Blue4ever85 said:
Yeah there is?
It's just called "Go Large"...
well thier used to be large and supersize.
Say goodbye to those super-sized fries -- McDonald's is slimming down its menu.
The longtime whipping boy of nutritionists and dieticians has started phasing out its trademark "super-size" fries and drinks in its U.S. restaurants as part of an effort to simplify its menu and give customers choices that support a balanced lifestyle, a company spokesman said yesterday.
McDonald's added entree salads last year and has been moving to provide more fruit, vegetable and yogurt options with its Happy Meals. The move away from super sizing began quietly in January.
By the end of 2004, super size will no longer be available at the nation's 13,000-plus McDonald's outlets except in certain promotions, McDonald's spokesman Walt Riker said.
The change comes as the world's largest restaurant company, and fast-food chains in general, are under growing public pressure to give consumers healthier food options in a nation that has suddenly become aware of its bulging waistline and the health dangers that come with it.
Two lawsuits claiming McDonald's hid the health risks of eating Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets were thrown out in federal court in New York last year.
But the issue hasn't disappeared.
An award-winning documentary called "Super Size Me" has heaped on more unwanted publicity. The lawsuit-inspired documentary, which chronicles the deterioration of filmmaker Morgan Spurlock's health during a month of eating nothing but McDonald's food, won a directing prize at the Sundance Film Festival and is set for wide release this spring.
Riker said the phasing out of super sizing has "nothing to do with that (film) whatsoever."Spurlock was unable to get the company to issue a statement for his documentary. But after the film's debut, McDonald's issued a statement calling the documentary "a super-sized distortion of the quality, choice and variety available at McDonald's." It says the film is not about McDonald's but about Spurlock's decision to act irresponsibly by eating 5,000 calories a day -- "a gimmick to make a film."
It should be noted that in the post-super size world you'll hardly be depriving yourself with a large order of fries, which has (according the company's Web site) 26 grams of fat. A super size order has only three more grams.