McDonald's-ization

McDonalds-ization McDonaldsization English Noun - 1 en McDonaldization. en Jeff Richgels Packer caps are hot item: Local stores can’t keep up w:The Capital Times 159 42 Madison, Wis. 30 January 1997 1B 2 Fans & Monograms at Westgate Mall got in 48 caps Wednesday and sold them all in 15 minutes, owner Rob Waterman said. Waterman said the frenzy reminded him of the run on the Nutmeg Rose Bowl caps around Christmas 1993. “I draw the analogy of the ‘McDonald’s-ization’ of America,” he said. “People think they can just drive up and get it. But manufacturers couldn’t pre[-]manufacture the cap. The game just happened Sunday.” en Mergers carry benefits, risks Johnson City Press 78 260 Johnson City, Tenn. 26 April 1998 35 3 Ed Mierzwinski with the U.S. Public Interest Research Group says consumers will pay higher fees and their privacy will be further invaded as merged companies trade each other’s customer lists. “The McDonald’s-ization of financial business hasn’t led to better french fries, it has led to higher prices, less choice, less innovation,” he says. en Lisa Leff Calif. pot-growing plan worries small bud tenders The Telegraph 184 200 Macon, Ga. 19 July 2010 13A 3 “Nobody wants to see the McDonald’s-ization of cannabis,” Dan Scully, one of the 400 “patient-growers” who supply Oakland’s largest retail medical marijuana dispensary, Harborside Health Center, grumbled after a City Council committee gave the blueprint preliminary approval last week.