Sentences with phrase «meal meal toy»

The most amazing this is the indepth justification you can get if you ask why the free Happy Meal meal toy from 2 years ago stays while the new Car Set goes....

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For the first time since the 1990s, Nintendo (nintendo) is teaming up with McDonald's (mcd) to turn their iconic video game characters into Happy Meal toys.

Hasbro will launch a new game subscription service this summer, becoming the first big toy maker to try a business model that has found success for other consumer products like razors, beauty products, and meal kits.

The inclusion of toys in McDonald's Happy Meals and kids» meals at other chains are designed to convince children to ask their parents to visit a certain fast - food cMeals and kids» meals at other chains are designed to convince children to ask their parents to visit a certain fast - food cmeals at other chains are designed to convince children to ask their parents to visit a certain fast - food chain.

Some even called for toys to be banned from meals meant for kids.

Ask anyone who grew up eating McDonald's and they can instantly tell you what the most coveted Happy Meal toy of their generation was.

Offering up beloved characters from the House of Mouse and already popular toy properties was a way to lure in families multiple times over the course of the limited release of a themed meal.

Early on the toys included in the Happy Meal were little trinkets — stencils, puzzle locks and spinning tops.

This first iteration of the Happy Meal was the Circus Wagon box, which came with either a cheeseburger or hamburger as well as fries, cookies, a drink and a toy.

I could have been spending money on big toys, lavish vacations, expensive meals out or even taking out million dollar loans to buy expensive real estate.

Many of the hottest collectibles of the 20th Century, including Hummel figurines, Depression glass, Roseville pottery, comic books, baseball cards, lunchboxes, vintage denim, Happy Meal toys, and, of course, Beanie Babies, are worth just a fraction of their former values in the 21st Century.

So next time a tractor - trailer passes by, or you're at the local grocery store as a truck docks in the delivery bay, you're not just looking at an impressive 18 - wheeler traveling the road with your holiday meal that will stock the shelves, or toys for the children in your family, you're looking at a vital machine for New Hampshire's economic growth, prosperity and future.

Two McDonald's Happy Meals with toy watches fashioned after the characters Donkey and Puss in Boots from the movie «Shrek Forever After» are pictured in Los Angeles, in this June 22, 2010 file photo.

The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a consumer group that advocates healthier restaurant food for children, last year sued McDonald's to stop it from using Happy Meal toys to lure children into its restaurants.

They hand out educational toys with their children's meals that are truly useful and not just another piece of plastic junk that finds it's way into the trash.

If they come with a tract isn't that like mcdonald's happy meals, where the toys in the shoe box are just the lure to get the kids hooked on the real product, the religion?

They provide better «toys» (usually BOOKS) in their kids» meals than the other fast food places, have great fries and make a mean salad with non-breaded chicken.

That stance didn't go over well with the Jim Henson Co., whose Jim Henson's Creature Shop toys have been served up in Chick - fil - A's meals for kids.

I seemed to remember that at the end of the meal, on our way out the door we could pick something out of their toy chest of awesome -LCB- read: cheap - o -RCB- toys, however Joel and my brother both tell me that was only at the Ground Round.

I was hugely pregnant, constantly hungry, and not at all interested in trains, DD was hugely whiny and not at all interested in trains, and DH and DS were hugely interested in trains, so much that they insisted on viewing everything, skipping meals, and waiting in lines to look at what are really toys made about 50 years ago that go in circles.

Me neither, but apparently it exists and collectors are still clamoring for the set of Wendy's kids meal toys they made to promote it.

In the back of my closet I have two rather large plastic totes filled to the brim with kids meal toys like the ones above.

The first Happy Meals offered in 1979 let you choose between a hamburger or cheeseburger and came... MORE with fries, cookies, a drink and a toy.

Aside from battling pesky mosquitoes during our evening meals, our biggest outdoor challenge is finding a way to clean patio furniture and grimy pool toys.

I have to plan meals, snacks, make sure we have enough hand soap, crafts, toys, which kids need more diapers, schedules for my family and the daycare families.

