- UK animal rights group blockades four McDonald’s depots https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/may/22/animal-rights-protesters-blockade-four-mcdonalds-distribution-centres-in-uk 11 comments worldnews
- McDonald's faces first UK industrial action http://www.bbc.com/news/business-41143869 7 comments worldnews
- Fecal bacteria found in drinks at UK branches of McDonald’s, Burger King and KFC http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/20/poo-bacteria-found-in-drinks-served-by-mcdonalds-burger-king-and-kfc.html 19 comments worldnews
- McDonald's brings free wireless charging to UK 'restaurants' http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2389503/mcdonalds-brings-free-wireless-charging-to-uk-restaurants 8 comments technology
- McDonald’s Set to Become the Biggest Children’s Book Distributor in the UK http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/mcdonald-8217-set-become-biggest-children-8217-book-181500152.html 4 comments books
- UK McDonald's Fines Customers Who Take Too Long to Eat http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2225434,00.html 22 comments reddit.com
- McDonald's UK boss says fast-food chain faces weekly sex abuse claims https://www.todayonline.com/world/mcdonalds-uk-boss-says-fast-food-chain-faces-weekly-sex-abuse-claims-2305246 24 comments worldnews
- McDonald's seeks rent cut from UK landlords https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-52520109 22 comments worldnews
- Coronavirus UK: McDonald's 'to reopen in May' as traffic grows https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8252819/police-try-restore-order-huge-queue-forms-outside-burger-bar-meatliquor.html 12 comments worldnews
- Coronavirus: McDonald's to close all UK restaurants - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/technology-51999604 3 comments worldnews
- McDonald's will close down in the UK and Ireland (including Drive-Thru and Delivery Service) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/mcdonalds-closed-coronavirus-uk-latest-delivery-drive-thru-a9417361.html 6 comments worldnews
- There are more food banks than McDonald's in the UK. The shocking figures reveal there are 800 more food banks than branches of the fast food chain https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/more-food-banks-than-mcdonalds-17374595 22 comments worldnews
- Poverty, illness, homelessness – no wonder McDonald’s UK workers are going on strike https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/01/poverty-ill-health-fast-food-workers-striking-mcdonalds-shareholders 5 comments politics
- McDonald's UK pays £123m in royalties to Luxembourg http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/10/29/mcdonalds-uk-pays-123m-in-royalties-to-luxembourg/ 54 comments europe
- Roald Dahl book to be given away with every McDonald’s Happy Meal in the UK http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/22/roald-dahl-book-give-away-free-mcdonalds-happy-meal 443 comments books
- UK McDonald’s to start breathalyzer tests for customers http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2015/05/04/uk-mcdonalds-to-start-breathalyzing-customers/ 3 comments nottheonion
- McDonald's, KFC, PepsiCo & Mars Invited to Write UK Policy on Diet & Health http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/335460/mcdonald's,_kfc,_pepsico_and_mars_invited_to_write_uk_policy_on_diet_and_health/#paragraph4 80 comments worldnews
- Heart Attack: McDonald's and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/nov/12/mcdonalds-pepsico-help-health-policy 20 comments worldnews
- Investors See McDonald's as a Safer Bet then UK Government Bonds http://www.money.co.uk/article/1002252-investors-see-mcdonalds-as-safer-bet-than-uk-economy.htm 59 comments business
- Man throws rodents into a McDonald's in UK in apparent anti-Israel protest https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/man-throws-rodents-into-mcdonalds-uk-apparent-anti-israel-protest-2023-10-31/ 13 comments worldnews
- Mcdonalds closing all UK restaurants starting tomorrow at 7pm https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/fn8d4r/mcdonalds_closing_all_uk_restaurants_starting/ 20 comments wallstreetbets
- McDonald's to temporarily close all UK, Ireland restaurants amid coronavirus outbreak https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-mcdonald-s-corp-br/mcdonalds-to-temporarily-close-all-uk-ireland-restaurants-amid-coronavirus-outbreak-idukkbn21913r?il=0 6 comments worldnews
- UK McDonald’s has been accused of launching a “grotesque marketing strategy” that endangers public health by encouraging customers to eat more fast food in exchange for prizes such as fries, desserts and fizzy drinks. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/17/tom-watson-urges-mcdonalds-cancel-unhealthy-campaign-promotion 80 comments worldnews
