McDonalds: London Olympics becomes McOlympics

[Donna Ferentes]

Football stadiums managed fine in the 80s.

As long as you didn't try to eat anything.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

Wouldn't make a difference.

much less chance of mcdonald as a sponsor. they are not exactly that popular over there.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

Expect Budweiser as the official beer anytime soon...

aargh!

 

[guinnessdrinker]

Well lets see what McDonalds are planning first.. who knows. maybe they're be part of the drive to Organic food.

organic fatty cholesterol laden burgers

 

[editor]

Does anyone have a link to this one?

It was on BBC London this morning. This is the only web link so far:
http://www.swimnews.com/News/displayStory.jhtml?id=4767

 

[kyser_soze]

much less chance of mcdonald as a sponsor. they are not exactly that popular over there.

True - in France it'd just be a retail chain like Carrefour or something equally big for the main Olympic park.

 

[kyser_soze]

While I appreciate that the London organisers are bound by the IOC's sponsorship deal, I really do feel that this is a big let down,"

As I thought - McDs are a global IoC sponsor so 2012 don't have a great deal of say in this.

"The Games are a showcase. People attending should be inspired to lead healthier lives, not sit there shovelling down junk food. I will be pushing Seb Coe and the rest of the organisers to approach McDonald's and try to get an agreement on provision of local, seasonal and organic food at the Games."

WE WANT ORGANIC JUNK FOOD DAMMIT!!!!!

 

[Azrael]

It makes a mockery of the whole games.

You mean in a way Coca-Cola/Pepsi sponsorship, doped atheletes, IOC corruption, and holding the previous competition slap bang in the middle of the world's largest totalitarian state haven't already?

Having McGrease sponder a celebration of the modern Adonis is rather chortesome, but I can't see any reason to get concerned. The Golden Arches pay out the most bucks within the law, and in a capitalist system, that's what counts.

Besides, I find their shite less disturbing that the TV-chef led heath fascist campaign going on at present.

 

[editor]

Besides, I find their shite less disturbing that the TV-chef led heath fascist campaign going on at present.

"fascist campaign"?

 

[rich!]

Anyway, if they were going to have local food, it'd be pie'n'mash, curry, and fried chicken.

Organic in this context means "fed on organic matter", of course, so expect a mass outbreak of BSE attributable to the 2012 Olympics...

 

[guinnessdrinker]

WE WANT ORGANIC JUNK FOOD DAMMIT!!!!!

you might but what about others?

 

[Azrael]

And what is this obsession with localism? No local sponsor can begin to cough up the sort of money we're talking about. If people would rather a less-absurd sponsor contribute, I could go along with that provided they had the financial muscle to replace Maccey D's, but they ain't going to be local. The market is now global.

This reminds me of the late 19th century Arts & Crafts movement. They bemoaned the mass-produced products made from standardised parts in soulless factories, and yearned for small production by an honest artisan. Problem is, this inflated their costs so wildly only the rich could affort to buy anything!

Harking after mythical idyls isn't going to solve anything.

 

[Badger Kitten]

I am sad but not surprised.

It will be like the US Corporo-lympics all over again, I bet.

 

[kyser_soze]

Jesus, have you had a sense of humour removal or something? (@ guinessdrinker)

 

[guinnessdrinker]

Organic in this context means "fed on organic matter", of course, so expect a mass outbreak of BSE attributable to the 2012 Olympics...

faeces are organic matter. anyone for an organic burger....?

 

[Roadkill]

Besides, I find their shite less disturbing that the TV-chef led heath fascist campaign going on at present.

Much as I'm not keen on TV chefs, I can't help thinking that it's as well someone - and not the government - is raising concerns about the health implications of the way we eat.

That said, I have a suspicion that TV chefs don't actually make that much practical difference. They make cooking look like something difficult that only the welathy and leaisured can do well, and that's not worth doing unless you've the money, time and ability to emulate closely their efforts. Which is shite.

 

[guinnessdrinker]

Jesus, have you had a sense of humour removal or something? (@ guinessdrinker)

hohoho! I am laughing my head off.

 

[kyser_soze]

Good, that was the intention

 

[Azrael]

"fascist campaign"?

Excuse me, I should have employed a hyphen. "Heath-fascist" campaign. The methods being employed against parents, who are all, we're led to believe, ignorant proles incapable of providing for their children (you're scum if your kids don't eat exactly what the wise Mr Oliver tells them to eat), have disctinctly fascistic overtones.

