GUANGZHOU MCDONALD'S LIKELY TO BE FINED FOR SELLING TOYS
AsiaInfo Services, January, 2002
AsiaInfo Services 01-07-2002 Guangzhou McDonald's Likely to Be Fined for Selling Toys GUANGZHOU, Jan 07, 2002 (AsiaPort via COMTEX) -- Fast food giant McDonald's outlets in this southern China city could be fined between 10,000 and 100,000 yuan (1,205-12,048 U.S. dollars) for selling toys for which it is not registered. As a sales promotion during April and May 2001, McDonald's 34 chain stores in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong Province, offered a toy of the cartoon character Snoopy for 10 yuan (1.20 U.S.
dollar) with each McDonald's meal. Ye Lilin, deputy principal of a local high school and a deputy of the municipal people's congress of Guangzhou, proposed in late May the practice be stopped, saying this was an unfair sales promotion activity. The city's...
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