"It is never easy choosing the 10 Worst Corporations of the Year – there are always more deserving nominees than we can possibly recognize. One of the greatest challenges facing the judges is the directive not to select repeat recipients from last year's 10 Worst designation.
The no-repeat rule forbids otherwise-deserving companies – like Bayer, Boeing, Clear Channel and Halliburton – from returning to the 10 Worst list in 2004.
Of the remaining pool of price gougers, polluters, union-busters, dictator-coddlers, fraudsters, poisoners, deceivers and general miscreants, we chose the following – presented in alphabetical order – as the 10 Worst Corporations of 2004:"
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Holyshit! Merck: 55,000 Dead! I hardly remembering even hearding about this. Other then the stock and what happened to it...
Scary list...
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Hardee's: Heart Attack on a Bun
When Hardee's introduced the Thickburger this year, Jay Leno joked that it was being served in little cardboard boxes shaped like coffins.
With other major fast food outlets moving to green salads, Hardee's revels in big beef. From Hardee's press release of Nov. 15, 2004:
Now Hardee's is introducing the mother of all burgers – the Monster Thickburger™. Weighing in at two-thirds of a pound, this 100 percent Angus beef burger is a monument to decadence, yet is still a throwback, as it features lots of meat, cheese and bacon on a bun.
Clearly, Hardee's, a subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. of Carpinteria, Calif., is not worried about the public health aspects of unleashing the monster into the marketplace.
Eating one Thickburger is like eating two Big Macs or five McDonald's hamburgers. Add 600 calories worth of Hardee's fries and you get more than the 2,000 calories that many people should eat in a whole day, according to Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this year charged KFC Corporation, owner of the Kentucky Fried Chicken national restaurant chain, with making false claims in a national television advertising campaign about the relative nutritional value and healthiness of its fried chicken.
The false claim? KFC said that eating fried chicken, specifically two Original Recipe fried chicken breasts, is better for a consumer's health than eating a Burger King Whopper.
The FTC says that while it is true that the two fried chicken breasts have slightly less total fat and saturated fat than a Whopper, they have more than three times the trans fat and cholesterol, more than twice the sodium, and more calories.
KFC settled the case.
But there will be no law enforcement action brought against Hardee's. Hardee's makes no pretensions that the Hardee's Thickburger is good for you, and has no qualms about the impact of the monster on the public's health. The fast-food pusher's new advertising campaign is straight up: "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
As The New York Times put it in an editorial, "It is a setback for public health, but a triumph for truth in advertising."
Organizations like Alternet just lose my attention when they worry so much about fast food.
When Hardee's introduced the Thickburger this year, Jay Leno joked that it was being served in little cardboard boxes shaped like coffins.
With other major fast food outlets moving to green salads, Hardee's revels in big beef. From Hardee's press release of Nov. 15, 2004:
Now Hardee's is introducing the mother of all burgers – the Monster Thickburger™. Weighing in at two-thirds of a pound, this 100 percent Angus beef burger is a monument to decadence, yet is still a throwback, as it features lots of meat, cheese and bacon on a bun.
Clearly, Hardee's, a subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. of Carpinteria, Calif., is not worried about the public health aspects of unleashing the monster into the marketplace.
Eating one Thickburger is like eating two Big Macs or five McDonald's hamburgers. Add 600 calories worth of Hardee's fries and you get more than the 2,000 calories that many people should eat in a whole day, according to Michael Jacobson of the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) earlier this year charged KFC Corporation, owner of the Kentucky Fried Chicken national restaurant chain, with making false claims in a national television advertising campaign about the relative nutritional value and healthiness of its fried chicken.
The false claim? KFC said that eating fried chicken, specifically two Original Recipe fried chicken breasts, is better for a consumer's health than eating a Burger King Whopper.
The FTC says that while it is true that the two fried chicken breasts have slightly less total fat and saturated fat than a Whopper, they have more than three times the trans fat and cholesterol, more than twice the sodium, and more calories.
