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McDonald's looking to beef up with larger burgers

Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:25 pm
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
51692 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:25 pm
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McDonald’s is looking to potentially beef up its offerings with a bigger burger.

CFO Ian Borden said Tuesday McDonald’s has "created a larger satiating burger" as the fast-food giant "look[s] to further build on our leadership in beef."

"We’ll be testing this burger in a few markets later this year, ensuring that it has universal appeal before scaling it across the globe," he added.


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"We’re addressing an unmet customer need across markets for larger high-quality burgers," CEO Chris Kempczinski said in early February. "We’re working horizontally across the system to innovate. As we test and learn, we’ll be working to understand how the new offering will complement our already established burgers, like the Double QPC [Quarter Pounder with Cheese] or the Big Tasty."

In late January, U.S. locations added the Double Big Mac and its four beef patties to menus for a "limited time." 

Over the past year, McDonald’s has made various changes to its popular cheeseburger, double cheeseburger, hamburger, McDouble and Big Mac.

The tweaks, made through its "Best Burger" initiative, aimed to make burgers "hotter," "juicier" and "tastier," the fast-food chain has said. It kicked off that program in early 2023.



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Posted by jcaz
Laffy
Member since Aug 2014
15691 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:26 pm to
I rarely eat McDonalds because when I am forced to, I literally can feel my body shutting down. I get sleepy and my body aches.
wtf are they putting in that food?
Posted by AtlantaLSUfan
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2009
23166 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:29 pm to
I’m not convinced they’re still using beef. At least not 100% beef.
Posted by DownSouthCrawfish
Simcoe Strip - He/Him/Helicopter
Member since Oct 2011
36441 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:30 pm to
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literally can feel my body shutting down. I get sleepy and my body aches. wtf are they putting in that food?
too much soy apparently
Posted by GruntbyAssociation
Member since Jul 2013
3793 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:31 pm to
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I’m not convinced they’re still using beef. At least not 100% beef.


They’re mixing in rat knuckles.
Posted by Odysseus32
Member since Dec 2009
7330 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:33 pm to
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We’re addressing an unmet customer need across markets for larger high-quality burgers


What a dumb-frick thing to say.

Anybody who has been cooking can make a burger far and away better than anything produced by a fast-food chain. If you want fast food, there are some okay enough burgers. If I want a good burger, I'm going to make it myself or go to Five Guys.

CEO knows his market and knows they've fricked up being greedy citing inflation. Your market is trashy people and single families who don't have time to cook. You've out-priced them. Unless you're going back down in price while beefing up this burger, you'll continue on the slow death spiral the brand has been on since the early 2000s.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:34 pm
Posted by Tarps99
Lafourche Parish
Member since Apr 2017
7529 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:34 pm to
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CFO Ian Borden said Tuesday McDonald’s has "created a larger satiating burger" as the fast-food giant "look[s] to further build on our leadership in beef."


They did this before. It was called the Big Xtra. A 1/3 pound burger that was salty as crap and had it own size of bun.

Also because people are ignorant on fractions, people thought it had less beef than a quarter pounder.



The eventually replaced it with the Big N Tasty which was just a quarter pounder with lettuce and tomato and mayo.
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:39 pm
Posted by lsusteve1
Member since Dec 2004
41997 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:36 pm to
Sooo

Back to normal size?
Posted by sec13rowBBseat28
St George, LA
Member since Aug 2006
15389 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:38 pm to
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"We’re addressing an unmet customer need across markets for larger high-quality burgers," CEO Chris Kempczinski


So the CEO is basically admitting to serving small low-quality burgers.
Posted by Hogwarts
Arkansas, USA
Member since Sep 2015
18063 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:38 pm to
Wish they would bring back the Homestyle burger from the late 90s
Posted by Fun Bunch
New Orleans
Member since May 2008
116201 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:39 pm to
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Posted by WeeWee
Member since Aug 2012
40180 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:39 pm to
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McDonald's looking to beef up with larger burgers


What a great way to slow the obesity epidemic.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71319 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:41 pm to
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high-quality


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McDonald’s


Does not compute.
Posted by Smoke Ring
Scenic Highway Crackhouse
Member since Dec 2010
4245 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:43 pm to
I ordered a Big Mac for the first time in 25 years a few weeks ago. All I could do was laugh at how bad it sucked compared to what it used to be.
Posted by NotoriousFSU
Atlanta, GA
Member since Oct 2008
10252 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:46 pm to
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wtf are they putting in that food?


Cancer.
Posted by ThePoo
Work
Member since Jan 2007
60613 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:46 pm to
Bring back the arch deluxe!
Posted by poochie
Houma, la
Member since Apr 2007
6309 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:47 pm to
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I rarely eat McDonalds because when I am forced to, I literally can feel my body shutting down. I get sleepy and my body aches.


Oh shut up you fricking loser
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
58969 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:48 pm to
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What a great way to slow the obesity epidemic.


It's not the beef that's making people fat.
Posted by SirWinston
PNW
Member since Jul 2014
82136 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 12:50 pm to
The meat is still good* - its the buns, fries, sugary drinks and ice cream / pasties that make you sluggish

Did you know you can just order QP patties with salt and pepper for between $1.25 and $2 each? It's served in a box or in a breakfast tray.

* - I think. Haven't researched in a while
This post was edited on 5/1/24 at 12:51 pm
Posted by alphaandomega
Tuscaloosa
Member since Aug 2012
13623 posts
Posted on 5/1/24 at 1:02 pm to
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added the Double Big Mac and its four beef patties to menus for a "limited time." 


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