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Business, Economy, Food

MCDONALD’S NEW MENU ITEM: MCSUSHI

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The new McSushi (Photo credit: The National Report)
The new McSushi (Photo credit: The National Report)

CHICAGO, Illinois (The Adobo Chronicles) – Faced with sagging sales and stiff competition from rival fastfood chains like In-N-Out Burger and Jollibee, McDonald’s announced today that it will be introducing a new menu item this spring. Here comes McSushi!

The fastfood giant is capitalizing on the growing popularity of this Japanese delicacy — raw fish slices served on top of a  tiny heap of vinegar-flavored rice. Sushi can be made with different kinds of raw fish, but McDonald’s chose the fatty salmon version.

McSushi will come in pairs, shaped like the McDonald’s famous ‘M’ arch, a brilliant marketing scheme that will remind consumers of the source of their healthy snack. The item will be priced at $2.99. Soy sauce is free but wasabi is extra at fifty cents per packet.

Consumers are already lovin’ it!

McSushi will be available in the U.S. beginning March 1. It will be introduced in Europe and Asia next summer.

Business, International, Religion

LOST AND FOUND: POPE FRANCIS’ SKULLCAP NOW SELLING ON EBAY

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Pope Francis upon arrival at Villamor Airbase in Manila
Pope Francis upon arrival at Villamor Airbase in Manila

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – As if a heavenly sign from the Holy Gust that the Pope has arrived in the Philippines, the skullcap of Pope Francis was blown away by strong winds as he stepped out of the Sri Lanka plane that brought him to Villamor Airbase in Manila.

The skullcap was lost, but is now found. On eBay.

The starting bid was One Million Pesos, but in just a little over an hour, the highest bid has reached Ten Million.

An investigation by The Adobo Chronicles has traced the leading bid to a jail cell in Fort Sto. Domingo in Santa Rosa, Laguna, a few miles south of Manila.

That’s where pork barrel scam mastermind businesswomen Janet Lim- Napoles is being held.

Business, Religion, The Media, Travel

POPE FRANCIS ARRIVES IN THE PHILIPPINES : POPE MANIA IN MANILA

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Giant billboards welcoming Pope Francis in Manila

MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles) – No rock star can ever compete with the popularity of the Pope in the Philippines, a country where more than two thirds of the 100 Million population are Catholic. Especially Pope Francis.

The streets of Metro Manila, the pontiff’s first leg in his four-day itinerary, are lined with giant billboards, tarpaulin signs, banners and posters with messages of welcome for Francis. It’s Pope Mania in Manila!

Some billboards became the headlines in recent days and were criticized for ‘commercializing’ the papal visit. Especially the Pepsi billboards (see photo).

The pope arrived at Villamor Airbase Friday and his motorcade wound through crowded thoroughfares enroute to Malacañang Palace for a meeting with President NoyNoy Aquino and a select group of Filipino politicians and members of the diplomatic corps.

Shouts and cries of ‘Viva il Pepsi,’ Viva il Pepsi!’ were heard from thousands of Filipinos lining the streets of the metropolis.

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