Israel/Palestine

King_David

(14,851 posts) Sun Apr 15, 2012, 05:56 PM Apr 2012

McDonald's Israel slashes price of benchmark Big Mac

Burger's price known as international economic benchmark demonstrating purchasing power.

If it is true that the price of a Big Mac is the best gauge of measuring a country’s purchasing-power parity, then Israel became a whole lot more affordable for its inhabitants overnight.

McDonald’s Israel slashed prices on a range of products at its 160-plus branches Sunday, including the benchmark Big Mac, which it cut from NIS 15.90 to NIS 11.90. Big Mac, Easy Mac, McFish Royal, McNugget and Corn-on-the-cob meal deals were reduced 16 percent from NIS 34.90 to NIS 29.90. Family meal deals were slashed by as much as 12%.

Related: Israelis work more per year than OECD averageMeitav: Government will be forced to raise taxesThe company implemented the reductions following a price hike of up to 40% on certain products at its 40 kosher branches during Passover. It said the temporary price hike was introduced to compensate for the increased cost of producing kosher-for-Passover items such as rolls made from matza meal.

http://www.jpost.com/Business/BusinessNews/Article.aspx?id=266110

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McDonald's Israel slashes price of benchmark Big Mac (Original Post) King_David Apr 2012 OP

They'd make bank Lawlbringer Apr 2012 #1

Mc-Washing? NT holdencaufield Apr 2012 #2

Quite the opposite... shaayecanaan Apr 2012 #3

Kol Hakavod le Makdonalds nt King_David Apr 2012 #4

Statement from Viva Palestina on McDonalds support of Israeli settlements oberliner Apr 2012 #5

Lawlbringer

(550 posts)

1. They'd make bank

Reply to King_David (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 08:23 PM

Apr 2012

if they sold corn on the cob here in the states. Just from me alone.

holdencaufield

(2,927 posts)

2. Mc-Washing? NT

Reply to King_David (Original post)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 10:22 PM

Apr 2012

shaayecanaan

(6,068 posts)

3. Quite the opposite...

Reply to holdencaufield (Reply #2)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 10:38 PM

Apr 2012

The head of McDonalds' operations in Israel is a man of the left, and refuses to open any branches in the illegal settlements either in the Golan or the West Bank.

Generally, I don't like McDonalds very much, either politically or nutritionally, but I'd make an exception in this instance.

Of course, given that we are all good liberals here and don't like to see illegal settlements being expanded in the West Bank, I am sure that we are all united in applauding such a principled stance.

King_David

(14,851 posts)

4. Kol Hakavod le Makdonalds nt

Reply to shaayecanaan (Reply #3)

Sun Apr 15, 2012, 10:55 PM

Apr 2012

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

5. Statement from Viva Palestina on McDonalds support of Israeli settlements

Reply to shaayecanaan (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 16, 2012, 06:48 AM

Apr 2012

McDonald's former chairman and CEO (1998-2002) Jack M. Greenberg was an honorary director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Metropolitan Chicago.

According to the Chicago Jewish Community Online (website of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago), McDonald's Corporation whose global headquarters is based just outside Chicago is a major corporate partner of the Jewish United Fund(JUF)/ Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. McDonald's Corporation was honoured during JUF centennial celebration in 2000 as a first tier corporate partner to the cause of Zionism.

Through its Israel Commission, the JUF "works to maintain American military, economic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and,when necessary, responds to counter negative media coverage of Israel".

The JUF runs its "Partnership to Israel" program with its twinned Israeli Lachish region, comprising the city of Kiryat Gat and the rural areas of Lachish and Shafir. It provides financial aid annually to help the development of Kiryat Gat and to promote further illegal settlements there. This city is built on stolen Palestinian land - the lands of the villages of Iraq al Manshiya and Al-Faluja whose residents were ethnically cleansed in 1949 in contravention of International Law.

With all these facts and evidence illustrating McDonald's Corporation unrelenting support to further consolidate the existence of these illegal settlements and causing unabated oppression of the Palestinians, VPM has substantiated its demand to support the boycott of McDonald's.

http://www.vivapalestina-my.org/boycott-israel-info/257-why-boycott-mcdonalds

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