A Plant Lettuce Tomato Review

I drove to Canada to try the McDonald's P.L.T.- Forbes
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Fake "Test" of Fake Meat

Folks, this is not a "test", it's a done deal. It's no more a "test" than McCafe was "tested" in the state of Michigan in 2008. Both companies generated this week's publicity with press releases and announcements on their websites.

Consider this - a major chunk of the share price of Beyond Meat (BYND) is their investors' expectation that McDonald's would eventually serve the product. If this was a real "test" it would have been done in an obscure market without much fanfare. Because, if the "test" 
didn't pan out the value of a BYND investment would drop like a rock.

The fact that both companies created so much press and the "test" is being done in a prominent marketplace means they can't go back. 

From: beyondmeat.com

Upcoming 2nd Annual NOA Meeting

Upcoming 2nd Annual NOA Meeting
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McDonald’s Changing Retail Partner

McDonald’s is changing its packaged coffee partner
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Fake Meat to be "Tested" in McDonald’s Canada

It would be interesting to know how much Beyond Meat stock Don Thomson was able to sell
to McDonald's executives, past and present.

Beyond Meat’s stock soars after McDonald’s unveils test of company-made P.L.T. burgers

Bloomberg Celebrates McDonald's CEO

They got some things right and somethings wrong but at least they talked to a few Owner/Operators.

Steve Easterbrook Wants McDonald’s to Think Like Silicon Valley
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McDonald's Rewards Shareholders With 8% Dividend Hike

It's Good To Be a MCD Shareholder
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Chick-fil-A’s Sales Have Doubled Since Boycott

Chick-fil-A’s Sales Have Doubled Since LGBT Boycott Began in 2012
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Fake Meat Update

Beyond Meat hamburgers at McDonald's won't big a deal: strategist
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Your Next President Will Decide What You Eat

Yang: Government Needs to 'Modify Americans’ Diets' by Taxing Cattle Industry
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Taxing Isssues

The Must-Know Tax Reform Business Changes for McDonald’s Franchisees
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The Plastic Straw Fraud

"Straws account for a nearly immeasurable amount of refuse in the ocean, yet laws are being changed at the whim of a widely shared conspiracy that they pose a significant risk to the planet despite significant evidence to the contrary." 

Why Plastic Straws Are Actually Better For The Planet Than Paper Straws
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Fast Times on McDonald's Agency Changes

Why the future of McDonald's marketing looks a lot like Nike's
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Don't Go To McDonald's - Says McDonald's Corp.

McDonald's urges customers to 'stay home'

McDonald's is calling the world's attention
to its huge and ever-growing delivery business this month with a special 'Global McDelivery Night In' on Thursday, an event the mammoth burger-based QSR is pulling off in partnership with Uber Eats...
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Seeking Alpha on McDonald's

I don't usually post articles from Seeking Alpha because it's just some one's opinion and the articles are written for money, not necessarily for insight.

But this one is different as the author recognizes the importance of the Owner/Operator in 
the future of the McDonald's business.

It's Not The End Of McDonald's Tug-O-War With U.S. Franchisees
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Uber Continues to be a Cash Burning Machine

California Just Made Uber’s Survival Odds Even Longer - Bloomberg

McDonald's Announces Another Tech Aqusition

Inc.com asks, "Is McDonald's in the food business or the tech business?"

We ask - Are these technology companies intended to improve productivity or are
they meant to be a profit center for McDonald's Corp. funded by franchisees?

McDonald's Just Made Another Surprising Move, and It Could Change Some of the Biggest Things About McDonald's - Inc.com

Here's the corporate press release
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McDonald's Is Testing Plastic-Free Concept Stores

Labeling these as "A Better McDonald's Store" is a huge mistake
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Wendy's to Launch Breakfast: Again

     Wendy's hiring 20,000 employees

Prepare to be Boycotted

Boycott culture goes after large and small targets – Boston Herald
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Rest In Peace - Clark Stringham

A McDonald's Owner/ Operator since 1974
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How Much Will the MCD PAC Give to Extremist Dems?

Seven minutes of fun discussion

'The Five' react to climate change plans proposed by Dems on CNN
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So This is How Corporate BODs Work

Interesting insight into what motivates boards of directors - WaPo
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McDonald's Boosting Training to Reduce Harassment

While this might be a worthwhile program the publicity campaign makes it seem like
every McDonald's has a huge harassment and violence problem.
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Bogus But Interesting Lawsuit

McDonald’s, franchisees colluded to not recruit or hire each other's employees
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