Sunday, September 13, 2009

It sucks to be PETA





PETA has been giving McDonald's a good going over in the last year with their Unhappy meal. How did all this pan out when we look at the figures...well here they are: sales for McDonald's went up in Canada and the U.S. in 2008 and 2009.

"The Canadian unit has enjoyed double-digit customer growth in recent months and sales will top $3-billion in 2009, up from $2.91-billion in 2008, another record year for the company. We are in excess of 15 million more guests than we had last year at this time, which is a very substantial number considering that the industry is under pressure,” reported John Betts, President of McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada Limited.

On Monday, McDonald's said its 2008 net profit soared 80 percent from a year ago, lifted by growing demand from consumers seeking low-cost meals in a deepening global recession. Net profit for the full year totaled 4.3 billion dollars, compared with 2.3 billion in 2007, the Oak brook, Illinois-based company said in a statement.

One must really question the effectiveness of PETA and animal rights when in the mighty words of PETA themselves " "This (McDonald's) is our No. 1 campaign and we're going to fight it until we win," spokeswoman Lindsay Rajt said Friday. Well they seem to be losing the battle. In spite of all PETA's protesting about McDonald's, the figures are up across the board.
And what about KFC? This fast food chain has been under PETA's guns for at least 5 years. They are still expanding their restaurants and menu. Has PETA given up on protesting against KFC? I guess it would suck to be PETA.


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