McDonald's keeps serving up its beloved burgers and iconic fries, blending nostalgia with modern pop culture, all while trying to stay fresh and relevant.
"McDonald’s 2021 pilot of its own meatless burger in collaboration with Beyond very quickly fizzled, a case study in what consumers on both sides of the culinary spectrum don’t want." - ByLi Goldstein
"I love the food at McDonald’s — thick McFlurrys studded with frozen M&M’s, the weirdly shaped yet perfectly crispy chicken nuggets, the way that the aroma of that aforementioned coffee mingles with hot grease and grill smoke to produce the chain’s classic scent." - Amy McCarthy
"The Boo Bucket is a plastic bucket decorated with a spooky character, intended to be used as a trick-or-treating pail or catch-all for any manner of childhood junk. The first buckets made their debut at McDonald’s in 1986, and they’ve been on offer intermittently up until 2016. Since that Halloween, there have been no Boo Buckets at McDonald’s, and Halloween obsessives have desperately awaited — and demanded — their return. Then, on October 18, they finally came back." - Amy McCarthy
"The nuggets weren’t bad by any means. They had a not-unpleasant spongy texture; all the flavor came from the seasoning in the breading, which left a vague impression of spice that lingered at the back of the tongue." - Eater Staff
"Viral stunts, like Travis Scott fans blasting his song “Sicko Mode” at McDonald’s drive-thru windows to order the rapper’s McD’s collaboration meal, unwittingly employ fast-food workers in the creation of content for the platform." - Amy McCarthy