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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
McDonald's Just Added a Brand-New Burger to Their Menu -- And Fans Couldn't Be Happier
McDonald's Just Added a Brand-New Burger to Their Menu -- And Fans Couldn't Be Happier originally appeared on Parade. More so than most iconic fast food chains across the globe, McDonald's is always finding new ways to bring back certain fan-favorite menu items while also testing out brand-new products. Fresh off the success surrounding the long-awaited return of the widely loved Snack Wrap, McDonald's has just introduced an exciting new spin on the classic burger formula with their Daily Double Burger. In many ways, the Daily Double Burger offers a fairly traditional burger recipe involving layers of double-patty burgers, gooey cheese, chopped tomatoes, shredded lettuce, diced onions and a healthy smear of creamy mayonnaise. While it might not sound like McDonald's has entirely reinvented the wheel with this new burger, it's worth noting the key differences that separate the Daily Double Burger from most other products on McDonald's menus. In particular, the Daily Double Burger is one of the few burgers offered at McDonald's that utilizes mayonnaise in lieu of the restaurant's signature ketchup and mustard topping combo. Additionally, it's one of the only new burgers to come equipped with lettuce and mayo -- an honor typically reserved for iconic McDonald's fare like Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe and, of course, the Big Mac. In its earliest incarnation, the Daily Double Burger was tested out in select McDonald's locations in Miami, Chicago and Seattle earlier this year. After a successful testing phase, the item quietly expanded to nationwide McDonald's locations starting on June 26. Dedicated patrons of McDonald's will be able to secure the Daily Double Burger from now until the end of 2025. Additionally, the burger will soon find itself taking center stage in the McValue Meal Deal combo. In said platter, diners can order the double-patty burger, french fries, Chicken McNuggets and an accompanying beverage for as little as $6 or $7, depending on the specific location of the restaurant in question. McDonald's Just Added a Brand-New Burger to Their Menu -- And Fans Couldn't Be Happier first appeared on Parade on Jun 30, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 30, 2025, where it first appeared.
Miami Herald
2 days ago
- Business
- Miami Herald
McDonald's Just Added a Brand-New Burger to Their Menu -- And Fans Couldn't Be Happier
More so than most iconic fast food chains across the globe, McDonald's is always finding new ways to bring back certain fan-favorite menu items while also testing out brand-new products. Fresh off the success surrounding the long-awaited return of the widely loved Snack Wrap, McDonald's has just introduced an exciting new spin on the classic burger formula with their Daily Double Burger. In many ways, the Daily Double Burger offers a fairly traditional burger recipe involving layers of double-patty burgers, gooey cheese, chopped tomatoes, shredded lettuce, diced onions and a healthy smear of creamy mayonnaise. While it might not sound like McDonald's has entirely reinvented the wheel with this new burger, it's worth noting the key differences that separate the Daily Double Burger from most other products on McDonald's menus. In particular, the Daily Double Burger is one of the few burgers offered at McDonald's that utilizes mayonnaise in lieu of the restaurant's signature ketchup and mustard topping combo. Additionally, it's one of the only new burgers to come equipped with lettuce and mayo -- an honor typically reserved for iconic McDonald's fare like Quarter Pounder with Cheese Deluxe and, of course, the Big Mac. In its earliest incarnation, the Daily Double Burger was tested out in select McDonald's locations in Miami, Chicago and Seattle earlier this year. After a successful testing phase, the item quietly expanded to nationwide McDonald's locations starting on June 26. Dedicated patrons of McDonald's will be able to secure the Daily Double Burger from now until the end of 2025. Additionally, the burger will soon find itself taking center stage in the McValue Meal Deal combo. In said platter, diners can order the double-patty burger, french fries, Chicken McNuggets and an accompanying beverage for as little as $6 or $7, depending on the specific location of the restaurant in question. Copyright 2025 The Arena Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Newsweek
6 days ago
- Business
- Newsweek
McDonald's Menu is Changing: What to Know
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. McDonald's has announced it will stop selling Krispy Kreme doughnuts at its U.S. restaurants starting July 2, ending a joint effort that company leaders described as ultimately "unsustainable." The decision comes as McDonald's launches a series of menu changes—including new desserts, value meals, and the return of the Snack Wrap—affecting restaurants nationwide. The Krispy Kreme partnership, which began in 2022 and expanded in early 2024, supplied doughnuts to around 2,400 McDonald's restaurants across the country. FILE- McDonald's sign advertising Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for sale. McDonald's formed a partnership with Krispy Kreme in 2024 to sell their doughnuts. FILE- McDonald's sign advertising Krispy Kreme Doughnuts for sale. McDonald's formed a partnership with Krispy Kreme in 2024 to sell their doughnuts. Getty Images Why It Matters The end of Krispy Kreme sales at McDonald's signals a shift in the fast-food giant's menu strategy as it faces rising costs and changing consumer preferences. McDonald's recent menu overhauls—including the launch of a McValue menu and new limited-time items—reflect growing competition and heightened price sensitivity among U.S. diners. The move also impacts customers who had enjoyed expanded doughnut options at McDonald's, while offering insight into how restaurant partnerships navigate supply chain and profitability pressures. What To Know McDonald's will discontinue the sale of Krispy Kreme doughnuts at its restaurants nationwide after July 2. The companies jointly characterized the partnership as "strong collaboration" but said the business arrangement was not profitable for Krispy Kreme—a conclusion reached after trying to address costs and demand. Krispy Kreme CEO Josh Charlesworth said: "Ultimately, efforts to bring our costs in line with unit demand were unsuccessful, making the partnership unsustainable for us." McDonald's had initially announced plans in March 2024 to offer three flavors of Krispy Kreme doughnuts, with ambitious rollout expectations through 2026. However, several months later, leaders from both companies decided to suspend further expansion and end the current supply arrangement, citing profitability challenges. New Menu Additions for 2025 The menu changes at McDonald's extend beyond the removal of doughnuts. This summer, several new and returning items are debuting or expanding on U.S. menus. These include: 2025 HERSHEY'S S'mores McFlurry , available starting June 10, blending vanilla soft serve, HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows (McDonald's USA, June 5, 2025). , available starting June 10, blending vanilla soft serve, HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallows (McDonald's USA, June 5, 2025). Lemonade as a permanent menu item, featuring real lemon juice and cane sugar, now available nationwide. as a permanent menu item, featuring real lemon juice and cane sugar, now available nationwide. Squishmallows Happy Meals , with collectible toys and associated digital experiences, restocked in May for a limited time. , with collectible toys and associated digital experiences, restocked in May for a limited time. Oreo Shamrock McFlurry returning for a limited run from February 10, blending OREO pieces with Shamrock Shake syrup and soft serve. Value Menu Expansion and Promotions In its largest menu update in years, McDonald's launched an expanded McValue menu in January 2025, featuring eight items across breakfast and the rest of the day. Customers can mix and match select menu items via a "buy one, add one for $1" promotion, which CEO Joe Erlinger described as the company's effort to deliver more options amid inflation and increased menu prices. The expanded value offers follow a period in which McDonald's reported a 40 percent average menu price increase since 2019 and sluggish sales growth in recent quarters. These deals are intended to help attract and retain price-sensitive customers. Snack Wrap Comeback After Customer Demand Another major change coming in summer 2025 is the return of the McDonald's Snack Wrap. Removed from menus in 2016 to streamline kitchen operations, the Snack Wrap will reappear in U.S. restaurants on July 10, in fried chicken Ranch and Spicy flavors. McDonald's highlighted the persistent customer demand and social media campaigns that fueled its revival, including a petition with nearly 19,000 signatures. The new version focuses exclusively on fried chicken, diverging from original offerings that included grilled versions and multiple sauces, in a move aimed at operational simplicity and speed. International Changes and Rewards McDonald's restaurants in the U.K. are also cycling in new items in 2025 and expanded their MyMcDonald's Rewards program. What People Are Saying Alyssa Buetikofer, McDonald's USA's Chief Marketing and Customer Experience Officer, said: "We were excited and pleased to partner with Krispy Kreme. We had strong collaboration with Krispy Kreme and they delivered a great, high-quality product for us, and while the partnership met our expectations for McDonald's and Owner/Operators, this needed to be a profitable business model for Krispy Kreme as well." What Happens Next Krispy Kreme has announced plans to expand distribution to other retail and international outlets following the end of the McDonald's deal.
