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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: Pontiac

Heck ol’ folks have to have a place to gather and socialize. LOL.


61 posted on 04/20/2016 5:11:09 PM PDT by deport
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Ummm they are already smaller.


62 posted on 04/20/2016 5:12:25 PM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Cementjungle

A Big Mac’s a Big Mac, but they call it “Le Big Mac”.


63 posted on 04/20/2016 5:12:47 PM PDT by boop ("A Republic, if you can keep it."-Franklin, 1787. "We couldn't keep it"-America, 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I remember when I was a kid the Big Mac inspired me to start making multiple layers of other sandwiches. I think once I made a 6 layer peanut butter & jelly sandwich with 5 different kinds of jam :)


64 posted on 04/20/2016 5:14:48 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Moonman62

Yeah, that’s true. You might as well get the 2 cheeseburgers meal now, because you get as much meat and cheese (and an extra slice of bread), for a few cents less than the big mac meal. I bet they’ll even put the “special sauce” on them if you ask them nicely :)


65 posted on 04/20/2016 5:16:46 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Just order big mac sauce on their dollar double..it costs extra but cheaper than a big mac


66 posted on 04/20/2016 5:17:07 PM PDT by RummyChick
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To: moovova

You might like this video, where they show you how to make a “ghetto big mac” for cheap at McD’s, using fries for the inner bun slice:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO6Bq4lQRZ4


67 posted on 04/20/2016 5:20:48 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Vince Ferrer

Yeah, he got shot when Ronald got his concealed carry license xD


68 posted on 04/20/2016 5:21:27 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: deport
Heck ol’ folks have to have a place to gather and socialize.

That is true.

The local McD’s has become the hangout of a few old timers that I used to see at a local coffee and donut shop that went out of business.

I miss that place. It opened at 5 AM which meat I could stop before work. Not many places open that early these days.

69 posted on 04/20/2016 5:24:32 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: RummyChick

Secret menus at fast food and others are a way to go if you know the details

http://secretmenus.com/

http://www.buzzfeed.com/mrloganrhoades/19-of-the-best-secret-fast-food-menu-items#.ebB2Rqw3Ax


70 posted on 04/20/2016 5:26:00 PM PDT by deport
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To: Eddie01

I heard the Hamburgler is locked up in Guantanamo Bay.

Even Obama doesn’t want to let him out.


71 posted on 04/20/2016 5:28:41 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

More confusion and delay at the checkout counter


72 posted on 04/20/2016 5:29:23 PM PDT by Noob1999
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To: Pontiac

Yep there are morning and afternoon groups and a few that
spend most all day.


73 posted on 04/20/2016 5:30:42 PM PDT by deport
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To: Pontiac

I get them all the time during Lent. Yum!


74 posted on 04/20/2016 5:36:48 PM PDT by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: Pontiac

The Sausage McMuffin with Egg is $1.99 here. That plus coffee isn’t a bad way to start the day. Fat, cholesterol, protein and some carbs to keep you going all day, washed down with coffee to get you started!

But if they brought back the beef fat for fries, I’d go to McD’s regularly.


75 posted on 04/20/2016 5:39:25 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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To: Mr Rogers
But if they brought back the beef fat for fries, I’d go to McD’s regularly.

It would be a start.

Every sandwich I have had there in the last 10 years or so is a poor imitation of the food I ate there in my teens.

The burgers are so dry and tasteless that they must mix in sawdust with the ground beef.

I feel pity for anyone who bought a McD’s franchise in the last 20 years, they must be taking it in the shorts.

76 posted on 04/20/2016 5:57:02 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: for-q-clinton

Robots, let Obama’s voters try and beat a robot u over chicken McNuggets.


77 posted on 04/20/2016 6:08:06 PM PDT by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Boogieman

“6 layer peanut butter and jelly sandwich”

You is AWESOME!

Peanut butter.
If God created anything better......He kept it for Himself.


78 posted on 04/20/2016 6:09:59 PM PDT by oldvirginian (American by birth, Southern by the grace of God and Virginian because Jesus loves me. CRUZ 2016!)
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To: Pontiac
As best I can tell, they microwave hamburger patties cooked to exhaustion a few weeks ago, so they will be medium warm when stuck on the bun. The days when hamburgers were cooked just before serving are long gone in fast food outlets.

In all honesty, I don't know if folks would accept the original McDonalds menu. They would all complain it didn't offer them the choices modern Americans value:

Notice: Hamburgers or Cheeseburgers. Not a lot of options...

Oh...and the women are wearing dresses. I wonder if adult men could use the girl's bathroom back then. Where is the guy wearing dreadlocks and a dress shouting, "I'm lovin it!"?

79 posted on 04/20/2016 6:23:21 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (We're a nation of infants, ruled by their emotion)
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To: boop

What do they call a “Quarter Pounder With Cheese”?


80 posted on 04/20/2016 6:30:25 PM PDT by dfwgator
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