McDonald’s replacement for its long-running dollar menu — McPick 2 — has seen several variations since it was announced last year. Those revamps will continue, as the Golden Arches plans to allow local restaurant operators to customize the menu to their region. [More]
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McDonald’s Might Replace Dollar Menu With “McPick 2” Micro Menu
By 11.16.15
From all-day breakfast to tests of a $4.99 build-your-own combo meal bag, McDonald’s has pulled out nearly all the stops when it comes to getting customers inside the Golden Arches. Today, the fast food giant announced its latest initiative, a new take on the Dollar Menu: “McPick 2.” [More]
New Items For McDonald’s “Don’t Call It A Dollar Menu” Revealed
November 4, 2013
Last month, McDonald’s announced it was replacing its “Dollar Menu” with an expanded roster of foods that often break that 100-cent barrier. BurgerBusiness.com has the details on several new items being added to the Dollar Menu & More list, like a $1 Buffalo Ranch McChicken, its pricier counterpart with bacon, and a BBQ Ranch Burger that apparently comes complete with a layer of corn chips. [via BurgerBusiness] [More]
Someone Ate A Sandwich Made Of All McDonald’s Dollar Menu Items Because Why Not?
By 10.28.13
There’s only so much time left before the McDonald’s Dollar Menu is a thing of the past, when it becomes the Dollar And More For Some Stuff Because We Need Money Menu. That makes right this very moment in time just right for someone to make a sandwich including all the items on the Dollar Menu. Thank goodness that someone wasn’t us. [More]
McDonald’s Confirms Switch To Pricier “Dollar Menu & More”
By 10.22.13
In September, we told you that McDonald’s was mulling over a plan to hedge on the whole Dollar Menu thing by breaking the dollar barrier on some items while adding more expensive offerings and renaming it “Dollar Menu and More.” Now the fast food mega-chain has confirmed that a dollar just doesn’t buy you what it used to at the Golden Arches. [More]
McDonald’s Considering Switch To “Dollar Menu & More” (Where “More” Means Higher Prices)
By 9.4.13
While not each and every McDonald’s has a Dollar Menu with items that actually cost a dollar (Looking at you, NYC-area “value” menus), for the most part it’s been a draw for customers knowing they can get a number of of products for only a buck. Although now the company says its thinking of changing to a “Dollar Menu & More” value menu, the more being in this case, more money. [More]
Burger King Remembers It Has A Value Menu It Should Probably Be Telling You About
By 2.15.13
What do you think of when you hear the words, “dollar menu”? McDonald’s probably. How about “value menu”? Nothing? Yeah, that’s a problem, admits Burger King, confessing the company needs to start working on reminding people it’s got low-priced food items just like the other guys. [More]
A Quest To Find The Best $1 Fast Food Burger
By 1.31.13
You’re hungry. You’re stranded in suburbia. You only have a few bucks in your pocket. Which fast food dollar-menu burger should you choose? To find out, you’d need $6 (plus tax) and to drive all over town taste-testing the dollar offerings from every chain. Do you want cheese? Bacon? Flavor? Two patties? Fortunately, someone has done the legwork for you, without setting foot outside of his car. [More]
Wendy's: Where $1.39 Is 99 Cents
By 8.12.11
Adam doesn’t ask for much. He just wants to be able to walk into his local Wendy’s and buy Value Menu items for the 99 cents that the chain advertises nationwide. This dream eludes him, though, because all of the restaurants in his area charge $1.39 for the 99-cent menu items. Sure, it’s still cheap, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t bother him. [More]
Taco Bell Escalates Cheap Food War With $2 Value Meals
By 5.14.10
Not to be outdone by the proliferation of dollar menus and $10 pizzas, Taco Bell has announced $2 value meals. Yes, for a mere $2, you will soon be eating a taco or burrito, a medium soft drink and a bag of Doritos. [More]
Um, Why Are All The $1 BK Double Cheeseburgers I Buy Tiny?
By 1.4.10
Reader Shane has been to 3 separate Burger Kings in the Orlando, FL area and he would like to know why all the $1 BK Double Cheeseburgers he buys are tiny. [More]
Leaked Document: McDonald's Nationwide Breakfast Dollar Menu Coming
By 11.10.09
The WSJ says they have their hands on a document that shows that a nationwide McDonald’s Breakfast Dollar Menu is coming. The fast food giant has already tested these menus in several markets.
Who Wants To Be a Dollar Menunaire?
By 5.14.09
Salon has a useful, funny and informative recession-coping series going called Pinched, and the latest entry, by Sarah Hepola, takes on that age old conundrum of fast food. And not that hoity-toity $5 combo fast food, the nasty, ratty stuff on the dollar menu.
The New "McDouble" Spotted In The Wild
By 12.5.08
Reports of the new “McDouble” replacing the Double Cheeseburger on the McDonald’s “Dollar Menu” have started to roll into our inbox. The “McDouble” is a double cheeseburger with only one slice of cheese.
$1 "McDouble" Would Be Double The Burger, But Just One Slice Of Cheese
By 10.31.08
Advertising Age says that an important election is coming up. No, not that one. McDonald’s franchises are voting as to whether or not to raise prices on the double cheeseburger. There may be hope, however, for those of you who don’t want to pay more — and are not excited by the idea of a totally cheeseless double cheese.
Double Cheeseburgerless Dollar Menu Spotted At McDonald's
By 9.24.08
You know it was coming and now it’s happened to reader Joe. Joe says that his local McDonald’s has cruelly taken away both the Double Cheeseburger and the McChicken sandwiches from the cheap-as-hell glory that is the Dollar Menu.
Will The McD Double Cheeseburger Lose Its Cheese? Or Go Off The Dollar Menu Completely?
By 8.4.08
The fate of the $1 double cheeseburger seems sealed. McDonald’s has already announced that it will be looking for ways to cut costs or increase revenue from the popular dollar menu item — even if it means taking the double cheeseburger off the menu completely. Now the Wall Street Journal says that McDonald’s is testing different versions of the burger, and that it may lose some or all of its cheese.
How Long Can McDonald's Afford To Keep The Double Cheeseburger On The Dollar Menu?
By 7.24.08
Double cheeseburger fans are going to have to face a grim reality. The rising cost of raw materials means that McDonald’s has to pay more for beef– and the double cheeseburger will probably have to leave the dollar menu.
