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Scottish Sun
15 hours ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
McDonald's axing four items from menus TODAY including ‘best ever' McFlurry and popular burger
But the home of the Golden Arches is making way for a brand new menu which is due to land in stores in just hours UNHAPPY MEAL McDonald's axing four items from menus TODAY including 'best ever' McFlurry and popular burger MCDONALD'S is axing four items from menus today including a beloved burger and popular McFlurry. Fans have just hours to try the fast-food before the items vanish from menus today, July 29. 1 The McFlurry will soon be axed fro menus Credit: McDonalds Products getting the boot include the Toffee Crisp McFlurry and The Cheesy McCrispy. The dessert, which features vanilla ice-cream and chunks of the popular chocolate bar, has been on menus since June 18. You can expect to pay £2.49 for the treat, if you are keen to try it before it goes. The Cheesy McCrispy is also being taken off menus today. The burger, which costs £6.69 on its own, is made with a chicken breast fillet in a crunchy coating that is served with lettuce, crispy onions, pickled onion chutney, bacon, white cheddar cheese slices and cheese sauce. If you want to make it a medium meal it cots £8.49, although prices can vary between restaurants. Elsewhere, the popular Katsu Wraps, which come with grilled or crispy chicken and launched, are also vanishing from menus. Finally, Halloumi Fries are also available to order for the last time this Tuesday. They cost just £2.99, or £9.59 for a sharebox. But it is not all doom and gloom, as the popular fast-food chain is set to unveil a whole new menu from tomorrow, Wednesday, July 30. McDonald's Global menu restaurant That includes a brand new Jaffa Cake McFlurry, which combines dairy ice cream swirled with chocolate-covered shortcake pieces and topped with orange sauce. A regular tub of the treat will cost £2.49 when it lands on shelves and contains 331 calories. The fast-food giant is also treating fans to a brand new way to enjoy a fizzy drink. Customers will be able to pick up a cup of Sprite Zero with a pump of either Green Apple or Mango & Passonfruit flavourings. You can check out the full list of menu items arriving in restaurants below: Sprite Zero with syrup - £2.19 (Medium) , six calories (Green Apple flavour) or five calories (Mango & Passionfruit flavour) , six calories (Green Apple flavour) or five calories (Mango & Passionfruit flavour) Jaffa Cakes McFlurry - £2.49, 331 calories - £2.49, 331 calories Chicken Big Mac - £5.19, 531 calories - £5.19, 531 calories Chilli Cheese Bites - £2.69, 936 calories - £2.69, 936 calories Steakhouse Stack - £6.49, 632 calories - £6.49, 632 calories Big Tasty - £7.19, 802 calories - £7.19, 802 calories Big Tasty with Bacon - £8.09, 849 calories - £8.09, 849 calories 6 Spicy Chicken McNuggets - £4.89, 254 calories - £4.89, 254 calories Big Arch - £7.99, 1,057 calories - £7.99, 1,057 calories The Fajita Chicken One - £3.69, 362 calories (grilled) or 490 calories (crispy) - £3.69, 362 calories (grilled) or 490 calories (crispy) Milky Way McFlurry - £2.49, 350 calories The Big Arch, which launched on menus last month, will remain on menus for longer. McDonald's regularly switches up its menu to make way for new goods. How to save money at McDonald's Research by The Sun found a Big Mac meal can be up to 30% cheaper at restaurants just two miles apart from each other. You can pick up a Big Mac and fries for just £2.99 at any time by filling in a feedback survey found on McDonald's receipts. The receipt should come with a 12-digit code which you can enter into the Food for Thought website alongside your submitted survey. You'll then receive a five-digit code which is your voucher for the £2.99 offer. There are some deals and offers you can only get if you have the My McDonald's app, so it's worth signing up to get money off your meal. The MyMcDonald's app can be downloaded on iPhone and Android phones and is quick to set up. You can also get freebies and discounts on your birthday if you're a My McDonald's app user.
