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  • Sunday, 19 February, 2023
    News in-depthFrench economy
    Macron versus McDonald’s: how France ditched disposable food packaging

    ‘Anti-waste’ law has been costly for casual dining chains to implement and some doubt its environmental benefits

  • Wednesday, 8 February, 2023
    McDonald’s signs deal with UK equalities watchdog over sexual harassment complaints

    Fast-food chain vows to protect staff in legally binding agreement after wave of claims

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    News in-depth
    McDonald’s court ruling turns up heat on corporate executives

    Decision allowing lawsuits against company’s officers for ‘oversight’ failures could open new front in litigation

  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    SEC charges former McDonald’s chief with misleading investors

    Steve Easterbrook agrees to $400,000 civil penalty and five-year ban on directorships

  • Friday, 6 January, 2023
    McDonald’s to up pace of restaurant openings and hold ‘tough’ talks on staffing

    Simpler menus and revamped technology will be introduced as part of effort to rein in costs

  • Wednesday, 14 September, 2022
    LexFood & Beverage
    US fast food: inflation will ketchup with burger flippers soon enough Premium content

    McDonald’s and Co are benefiting from the fact that — for now — eating out can be cheaper than cooking at home

  • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
    James Max
    Rich People’s Problems: Saving the dinner party with McDonald’s

    Economise by all means, but keep entertainment on the menu

  • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
    Food Prices
    McDonald’s raises price of 99p cheeseburger for first time in 14 years

    Rising inflation forces fast food giant to add 20p to cost of signature burger in UK outlets

  • Thursday, 16 June, 2022
    McDonald’s agrees to pay €1.25bn to settle French tax dispute

    Settlement follows probe by prosecutors into claims US fast-food chain diverted income abroad

  • Sunday, 12 June, 2022
    Russian business & finance
    Russians get first taste of rebranded McDonald’s

    New local owners of fast-food chain’s operations open 15 Moscow stores under different name

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    Investor activism
    Carl Icahn loses proxy fight with McDonald’s over pig welfare

    Billionaire activist had sought two board seats at fast-food chain in campaign to end caging of sows

  • Friday, 20 May, 2022
    Frederick Studemann
    McDonald’s departure from Moscow marks the end of an era

    Thirty-year-old predictions about Russia’s post-Soviet future now look like western hubris

  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    McDonald’s sells Russian business to Siberian entrepreneur

    Alexander Govor to take over chain’s restaurants under new brand and different menu

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    McDonald’s to sell its Russian business over Ukraine war

    Fast-food chain expected to book non-cash charge of up to $1.4bn for exit

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    Moral Money
    Carl Icahn wades into the ESG debate Premium content

    Corporate raider tells us his McDonald’s proxy fight is a vital test case

  • Wednesday, 9 March, 2022
    War in Ukraine
    McDonald’s leads fresh exodus of western consumer brands from Russia

    Coke, Pepsi, Starbucks, Yum Brands and Unilever pull back after invasion of Ukraine

  • Wednesday, 23 February, 2022
    Brooke Masters
    Carl Icahn’s push for happier McDonald’s pigs is just the start

    Investors won’t sit by idly when companies fail to match stakeholder rhetoric and ESG promises with genuine action

  • Tuesday, 22 February, 2022
    Due Diligence
    Hold the bacon: Icahn orders a proxy battle at McDonald’s Premium content

    Plus, Shari Redstone faces new foes in the streaming wars and Brookfield teams up with a tech billionaire to buy Australia’s dirtiest utility giant

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    Lex
    Carl Icahn/McDonald’s: animal rights fight shows activism is evolving Premium content

    Investors are pressing companies over matters where blunt profit maximisation is not the issue

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    Carl Icahn launches board fight at McDonald’s over treatment of pigs

    Activist investor has nominated two board directors in row over practice of keeping pregnant animals in crates

  • Tuesday, 21 December, 2021
    McDonald’s Japan to ration fries after supply chain crunch

    Fast-food group to serve smaller servings following Canada port backlog

  • Thursday, 16 December, 2021
    McDonald’s claws back $105m from disgraced former chief Steve Easterbrook

    Settlement follows scandal over relationships with subordinates

  • Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
    Chinese business & finance
    China presses McDonald’s to expand e-currency system before Olympics

    Digital renminbi issued by central bank draws security concerns from US critics

  • Friday, 17 September, 2021
    Tim Hayward
    Lab-grown meat isn’t about sustainability, it’s big business

    Once ‘meat’ can be manufactured convincingly, those who own the IP will want you to consume much more of it

  • Sunday, 20 June, 2021
    McDonald’s to hire 20,000 staff as part of UK and Ireland expansion

    Burger chain to open more than 50 restaurants despite growing labour shortages

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