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McDonalds has blamed supply challenges following Brexit after warning customers that lettuce and tomato could be missing from its burgers. A series of posters have been put up at its fast food outlets across the UK explaining that some of our menu may be unavailable or have ingredients missing. The chain, which employs 120,000 people in Britain across its 1,300 UK restaurants, has urged customers to ask staff for further details about the problem. The posters, spotted by Twitter users in variou...

Getty This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. A group of investors is calling for McDonalds to oust its boards chairman and compensation committee chair.   "The board hasnt been able to take decisive action," CtW Investment Group executive director Dieter Waizenegger said. "Issues started to fester. They can erupt and create much larger crises further on."  "In a cha...

Whole Foods Worker Sends Mass Email Calling for Hazard Pay Plus, Pepsi is making a ‘Cocoa’ Cola, and more news to start your day Share this story Shutterstock An email sent to all Whole Foods team members reads, “Whole Foods does not have team members’ well being at heart.” At the beginning of the pandemic, grocers around the country instituted things like hazard pay and benefits, paying workers more and allowing them more flexible sick time in recognition of the risk they faced. Most...

NAUGHTY Exelon directors. Exelons board allowed CEO Chris Crane to escape accountability for massive corruption at the holding companys largest utility. Commonwealth Edison admitted in federal court to a multiyear bribery campaign that won favorable legislation from Illinois lawmakers. Former top executives, including ex-ComEd President Anne Pramaggiore, now face criminal charges. (Pramaggiore denies wrongdoing.) Crane failed to properly supervise his subordinates and instill a culture of integ...

Constellation Brands (NYSE:STZ) (NYSE:STZ.B) are both generally considered recession-resistant stocks. McDonalds operates and franchises more than 39,000 restaurants in over 100 countries, while Constellation owns over 100 brands of alcoholic beverages, including Corona, Modelo, and Pacifico. Visits to McDonalds and the consumption of beer usually remain stable through economic contractions, but both companies face secular headwinds. McDonalds faces stiff competition in the saturated fast food...

Photo: iStock. Dec. 18, 2020 Investors, who hold less than 1% of McDonalds shares, are calling for the resignation of the chains board chair as well as the compensation committee chair in regard to alleged mishandling of an investigation into the actions of former CEO Steve Easterbrook, according to Bloomberg. The group holds about 4.5 million McDonalds shares, but the New York City Comptroller and Connecticut Treasurer, who oversee each regions retirement systems, also signed the letter. The c...

Email Address When asked about the letter, McDonald’s said its board “maintains an active and engaged dialog” with shareholders and other stakeholders. “The board believes that there should be a balance of institutional knowledge and fresh perspectives among its directors and remains committed to ongoing board refreshment. With the help of outside counsel, the board is fully investigating all allegations of misconduct by Mr. Easterbrook, including his lies and deceptions, and has taken ...

Leslie Patton, Bloomberg News A McDonalds Corp. restaurant stands at night in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday, July 30, 2020. There are mounting concerns that the stay-at-home order in Melbourne, begun three weeks ago, will need to be extended, inflicting further damage on the economy. Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg , Bloomberg A minority group of McDonald’s Corp. investors has called for the resignation of two board members aft...

Law abiding gun owners and we need to draw a very clear line in the sand and say we are here. we are gun owners, and we are not the ones that you need to worry about. and we need to protect our second amendment rights. steve: all right. yesterday, on "the view." this conversation went down. watch this. >> dont tell everything they are going to do. if you are going to take peoples guns away wait until you get elected and then take the guns away. dont tell them ahead of time. >> thats what people ...

I am, you would agree with me. thats something that trump ad-libbed from the stage. steve: he made those comments high dollar fundraiser. you know, last week, elizabeth warren came out with her plan for medicare for all, and with the 52 gazillion dollar price tag and when joe biden referred to well, thats creative mathematical calculations and gymnastics that went into that, she pushed back. warren pushed back at him saying the figures were calculated by people from your administration, joe. and...