- McDonald's and PepsiCo to help write UK health policy | Politics | The Guardian http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/nov/12/mcdonalds-pepsico-help-health-policy?cat=politics&type=article 6 comments reddit.com
- Ye Olde (Mock) Tudor McDonald's, Oxford, UK https://www.headington.org.uk/images/images_food_drink/macdonalds.jpg 14 comments europe
- McDonald's and Nando's shut down all their UK restaurants, even for takeout https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/23/business/mcdonalds-nandos-coronavirus-closures/index.html 3 comments worldnews
- Manhunt after gunfire outside Hull McDonald's restaurant - Armed officers arrived quickly - UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-35213697 50 comments worldnews
- They won't be lovin' it: McDonald's admits 90% of employees are on zero-hours contracts without guaranteed work or a stable income - Fast-food chain is potentially the largest zero-hours employer in the UK’s private sector http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/they-wont-be-lovin-it-mcdonalds-admits-90-of-employees-are-on-zerohours-contracts-without-guaranteed-work-or-a-stable-income-8747986.html 3818 comments worldnews
- McDonald's to move non-US tax base to UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38252802 32 comments worldnews
- The UK Foreign Office’s top civil servant Sir Simon McDonald has admitted the government’s failure to join an EU bulk-buying scheme was a ‘political’ decision, not an e-mail communication error. https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/top-stories/british-diplomat-admits-political-decision-not-join-eu-bulk-buy-schemes-not-e-mail-error-1-6617185 5 comments worldnews
- UK Reading festival accused of ‘hypocrisy’ for giving away free McDonald’s chicken while demanding climate change action - ‘When more experts are encouraging people to adopt a plant-based diet to fight climate change, you are going in the opposite direction’ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/reading-festival-free-mcdonalds-chicken-climate-change-a9073921.html 11 comments worldnews
- McDonald's to switch to paper straws in UK after customer campaign - Fast-food chain, which uses 1.8m straws a day, says plastic straws will go by 2019 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/15/mcdonalds-to-switch-to-paper-straws-in-uk-after-customer-concern 7 comments worldnews
- McDonald's employees trained in skills needed to run outlets for the fast-food chain can get credit toward high school diplomas in the UK http://www.cnn.com/2008/world/europe/01/28/mcdonalds.education.ap/index.html 2 comments reddit.com
- McDonald's new paper straws - described as "eco-friendly" by the US fast food giant - cannot be recycled. Last year, it axed plastic straws, even though they were recyclable, in all its UK branches as part of a green drive. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-49234054 123 comments worldnews
- Watchdog backs ‘healthy’ McDonald’s Happy Meal ad on children’s TV - The UK advertising watchdog has ruled that McDonald’s Happy Meals can be advertised during children’s TV shows because they are “healthy”, but banned ads for KFC and Kellogg’s Coco Pops for promoting junk food to young people. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/aug/08/mcdonalds-happy-meal-healthy-advert-children-asa 28 comments worldnews
- McDonald's will replace plastic straws with paper ones in all its UK and Ireland restaurants, starting from September. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-44492352 1143 comments worldnews
- Half of advertisements children see on television are for junk food, sugary drinks and outlets such as McDonald’s, prompting fresh calls for tougher action to limit exposure to them. UK ministers urged to limit food ads before 9pm watershed as childhood obesity soars. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/31/half-of-tv-ads-seen-by-children-are-for-junk-food-and-drink-report 48 comments worldnews
- McDonald’s faces its first strike since it opened in the UK in 1974, as well as protests by unions and the public at several restaurants over pay and working conditions. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/sep/04/mcdonalds-workers-strike-cambridge-crayford 7 comments worldnews
- UK's biggest party calls for return of railways to public ownership after fare hike - Shadow transport secretary Andy McDonald said bringing the railways back into public ownership was "a hugely popular" policy with "the vast majority of people in this country". http://news.sky.com/story/labour-calls-for-return-of-railways-to-public-ownership-after-fare-hike-10715746 26 comments worldnews
- McDonald’s moves international base to UK after run-in with EU tax regulators: Move away from Luxembourg appears politically motivated, but McDonald's says the choice of Britain as the destination is a post-Brexit vote of confidence http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/mcdonald-s-moves-non-us-base-to-uk-after-run-in-with-eu-tax-regulators-a7464106.html 17 comments worldnews
