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McDonald’s is not serving human flesh; the allegation is a long-running urban legend and satirical hoax that has been repeatedly debunked by multiple fact-checkers and news organizations . Viral video...
No — McDonald’s is not leaving California; corporate spokespeople have explicitly said the company has “no plans to close our restaurants in California,” and multiple fact‑checks and regional outlets ...
Corporate “donations” to Donald Trump’s campaigns or inaugural committee are often individual, PAC, or affiliate contributions rather than direct corporate gifts; reporting shows major national brands...
Government Accountability Office analysis and subsequent reporting identify major U.S. employers — notably Walmart and McDonald’s — as having the largest *counts* of workers who receive SNAP (food‑sta...
Public records and reporting show grocery and food‑industry political money comes mostly from PACs, executives and employees — not corporate treasuries — and OpenSecrets groups labeled “Food Stores” l...
No — as a corporate chain has not “left” ; the company and multiple fact-checking outlets say there are no plans to exit the state, even as isolated franchise closures and viral misinformation have fu...
hamburgers in the are built from a patty—made from trimmed cuts such as chuck, round and sirloin—cooked with a pinch of salt and pepper, then served on a bun with pickles, chopped onions, ketchup and ...
Chicago remains a major corporate hub with dozens of large, recognizable companies keeping their headquarters in the city — from quick‑service titan McDonald’s to global exchanges like CME Group and c...
Several grocery-related companies and major retailers were named in lists and coverage as having ties to donations supporting Donald Trump’s 2025 inauguration or related committees; reporting shows fi...
Independent, third‑party laboratory testing publicly reported in credible outlets has not produced a documented, reproducible contradiction of McDonald’s core claim that its U.S. beef patties are made...
Ian Carroll is a name attached to multiple public figures: an OSINT-style commentator and YouTuber who appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience (JRE #2284) in 2025, a software-security researcher reported...
Since 2020 a handful of experimental and pop-up restaurants — most notably Food Ink/Moodbytes’ pop-ups and Sushi Singularity — have used 3D-printing to produce at least parts of dishes, while Michelin...
The claim that ’s meat—or connected to his business—ended up in supply chains is unsupported by reporting: independent fact-checkers and contemporaneous news coverage say the 2013 probe involved , a m...
A viral cellphone video shows members of the Browning High School wrestling team being told by a Ronan McDonald’s employee that “Browning School is not allowed” and the team left without being served,...
: multiple independent lines of third‑party evidence — returned examined worldwide, images and terrain data from non‑ lunar orbiters, and ongoing laser reflections from retroreflectors emplaced by Apo...
Campaigns and grassroots groups in 2025 organized boycotts aimed at large retailers and some grocery-related brands they said were aligned with or enabling President Donald Trump; organizers repeatedl...
Very few major retailers issued explicit, public pledges framed as “we will not donate to Donald Trump or his campaign”; instead the public record shows denials of specific viral claims (notably Sepho...
ingredient lists — most famously for French fries — differ noticeably between the and many other countries, with the U.S. lists tending to include more additives, flavoring agents and certain processe...
A small number of food companies and retailers have been the targets of consumer backlash in recent years — but the record shows the backlash most often reacted to a company executive’s public praise ...
Consumer boycotts in 2025 have demonstrably affected some companies’ sales and stock prices — most strikingly Target, which has been repeatedly reported as suffering traffic declines, missed sales exp...