The Grand Mac wasn't a major return in 2023, but McDonald's did bring back its larger-than-life version, the Double Big Mac, in early 2024 (following 2023 buzz about bigger burgers), offering two larger patties and extra cheese, aligning with promises for bigger options, with its return coming after the Grand Mac's original 2017 U.S. debut and global "Grand Big Mac" 2018 anniversary.
McDonald's is bringing back its famously large and small takes on the Big Mac — here's how they stack up against the original. McDonald's is rereleasing the Grand Mac and Mac Jr.
In 2025, McDonald's isn't heavily discontinuing core items but rather tweaking menus globally, with Australia removing some wraps/salads for focus, while the U.S. relaunches the popular Snack Wrap (July 2025), tests chicken strips, and integrates some CosMc's beverage flavors, all part of a push for chicken dominance and beverage innovation, despite paused Krispy Kreme donut expansion.
The Big N' Tasty was quietly removed from many McDonald's menus because it no longer fit the company's strategic, operational, and commercial priorities. Key reasons: Menu simplification and speed-of-service.
Although McDonald's Big Mac Sauce is similar to Thousand Island Dressing, the two are NOT exactly the same. Thousand Island is made with ketchup, while most Big Mac Sauce recipes contain French dressing for a tangier flavor.
Bramwells Chunky Burger Sauce (75p, 250ml). Available in store 22nd April. Supermarket Aldi has brought back its Bramwells Chunky Burger Sauce, which became an instant internet sensation last summer* as fans likened it to the iconic McDonald's Big Mac version.
Thousand Island dressing is a creamy salad dressing and condiment made from a base of mayonnaise and usually ketchup or tomato purée and chopped pickles; it can also include lemon juice, orange juice, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, mustard, vinegar, cream, chili sauce, olive oil, and hot sauce.
That's when Allen sued McDonald's for $10 billion, arguing that McDonald's given their specific estimates in the press release, cannot hit their spending target without Allen. For decades, Blacks across the country have frequented McDonald's.
The cult favourite is back, but there are a few changes for 2025. Customers can order a Single (£7.99 for a meal) or Double Big Tasty (£9.49 for a meal) and now have the option to add on bacon for an additional 90p.
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Currently, McDonald's has a market capitalization of $208.66 billion. Buying $1000 In MCD: If an investor had bought $1000 of MCD stock 10 years ago, it would be worth $3,019.74 today based on a price of $288.95 for MCD at the time of writing.
Critics claimed that a clown mascot targeting children for fast food is unethical. A group of 550 physicians and other health professionals took out newspaper ads in 2011, saying that Ronald McDonald should be retired. Ronald McDonald has made fewer appearances since 2016 due to the 2016 clown sightings.
The Mc10:35 is a popular McDonald's "secret menu" item, a mashup of an {!nav}Egg McMuffin and a {!nav}McDouble, combining burger patties with the egg, ham, and cheese on a muffin, originally ordered during the breakfast-to-lunch transition time (around 10:30-10:35 AM) before all-day breakfast became common, though it's still a fun, custom order combining both menus. Variations include adding hash browns or using different buns like {!nav}McGriddles, and it's created by ordering the items separately and assembling them.
The unhealthiest item at McDonald's is often cited as the Big Breakfast with Hotcakes, packing over 1,300 calories, nearly a full day's sodium, and significant saturated fat, making it a calorie and nutrient bomb, with other contenders including large shakes, certain Angus burgers, and large fries.
Many people believe it's an astounding $18 after a post on X of McDonald's menu prices at a rest stop in Connecticut went viral and made national headlines.
Eventually, Big Mac and Sugar Belle both propose to each other, and they get married at the end of the episode. Big Mac getting married to Sugar Belle.
These Changes Are Coming to McDonald's Menus in America
On January 6th, 2025, The Street reported that McDonald's will be selling a Pokémon Happy Meal that will remind customers of offerings the fast food chain has been selling related to the anime series since 1999.
When McDonald's discontinued that menu item, it actually issued a rare official statement: the Big Tasty simply occupied too much physical space.
McDonald's says the meals will come with two options of TinyTAN toys, with the first set a Throwback Edition featuring outfits from their 2021 BTS Meal, and a second Encore Edition, with the characters sporting outfits during a second collaboration slated to drop Sept. 23, 2025.
Though Byron Allen is a billionaire who is always on the move, his main residence is in Los Angeles, California. He has a number of multi-million dollar homes all over the country, including those in Maui and New York City.
Morgan Spurlock, a documentary filmmaker who gained fame with his Oscar-nominated 2004 film “Super Size Me,” which followed him as he ate nothing but McDonald's for 30 days — but later stepped back from the public eye after admitting to sexual misconduct — died on Thursday in New York City. He was 53.
The fast food chain says the McRib is made with 100% pork sourced from farmers and suppliers nationwide. “We've always been transparent about our ingredients so guests can make the right choice for them,” the company said.
The unhealthiest salad dressings are typically creamy varieties like Caesar, Ranch, Blue Cheese, and Thousand Island, due to high levels of calories, unhealthy saturated fats (from mayonnaise, cheese, sour cream), sodium, and added sugars (like high fructose corn syrup in French/Thousand Island). Dressings with added sugars, artificial colors, or palm oil as a main ingredient, like some Raspberry Vinaigrettes or Honey Mustards, are also poor choices, often masking high-calorie bases with sugar.
Fry sauce was popularized in Utah. although sauce made of a mixture of equal parts ketchup and mayonnaise appears in a New Orleans cookbook published in 1900. The Utah origin is when Don Carlos Edwards used a pink sauce at his restaurant, Don Carlos Barbecue, sometime between 1941 and 1943.