McDonald’s sued over Happy Meals

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A US consumer advocacy group has filed a lawsuit against McDonald’s, accusing the fast-food chain of using deceptive advertising practices to lure children to the company’s restaurants. The lawsuit, brought by the Center for Science in the Public Interest, accuses McDonald’s of using the promotional toys included in its Happy Meals to get children to pester their parents into bringing them to its restaurants.

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Created by assawyer 2 years 22 weeks ago – Made popular 2 years 22 weeks ago
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tittiger 2 years 21 weeks 6 days 16 hours ago

yes that's what they do... SO FUCKING WHAT? The parents are stupid and let their children run the family.

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SeanD 2 years 22 weeks 3 hours 1 min ago

Need to register at FT.com to read - no thanks. Kids "pester" parents about/for things all the time. Blaming McD's over parents inability to parent is a cop out.

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Legal complaint URL

assawyer 2 years 22 weeks 17 hours 8 min ago

This is the URL to the complaint filed in CA court against McDonald's: http://cspinet.org/new/pdf/mcdonald_scomplaint.pdf

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