"consumerist" news and stories

A few months ago, a lot of McDonald's franchisees were complaining about having to advertise for the dollar menu. When the price of everything started going up, they didn't want to have to pay extra to advertise for items that bring in less revenue.

Well, it turns out that their complaints have worked. McDonald's is considering changing things up, starting with the double cheeseburger. The Consumerist is reporting that McDonald's is considering a couple of options. One option would be to take the cheese off the burger. The other option is to (gasp) raise the price.

I personally would pay more for the burger than have it cheese free, if I were to eat at McDonald's at all. I just think that two burger patties slapped together aren't very appetizing. They need the gooey-ness of the cheese. What do you think McDonald's should do?

We've all been there. It's 2 or 3 in the afternoon and you're starting to drag, unable to focus on the computer screen a minute longer. You start to ponder a snack and settle on a trip to the corner store to the local vending machine for a little something sweet. Only when you settle back down at your desk with that bag of M&Ms and crunch into the first one, you discover that it is stale. The next one is just as bad. You sigh heavily and offer the rest of the bag to your cubemate (who is known for his ability to eat anything).

However, thanks to a tip posted on Consumerist, you can now avoid the scourge of stale candy, you just have to know how to read the codes. For Mars and M&M candy, just check out the first three digits of the ten digit code. The first number is the year and the next two represent the week of the year. Candy that expires this week would have the code 815. For Hershey's, they use a letter/number code. This month would be represented by 8D (2008, April).
Just check the codes and never eat stale candy again!

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