Fast Food, USA : The List
Lettuce, onion, tomato, syringe: Whether it's a needle, a condom, or a fully fried chicken head, there are some things you never think you'll find in your food.

10 disgusting objects allegedly found in fast food

How would you like a side of used Band-Aid with your hamburger meal? A look at chain-restaurant orders gone terribly awry

 
Fast Food, USA : Opinion Brief
Burger King's shift to buying eggs that come from free-range chickens may win over more customers than create more cruelty-free conditions for the birds.

Burger King's shift to cage-free eggs: A game-changer?

The massive fast-food chain promises to offer more humanely produced food. Is this a tipping point in the movement toward better treatment of livestock?

 
Fast Food, USA : Slideshow

The cheeseburger pizza and 9 other Frankenstein fast foods: A slideshow

Cheeseburger or pizza? Why not both? These gut-busting creations are ideal for the indecisive junk-food addict

 
Fast Food, USA : Analysis
Some health facilities house as many as five different fast-food outlets, including McDonald's, the target of a watchdog group's campaign.

Should Big Macs be sold in hospitals?

A watchdog group wants health centers "to stop fostering a food environment that promotes harm" by banning on-site McDonald's outlets

 
Fast Food, USA : Controversy
In a Burger King commercial that's been pulled off the air, Mary J. Blige sings about a fried-chicken wrap and some commentators have perceived racist dimensions in the spot.

Mary J. Blige's Burger King ad: 'Racist' or just 'hilarious'?

The fast-food chain pulls an ad featuring the soulstress that triggered a wave of mockery and criticism

 
Fast Food, USA : Opinion Brief
Burger King is giving its menu a healthy makeover, adding salads, wraps, and fruit smoothies alongside its calorie-heavy Whopper.

Burger King's healthier menu: Can BK launch a comeback?

The house that Whopper built shakes things up by offering smoothies and salads alongside its artery-clogging burgers and fries

 
Fast Food, USA : Fact Sheet
Now available in Austria: A breaded, deep-fried, bacon-boasting version of the McRib, curiously dubbed the McRibster.

The McRibster: A new, improved, European McRib? 

Across the pond, McDonald's rolls out an evolved version of its cult-favorite pork sandwich — now deep fried and topped with bacon

 
Fast Food, USA : Burning Question
A pig is herded through a confinement facility: McDonald's announced it will do away with gestation pens, which keep pregnant pigs confined from one another.

McDonald's ban on tiny pig crates: A 'tipping point' for animal welfare?

The fast-food giant pleases animal-rights activists with a promise to phase controversial cages out of its supply chain

 
Fast Food, USA : Instant Guide
Dig in! McDonald's hamburgers will soon be free of beef trimmings washed in bacteria-killing ammonium hydroxide, or "pink slime."

McDonald's burgers: Now without 'pink slime'?

The fast food giant will stop using ammoniated beef following pressure from Naked Chef star Jamie Oliver

 
Fast Food, USA : Opinion Brief
Taco Bell's "First Meal" is the Mexican fast food chain's foray into breakfast with menu items including a sausage and egg wrap and egg burritos.

Can Taco Bell own breakfast?

The Mexican-inspired restaurant chain is targeting the morning market. But can it lure customers away from McDonald's?

 
Fast Food, USA : Opinion Brief
Have it your way, at home: Burger King is testing out home delivery on select items at several Washington, D.C.-area fast food joints.

Burger King's home delivery plan: A 'couch potato's dream'?

America's No. 3 burger chain is testing a new plan to get its mojo back: Delivering Whoppers to your door

 
Fast Food, USA : Instant Guide
McDonald's is temporarily replacing the little plastic trinkets in British Happy Meals with children's books in an attempt to boost literacy, creativity, and, perhaps, its public image as well.

Could McDonald's become a leading book retailer?

It's not as far-fetched as it may seem. Mickey-D's will soon be replacing the toys in its British Happy Meals with children's books — at least for a month

 
Fast Food, USA : Instant Guide
A high-fat diet can actually re-program the structure of the brain, new research conducted on rodents suggests.

Does fast food cause brain damage?

Burgers and fries might not only be bad for your heart and waistline — they could also hamstring your brain's ability to help you shed pounds

 
Fast Food, USA : The List
Wendy's is expected to rack up more than $8.4 billion in U.S. sales this year, besting Burger King by about $50 million.

How Wendy's beat Burger King: 5 theories

Boasting a new menu and gourmet ingredients, Wendy's has knocked BK from our fast food nation's No. 2 slot

 
Fast Food, USA : Analysis
McDonald's McRib sandwich is reportedly too low-margin for the fast food joint to offer it year round.

The McRib's suspiciously 'limited' availability: 4 theories

Fans of McDonald's enigmatic pork sandwich demand to know why they can't chow down on McRibs all the time. Good question...

 
Fast Food, USA : Controversy
Hogs in the holding pen of the Smithfield Hams factory, which is the pork supplier for McDonald's McRib and is facing scrutiny for inhumane farming methods.

McRib controversy: The pork supplier’s 'hellish' methods

Will fans of McDonalds' saucy sandwich still be lovin' it after the Humane Society's disturbing allegations?

 

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