Last but not least: of happy and less happy meals
Now the happy meals are under attack: the San Francisco City Council wants to ban fast food chains from boosting sales of these "happy" meals with toy gifts.
Only healthier Happy Meals that meet a list of strict nutritional requirements are then allowed to include toys as promotional gifts. "Healthy" in this case means less fat, salt and sugar as well as fruit and vegetables included.
"A huge victory for the health of our children" is how the initiator of this ban, a certain Eric Mar, sees it. Scott Rodrick, owner of ten McDonalds outlets in San Francisco, is understandably not overly enthusiastic. He complains that the city council has thus banned the term "Happy" from the popular children's meals. Councillor Mar, however, defends the decision: it is not a ban on "Happy Meals", but merely an incentive to serve healthier food. Happy Meal, unhappy Meal or whatever: whether the new law will make American kids less fat as they roll through the streets of San Francisco remains questionable. But hope dies last, after all ...
"A huge victory for the health of our children" is how the initiator of this ban, a certain Eric Mar, sees it. Scott Rodrick, owner of ten McDonalds outlets in San Francisco, is understandably not overly enthusiastic. He complains that the city council has thus banned the term "Happy" from the popular children's meals. Councillor Mar, however, defends the decision: it is not a ban on "Happy Meals", but merely an incentive to serve healthier food. Happy Meal, unhappy Meal or whatever: whether the new law will make American kids less fat as they roll through the streets of San Francisco remains questionable. But hope dies last, after all ...
