Happy Thanksgiving! McDonald's-style

Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is where The McChronicles found Ronald McDonald today.According to the show's announcers, the Ronald McDonald balloon weighs 375 pounds and requires 55 people to keep it on the right path.The McChronicles: a blog about, not affiliated with, McDonald's.Image: daylife....

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HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON from The McChronicles!!!

Let's kick off this holiday season with a spirited celebration of McDonald's!Here is what you get when you mix ElfYourself with McDonald's.Send your own ElfYourself eCardsThe McChronicles CAN'T WAIT to hear your COMMENTS ...The McChronicles: a blog about, not affiliated with, McDonald's.Video: ElfYourself and JibJ...

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McDonald's Monopoly Game

The McChronicles just wrapped up another losing season of the McDonald's Monopoly game. The best we've ever done is to score some free fries.Here is our unsuccessful game board and a McDonald's sign with an unfortunate typo on it. We would think that there would be a little quality control on the signs for a major promo program (not that WE haven't typo'd before ourselves).Maybe next year!The McChronicles: a blog about, not affiliated with, McDonald's.Images:...

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Quarter Pounder: The Store! (part 2)

The McChronicles recently reported on a very focused store called QUARTER POUNDER. This very unique McDonald's has only two items on the menu: quarter pounder with cheese and double quarter pounder with cheese (you can also buy fries and beverages). There are 2 QUARTER POUNDERs, both in Tokyo.Readers wanted to know WHAT? and WHY? So, The McChronicles investigated. Here is what we learned.According to a plugged-in McDonald's insider, "This is creative...

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McDonald's Supports People In Need

"... McDonald's has always had an understanding that charity is a good way to build good will. For the most part, it comports itself with dignity, very rarely discussing its charitable endeavors, most notably Ronald McDonald House."This is a quote from Bob Garfield, advertising critic and editor-at-large with Advertising Age. More on this subject can be read in an interesting article appearing in QSR Magazine.The article goes on to cite McDonald's...

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Attention McNugget Lovers

Today, McDonald’s launched www.nuggnuts.com , an online fan community dedicated to honoring the devoted fans of McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets. The site launched this morning to pay tribute to the 25th anniversary of the popular menu item. Fans will have the opportunity to show why they deserve a coveted spot in the Nuggnuts Hall of Fame, learn the official McNuggets pledge, and purchase exclusive Nuggnuts apparel. Two of the five individuals www.Nuggnuts.com...

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Quarter Pounder: The Store!

Apparently there is a McDonald's restaurant in Tokyo, Japan called QUARTER POUNDER that sells only two items:Quarter Pounder with cheeseDouble Quarter Pounder with cheeseThe first image is a grab from the QUARTER POUNDER store website.The second image is a grab from broccolicity.com website, where The McChronicles first heard of this interesting concept.From what we're able to gather, if you're in Tokyo, head to Omotesando Shibuya East and you'll...

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