Sadly, during the start of the pandemic, due to reduced staffing and a lack of dine-in traffic, the decision was made to end their super popular all-day breakfast to "provide better speed of service" to customers.
McDonald's all-day breakfast isn't around anymore, but the McCafe menu is available all day long. McDonald's all-day breakfast has been discontinued since 2020, and there are no plans on bringing it back (NOOOOO!).
The reason for removing the all-day breakfast was to help "streamline" the menu and "simplify" operations for staff and workers.
McDonald's' all-day breakfast was halted in March 2020, at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the company made adjustments to simplify operations for local workers.
McDonald's has confirmed that it has removed its popular all-day breakfast menu from restaurants across Australia. The fast food giant will now stop selling its breakfast menu items in restaurants at midday. The only item on the breakfast menu that will still be available all day at Macca's is hash browns.
The breakfast menu was offered around the clock after being introduced with much fanfare in 2015. But McDonald's Australia – or Macca's – confirmed in a statement on Monday that it's now only offering breakfast items from 4am to midday at restaurants and 4am to 10.30am via delivery.
Craving an Egg McMuffin or some crispy hash browns? McDonald's breakfast items are some of the most delicious offerings on their menu, but they're not available all day. If you're wondering what time McDonald's stops serving breakfast, get all the details here about McDonald's breakfast hours in 2023.
So eggs and sausage are pre-cooked and held for breakfast sandwich assembly." At 10:30, McDonald's needs to start using its toasters and grills for burgers, chicken nuggets, and sandwich buns instead, Hume said.
Items on our breakfast menu are cooked slightly differently and at a different temperature from items on our main menu. This means we don't have enough space in our kitchens to accommodate the cooking and preparation of our breakfast and main menus at the same time.
Wraps would not be returning
And in Jan 2022, the company confirmed that breakfast wraps, along with bagels, would not be returning to the menu.
Mashed reports that in order to keep up with customer demands restaurants like McDonald's had to streamline services and modernize. That meant adding ordering screens, adding more drive-thru lanes, getting rid of seating, and yes, ending play time in the McDonald's Play Place.
In 2016, McDonald's officially retired Ronald after a series of "creepy clown sightings" popped up across the United States. As they escalated from harmless sightings to reports of carrying weapons, it became an awful time to be a clown.
The new expanded All Day Breakfast menu will include: Egg McMuffin, Sausage McMuffin with Egg, Sausage McMuffin, Bacon, Egg & Cheese Biscuit, Sausage Biscuit with Egg, Sausage Biscuit, Bacon, Egg & Cheese McGriddles, Sausage, Egg & Cheese McGriddles, Sausage McGriddles, Hotcakes, Hotcakes and Sausage, Sausage Burrito, ...
Their statement said, in part, "Out of an abundance of caution, we voluntarily stopped selling salads at impacted restaurants until we can switch to another lettuce blend supplier." They added, "McDonald's is committed to the highest standards of food safety and quality control.
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While McDonald's starts serving lunch at 10:30 a.m., its menu is available all day long. This means you can order any of the restaurant's burgers, sandwiches, sides, or desserts at any time throughout the day. However, there are some items that are only available during lunchtime.
You can have a Big Mac for breakfast or a Hash Brown for dinner.
The ingredients and kitchen equipment used for breakfast and regular menu items are different. Thus, we are unable to serve regular menu items during breakfast hours and vice versa.
Food on the normal menu and breakfast menu can't be cooked at the same time. Breakfast food is cooked slightly differently and at different temperatures to burgers and fries and there's not enough space to do both menus at once in the kitchens.
It's time for breakfast on your terms. 10:30 a.m. will no longer be the end of breakfast. Lunch, snack, dinner, late night – it's time for Hotcakes at whenever o'clock. The new limited menu will allow customers to enjoy a breakfast sandwich paired with an order of World Famous Fries after 10:30 a.m.
As part of our menu evolution, Hashbrowns are no longer included on our All Day Breakfast. We're sorry to disappoint you with this change and we've shared your feedback with our team for consideration. Thanks for reaching out to us!
What time does breakfast end at McDonald's? According to McDonald's corporate, breakfast is served until 10:30 a.m. or 11:00 a.m., but the menus and hours vary by restaurant.
The absense of hash browns is the result of a lack of necessary machinery needed to cook both hash browns and french fries at the same time. The hash brown patty is cooked using the same fryers used to make the french fries.
Ingredients: Potatoes, Non-Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils (Sunflower, Rapeseed, in varying amounts), Salt, Maize Flour, Dehydrated Potato, Dextrose, Stabiliser (Diphosphates), Black Pepper Extract. Prepared in the restaurant using non-hydrogenated vegetable oil.
McDonald's uses russet potatoes in their hashbrowns
Over the years, however, McDonald's began to incorporate three more russet varieties — the Ranger, Umatilla, and the Shepody. Later on, McDonald's would bring on the Clearwater Russet and the Blazer Russet as well, says Idaho Potato.