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Ichingcarpenter

(36,988 posts)
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 07:43 AM Jul 2012

London: No chips for you unless you get them at McDonalds

Hundreds of food outlets at Olympic venues have been forced to take chips off the menu, because of a demand from sponsor McDonald's.


Olympic chiefs have banned all 800 food retailers at the 40 Games venues across Britain from dishing up chips because of 'sponsorship obligations.'


The only loophole in the agreement, announced in a memo to staff, is that chips can be served with fish - safeguarding Britain's most famous dish.


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2172168/London-Olympics-2012-McDonalds-force-Olympics-bosses-ban-restaurants-selling-chips-unless-FISH.html#ixzz20PLJd6Ko

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London: No chips for you unless you get them at McDonalds (Original Post) Ichingcarpenter Jul 2012 OP
That would be 'fries' to us 'Mericans... JHB Jul 2012 #1
Vlaamse Frites jberryhill Jul 2012 #2
Interesting... JHB Jul 2012 #7
I believe it's the Dutch that tend to call them Flemish jberryhill Jul 2012 #8
So much for competition RandiFan1290 Jul 2012 #3
Change them slightly - crinkle cut, make wider, etc. TlalocW Jul 2012 #4
Daily fail. Javaman Jul 2012 #5
Sorry but its true just goggle it yourself... Ichingcarpenter Jul 2012 #6
Okay, I believe it now... Javaman Jul 2012 #9

JHB

(37,159 posts)
7. Interesting...
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:03 AM
Jul 2012

Which part? Is it the Flemish claiming them as their own? Or the Walloons saying "eh, don't blame us, it belongs to the other guys"?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
8. I believe it's the Dutch that tend to call them Flemish
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 10:17 AM
Jul 2012

It's like VD, everybody blames someone else.

RandiFan1290

(6,229 posts)
3. So much for competition
Thu Jul 12, 2012, 08:19 AM
Jul 2012

Free market and all that

They are scared to death of competition. Even they know their food tastes like crap.

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