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McDonald’s France defends charging €1.75 for ‘filtered’ tap water

The chain claims it reduces use of bottle water and thus plastic but critics question the legality of charging. We look at France’s bottled water use and how tap water costs compare within Europe

McDonald's to grade its burgers in France with health A-E Nutri-Score

Fast-food giant will use French Nutri-Score system for its products online and on its app and later in order terminals in restaurants

French climate change activists blockade McDonald’s

Young climate change activists have blockaded a McDonald’s restaurant in the city of Bordeaux (Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine), with a banner asking: “Why eat now, what will kill us tomorrow?”.

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McDonald’s ‘Big Mac’ trademark cancelled in EU

McDonald’s has had its famous “Big Mac” trademark cancelled across the European Union, after a successful challenge from small Irish burger chain, Supermac.

McDonald’s offers to keep troubled Marseille branch

Fast food giant McDonald’s has offered to keep a Marseille restaurant open in its current format, in the wake of a public outcry and legal challenge that claimed its closure would threaten many locals’ jobs.

North Marseille fights to keep key McDonalds open

Residents and employees of north Marseille are fighting to keep a McDonald’s restaurant open after it was announced it would be sold and replaced.

I am fighting plans for the 71st McDo in Paris

Burger giant McDonald’s is being challenged by the Green mayor of the Paris second arrondissement over plans for a diner near a school. Jacques Boutault says it will spoil the fashionable Marché Montorgueil and attract children from the school which makes a point of healthy meals. Since ‘McDo’ arrived in France in 1979 it has grown to now have 1,400 diners, employing 74,000. Its turnover last year was €4.7billion. However, several mayors have, like Mr Boutault, opposed plans for new sites. In Paris, work has started on the diner, at Rue des Petits Carreaux and Rue Réamur and Mr Boutault has asked Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo to intervene. He told Connexion why.

World heritage town demands removal of McDonald’s ads

The mayor of a Saône-et-Loire town hoping for Unesco World Heritage status has demanded that McDonald’s advertising be removed, calling it “visually aggressive”.

Tuck into a burger with cutlery

While the rest of the world copes with their burgers single or double-handed, McDonald’s in France is offering diners plastic cutlery to keep their hands clean.

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McDonald’s France defends charging €1.75 for ‘filtered’ tap water

McDonald's to grade its burgers in France with health A-E Nutri-Score

French climate change activists blockade McDonald’s

McDonald’s ‘Big Mac’ trademark cancelled in EU

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