McDonald's Taps Pop's Destiny's Child for Campaign
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McDonald's Corp. on Wednesday named female pop trio Destiny's Child as the new face of its "I'm Lovin' It" marketing campaign in a bid to expand its appeal among children and, importantly, their moms.
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McDonald's Corp's  plan to expand the beverage lineup at its U.S. restaurants with cappuccinos, lattes and other drinks is expected to add $1 billion to annual sales, a spokeswoman said on Monday.
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Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have signed on to do a promotion for McDonald's Happy Meals in France. Customers in over 1,035 outlets in the country will get a choice of a photo album, a coloring set, or a denim purse for every Happy Meal. McDonald's hopes...
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McDonald's Corp., which has been   criticized for marketing calorie- and fat-laden food to   children, said on Wednesday it is partnering with leading   biomedical scientists to fund research and programs aimed at   preventing childhood obesity.
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New menu items helped lift McDonald&#39;s to a 16th consecutive increase in monthly comparable sales, the fast-food giant said Wednesday, and more sandwiches are on the way.
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Washington: Recently regrouped pop band Destiny&#39;s Child are all set to replace singer actor Justin Timberlake as brand ambassadors for the fast food giant McDonalds.
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Sexy trio Destiny&#39;s Child have taken over from pop hunk Justin Timberlake as the new faces of fast food chain Mcdonald&#39;s. The new partnership, which was announced yesterday, will see the Bootylicious singers
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Fast-food chain Burger King  Holdings Inc said on Tuesday that, beginning late next year, it  will limit advertising aimed at children younger than 12 to  food and drinks that meet strict nutritional guidelines.
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A sampling of youth outreach efforts in the presidential campaign:
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McDonald's Corp., known for Big Macs and fries, is sending Ronald McDonald into elementary schools in an effort to push fitness and address childhood obesity.
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In a direct shot at rival chain Starbucks Corp., , McDonald's Corp.  is moving closer to adding lattes and cappuccinos to its menus nationwide, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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I want ice cream! And pickles! And communications equipment! Companies like Marlboro and Coke-Cola have known for years that placing their products into films translates into big sales bucks. The latest such product placement is a hamburger phone, which features in new teens-up-the-duff movie Juno.â¦
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By JULIA M. SCOTT  Each day LaShawna Fitzpatrick-Hughes fixes breakfast for her son Jayden, 6, and her daughter, Nylah, 2.  The Encino stay-at-home mom helps them tie their shoes and comforts them when they get scared. Now, she has one more task to add to her day: McDonald's critic.
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The Scottish Government is to target young drink-drivers by placing adverts on virtual billboards in Xbox 360 games.
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SINGAPORE - Spurred on by shouts of "Shove it in, shove it in!" 19-year-old Don Ezra Nicholas stuffed more than three McDonald's hamburgers into his mouth - without swallowing - and claimed a new global record at the end of Singapore's contest to be the world's wackiest.    Nicholas jumped up, pumped his fists in the air and shouted, "Yes! I am the burger king!" as he spat out the last bits of the 3 1/5 burgers that he hopes put him in the Guinness World Records...
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - Rap star Missy Elliott has popped up here and there in the past few years (namely, in a Doritos ad campaign), but there hasn't been much in the way of new music from her since 2005's "The Cookbook."
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LOS ANGELES, Feb 2 (Reuters Life!) - His marriage to pop star Britney Spears is on the rocks, his debut album opened to dismal sales and he's making TV commercials playing himself as a fast-food cook.