New McDonald's expected to be open by summer 2013 (From Gazette)
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New McDonald's expected to be open by summer 2013
1:13pm Tuesday 2nd October 2012 in News
COLCHESTER’S fourth McDonald’s is scheduled to open next summer.
Bosses of the fast food restaurant were given planning permission in May to open a new franchise at junction 28 of the A12 at Cuckoo Farm.
The chain already runs three restaurants in Stanway, Colchester’s Cowdray Avenue and in the High Street.
McDonald’s this week confirmed while it does not have an exact opening date for the restaurant, it is expected to be open by summer 2013.
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mirokou
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4:22pm Tue 2 Oct 12
crazy comments wrote:Spot on,,, collection of cars scattered all around different car parks throwing wrappers and cups wherever they park up. Perhaps a covenant with the council for Mc d's to be responsible for the litter within a 400 yard radius, obviously not including the A12.
More litter along the A12 then.
Say It As It Is OK?
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4:47pm Tue 2 Oct 12
angryman!!!
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5:24pm Tue 2 Oct 12
rhetoric
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5:07am Wed 3 Oct 12
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This is more than most fast foods outlets offer.
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The quality of McDs food and drinks does not seem to me to be the same as it was years ago, but then maybe I was hungrier and working harder then? Just maybe the ingredients are not the same for some reason?
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I wonder if the cost of feeding at McDs is less than the cheapest cost of providing a meal at home? Some of us can make a good, nourishing meal out of almost nothing, but it's a vanishing art! I can see that for a lone ranger, fending for themself, a quick fix of a burger with a bit of meat and a bit of greenery with a tomato might be appealing. They are benefiting from the tiredness and maybe laziness of workers who are beyond worrying about content and nutrition, not to mention variety.
FairPerson
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9:02am Wed 3 Oct 12
My family don't live out of fast food takeaways and I love cooking! My children will eat all kinds of Fruits and vegetables but sometimes we need a bit of indulgence! Haha
romantic
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9:20am Wed 3 Oct 12
Kids need to know how to cook at least a few basics, so that when they are launched into the adult world, they can surivive without existing just on fast food and takeaways. The trouble is that lots of parents live on ready meals and oven chips, so what hope do their kids have?
But the harsh reality is that places like McDonalds, KFC, Burger King are the ones doing well.
Litter is an issue from all of them. My own solution would be to have a deposit on the packaging, 20p say. Take the packaging back, you get the money back. But of course none of these companies wants all that stuff coming back to their doors.
rhetoric
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10:09am Wed 3 Oct 12
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This is another product that is less than mouth-watering. Years ago it did taste very good, something unusual to eat when pushed for time and maybe when travelling by car.
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Nowadays the chicken is slimy and the crumbed exterior is dry, nearly tasteless and there does not seem to be a hint of spice, just a burning sensation on the tongue. When the chicken is drier, apparently it is stringy because it's cut in a peculiar way. Once or twice was enough, and that's only because I looked after two young children who actually wanted KFC. I didn't encourage them, and have vowed to go out of my way to avoid KFC when we're out together.
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Real Southern Fried Chicken prepared with love of food is quite something, but even then, not a healthy choice.
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I do however repeat what I said before - there are people who work hard on low wages and fall into these places for a quick fix when they're too tired to shop, prepare and cook. Sometimes they are living in rooms and don't have much in the way of food preparation areas. Would easy-access salad bars be the answer? no! It's not something that appeals instantly to the taste-buds of an exhausted worker or mum.
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They, and we, will pay with NHS bills in the future, no doubt. Meanwhile we plod on giving everyone the choice of how they live their lives, and who could wish for anything different?
romantic
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11:49am Wed 3 Oct 12
rhetoric, you are right that we will all pay for the obesity problem in the future - but then look at the furore over the "pasty tax". There is more money in fast food and processed food than fresh, that is the bottom line.
It does take time to prepare food from scratch. Salad bars would probably appeal to those who already do that, but a family that lives on chicken nuggets and McDonalds isn´t going to get very excited about them!
But I also think a lot of people only eat this stuff because they do not know how to make things from scratch. This is why I think cooking is something that should be taught a lot more at school. It takes away the fear factor.
ShallowRemarks
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12:15pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Hampton23
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2:08pm Wed 3 Oct 12
25414nora
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3:38pm Wed 3 Oct 12
Smouldering Ewok
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4:16pm Wed 3 Oct 12
I like my shepherds pie and thats how it'll stay!
Antony-C
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5:01pm Wed 3 Oct 12
ColchesterBelgian
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12:49pm Thu 4 Oct 12
Sheila White
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3:51pm Thu 4 Oct 12
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Sdapeze
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5:59pm Fri 5 Oct 12
parentis
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11:00am Sun 7 Oct 12
Wrappers and cups from Mcdonald's meals make up the largest proportion of litter on Britain's streets, according to a new survey.
Fast food litter was second to cigarette ends in littering the country’s streets and 29 per cent of that was from McDonald’s restaurants, followed by boxes and cups from unbranded kebab and fast food shops. Greggs the bakers generated almost a fifth of the fast food litter, followed by Kentucky Fried Chicken, Subway and a number of coffee brands.
Keep Britain Tidy said fast food companies should be doing more to ensure that the country’s streets were tidier.
rhetoric
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11:26am Sun 7 Oct 12
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McDonalds do operate cleanups regularly, and obviously it won't be enough unless they are out there twice daily (or nightly), but in the end it's the lazy, dirty, litterlouts who cause the problem.
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Nobody is in business to make a loss, or alternatively you can say, less of a profit. If enforcement is carried out somehow to make a firm clean up day and night, then consumers are going to pay for it, it's that simple. A burger may be an occasional treat for most, but for some it's all they get in the way of even minimally edible/nourishing food. Sad, but true. It is currently affordable to most.
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Might be a help if instead of "tutting", that rare person who is on foot in the area picks up and tidies away some of the litter? How about taking a large bag on walks, and maybe a stick? Oh dear, I can see most recoiling in horror, but it would make a difference. I've done it myself in a residential area passed through by many primary and secondary school children and find that when it's regularly kept clear the litter dropping decreases also, but if I turn my back for a long time or am away from home, I return to find the litter increases dramatically - in other words if there's something lying on the grass verge already, today's children see no problem in adding to it. If the grass verge is tidy, they do at least hesitate and often take the litter home (or elsewhere?). Sadly, many of them drop whole packets of sandwiches on the way to school, by the way. Obviously don't like what they are given free by their parents!
wardyt
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1:58pm Mon 8 Oct 12
Secondly, if there wasn't the demand they wouldn't be building it.
Thirdly, think of the jobs that it will created.
irememberwhen
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4:19pm Mon 8 Oct 12
wardyt
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4:22pm Mon 8 Oct 12
wardyt wrote:*much
Firstly, the litter is not the fault of McDonalds but the scum bags who are too lazy to use the numerous bins provided. Rather munch like smokers who are too lazy to use an ashtray, so use the streets. Secondly, if there wasn't the demand they wouldn't be building it. Thirdly, think of the jobs that it will created.
crazy comments says...
1:26pm Tue 2 Oct 12