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McDonald's tests smaller Big Macs, which kind of defeats the purpose of a Big Mac
AOL Lifestyle ^ | April 20, 2016 | Clint Rainey, Grub Street

Posted on 04/20/2016 3:25:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Pushing pause on that mission to simplify, McDonald's has moved in the other direction and unleashed a whole family of different-size Big Macs. Yesterday, the original size was joined by smaller and larger extremes in two test markets, Dallas and central Ohio. Columbus Business First reports the trio will remain on store menus until June 6, at which point the chain will see how customers reacted.

At the more petite end is the new Mac Jr., a single-layer sandwich supposedly designed to be easier to eat, although the menu has six plain, smaller-size burgers already. The largest size has been dubbed the Grand Mac. It's admittedly still way punier than Japan's new Giga Big Mac, but unlike the downsized Mac Jr., it at least stays true to the spirit of the sandwich. More meat morphs it into a third-pounder (standard Big Macs are fifth-pound), and it comes on a larger bun with an extra piece of cheese.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food
KEYWORDS: fastfood; food; hamburgers; mcdonalds
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

You can say that again!


21 posted on 04/20/2016 3:58:09 PM PDT by Gamecock ( Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul...Matthew 10:28)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ONLY way I could ever eat a fast food burger is if it is “charbroiled”. Otherwise the meat just tastes plain “nasty”. I can’t even like In and Out because is is not charbroiled.

That only leaves me Carls or Burger King


22 posted on 04/20/2016 4:01:42 PM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
My all-time favorite commercial!

"Where's the beef?"

23 posted on 04/20/2016 4:01:44 PM PDT by W. (Screw it. Send in the Marines! NOW!)
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To: Cementjungle

There is a “Little Mack Avenue” in St. Clair Shores, Michigan. I bet there is a McDonald’s on it.


24 posted on 04/20/2016 4:03:34 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The McSlime burger.


25 posted on 04/20/2016 4:04:30 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Fear is the mind killer.)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

It might not be a bad product for a quick bit, similar to their cheese burgers. It wont work if they are looking to replace the larger big mac.


26 posted on 04/20/2016 4:04:31 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Yep. Stick to making several good products instead of many mediocre products. Also, the more inventory you have to carry for multiple products, the harder it is to meet profit margins.


27 posted on 04/20/2016 4:05:01 PM PDT by matt04
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Go back to the 70’s menu. Bring back hambugler. Problem solved.


28 posted on 04/20/2016 4:07:18 PM PDT by Eddie01
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Maybe they should rename them “Fundamentally Transformed Obama Macs”.


29 posted on 04/20/2016 4:07:59 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (The "college" snowflakes need to check their American privilege. Everything isn't a right.)
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To: Eddie01

Better yet, go back to the old way of making fries. Them was the bestest.


30 posted on 04/20/2016 4:11:46 PM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32 (www.greenhornshooting.com - Professional handgun training.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Mickey D needs to use real cheese in their sausage burritos....Or they are TOAST!


31 posted on 04/20/2016 4:14:27 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Where’s The FENCE?


32 posted on 04/20/2016 4:16:56 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: Eddie01

LOL!


33 posted on 04/20/2016 4:16:58 PM PDT by Zirondelle ("disce aut discede")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yes. But maybe smaller may mean less barfing


34 posted on 04/20/2016 4:17:46 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians are not born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 -- 43 BCE))
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Lol. If the keep the taste and cut the calories I’m all for it. I’m growing wider now, not taller.


35 posted on 04/20/2016 4:19:49 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: W.

Lol for sure


36 posted on 04/20/2016 4:21:10 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: EnglishOnly

>>Adios to McD’s ........ Hello to In and Out!<<

That should be said no matter WHAT MacD’s does!

In N Out is so much better it is almost like they aren’t even selling the same basic product


37 posted on 04/20/2016 4:23:30 PM PDT by freedumb2003 (Don't mistake my silence for ignorance, my calmness for acceptance, or my kindness for weakness)
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To: deport
I'm waiting for the French Fry Sandwich.


38 posted on 04/20/2016 4:29:16 PM PDT by moovova
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To: deport; 2ndDivisionVet
Getting ready for the roll out of all you can fries

If they go back to the original French Fries that were deep fried in beef fat I might consider an order of all you can eat fries.

The way they make them today I rarely finish a small order of fries. Their fries are not at all tasty and neither is the rest of their food. I on a rare occasion get breakfast at McD’s. Any other time I eat there it is because I am on the road and there is no other place in sight.

I worked at a McD’s back in the late 70s and I can tell you the chain has not been well served by the management bowing to the Leftist demands for healthier food options or trying to beat the competition on price.

People will pay an extra 25 cents for a burger that taste good. No one goes to a fast food joint for a healthy meal.

First rule of success is don’t mess with success. Before you change your successful product you better know WHY it was successful to begin with. If it workers why change it.

39 posted on 04/20/2016 4:31:05 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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To: Pontiac

“If they go back to the original French Fries that were deep fried in beef fat I might consider an order of all you can eat fries. “

I haven’t had one in many years because of that stupid decision.

Prior to that they were the best fries EVER !!!!!!!!

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40 posted on 04/20/2016 4:32:47 PM PDT by Mears
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