Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Michelle Obama's going to be mad...

On the heels of First Lady Michelle Obama's recent campaigning to urge restaurants and food companies to offer healthier options and default menu items, fast food chain Wendy's announces new, better tasting, more sophisticated french fries. 
Apparently they didn't get the message from Mrs. Obama and her patriarchal food police.  Offer an apple or carrot sticks instead of french fries, she instructed them.  Make customers specifically ask for fries, she chided.  We're not telling you not to offer fries, she reassured the businesses whose business is to know what customers want, what customers will buy, and what will keep their businesses operating.  We just want you to offer the choices that we think are better, she admonished.  No, there's nothing wrong with a bit of gentle coercion, is there?  Of course not.  Consumers just don't know what's good for them.
Mrs. Obama's probably not going to be visiting Wendy's for her next double cheeseburger...
Wendy's sells new fries with potato skin, sea salt

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