ABC News:
Italy’s Agriculture Minister cheerfully shed his jacket and donned a McDonald’s apron today to launch the ‘McItaly’ line — two new sandwiches and a salad featuring all-Italian produce. McDonald’s latest effort to “go Italian†was presented by the Minister, Luca Zaia and the head of McDonald’s Italia, Roberto Masi, at the flagship restaurant near the Spanish Steps in Rome. “McDonald’s speaks Italian,†said the banners (in Italian).
Beaming as he prepared one of the new burgers with artichoke spread (“they tell me that the sandwiches have to have a ‘spread’â€), Asiago cheese, and lettuce — all produced in Italy including the hamburger meat and the bread — Zaia said he was excited by this new project .
“This sandwich has great ambitions,†he said, noting that the production of the new sandwiches will use 1,000 tons of Italian agricultural products a month, for a value of about 5 billion lire.
