Opinion | In the end, it’s a businessman like Biden who can’t be held responsible for rising costs. Billionaire Carl Icahn recently informed the Journal’s Cara Lombardo that he feels “actually emotional” about animals. Assuaging his emotions might quickly turn into a very costly experience for purchasers at McDonald’s.
The well-known financier, who is valued at an estimated $17 billion and isn’t a daily at any of the burger chain’s 40,000 worldwide locations, has been demanding that the restaurant’s pork suppliers give pregnant pigs extra space in their crates. Now Mr. Icahn is escalating his marketing campaign, which if profitable, is certain to place an upward strain on costs throughout the McDonald’s breakfast menu. Ms. Lombardo studies:
