{"id":67757,"date":"2026-03-02T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/mcdonalds-ceos-awkward-taste-test-sparks-mocking-online-his-aura-screams-kale-salad\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:55:07","slug":"mcdonalds-ceos-awkward-taste-test-sparks-mocking-online-his-aura-screams-kale-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/mcdonalds-ceos-awkward-taste-test-sparks-mocking-online-his-aura-screams-kale-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s CEO\u2019s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: \u2018His aura screams kale salad\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Video of Chris Kempczinski trying new \u2018product\u2019 the Big Arch burger criticized for feeling forced and corporate<\/p>\n<p>Business leaders are increasingly placing themselves in front of the camera, in an effort to appear more relatable to a social media-first audience. When it goes well, it can be a huge hit. When it doesn\u2019t, you risk becoming the subject of online ridicule.<\/p>\n<p>In the recent case of Chris Kempczinski, the McDonald\u2019s CEO and president, it\u2019s the latter.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/mar\/02\/mcdonalds-ceos-awkward-taste-test\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video of Chris Kempczinski trying new \u2018product\u2019 the Big Arch burger criticized for feeling forced and corporate Business leaders are increasingly placing themselves in front of the camera, in an effort to appear more relatable to a social media-first audience. When it goes well, it can be a huge hit. When it doesn\u2019t, you risk &#8230; <a title=\"McDonald\u2019s CEO\u2019s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: \u2018His aura screams kale salad\u2019\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/02\/mcdonalds-ceos-awkward-taste-test-sparks-mocking-online-his-aura-screams-kale-salad\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about McDonald\u2019s CEO\u2019s awkward taste test sparks mocking online: \u2018His aura screams kale salad\u2019\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}