Miami Herald
a day ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
McDonald's to test five crazy new drinks
While generally conservative with both its menu and any spin-offs of its brand, McDonald's (MCD) briefly tried testing a new restaurant concept rooted in the small-store format and nostalgia. Between 2023 and 2024, the fast-food chain opened five CosMc locations in Illinois and Texas, only to shutter them all by mid-2025. The original idea was to establish a small store with custom drinks to rival Starbucks (SBUX) and Dunkin' (DNKN) named after the part-alien, part-car character that the chain featured in commercials between the late 1980s and early 1990s. The concept, however, ultimately proved too difficult to roll out. "We've learned so much, so quickly from the CosMc's test," McDonald's said in a statement. "It allowed us to test new, bold flavors and different technologies and processes - without impacting the existing McDonald's experience for customers and crew." Don't miss the move: SIGN UP for TheStreet's FREE Daily newsletter As such, the Golden Arches will now redirect to testing new coffee and flavored soda drinks initially planned for CosMc at 500 regular McDonald's locations in the Midwest. These include a Toasted Vanilla Frappé, a Strawberry Watermelon Refresher and Popping Tropic Refreshers, a Creamy Vanilla Cold Brew, and a Sprite Lunar Splash, as well as others not yet announced by the chain. The drinks will be sold at Wisconsin and Colorado locations from Sept. 2 and are designed to show McDonald's what kind of flavors sell, as well as whether the demand for the new items makes it worth investing in a wider rollout. Related: Taco Bell to add three popular desserts to permanent menu "We're seeing real momentum in beverages, with more people – especially our Gen Z fans – turning to cold, flavorful drinks as a go-to treat," McDonald's USA Chief Marketing Officer Alyssa Buetikofer said in a statement. "It's a great opportunity for us to meet our U.S. customers' evolving tastes and show up in new moments, like afternoon refreshment or snack breaks." The drinks are also meant to attract customers with eye-popping colors and extravagant toppings. The Sprite Lunar Splash adds a bright pink topping to the drink's signature clear color, while the Strawberry Watermelon Refresher is decorated with chunks of strawberry floating inside the bright pink drink. These offerings also open the door for potential future collaborations with various soft drink brands. McDonald's competitors have already made similar moves. Wendy's (WEN) recently launched three new summer sour drinks in partnership with Powerade earlier this summer, while Yum! Brands (YUM) -owned KFC launched a "dirty soda" made with Mountain Dew in April. More Food News: McDonald's menu finally brings back most-wanted fan favoritePopular fast-food burger chain to open first store in new marketWalmart makes deal to open popular food chain in stores Worth $629.2 billion globally in 2024, the soft drinks market is expected to reach as much as $886.2 billion by 2033. The specific drinks spiking demand include both canned and bottled versions purchased in stores and the customizable soft drinks sold inside cafes and pioneered on the large scale by companies like Dutch Bros (BROS) . The new McDonald's drinks will feature CosMc branding and be marketed as flashy new menu items with which visitors can spice up their regular orders. Related: McDonald's brings back experimental menu item 13 years later The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Miami Herald
A chain that isn't McDonald's is selling an ‘unhappy meal'
Debuting in June 1979, the Happy Meal is now among the most iconic items on the McDonald's (MCD) menu. The red box with handles mirroring the Golden Arches that gives the proud owner a toy or a book alongside a child's-size burger and fries has now seeped into childhood memories of generations of Americans as well as citizens of countless other countries. According to McDonald's own statistics, the fast-food chain sells over one billion Happy Meals in an average year which amounts to over 2.7 million a day in the more than 100 countries that have at least one location of the chain. Don't miss the move: Subscribe to TheStreet's free daily newsletter While most fast-food chains have their own version of the children's meal, one is choosing to lean into the reverse name to market a very different kind of offering: the Wendy's (WEN) Meal of Misfortune will be launched on August 4 to mark the second season of the Netflix (NFLX) show "Wednesday" on Aug. 6. The "unhappy meal" is meant to feature exactly the kinds of foods that the sardonic and macabre character initially created by cartoonist Charles Addams would enjoy eating: "Rest in 10-Piece" Nuggets, "Cursed & Crispy" Fries and four "Inferno" sauces to dip it all in alongside a cold "Raven's Blood" Frosty. Related: McDonald's brings back experimental menu item 13 years later The swirl of cherry syrup against the otherwise white vanilla ice cream is meant to