Yesterday I posted about the wackos boycotting Campbells soups..wait until they hear about McDonalds

[jillan]

Honestly, I am not looking for this stuff, it finds me....

This has been going on since 2000-
http://islam.about.com/od/dietarylaw/a/halalmcd.htm

In September 2000, a McDonald’s restaurant in Dearborn, Michigan began offering a halal version of its chicken nuggets, in response to requests from area customers. Over the following year, sales of the unique item were so good that they expanded the idea to a second Dearborn location.
At the Michigan Avenue restaurant (14860 Michigan Avenue), McNugget sales are usually about double the restaurant chain's average, and 65 percent of the orders are for the halal version. The halal product has been so successful that McDonald’s expanded the offering to its location at 13158 Ford Road.

Over 150,000 Muslims live in the Detroit/Dearborn area, representing an ethnic and cultural mosaic that is typical of Muslims in America. According to the Arab-American Institute, Dearborn has the highest concentration of ethnic Arabs outside of the Middle East. In some area schools, more than 90% of students are Muslim. It is not surprising, therefore, that Dearborn stores and restaurants have begun to cater to the dietary needs of Muslims. In addition to Muslim-owned businesses, other mainstream businesses such as Kroger supermarket, Big Boy restaurant and Oakwood Hospital are offering halal meats for the Muslim community.


Calling all rightwing wackos - care for any chicken nuggets with your freedom fries?

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. From a bidness perspective that is damn brilliant

these people claim, with religious fervor, that the invisible hand runs life and decides things. They have... it has worked.

That said, their understanding of the Invisible Hand is just as good as... their understanding of scripture, but that is a whole different matter.

[woodsprite]

2. We just returned from a weekend in Gettysburg, PA

and there, you can get Battlefield Fries!

[HopeHoops]

6. I know there's at least one restaurant that's had those on the menu for decades.

At least with that one, they weren't the result of right-wing bullshit like "freedom fries", but rather a simple exploitation of the battlefield - just like damn near everything else in Gettysburg.

[lame54]

12. with ketchup or blood?

[gateley]

3. Haha! They'll blow a gasket! nt

[ThomasQED]

4. So we don't need to worry about the Tea Party.

They're going to starve themselves to death.

[jillan]

5. It seems that way - doesn't it?

[Javaman]

7. It's almost worth dropping this little "nugget" (pun intended) into freepland

just to watch them freak out and try to bend their collective brains (which amount to 3 or 4 cells) around this.

:rofl:

[KamaAina]

8. I'll bet they're better than the run-of-the-mill ones, too

in much the same way that Hebrew National kosher hot dogs are superior to the trayf variety.

[JerseygirlCT]

10. I was thinking the same... nt

[arcane1]

9. Isn't Dearborn one of the cities...

that some teabagger recently said was operating under sharia law? :crazy:

[KamaAina]

11. It is indeed.

The teabagger is Sharron Angle (R-Possibly Not Quite Too Crazy To Be A Senator After All), and the other city is Frankford, Texas.

Which was annexed into Dallas in the '70s. :eyes:

[Motown_Johnny]

13. next time I am in Dearborn I am gonna buy an order of those, just to boost sales