Atlantic
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Atlantic
Revenge of the Wrap
Wraps are awful. At best, they ruin perfectly serviceable fillings by bundling them up in a gummy, cold tortilla. At worst, they do this with less-than-serviceable fillings. They're like a salad, but less refreshing, or like a sandwich, but less filling—a worst-of-all-worlds Frankenstein's monster, an indistinguishable food slurry wrapped in edible cardboard, like the world's rudest present. They're desperation food—'the stuff,' Lesley Suter wrote a few years ago in the food publication Eater, 'of refrigerated airport deli cases, conference center lunch trays, and the dark side of a Subway menu.' Every single part of them is the wrong texture. And yet: This month, McDonald's announced that it would be bringing back its chicken Snack Wrap, after nearly 19,000 people signed a petition arguing that it was ' easily the best thing' on the chain's menu. The announcement came a day after Popeyes introduced three new chicken wraps. TikTok is now filled with wrap-recipe cook-alongs and clips of attractive young people hunting for the best chicken-Caesar wrap in their given city. If you are over 40, this might sound a bit familiar. Wraps were one of the biggest eating fads of the 1990s, after a group of enterprising friends decided to put Peking duck inside a tortilla and see if San Franciscans would buy it. They would, and they did, and then so did the rest of the country. Soon enough, the nation's leading newspapers were running careful, anthropological explainers about wraps, as though a sandwich were a newly discovered animal species. (The Washington Post, 1996: 'They're called wraps—big, fat, tortilla-wrapped bundles similar to burritos but with a wild choice of international fillings.' The Post again, six months later: 'It looks like a giant egg roll.') Tavern on the Green, which had at that point been selling down-the-middle American classics in New York City's Central Park for two generations, introduced a pork-and-potato wrap. Around the country, as The New York Times wrote in 1998, 'tiny stores selling wraps sprang up like weeds.' Wraps, like garbage cans, can hold anything; for this reason, they aligned perfectly with the '90s fascination with so-called fusion food, which combines dishes from different culinary traditions. But more important, they were a vessel for the era's body anxieties. Extreme thinness was trending; Dr. Richard Atkins had recently reissued his diet guide, one of the best-selling books in history. Wraps were—in marketing, if not always in reality —lower-calorie and lower-carb than normal sandwiches, all that pillowy, delicious bread having been replaced with a utilitarian tortilla forgery that tasted and looked virtuous, especially when it was flecked with spinach or tomato. If traditional sandwiches were greasy and chaotic, the province of children and cartoon slobs, wraps were tidy and sensible, the province of working women with slim hips and pin-straight hair. They were fuel more than food, practicality more than pleasure. The fact that they didn't taste good was maybe even part of the point. A couple of weeks ago, I was talking with a woman about this story at a party, and she mentioned that she used to eat a lot of wraps. I was incredulous—until she explained, breezily, that she had had an eating disorder for many years. Trends are pendulums. Wraps and extreme thinness eventually became less fashionable, but not because they were a terrible waste of time and imagination—they became less fashionable simply because new orthodoxy about how to eat and how to look replaced them. Bowls became the dominant healthy-ish working lunch, and a curvier silhouette—less ruler, more Jessica Rabbit; less Kate Moss, more Kim Kardashian—became the aspirational female body type. Third-wave feminism and its attendant media turned dieting (or at least talking about it) into something archaic and deeply uncool. But America's golden age of body positivity had its limitations: People were still expected to fall within a narrow band of acceptable sizes and shapes, and they were expected to have a particular body by accident, without effort or deprivation or shame or depressing