(These measures are commonly referred to as «Happy Meal toy bans,» even though they affect all... [Continue reading]

Usually we buy the kids a McDonalds Happy Meal, and mostly it's for the toy.

The included, removable toy keeps your child entertained if it isn't meal time.

* Flip flops * Hard candy * bouncy ball * comb * crayons * paper / coloring book * playing cards * travel sized game * book * toiletries * small stuffed animal * socks * unopened happy meal toy * play dough * small puzzle * chalk and a mini chalkboard * animal figurines * small musical instruments * finger puppets * pencil case * stickers * stamps and stamp pad

Mother of one 8 - month - old Playards - YES Bassinet - NO (used the pack - n - play) Swaddle Blankets - YES (Aden + Anais) Crib - YES SnuggleU - HAVE N'T USED Rocking chair / glider - NO Activity gym - YES Bouncer - YES Bumbo - YES (I didn't have one, but I have tried it and would get one on sale for my next baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water - YES

I continue to feel ambivalence about the strategy of going after the Happy Meal toy as a means of combatting childhood obesity, a strategy that has been adopted via ordinance in San Francisco, as reported here a few weeks ago.

The chain insists that it didn't drop the toys due to activist pressure, but rather because consumers weren't influenced by the toy in the first place when choosing the meals.

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i just wonder what good would come if McD no longer was able to add toys to their happy meals.

Fasten your seatbelt, because if you can't be the bad guy with regard to food choices when your kids are young enough to care about Happy Meal toys, you are going to be in a world of hurt when your kids reach their teens and need for you to say no to them from time to time.

After noting that 37 % if children rank McDonald's as their favorite fast food restaurant and that 10 % of McDonald's enormous ad budget is directed at the Happy Meal (including the use of the toys), the paper concludes that «[t] he Happy Meal is up for some well - deserved scrutiny,» and ends on this note:

(These measures are commonly referred to as «Happy Meal toy bans,» even though they affect all restaurants, not just McDonald's.)

The San Francisco ordinance banning free toys in unhealthy fast food goes into effect tomorrow, but McDonald's has figured out a clever strategy to go right on selling its toy - filled Happy Meals — without making any of the nutritional improvements proponents of the toy ban were looking for.

I meant to get to this item earlier in the week — The New York Times editorial page recently weighed in on the lawsuit recently filed by the Center for Science in the Public Interest against McDonald's over the use of toys in fast food meals.

Now New York City will soon be considering its own Happy Meal toy ban.

Kids are going to clamor for the Crappy Meal whether it contains a toy or not.

i don't recall happy meal toys as a preschooler, yet i got hooked on mcD in my day.

restrict toys to meals that contain fewer than 500 calories and 600 milligrams of sodium, and in which less than 35 percent of the calories come from fat (making exceptions for nuts, seeds, peanut butter or other nut - based butters).

-LSB-...] advocate Dana Woldow informed me last night that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors passed the ordinance that will limit toy giveaways in children's fast food meals containing high levels of calories, fat and sodium.

I've reported in the past on efforts by various cities to impose a so - called «Happy Meal Toy Ban,» i.e., a prohibition on the inclusion of toys in less healthy fast food meals marketed to children.

Last night the Superior, Wisconsin city council voted down a proposed ban on toys in most kids» fast food meals.

Some weeks 8am - 3 p.m. and some weeks 9am - 4 p.m. Be flexible with schedules and times Be able to fix nutritious, toddler based meals with provided food Be able to think out of the box with toddler activities and provide outside activities Clean work space area and toys from a busy day Have a reliable vehicle to travel to and from work and be punctual Nonsmoker Must not bring other children or family members to work Limit personal calls and electronic use when working Willing to take online 1 hour CPR hours paid for by provider if not already certified

If you tell your 2 - year - old, «We'll go to the park after lunch,» then pack up the sand toys and head out the door after your meal — or avoid making the promise in the first place, if there's a chance you won't be able to keep it.

Some time ago I mentioned in a Friday Buffet that there's a movement in San Francisco to ban toys in certain fast food meals marketed to children.

I've used ours to pass around happy meals and snacks, retrieve fallen toys, and generally keep the peace.