Two separate protest groups lined the sidewalk outside of McDonald’s new West Loop headquarters at 11 AM Thursday—the day of the fast-food giant’s annual shareholders’ meeting.
As a handful of Chicago cops and a cluster of curious pedestrians watched from behind temporary metal barriers placed in front of the 6,000-square-foot flagship restaurant and corporate offices on Randolph Street, ten people representing the grassroots Illinois Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) Education Fund demanded that the company use antibiotics-free beef.
Meanwhile, 15 members of various animal rights groups and volunteers (one dressed as a creepy Ronald McDonald and another in a diseased chicken costume) rallied to complain about the fast-food chain’s suppliers’ treatment of its poultry.…