Which, considering the fact Mr Oliver's enforced grub has gone from haute quisine to "street food", is a bit of a rich. (As, indeed, is Mr Oliver.)

I believe in persuading people to do better (if indeed they need to be persuaded), not frogmarching them over to the mung-beans.

 

[Roadkill]

Harking after mythical idyls isn't going to solve anything.

If thinking that having more and more of the food chain under the control of a few very large companies is 'harking after a mythical idyll' then so be it. Count me in.

You're probably right about the Olympics needing a big sponsor though. it's just that McShit seems such an inappropriate choice...

 

[guinnessdrinker]

Excuse me, I should have employed a hyphen. "Heath-fascist" campaign. The methods being employed against parents, who are all, we're led to believe, ignorant proles incapable of providing for their children (you're scum if your kids don't eat exactly what the wise Mr Oliver tells them to eat), have disctinctly fascistic overtones.

Which, considering the fact Mr Oliver's enforced grub has gone from haute quisine to "street food", is a bit of a rich. (As, indeed, is Mr Oliver.)

I believe in persuading people to do better (if indeed they need to be persuaded), not frogmarching them over to the mung-beans.

what are the heaths up and down the countryside to with it or do you need to learn how to spell. give us some evidence about all this frogmarching before you carry on your nonsense.

 

[snorbury]

the olympics started in Greece, remember Grease is the word

 

[Azrael]

Much as I'm not keen on TV chefs, I can't help thinking that it's as well someone - and not the government - is raising concerns about the health implications of the way we eat.

Such a campaign isn't controversial, it's a truism. I fully supported Mr Oliver's programmes at the beginning. (Although I did question the wisdom of serving up fancy food in a school cafe.) It's his recent methods, and smug, condescending manner, I can't abide.

That said, I have a suspicion that TV chefs don't actually make that much practical difference. They make cooking look like something difficult that only the welathy and leaisured can do well, and that's not worth doing unless you've the money, time and ability to emulate closely their efforts. Which is shite.

Exactly, which is what the Pukka One twigged when he started serving "street food". Good cooking can be incredibly simple, and trying to convince people of that, instead of making them feel like they're waiting outside a suffragette cell with a hose, would be a good start.

 

[Roadkill]

I think we're arguing the same point from slightly different ends here, azrael!

 

[treelover]

bloody hell, didn't know that!

Maybe that's why we eat about half of all the ready meals consumed in Europe

 

[editor]

Excuse me, I should have employed a hyphen. "Heath-fascist" campaign.

<looks for link between McDonalds corporate sponsorship of the Olympics and Oliver's antics>

 

[guinnessdrinker]

<looks for link between McDonalds corporate sponsorship of the Olympics and Oliver's antics>

yes, another conspiracy to have fun with!

 

[TAE]

This is shameful.

Instead of delivering on their promise to make food at the 2012 Olympics "local, seasonal and organic", McDonald's has been - according to the BBC - awarded the contract to become the official caterer at the London Games.

<speechless>

I know it's a money making machine now, but that does not mean it should be or needs to be. McDonald's the official caterer at the olympics, whatever next?

Do you have a link for the original promise?

 

[Azrael]

what are the heaths up and down the countryside to with it or do you need to learn how to spell.

I'm dyslexic, so no, but it appears you could do with some manners. (Unless we're to believe you were unable to infer I meant "health".)

give us some evidence about all this frogmarching before you carry on your nonsense.

Watch his latest programmes, including the moment where he told a mother who complained about her child's new all-rice/pasta school diet to "go an see a nutritionist". (When I was rowing three days a week I didn't carbo-load like that.) Or the part where he calls parents "fucking arseholes", or words to that effect.

His whole campaign, which began as a perfectly proper attack on the low quality of outsourced, privatised school meals, now reeks of "nanny knows best" paternalism. Originally the children didn't know what's good for them (fair enough), but now the parents don't either. No wonder he seemed so matey with Mr Blair.

 

[Roadkill]

bloody hell, didn't know that!

The report, Consumer Trends in Prepared Meals, shows that the UK is already by far the biggest market in Europe for ready meals, accounting for 49 per cent of all sales. Second-placed France has a mere 20 per cent, followed by Germany with 14 per cent.

http://www.foodnavigator.com/news/ng.asp?id=18472-uk-meals-ready