McDonald's wants to open up in Loma Linda, California

Hi- THere was just a segment on nightline about the McDonald's being proposed in Loma Linda, California. About half of the residents of Loma Linda are 7th Day Adventist, and don't want to see a McDonald's in their town. The city says that it cannot stop McDonald's from locating in the town. Apparently the only fast food hamburger place in the town is a Carl, JR, and that met resistance when it was proposed.

McDonald's says that they should be allowed to open up there, because they offer some healthy and vegetarian options. Approximately 50% Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarian. Hope this helps, Nancy

NFriday wrote:Hi- THere was just a segment on nightline about the McDonald's being proposed in Loma Linda, California. About half of the residents of Loma Linda are 7th Day Adventist, and don't want to see a McDonald's in their town. The city says that it cannot stop McDonald's from locating in the town. Apparently the only fast food hamburger place in the town is a Carl, JR, and that met resistance when it was proposed.

McDonald's says that they should be allowed to open up there, because they offer some healthy and vegetarian options. Approximately 50% Seventh Day Adventists are vegetarian. Hope this helps, Nancy

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Kind of reminds me of this town that I lived near in rural Virginia. The only hospital in many miles was run by the Seventh Day Adventists. The hospital did NOT serve any meat products in EITHER its cafeteria or its patient services, all in a town that was 90%+ non-Seventh Day Adventists. That caused enormous friction in the community BUT they used the hospital.

However, when a hospital 30 miles south opened, people would head down there for treatment which led the hospital into serious financial problems forcing its eventual sale to another company. When the hospital was sold, the average occupancy was 15%.