McDonald’s Monopoly: Angus man’s fight to ban fast food promotionsLewis McMartin, 36, wants to see promotions in restaurants such as McDonald’s banned in Scotland, saying rewarding people in this way fuels an NHS crisis.
The Scottish Retail Consortium said any new regulation in this area could extend to local chains such as Stephen’s Bakery and Tower Bakery, as well as convenience stores with hot food counters like Scotmid and The Coop.
It could also affect independent businesses such as chip shops, Chinese and Indian takeaways, sandwich bars and coffee shops if they offer any loyalty schemes.
Mr McMartin said: “I have a chronic health condition with my pancreas so I am not able to eat big portions.
“But years ago I would find myself going to McDonald’s and instead of buying a medium meal I would buy a large one so I could get more stickers.
“But that just made my condition more painful and made McDonald’s richer.”
"Instead of sitting and moaning about it to my friends and whoever else would listen, I went right to the Scottish Government."
“They said they wanted to do something but can’t because they don’t have the powers from Westminster.”
Mr McMartin added: “I don’t know if it will make a difference, but I felt I needed to do something rather than moaning and having it irritate me.”
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