mimic the kind of blood that Addams would find beautifully enchanting. The dips, dubbed You Can't Hyde, This Will Sting, Grave Mistake or Nowhere to Woe, feature different mystery flavors (one may be burn-your-mouth spicy while another may be confusingly sweet) and are randomly assigned with each meal sold. "Wendy's and Wednesdayare both cultural icons famous for challenging convention with wit and a bit of sass," Wendy's Chief Marketing Officer Lindsay Radkoski said in a statement. "This isn't a typical collaboration, because not just any brand could scheme up a Meal of Misfortune with Wednesday Addams. But for a brand that's proudly customer-obsessed and unapologetically bold, it was a match made in dark, dry-witted heaven." All the packaging also celebrates the show and Wednesday Addams' signature look: the sharp white collar on the brown paper bag and the 'W' featured in the Wendy's logo drawn with spooky edges for any packaging that is used for those meals. The meal will be available for purchase on Aug. 4 for a few weeks in a partnership with Netflix and the show. Along with the mainland U.S., the "Meal of Misfortune" will be available in Puerto Rico, Guam, Canada and the Bahamas both in physical restaurants and on the Wendy's app. More Food News: McDonald's menu finally brings back most-wanted fan favoritePopular fast-food burger chain to open first store in new marketWalmart makes deal to open popular food chain in stores With its dark underpinnings, the meal also helps set an early tone for Halloween. To promote it, Wendy's also snuck in a little quote from Wednesday Addams herself. "Normally I'd be against this kind of capitalistic corporate synergy," Nevermore Academy student Wednesday Addams said of the meal. "But when the fast-food-slinging pigtailed provocateur said I could do whatever I wanted to her customers, I couldn't resist." Related: Taco Bell to add three popular desserts to permanent menu The Arena Media Brands, LLC THESTREET is a registered trademark of TheStreet, Inc.
The Independent
19-07-2025
- Business
- The Independent
Return of McDonald's Snack Wrap causes lettuce supply crunch
Fans were so eager to get their hands on the McDonald's chicken Snack Wrap, which was returned to the menu this month after being retired in 2016, they briefly caused a lettuce shortage for the chain. In a communication about a week ago to U.S. franchisees, the Golden Arches told locations impacted by the shortage to hold off on adding shredded lettuce to other items such as McChicken sandwiches to preserve the supply, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company said the dip in supplies was only temporary, driven by an exceptional response to the July 10 return of the popular menu item. 'We've been blown away by the response, from packed restaurants with lines out the door to nonstop social buzz,' a McDonald's spokesperson told NBC News, adding that customers showed up in 'full force.' Over the years, fans continued to press McDonald's to bring back the Snack Wrap, launching a petition with over 18,000 signatures, and barraging company inboxes with messages. In the run-up to the Snack Wrap re-release, the company even published a WikiLeaks-style trove of Snack Wrap emails called the Snack Wrap Files. 'Please, I am begging you,' one March email to the company reads, along with the subject line 'BRING BACK THE SNACKWRAP.' 'What will it take to bring back the Snack Wrap?' the messenger added. Lettuce issues aside, the spike in interest in the $2.99 wrap was good news for McDonald's, which suffered a 3.6 percent year-over-year drop in sales last quarter, its worst since the early days of the pandemic. The company has faced particular issues with low and middle income diners pulling back spending amid increased food prices in the wider economy. Internally, the company has also reportedly warned that foreign locations may be impacted by an increase in anti-American sentiment, in what may be a reflection of shifting consumer attitudes as the U.S. has pursued a confrontational strategy of tariffs against major trading partners under the Trump administration. McDonald's also faced calls for a consumer boycott last month from the activist group People's Union USA, which accused the chain of price gouging, unfair labor practices, and avoiding taxes. 'This is about more than burgers and fries, this is about power,' The People's Union USA said in a statement on Instagram at the time. 'When we unite and hit corporations in their wallets, they listen.'
Wall Street Journal
18-07-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
McDonald's Snack Wrap Rollout Leads to Lettuce Crunch
The return of McDonald's MCD -1.14%decrease; red down pointing triangle Snack Wraps has been a hit with customers—and a hit to the Golden Arches' lettuce supplies. Some McDonald's locations have run short of lettuce and other toppings after the chain this month brought back the fried chicken strips rolled in tortillas, according to restaurant operators and a company message viewed by The Wall Street Journal.