KFC settled the case.
But there will be no law enforcement action brought against Hardee's. Hardee's makes no pretensions that the Hardee's Thickburger is good for you, and has no qualms about the impact of the monster on the public's health. The fast-food pusher's new advertising campaign is straight up: "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
As The New York Times put it in an editorial, "It is a setback for public health, but a triumph for truth in advertising."
Organizations like Alternet just lose my attention when they worry so much about fast food.
because, as you know, if hardee's is selling a 2,000 calorie meal, overweight consumers are required to purchase it and then go sit on their couch.
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the sponsorships on National Public Radio – listened to by few of its shoppers
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Organizations like Alternet just lose my attention when they worry so much about fast food.
because, as you know, if hardee's is selling a 2,000 calorie meal, overweight consumers are required to purchase it and then go sit on their couch.
Dude, after you eat that you can't do anything BUT sit on your couch.
--PunkDavid
actually, i must have some weird chemistry, because whenever i eat a huge meal, i want to go walk around and stuff. not strenuous exercise, but something light.
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Hinny wrote:
I just really like posting this picture
I love that the only noticable condiments are bacon, cheese, and mayonaise. Maybe it's low-fat Miracle Whip.
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What about Exxon? They made a net profit of 25 billion(that's billion with a b, thats 25 followed by 9 zeroes) in 2004.
Jesus H. Christ on ice.
Why was I paying 2.25 a gallon for gas all year?
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Man in Black wrote:
What about Exxon? They made a net profit of 25 billion(that's billion with a b, thats 25 followed by 9 zeroes) in 2004. Jesus H. Christ on ice. Why was I paying 2.25 a gallon for gas all year?
What about Exxon? They made a net profit of 25 billion(that's billion with a b, thats 25 followed by 9 zeroes) in 2004. Jesus H. Christ on ice. Why was I paying 2.25 a gallon for gas all year?
okay, it's bad for a company to make a profit
that hardee's burger looks awesome
price gouging: bad
post-whoring: good
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Man in Black wrote:
Mitchell613 wrote:
Man in Black wrote:
What about Exxon? They made a net profit of 25 billion(that's billion with a b, thats 25 followed by 9 zeroes) in 2004. Jesus H. Christ on ice. Why was I paying 2.25 a gallon for gas all year?
okay, it's bad for a company to make a profit
that hardee's burger looks awesome
price gouging: bad
post-whoring: good
how is it price gouging?
price gouging is pricing above market value when no alternative was available
the gas price is darn close to market value and there's plenty of alternatives
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I really wish people would put up age, sex, and location. There are so many regional issues. $2.25 a gallon? Where is that? It's only about $1.80 in NC. It's probably $5 in Europe.
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Yeah, they lost me on the Hardy's burger. It really makes the rest seem like bull shit, when you go out of your way to attack a burger that was introduced with a press release that basically stated you will die if you eat this crap to often. The other claims they make could be completly legitimate, but attacking a hamburger in the middle of it makes you question the rest of it.
I really wish people would put up age, sex, and location. There are so many regional issues. $2.25 a gallon? Where is that? It's only about $1.80 in NC. It's probably $5 in Europe.
West Coast.
Gas in Europe is roughly the same, cost-wise. 60-80% of their pump price is taxes.
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Mitchell613 wrote:
Man in Black wrote:
Mitchell613 wrote:
Man in Black wrote:
What about Exxon? They made a net profit of 25 billion(that's billion with a b, thats 25 followed by 9 zeroes) in 2004. Jesus H. Christ on ice. Why was I paying 2.25 a gallon for gas all year?
okay, it's bad for a company to make a profit
that hardee's burger looks awesome
price gouging: bad
post-whoring: good
how is it price gouging?
price gouging is pricing above market value when no alternative was available
the gas price is darn close to market value and there's plenty of alternatives
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