McDonald’s is reportedly continuing its strategy of offering cheap meal bundles into 2025.
The chain’s latest ‘McValue’ gambit builds on the $5 meal deal it introduced this summer by allowing customers to choose a $1 add-on, CNBC reported.
The McDonald’s $5 deal includes either a McChicken or McDouble, four-piece chicken nuggets, fries and a drink.
Next year, customers who buy this meal will be able to add any of the following for just a dollar: a double cheeseburger; McChicken sandwich; six piece chicken nuggets and small fry; or breakfast options of a Sausage McMuffin, sausage biscuit or sausage burrito and a hash brown.
The $5 deal has been extended through the end of 2024 by most franchisees, and if this buy one, get one for $1 tweak is approved, it will continue throughout next year.
Operators are still voting on the 2025 value offerings, but this initiative is likely to pass, two people familiar told CNBC.
McDonald’s already has several other limited-time deals on its mobile app, including 10 piece nuggets for $1.
McDonald’s told CNBC: ‘We and our franchisees have heard customers loud and clear when it comes to keeping prices as affordable as possible.
‘From the popular $5 Meal Deal, to numerous local and in-App offers on the food they love – we went big on value this summer and fall, bringing fans even more ways to save when they visit McDonald’s.
‘And as we look to 2025, we’re cooking up something even bigger. We can’t wait to share what’s in store.’
The McDonald’s $5 Meal Deal consists of a McDouble or McChicken, small fries, four-piece chicken nuggets, and a small drink for $5
The company’s stock bottomed out in July, coinciding with a dismal earnings result in the April through June quarter that executives blamed on low-income customers skipping trips to the golden arches due to cost.
Shares rebounded throughout the latter part of the summer and into the fall, topping out at $316.56 on October 18.
Investors soured on McDonald’s days later when news broke on October 22 that there had been a widespread E. coli outbreak at its restaurants spanning from September 12 to October 21.
The outbreak was discovered in locations across 14 states and was linked to the slivered onions on the Quarter Pounders.
So far, it’s left 34 people hospitalized, one man dead and 104 people sick.
McDonald’s plans to shell out $100 million to lure back its customers by investing in recovery efforts and supporting ‘the most heavily impacted franchisees.’
Shares are down more than 9 percent since the foodborne illness incident.
McDonald’s executives are heading into 2025 with value conscious customers on their minds. They plan to extend the $5 meal deal and allow a $1 add-on
It could be three weeks before many McDonald’s restaurants get back to serving espresso-based drinks while the machine manufacturer Melitta investigates the faulty part in its espresso machines
McDonald’s faced another setback this week when it came to their espresso makers.
The manufacturer who makes the chain’s espresso machines, Melitta, warned franchisees via letter that there was a faulty part in them, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The fault could cause steam to forcefully escape from the machine and cause the part to break, according to the letter.
Melitta told restaurant operators not to use the machines for three weeks while it investigates the problem and inspects the espresso makers.
Lattes, mochas, macchiatos, cappuccinos and other espresso-based drinks were unavailable at some McDonald’s locations in New York City and Chicago on Wednesday.
McDonald’s said this issue affected a limited number of drinks on the menu, with hot and ice brewed coffees still available to order.
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