When I think of prank calls, I conjure up images of teenage girls huddled around their clear plastic phones, calling boys in their class and hanging up. You know, harmless fun. But sometimes prank calls can turn into something bigger, and even potentially dangerous: three McDonald’s restaurants in Oregon shut down over the weekend after a caller convinced employees to activate fire suppression systems, spewing chemicals over kitchen appliances. [More]
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Minnesota McDonald’s Accidentally Trolls Vikings Fans With Packers Promotional Cups
By 12.7.15
It’s not unusual for retailers, restaurants and other businesses to offer local sports fans a great deal if the hometown team wins. But deep in the purple and gold heart of Minnesota, one suburban McDonald’s accidentally brought the enemy to Minnesota Vikings fans, by way of promotional cups promising free food… if the Green Bay Packers were winners that week. [More]
IHOP, Applebee’s Remove Sugary Drinks From Children’s Menu
By 12.1.15
Two national full-service restaurants are joining the slew of fast food establishments like McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Burger King and Dairy Queen in dumping sugary drinks from the kid’s menu: Applebee’s and IHOP are the latest eateries to embrace the soda-less trend. [More]
McDonald’s Offering Table Service, New Menu At California Restaurants
By 12.1.15
Walk in to just about any McDonald’s in the country and you’ll be faced with the same process: wait in line to order your meal, recite your desired order to the person manning the register, wait a bit longer at the counter for your food to be prepared, and amble around the restaurant to find seating. While this tried-and-true method has worked for decades, the Golden Arches is apparently ready to change things up and show its fancier side by testing table service at hundreds of locations in California. [More]
McDonald’s Has A Plan To Make Sure What You Order At The Drive-Thru Is What You Get
By 11.23.15
You probably know the feeling: the little hunger monkeys in your stomach are pitching a fit,demanding to be fed, and you’re finally opening up the bag of food the drive-thru worker has handed you… and your order is wrong. The hunger monkeys fly into a rage and you’re forced to go back and ask the restaurant to make it right. McDonald’s is trying to make sure that doesn’t happen with a new plan to prevent orders from getting mucked up. [More]
McDonald’s Will Pay $355K To Settle Claims That It Discriminated Against Immigrant Workers
By 11.20.15
McDonald’s has agreed to pay $355,000 in civil penalties as part of a settlement with the U.S. Justice Department, to resolve claims that the company discriminated against legal immigrants in the workplace. [More]
Customer Files Class-Action Against McDonald’s Operator Over Hepatitis A Exposure
By 11.19.15
More than 1,000 diners at a New York McDonald’s may have been exposed to hepatitis A by an employee, a new potential class-action lawsuit against the operator of the fast food restaurant claims. [More]
Original Taco Bell Building Saved From Demolition, Will Be Moved To Taco Bell HQ
By 11.17.15
After facing demolition for nearly a year, the Downey, CA, building where Taco Bell got its modest start will live to see another day. It’ll just see it from a different location: the fast food restaurant’s corporate headquarters in Irvine. [More]
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]
McDonald’s Switching To Digital Menu Boards That Suggest Meals Based On The Weather
By 11.11.15
Ever walked into a McDonald’s and not been sure what to order? Probably not, if you’re already at the restaurant. But for those of us who just can’t make up our minds, the Golden Arches has a solution: a digital menu board that recommends meals depending on the weather. [More]
McDonald’s Expanding Mozzarella Sticks Nationwide In 2016
By 11.11.15
A little over a year ago, we pondered the age-old question: Will mozzarella sticks ever be a McDonald’s Dollar Menu item? We received a partial answer this June when the Golden Arches began pushing the hot cheese on susceptible Wisconsinites via a test of the “Lovin’ Value Menu” – you know, because that only makes sense. Well, now we know that those (maybe) glorious sticks of gooeyness are headed to a McD’s near you. [More]
Check Which McDonald’s Restaurants Are Serving All-Day Hash Browns Before You Go
By 11.9.15
One thing that disappointed fans of McDonald’s breakfast after the chain expanded its availablility all day long is that not all restaurants offer hash browns all day. Hash Brown Finder is exactly what it sounds like: it flags McDonald’s locations and whether they serve hash browns all day or not. The site is simple to use, plotting locations with hash browns on a Google map. It needs more data, though: if you’ve been to McDonald’s lately, volunteer for this tater-riffic cause. [Hash Brown Finder] [More]
Video Shows What Not To Do At McDonald’s When You’re Tired Of Waiting For Your Change
By 11.5.15
Although we don’t like how often we report on scuffles, brawls and other fights at fast food restaurants, we like to think that each example gives us the opportunity to learn something. In the case of a McDonald’s customer who ended up in a tie-grabbing, right-hook flying kerfuffle with a worker in Minneapolis, the lesson to be learned may be: exhibit patience when waiting for your change. [More]
Girl Claims McDonald’s In Wales Served Her A McFrog Wrap
By 11.4.15
A few years ago, when frogs and pieces of frogs began turning up in frozen vegetables all over the country, we came to refer to any unwanted animal or animal part found in one’s food as “free frogs.” The term literally came true in Wales last week. A 10-year-old girl says that she took a great big bite of frog in her wrap over the weekend, but McDonald’s claims that it’s “unlikely” that the frog was put in there along with the vegetables. [More]
McDonald’s Testing Sweet Potato Fries In Texas
By 10.23.15
For about as long as we can remember, McDoanld’s has been known for their over salted French fries. While the staple item has undergone a few makeovers in the past – remember the shaken’ flavor seasoned fries? – the fast food giant is gearing up for perhaps its biggest starch transformation: adding sweet potato fries to the menu. [More]
McDonald’s U.S. Sales Go Up For The First Time In Two Years
By 10.22.15
McDonald’s finally has some good news: after years of sliding sales and recent store closures, among other troubling signs, the Golden Arches has managed to see in an improvement in its U.S. stores for the first time in two years. [More]
McDonald’s Testing Sales Of Monster Energy Drinks In Five States
By 10.21.15
Need a little pick-me-up after a greasy burger and fry value meal? McDonald’s thinks it has the answer: sell energy drinks. [More]
Sonic Unfazed By McDonald’s Entrance Into All-Day Breakfast Arena
By 10.20.15
While other breakfast-serving fast food restaurants are “obviously” paying attention to McDonald’s foray into the all-day breakfast market, officials with Sonic say the new competition isn’t really that big of a deal. [More]
