McDonald’s Will Remove Cheeseburgers From Happy Meals

"McDonald’s is bowing to pressure from critics who say Happy Meals still have too many calories, even after the chain banished sodas, shrunk fry sizes, and gave kids apple slices. The company announced today that it’s radically reconfiguring the options children have to choose from, theoretically so that what they’re eating is “better” for them. Starting in June, McDonald’s menu will no longer feature a cheeseburger Happy Meal, hungry kids’ go-to for decades at Mickey D’s. Cheeseburgers will still be sold to small children who throw a Veruca Salt–y fit about it, but the two options listed on the menu — and therefore what most customers will order — will be a plain burger and a four-piece McNuggets." - Clint Rainey