A McDonald’s Japan Pokémon Happy Meal giveaway meant to delight children and collectors instead drew public ire after some customers bought the sets only for the toys and cards, dumping the untouched food on the street.
The promotion, which began last Friday, featured Pokémon toys and cards that are popular not only among children, but also collectors worldwide, drawing long lines from day one. A McDonald’s employee wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that all Pokémon cards had sold out by 1 p.m. on the first day after a rush of customers at opening.
When the free gifts began selling for more than double their original value on secondhand marketplaces, some resellers allegedly discarded the burgers and drinks from the Happy Meals outside stores or on nearby streets. Photos shared on social media showed unopened sets tossed away or piled in stacks outside McDonald’s locations across Japan.
McDonald’s Japan has also faced criticism for failing to anticipate the problem. Critics accused the company of ignoring the potential for food waste in order to maximize short-term profit. Comments on the company’s social media pages included calls to “stop producing food waste” and condemnations of “events that pursue short-term profit without countermeasures.”
People are pigs.
Capitalism at its best.
The best you can ever do is demonstrate your ignorance of both capitalism and socialism.Right, because under socialism they would get no food.
The best you can ever do is demonstrate your ignorance of both capitalism and socialism.
Really don't care if folks buy the meals only for the toys, it is their money and their choice, but if they are criminally disposing of the food, charge them.
Number one rule, you cannot open the toy until at least half your meal has been eaten. Used to be the entire thing, but I tired of them getting in trouble because they had no self control. For me, just going to McD's takes lots of control, can't stand it.Waste of food. My kids get the toy plus dinner.
We had a fighting over who gets which toy incident recently.Number one rule, you cannot open the toy until at least half your meal has been eaten. Used to be the entire thing, but I tired of them getting in trouble because they had no self control. For me, just going to McD's takes lots of control, can't stand it.
I guess it looks really bad when the big mac and happy meal gets tossed out on the street. Not good advertising. Give it a few years and McD will be putting narcan in the happy meal in areas around colleges and universities.We had a fighting over who gets which toy incident recently.
You won't catch me throwing a Big Mac on the street.I guess it looks really bad when the big mac and happy meal gets tossed out on the street. Not good advertising. Give it a few years and McD will be putting narcan in the happy meal in areas around colleges and universities.
And again you have no idea what socialism is because none of these countries are socialist. they are dictatorships.So you want some evidence? Here you go:
Under capitalism they throw food away because there's so much of it.
Under socialism they throw people away because there's not enough food to feed them.
Did you win or the kids?We had a fighting over who gets which toy incident recently.
Meh. Once the happy meal is purchased by the customer, McDonalds has nothing to say what the customer does with it.
There are cameras everywhere.You won't catch me throwing a Big Mac on the street.
They did.Did you win or the kids?
Then you should do what any good parent would do. Steal their chips when they are not looking.They did.
Under capitalism they throw food away because there's so much of it.
Under socialism they throw people away because there's not enough food to feed them.
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