The news that McDonald’s will be stopping the use of ‘pink slime’ — essentially random beef offcuts mixed with ammonium hydroxide — in its burgers has been the subject of fervent online coverage. But local Maccas fiends shouldn’t panic: the additive isn’t (and hasn’t ever been) used in the Australian product.
If you stick to a sensible burger policy and just have one as an occasional treat, then this Saturday would be a good day: it’s McHappy Day, meaning $2 from each Big Mac sold goes to Ronald McDonald House Charities. Probably beats making your own on a weekend. [McHappy Day]
As part of its 40th anniversary in Australia, McDonald’s recently completed a promotion where it sold standard cheeseburgers for $1 for an hour every day. Judging by the queues every time I passed a Maccas over lunch, that promotion worked well — but could you replicate that pricing yourself? Lifehacker investigates.
McDonald’s current promotion of McValue lunches is tempting for the cash-strapped meal hunter. But which ones will have the most damaging effect on your waistline? We ran the numbers to find out.
The Big Mac remains the most iconic of McDonald’s products, but you can reproduce the experience in your own kitchen with an amazingly accurate replica of the “special sauce” that helps define the Big Mac. The secret ingredient? Vegemite.
