information on Label

McDonald's Bob Langert, the man behind the company's "Corporate Responsibility Blog", just announced an interesting new initiative.According to Bob's post:"We are rolling out an iconic way of putting nutritional information on our packaging. Check out the graphic here, which shows the five key elements that will help customers more easily understand their choices at McDonald's." The McChronicles really likes this effort. We know that there are tables...

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McDonald's Olympic Champion Crew Blog

McDonald's recently unveiled their Olympic Champion Crew Blog.According to their inaugural posting:"For the first time ever, McDonald's is offering an inside look at the OlympicChampion Crew program by bringing you a series of blogs written by the crew members and managers present at the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games. You will have the opportunity to read blogs from McDonald's Olympic Champion Crew members from all around the world, each with...

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McDonald's Corporate Responsibility Blog

The McChronicles has posted about the new McDonald's Corporate Responsibility Blog and commented to it a couple of times.We are really positive about the effort because: 1) we believe in McDonald's and 2) so the author, Bob Langert, doesn't get discouraged.Once the mainstream blogosphere latches on we fear they will flame him for everything from trash to nutrition to the rainforest to animal rights to "Americanization" to ... you name it. He knows...

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SMS Report From Dissatisfied McChronicles Field Reporter

"Beep-Beep-Beep!". Field reports fly in from around the world here at The McChronicles. This SMS had an ugly tone.We will quote directly from the report so the true feelings can come through:"Waiting time was 20 seconds without anyone in line in front of us. Order taker didn't know about the meal we ordered. Had to seek assistance from a colleague. Didn't know how to remove receipt from the machine. Delivered food "to go" when we asked to eat in....

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New Hartford McDonald's: Impressive Drive-Thru Service

A McChronicles field reporter has reported some consistently tremendous service at the New Hartford, NY McDonald's drive-thru.The quote we grabbed is: "They must have put some really good people at the drive-thru recently because the feeling I get there has been great for several weeks."Its no secret that customers like their fast food served competently, with a smile. This store gets it. Great job New Hartford.The McChronicles: A blog about, not...

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