The fast-food chain has said goodbye to its strawberry and toffee ice cream sundaes - much to customers dismay. The ice cream treat disappeared from the menu late last month with bosses saying the decision had been made because the puddings "weren't very popular".
Big news for people that love Sundaes and McFlurrys.
McDonald's have confirmed that they're taking Sundaes off their menu.
Toffee and Strawberry Sundaes
A Tweet at the time read: "The Toffee Sundae and Strawberry Sundae were removed from the McDonald's menu on Wednesday 26, September 2018, and they were removed because they weren't very popular.
All across mainland Europe, America and further afield, the sundae remains on the menu.
Hot fudge sundaes have been a staple at McDonald's and now they've taken them off the menu. During these uncertain times hot fudge sundaes are a comfort food!
The announcement continued: "We're doing this to remove over 850 tonnes of plastic from our suppy chain a year, as part of our Plan for Change". A number of people applauded this move, pleased to see McDonald's take a stance on such an important issue.
McDonald's has revealed its summer menu for 2023 including the highly-anticipated return of the Double Chocolate Pie. It's all change at the fast food giant who are also switching things up with a “double” version of a classic burger, a new wrap, side, and McFlurry flavour.
Starting this month, we'll be phasing out our McCafé Bakery line-up, including the Apple Fritter, Blueberry Muffin and Cinnamon Roll,” a spokesperson for McDonald's said in a statement shared with Nexstar. The spokesperson did not say specifically when the items would be pulled from restaurants.
McDonald's removes Apple Fritter, Blueberry Muffin, Cinnamon Roll from menus as part of McCafé Bakery 'phase out' – NBC Chicago.
The oldest McDonald's restaurant is a drive-up hamburger stand at 10207 Lakewood Boulevard at Florence Avenue in Downey, California, United States. It was the third McDonald's restaurant and opened on August 18, 1953.
A pharmacist named Charles Sonntag created the treat, naming it the “sonntag” after himself. Sonntag means Sunday in German, and so the name was translated to Sunday, and later spelled as “sundae”.
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“Despite speculation and following a trial separation period, breakfast bagels and breakfast wraps will not be returning to the menu. We adore each other deeply but our love for the iconic McMuffin was simply too hard to ignore.”
Taylor Company makes the ice cream machines, which have a reputation among McDonald's ice cream fans for being frequently out of commission. Kytch, a California tech company, filed a $900 million complaint in March, accusing McDonald's and Taylor of defamation and stealing trade secrets.
“This is probably an operational decision. It costs less to serve crushed nuts than individually wrapped nuts. And McDonald's is weighing that decision against the costs associated with hostility toward the brand.
The fast food restaurant chain has confirmed that all under 18s will be turned away after 5pm if they are not accompanied by an adult. McDonald's says it made the decision following a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour in the area and employees being "subjected to verbal and physical abuse".
McDonald's pledged to phase out its plastic Happy Meal Toys, but environmental experts say the company's real problem is its use of beef. McDonald's has pledged to phase out the use of fossil-fuel based plastics in its Happy Meal toys by 2025. The company intends to use more paper and recyclable plastics in its toys.
McDonald's is making Happy Meals healthier. By 2022, cheeseburgers won't be part of the menu for the kids' meals, although parents can still ask for them. The main choices will be hamburgers and four- and six-piece Chicken McNuggets.
It's not the first time McDonald's has revived the Hamburglar to promote certain menu items. In 2015 it remade the character into a bearded hipster with a trench coat who had a craving for a new sirloin burger. McDonald's restaurants phased out the limited-time menu item when it expired later that year.
McDonald's is facing a bag shortage due to pressures in the industry, the Wall Street Journal reports. Over the past year, the majority of restaurants across the country saw most of the business coming from take-out or delivery orders, which required them to use more bags than usual.
The Hamburglar, a classic mascot of the fast-food chain second only to Ronald McDonald, returned in the company's newest TV commercial, the fast-food chain said Monday. The character is being used to promote improvements to the Big Mac, McDouble, and the classic Cheeseburger, Double Cheeseburger and Hamburger.
A spokesman for McDonalds said: "To make sure they're clean and in full working order, our shake and soft-serve ice cream machines undergo heat treatment cycles every 24 hrs. They're also disassembled, sanitized and cleaned every 14 days. That means that from time to time we are unable to serve our iconic McFlurry.
The Taylor ice cream machine takes four hours to clean and sanitize itself — and the process needs to be completed every single day. During these four hours, the machine, of course, cannot make ice cream.
"This change was made a number of years ago, but you will be pleased to know our McFlurry is still as popular as ever," they said. "The machines took up considerable space in our kitchens, so the decision was made that they would be hand stirred – with love – by our crew.