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Tag: McDonald’s

MP objects to plans for new McDonalds in Maesycwmmer

Monday, February 23, 2026Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Labour MP Chris Evans has written to the council’s planning department, outlining concerns raised by residents over the plans.

Town’s McDonald’s restaurant in line for facelift

Monday, January 5, 2026Monday, January 5, 2026

A McDonald’s restaurant in Caerphilly could be set for a new year facelift, according to plans submitted to the county borough council.

‘It will be horrendous’: Why villagers are uniting to stop a new McDonald’s

Thursday, November 20, 2025Thursday, November 20, 2025

Residents fear delays, gridlock, and more pollution on the already congested A472 – and they say the fast-food chain isn’t listening.

‘A McDonald’s on the A472 just doesn’t make sense’

Thursday, November 20, 2025Thursday, November 20, 2025

Steve Aicheler, a community councillor from Machen and a candidate in the recent Caerphilly Senedd by-election, outlines why he thinks a new McDonald’s for Maesycwmmer is wrong.

McDonald’s planning to open in Maesycwmmer, but traffic concerns voiced

Friday, November 7, 2025Thursday, November 20, 2025

McDonald’s has announced plans for a new drive-thru restaurant, at land currently used as a car dealership, off the A472 in Maesycwmmer – but questions have been raised over traffic levels.

Lockdown blamed for traffic queues outside McDonald’s and Costa

Friday, April 16, 2021Friday, April 16, 2021

McDonald’s and Costa have blamed lockdown restrictions for a build-up in traffic outside their drive-thru chains on Gallagher Retail Park, Caerphilly.

Paper straw firm secures £10m investment package

Thursday, July 16, 2020Thursday, July 16, 2020

Transcend Packaging has secured investment from London-based private equity firm IW Capital.

Reopened fast food chains agree to tackle litter

Thursday, June 11, 2020Thursday, June 11, 2020

The Caerphilly branches of McDonald’s and KFC have both agreed to increase their efforts in tackling litter.

Vehicle driven towards McDonald’s worker “wasn’t intentional”

Tuesday, June 9, 2020Tuesday, June 9, 2020

Police who responded to a report that a vehicle had been driven towards a McDonald’s have said the incident “wasn’t intentional”.

Paper straw manufacturer ramps up production as demand grows

Thursday, March 12, 2020Thursday, March 12, 2020

Transcend Packaging, based in Ystrad Mynach, makes around 20 million paper straws a week from its 166,000 sq ft factory on Dyffryn Business Park.

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