Seaside hotels, tour buses, restaurants and other Maine employers are facing labor shortages that could affect many businesses’ peak season.
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Posted inLivermore Falls Advertiser
McDonald’s helps local employee earn diploma
The Napoli Group of New Hampshire owns 10 McDonald’s restaurants in Maine, including Jay, Rumford and Farmington, and 51 more in New Hampshire and Vermont. Since 2015 the company has distributed scholarship funds to employees exceeding $1 million. The Napoli Group has also donated $6,000 to W.G. Mallett School in Farmington and funds other community and civic initiatives. Jay employee Abigayle DePalma just received her diploma through McDonald’s Career Online High School.
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Some McDonald’s workers vote to strike over sex harassment
NEW YORK (AP) — Emboldened by the #MeToo movement, McDonald’s workers have voted to stage a one-day strike next week at restaurants in 10 cities in hopes of pressuring management to take stronger steps against on-the-job sexual harassment. Organizers say it will be the first multistate strike in the U.S. specifically targeting sexual harassment. Plans […]
Posted inFranklin
Jay approves signing document related to lease
JAY — As directors of the Jay Community Development Corp., selectpersons voted Monday night to sign a document pertaining to a lease extension for McDonald’s Corp. at Jay Plaza. The document is a agreement that lays out certain rights of the tenant, the landlord and other third parties, such as the landlord’s lender or a […]
Posted inLetters, sj-web
Safer beef for the Big Mac
An Associated Press story, printed in the Sun Journal July 31, emphasizes the struggles McDonald’s has to keep its signature burger, the Big Mac, relevant. McDonald’s recently launched an initiative to use its size and scale for good. Why shouldn’t it use its Big Mac to do the same? The burger could become a significant […]
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As McDonald's evolves, Big Mac unchanged as it turns 50
NEW YORK (AP) — McDonald’s is fighting to hold onto customers as the Big Mac turns 50, but it isn’t changing the makings of its most famous burger. The company is celebrating the 1968 national launch of the double-decker sandwich whose ingredients of “two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions and a sesame […]
Posted inObituaries, sj-web
Karen Marie Morris
AUBURN — Karen Marie (Scullen) Morris of Lisbon died Thursday, July 5, at the age of 63. Karen was born July 20, 1954, in Akron, Ohio, to Richard Paul and Eleanor Dorothy (Lackey) Scullen. She moved to Maine in 1977, living and working in various coastal communities. Upon landing in Lisbon in 1982, she served the […]
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The Buzz: Auburn Hannaford, Lewiston McDonald’s get overhauls
This week the Buzz is waiting for a Big Mac and trying to find where the baby wipes aisle ended up. In Auburn, a $2.5 million renovation is underway at the Hannaford grocery store on Spring Street. Shelves and stock have been moved around as the store gets new flooring and fixtures. Spokesman Eric Blom […]
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Help PES at McDonald’s!
PARIS — Once again McDonalds in Paris is helping Paris Elementary School. On Monday, March 19 from 5 to 7 p.m. 20 percent of all purchases will go to Paris Elementary School Parent teacher Organization. Purchases may be made in the store or at the drive-through.
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McDonald’s flipped its logo to celebrate women and got backlash
Fast-food behemoth McDonald’s is temporarily flipping its iconic logo and switching its packaging in some U.S. locations — a move meant to celebrate International Women’s Day, the company says. But the stunt has rung hollow to many of the company’s critics, who say McDonald’s has systematically advanced policies that disadvantage its female employees. In particular, […]