McDonald’s Testing ‘Dollar Menu & More,’ Adds $1 Burger Stuffed with Tortilla Strips

June 18, 2013 // 2:14 pm

After a while, the same ol’ Dollar Menu at Mickey D’s gets old. There are only so many McDoubles and vanilla soft serves you can eat before you start wishing more choices fit your dollar budget. Looking to add some variety to their current offerings, McDonald’s…

There’s Hope: America’s Libraries Outnumber McDonald’s & Starbucks

June 18, 2013 // 8:00 am

You know the saying “There’s a Starbucks on every corner”? Turns out there might be more free books on city blocks than those pricy coffees.

America is home to about 17,000 public libraries, according to statistician Justin Grimes with the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences. Grimes plotted

LOL: Here’s How to Make Sure the McDonald’s Cashier Gets Your Order Right

June 14, 2013 // 3:49 pm

We’re guessing this impeccably dressed gentleman was tired of shouting his order through a perspex soundproof barrier and decided to get his point across by shoving his upper body through the order window.

Gotta respect his initiative.

Apparently, this peculiar behavior is becoming quite the phenomenon at McDonalds branches in…

Asians Like Panda Express, Mexicans Like El Pollo Loco and Other Fast Food Stereotypes Research Says Are Actually True

May 31, 2013 // 11:16 am

Next time you’re out grabbing fast food, stop and look at your fellow diners. If you’re at In-N-Out, are they mostly Asian and Hispanic? At Popeye’s, mostly African-American? At Tim Horton’s, mostly white?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, it turns out you’re not just being…

McDonald’s Hong Kong Offers New Black & White Burgers + Matching Bubble Tea

May 28, 2013 // 5:55 pm

McDonald’s Hong Kong is suiting up with limited time “Black and White Burgers.”

The Black Burger features a bun fashioned from black squid ink with white sesame seeds, two beef patties, mashed potatoes, lettuce, bacon and truffle sauce. While the thought of truffle sauce on a Mickey D’s burger…

McDonald’s Sweetens Summer with New Dulce de Leche Shake

May 21, 2013 // 2:38 pm

McDonald’s will be rolling out with new Dulce de Leche Shakes beginning June 10 to September 15, 2013. Which means you have 98 days to make the most of this sugar rush. Yes, I counted.

The new item is made from from Mickey D’s reduced fat vanilla ice cream, caramel…

McDonald’s Puts a Price on ‘Lovin’ It’ – Asks for 25 Cents for Extra Ketchup Packets

May 16, 2013 // 6:00 am

Well, what did we expect from ketchup that calls itself “fancy?”

According to New York news site DNAinfo, several Mickey D’s franchises in Manhattan have been charging customers an extra fee for extra ketchup packets, because apparently the costs of giving them away for free have just gotten…

New Sustainability Ranking System Shows You How to Save the World by Eating

May 14, 2013 // 8:00 am

We remember the days before big chains like McDonald’s and Starbucks pledged to make sustainability a top priority, back when “organic” was the only health-food buzzword people cared about and using “sustainability” in a sentence usually meant we’d have to define it at least once*. But things…