sandwiches. For a while, the feminine ideal was a beautiful woman with a tiny waist, a giant butt, and a hamburger in hand, meat juice spilling down her forearm. But recently, the mood has shifted again. Hip bones are jutting out once more from above low-rise jeans. The Kardashian sisters have been talking about their ' weight-loss journeys.' Estimates suggest that up to one in eight American adults have taken Ozempic or similar drugs since they were introduced. In the extreme, influencers are building social-media empires by bullying women into cutting calories and exercising for hours a day. Everywhere I look, the aesthetic values of the '90s have returned, even if the vocabulary has changed: Low-carb has been replaced with high-protein; dieting has been replaced with wellness; starvation has been replaced with fasting. Diet culture is being revived, repackaged, and resold for a new era, and so are the foods that fed it. Two decades ago, when Subway launched a new line of wraps, they were advertised as a 'carb-controlled' option compatible with the Atkins diet. In 2024, when Subway launched a new line of wraps, a company press release foregrounded their protein content and promised to 'fuel you up without weighing you down.' The Snack Wrap petition explicitly cites the wrap's calorie count, which is typically below 300. On TikTok, fitness bros are bragging about the 'macros' on their 'XL Grinder Salad Wraps,' and women are posting recipes for 300-calorie buffalo-chicken wraps to a chorus of comments such as 'YALL THIS IS SOOOOO FILLING. I LOVE HIGH VOLUME LOW CAL EATING 🔥🔥🔥.' A thinness-obsessed nation is turning once again toward joyless tubes of functional slop, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
New York Post
18-06-2025
- Business
- New York Post
Taco Bell cranks up fast-food chicken wars with crispy strips, tacos and burritos — but only for a limited time
Taco Bell's chicken nuggets were just the beginning. The fast-food chain has introduced Crispy Chicken Tacos, Burritos and Strips to its menus for a limited time. 5 The new menu items will feature the same signature tortilla-coated crunch used on Taco Bell's nuggets. Taco Bell 5 Taco Bell's Crispy Chicken Tacos, Burritos and Strips will be available for a limited time. Taco Bell The new menu items will feature the company's signature tortilla-coated crunch used on the Crispy Chicken Nuggets, but this time with a bigger bite as a Crispy Chicken Strip. 'Crispy chicken is having a moment, but our fans made it a movement,' Taylor Montgomery, Chief Marketing Officer at Taco Bell, said in a statement as the battle for fast-food chicken supremacy continues. 5 'Crispy chicken is having a moment, but our fans made it a movement,' Taylor Montgomery, chief marketing officer at Taco Bell, said in a statement. Taco Bell 5 Check out the evolution of Taco Bell's crispy chicken from a tortilla chip to a nugget, strip, taco and burrito. Taco Bell 'So, we decided to bring our sell-out Nuggets recipe to the formats that defined our brand because true innovation means elevating the icons, not replacing them.' Crispy Chicken Tacos will feature the new chicken strip with purple cabbage, lettuce, pico de gallo and shredded cheddar cheese for $2.79. The Crispy Chicken Burrito includes two strips, purple cabbage, lettuce, pico de gallo and cheddar cheese for $5.49. Chicken tacos and burritos will also come with a choice of two new sauces: Spicy Ranchero Sauce or Avocado Ranch Sauce. Taco Bell is also offering an order of two Crispy Chicken Strips on their own for those who don't want the whole package for $3.99. The addition of Chicken Crispy Strips to Taco Bell's menu comes as an apparent fast-food 'wrap' battle is ensuing with chicken strips elsewhere. After years of begging and waiting, McDonald's confirmed that the Snack Wrap will return to restaurants nationwide permanently beginning July 10. 5 The items will be available on menus for a limited time only. M. Suhail – The Snack Wrap will feature one of McDonald's new McCrispy Strips, topped with crisp shredded lettuce and shredded cheese, all wrapped in a soft flour tortilla. Popeyes also announced the addition of Chicken Wraps to its menu earlier this month.
