Chain: McDonald's

EarthShell Corporation
announces that the product design of its EarthShell Packaging® hinged-lid
containers for the McDonald’s Big Mac® sandwich has received final approval by McDonald’s Corporation.

McDonald’s Corporation
announced that annual earnings per share in constant currencies could be 4 to 5 cents lower than
previous guidance, primarily due to ongoing business challenges in Europe.

Paul Saber, McDonald’s U.S. franchisee and chairman of the National Leadership Council of owner/operators, will join McDonald’s USA as a senior vice president.

In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, McDonald’s is voluntarily recalling about 234,000 “Scooter Bug” toys. The toys were
distributed with McDonald’s Happy Meals for children under 3 years of age.

MIST Inc., a provider of wireless technology, is now conducting a major pilot of the MIST Freedom II Wireless point-of-sale (POS) terminal with McDonald’s.

McDonald’s USA announces that Tom Ryan, senior vice president of Menu Management/New Concepts for McDonald’s USA, will become the head of Marketing for McDonald’s USA, effective March 1.

McDonald’s tips off the New Year by introducing the “Next Big Thing” for its restaurants. NBA All-Star Kobe Bryant will be featured in the advertising campaign launching McDonald’s new Big N’ Tasty sandwich.

McDonald’s Corporation (NYSE: MCD) and Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) have collaborated to invent McMagination — a specially designed interactive kiosk for kids and Tweenagers.

Buzz Lightyear, the interstellar hero
from Disney/Pixar’s Toy Story and Toy Story 2 movies and
all-new animated television series, will be on a mission
to save the universe in a new Happy Meal from McDonald’s,
starting January 12.

Beginning January 15th, Southern California
McDonald’s
restaurants will unleash their Big Mac sandwich for 99 cents
on Mondays

Fifteen hometown McDonald’s crew people are being recognized for their participation in McDonald’s first-ever, International Crew Olympics, which took place on October 28.

McDonald’s reports that systemwide sales for November 2000 were $3.2 billion, an increase of 10% on a constant currency basis* compared with November 1999.

Three McDonald’s restaurants in San Francisco have installed StreetSpace Web Stations, allowing their customers to literally “walk up to the Web” for free.

McDonald’s Corporation today announced global results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2000.

McDonald’s today announced that Don Thompson will become president of its midwest division effective January 1.

What may be the world’s most famous, ever-changing slogan is about to evolve once more, and this time the commercials aren’t all that’s new at McDonald’s.

After an exhaustive national search for up and coming Hispanic talent, Diestra, a musical group from Atlanta, Georgia, was selected as the grand prize winner of “Lo Maximo de la Musica Latina” (The Best of Latin Music) contest, sponsored by McDonald’s.

McDonald’s Ty® Teenie Beanie Babies are returning to McDonald’s on Wednesday, October 25 for a special limited-time-only promotion.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency presented USA with its WasteWise Partner of the Year award, in recognition of its ongoing commitment to significant solid waste reduction.

Food, fun and fortune is what John Henderson, 48, of Las Vegas, found when he walked into McDonald’s for a meal and walked out an instant $1 million winner.

The largest collection of Happy Meal toys ever is hitting McDonald’s restaurants on Friday, October 13, 2000.

McDonald’s kicks off Founder’s Week 2000, the chain’s annual celebration of company founder Ray Kroc’s birthday that focuses on giving back to communities.

U.S. Swimmer Jenny Thompson is the first Olympian from the Sydney 2000 Games to be featured in McDonald’s “Olympic Smiles” commercial which features historic smiling moments from some of America’s most celebrated Olympians.

On September 12, McDonald’s Board of Directors raised the company’s annual common stock cash dividend to 21.5 cents per share, an increase of more than 10 percent from the 19.5 cents per share paid in 1999.