[release][B]McDonalds goes 'green' in Germany[/B]
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[I]Random image i got off google, not the actual new logo.[/I]
BERLIN, GERMANY (AFP) - With the crunch climate change summit in Copenhagen fast approaching, even McDonalds has decided to go green - at least with its logo, a senior executive said on Monday.
At German branches of the US fast-food chain, the famous golden arches will be emblazoned on a green background, rather than its usual red, McDonalds Germany vice-president Holger Beeck said.
The change will be made on all new and refitted restaurants "out of respect for the environment," Beeck told the Financial Times Deutschland.
The instantly recognisable logo is the world's sixth most valuable brand, according to a 2009 report by Interbrand consultancy, behind only Coca-cola, IBM, Microsoft, General Electric and Nokia.
A study earlier this month showed that McDonalds was the most popular brand for Germans between the ages of 12 and 18.
The December 7-18 Copenhagen talks are aimed at agreeing an international pact to cut carbon emissions and providing money to poorer nations to transfer green technology and help them cope with the ravages of climate change.
McDonalds has in the past come under fire from environmental groups on several fronts, including its use of packaging and deforestation.
However, environmental campaigners Greenpeace have also praised the company for efforts to be more environmentally friendly, including introducing refrigerators without harmful chlorofluorocarbons.
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Out of respect for the environment? Ahahaha oh wow. I never ate there anyway.
It's because red is blood.
That's violence.
And that's illigal.
and germany is full of anti-violence nazis
Nokia is a more successful brand? Really? Are you fucking serious? That's an utter surprise.
Da da da DA da!
Anyway, i see why....
Just think what color the "stuff" that you puke out after eating too many fatty foods....
Nokia? I don't even know what their logo is.
[QUOTE=ashxu;18524585]Nokia? I don't even know what their logo is.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://www.kornprobst.at/telefunk/images/stories/products/nokia/nokia-logo.jpg[/img]
The wordmark is the logo. Occasionally, they put some hands in.
Humm... White person... And little boy...
Nokia.... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?
Ban red color! Red-blood-violence!!! HOLY SHIT!! FAST!!
[QUOTE=Best4bond;18524617]Humm... White person... And little boy...
Nokia.... WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?[/QUOTE]
Oh dear god classical family values?
Somebody better call the police, that father sure isn't distant and damaging the boys childhood memories!!
It's so stupid when companies are trying to be something they certainly aren't. Just stick to unhealthy, simple fast-food.
So instead of improving the processing of food to use less energy, they order hundreds of new plastic logos? Well fucking done, McDonalds.
i thought it meant being enviromently friendly
It's a nice gesture but I'd rather see them doing something about the MASSIVE pile of garbage a meal at MacDonalds generates. All the paper and foil and what not...
They don't even do waste seperation, I have a McD close by and the garbage bags they put out are always mixed...
And how much CO2 will be produced in the whole rebranding process?
Good PR, but not actually going to make a difference.
If you leave anything from McDonald's out for more than a day it goes green.
It must be the preservatives.
[QUOTE=Tu154M;18524601][img]http://www.kornprobst.at/telefunk/images/stories/products/nokia/nokia-logo.jpg[/img]
The wordmark is the logo. Occasionally, they put some hands in.[/QUOTE]
[img]http://prestotours.com/blog/michelangelo-creation-adam-.jpg[/img]
See what they did there?
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See what they did there?[/QUOTE]
:aaa:
That guy on the left has a micropenis...
They're only JUST using refridgeration units which don't use CFC gasses?
Those coolant systems haven't been manufactured for years, how the hell have they been using them up until now?
So have they switched from meat to tofu and plant products or is killing plants also to violent for the Germans?
To help reduce our carbon emissions, we colored our sign green, reducing them by 90%.
Pretty idiotic move IMO...
I'm a Hamburger!
What does Soylent Green have to do with anything, Radioactive? :v:
Now we need to get about 2000 people every day to walk in there and ask where the red McDonalds is
Nokia? Why the hell Nokia? And I didn't even know IBM was a major company anymore.
So, you can go simply green by painting your house? Cool.
I'll order some green paint right away, now I'm more ecology-something! Yay! I paid the price for brighter future.
It's not like everyone doesn't turn that color when they eat the food anyway
IBMs still a major player in the corporate world.
It's incredible that people are stupid enough to fall for this PR shit.
As if by changing the color of their logo they suddenly stop dumping toxic slaughterhouse waste wherever they want, hiring droves of illegals and paying them slave wages, deliberately misrepresenting the apocalyptic damage their food does to people's health...shit, I could go on for a LONG time.
It's just like Wal-Mart, apparently when a logo changes people forget about everything bad the company does.
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