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Article: Day without Big Macs.
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- Borderlines
- Article date:
- April 1, 1996
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 International Relations Center. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Imagine a day without Big Macs. That's what Britons experienced as one of the early effects of the mad cow crisis which has decimated a centuries-old way of life and has sent shock waves around the world. That this human and cultural tragedy should have a silver lining is a cause for hope; McDonalds, the ultra-rational super corporation with its global "let them eat burgers" mission, was unable to sell its iconic product, the Big Mac, for a day. This interruption of "business as usual" demonstrates the limits of the "freedom" of the market. For one day, the market was not free. British "burgers" of McDonalds, the global supra-state, were denied the ability to eat the ...
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Article: Big Macs still a rare meat
The Northern Echo;
January 8, 1999 ;
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... ... world famous snack. Its restaurant in Bishop Auckland ran out of Big Macs, while last night in Darlington staff were having to explain ... or four people inside." McDonald's normally sell 500,000 Big Macs nationally on weekends.
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