Twelve people have been assessed by paramedics after a chemical canister was set off in McDonald’s.
Emergency services were called to the McDonald’s, on Eccleshall Road in Stafford shortly after 8.30pm tonight.
A total of 12 people, who were inside at the time, were scene by paramedics at the scene – with two expected to be taken to hospital with breathing difficulties.
Staffordshire Police, Staffordshire Fire and Rescue and West Midlands Ambulance service all attended the scene.
This indicates that McDonald is dealing with a difficult time. As it’s now facing a lawsuit as the customers accuse the chain of serving mozzarella sticks lacking in cheesiness.
A guy in California is pursuing $5 million in damages from your fast food giant for himself and 40 other consumers who have been supposedly served mozzarella sticks with inadequate cheese, based on the Business Insider.
The planned class action suit alleges the sticks aren’t “100% real cheese,” but instead partly composed of starch filler. “We mean to defend ourselves vigorously against these claims.”
The suit is seemingly not directly linked to recent social networking outrage triggered by McDonald’s customers who say they were served hollowed-out mozzarella sticks. McDonald’s started mozzarella sticks nationally in January within a new “McPick 2” promotion, allowing customers to decide two of the following for $2: a McDouble, a McChicken, small chips, and mozzarella sticks.
The mozzarella sticks will also be accessible on their very own, costing $1 for three sticks.
Two carers were caught having sex in a McDonald’s car park, a court heard.
26 Nikki Hollingworth, and Daniel German, 32, are accused of outraging public decency outside the fast food chain in Thurmaston, Leicestershire.
A court heard the pair were seen in the centre of the ‘lewd’ act in a vehicle while a handicapped teenage girl sat in a wheelchair in the back.
Giving evidence a customer said they were ‘shocked’ to see German with his pants down to his knees pressed against Hollingworth.
Kasia Stepien, who had only collected food to eat in her car, added: ‘I saw a lady laying against the vehicle with a man against her.
‘His belt was undone and her leg was up, at least one leg was up.
‘To me it was clear they were having sex, actually having intercourse. I could see part of his thigh.
‘His trousers would have been to his knees with his belt hanging down. I heard laughing as I drove by.’
Prosecutor Francis Lloyd added: ‘Initially Miss Stepien thought they were having a cuddle but when she drove past saw they were having sexual intercourse.
‘There’s a time and a place for everything and we would say that the car park of McDonald’s isn’t it. It’s acting in an indecent manner in a public place.’
Search for lobster rolls and chorizo breakfast bowls also.
There was the excitement -day McMuffins.
The burger giant first began testing this pizza-shop staple a year ago in Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey (fuggedaboudit!), also it rolled out the bites, served using a side of marinara sauce -loving Wisconsin.
In both scenarios, they were sold three. McDonald’s plans to keep this approximate price point for the time being. The sticks will be pre-fried, then baked in the eateries, in accordance with BuzzFeed.
The move comes at a time when McDonald’s is looking to turn around its declining sales. “While we’re still in the early stages of turning around our business, we are gaining momentum,” said company president and CEO Steve Easterbrook.
Together with the start of its All Day Breakfast last month, McDonald’s will add new items breakfast bowls with made-to-order and chorizo salads to bring back customers that have defected to higher-end fast food chains like Panera Bread and Chipotle Mexican Grill. It remains to be seen if customers need food that is fancier when they pull into the drive thru at the Golden Arches.
In the meantime, diners can nosh away with their hearts’ content.
McDonald’s new all-day breakfast menu that started this month is receiving lots of attention — and criticism — but that hasn’t prevented competitors from duplicating McDonald’s move. A minumum of one Burger King is serving some breakfast things throughout the day.
Burger King servers its all-day breakfast menu includes croissants, muffins, French toast, hash browns and a breakfast platter.
This past year, Burger King chose to enter the fast food breakfast wars by offering its burgers as part of its morning menu at breakfast.
Meanwhile, the supervisor in the McDonald’s location on the other side of the road, which is owned and run by an independent franchisee, said customer reaction to the brand new breakfast menu is “exceptional” and “busy,” with customers buying a variety of items from McMuffins to yogurt, hash browns, hotcakes and more.
Burger King didn’t react to a request for comment.
A spokeswoman for McDonald’s declined to give figures for how well the all-day breakfast menu is not undo, citing the business ‘s quiet period ahead of its own earnings release on Thursday. News reports mention not satisfy franchise proprietors who say the all-day breakfast menu is causing production problems in kitchens that possess a wider menu to organize.
The McDonald’s spokeswoman did share a comment from LeAnn Richards, a McDonald’s franchisee in Arizona.
“The many franchisees I’ve talked to are beyond thrilled with All Day Breakfast,” Richards’ statement read. “The franchisee community is as surprised by that survey as I was because we’re seeing such excitement and success in the restaurants. Customers love it, it’s exceeded expectations and the crew are really energized. It’s really fun to see these responses. Most of the early operational challenges have been overcome and it’s been a phenomenal success for everyone.”
McDonald’s franchisees believe the brand is in a “deep depression” and could be facing its “final days,” according to another survey. “Probably 30% of operators are insolvent.”
We are a swift-serve not a fast casual fast-food restaurant, like Five Guys or Chipotle. The machine may be facing its final days.”
Over a dozen franchisees expressed frustration with McDonald’s management, saying that CEO Steve Easterbrook’s turnaround strategy — which comprises initiatives like all-day breakfast along with a shift to digital ordering kiosks — is a diversion from the central problems of McDonald’s, like food quality and customer service.
“The lack of consistent direction from Oak Brook is frightening, McDonald’s continue to leap from one unsuccessful initiative to some other,” one franchisee wrote.
A second wrote, “I’ve experienced this company because the early 1970s but have not seen us this leaderless in all my time.”
The business ‘s reaction to their own frustration, one franchisee asserted, is for operators to “get outside of the system” and stop the business.
Several franchisees complained about all-day breakfast, saying that it goes against Easterbrook’s continued promises to simplify the menu and has complicated kitchen operations.
“The system is very lost in the moment,” one franchisee wrote. “Our menu boards remain bloated, and we are still trying to be too many things to too many people. … Matters are broken in the franchisee perspective.”
Franchisees also criticized the “Create Your Taste” application, allowing people to customize their hamburgers with premium ingredients.
Kalinowski interviewed 29 US franchisees covering about 226 restaurants for the survey. McDonald’s has more than 14,000 eateries in the US. We reached out to and will update if we hear back.
McDonald’s is attempting to animate business following seven straight quarters of same-store sales declines in the United States.
