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Struggling workers take wage protest to upscale doorstep of Walmart heiress Alice Walton

17 Oct 2014: Demanding higher wages and better benefits, Walmart workers protest outside Alice Walton’s home resulting in 26 arrests
Why ‘climate-smart agriculture’ isn’t all it’s cracked up to be

Guardian Professional, 17 Oct 2014: It’s a buzzword beloved by corporations but there is nothing to ensure “climate-smart” means good for the environment, writes Teresa Anderson
Social marketing: show the world what your brand’s values are

Guardian Professional, 25 Sep 2014: McDonald’s is offering burgers for cans, while some US residents can score free Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream for trading in violent video games
Employers often reject those who strike or protest: 'I am willing to do whatever it takes to lead a better life'

19 Sep 2014: Protesters think minimum wage, healthcare reform and an end to police brutality are worthy of arrest and lost job prospects
McDonald’s to trademark 'McBrunch' for a bigger bite of the breakfast market

16 Sep 2014: One-quarter of the company’s revenues come from morning customers, a percentage it wants to increase
Coca-Cola Life: can brands ever play a role in tackling obesity?

Guardian Professional, 11 Sep 2014: Brands promotion of healthier products is often dismissed, but we need lower-sugar products to prevent a health crisis, writes Matthew Phillips
Were fast-food workers paid to strike and protest?

8 Sep 2014: McDonald’s says protesters were paid to walk off the job, which strikers say is a corruption of the fact that unions pay arrest fines
A love letter to Russia's shuttered McDonald's restaurants

4 Sep 2014: When the US chain opened its first store in Moscow in 1990, it was considered a ‘window to the world’. Now it has been closed along with 11 others amid tensions with the west. The Calvert Journal explains why it matters
Fast food workers plan biggest US strike to date over minimum wage

2 Sep 2014: Workers from McDonald’s, Burger King and other chains to hold walkout protest on Thursday as battle to unionise escalates
Food industry shouldn’t wait for Elliott Review to make changes

Guardian Professional, 29 Aug 2014: Supply chain scandals in Asia have affected McDonald’s, Burger King and Starbucks. Here are steps that can be taken to cut risk
Russia shuts down four McDonald's restaurants - video

Video (1min 06sec), 21 Aug 2014:
Russia has shut down four McDonald's restaurants in Moscow over alleged sanitary violations
Russia closes McDonald's restaurants for 'sanitary violations'

20 Aug 2014:
Consumer watchdog closes four Moscow branches following inspections, in move seen by critics as part of sanctions war
McDonald's tries cucumbers and gnocchi to confront junk food image

18 Aug 2014: Fast food giant, struggling to profit in the US, battles stigma of low prices and plans ‘chef events’ around country
McDonald’s says it will open eight new fast food outlets in Victoria

18 Aug 2014: Move comes after a sales decline in the region and company’s CEO described the Australian market as weak
US fast-food workers fight McDonald's as battle for better wages heads to court

2 Aug 2014: Ruling by National Labour Relations Board could pave the way for unions to negotiate national deal on pay talks