McDonald’s is hoping it can get diners back with a new big burger it has dubbed the “Big Arch.”. The “Big Arch” includes two beef patties, layered melted cheese, “crispy” toppings, and a slab of McDonald’s tangy sauce, the chain’s CEO Chris Kempczinski told investors during an earnings call on Monday.

McDonald's is going bigger than a Big Mac

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Global sales fell 1% last quarter, so McDonald's will keep its $5 meal deal around into August. It's also testing a new burger called the Big Arch.

Hit with falling sales, McDonald's extends popular $5 meal deal, eyes big new burger

Insider

McDonald's has launched trials of a bigger, "more satiating" burger in Canada and Portugal, its CEO said.

McDonald's has started selling an even bigger burger — the 14-ounce Big Arch

Food & Wine

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McDonald's executives acknowledged during an earnings call Monday that diners consider the company's prices too high, and said they are taking a "forensic approach" to evaluating prices. Amid a broader consumer pullback and increasing prices, fast-food chains have had a difficult time drawing in lower-income diners. The company's recent $5...

McDonald's executives admit diners think prices are too high, say they're working to create value

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Consumers have reached their breaking point with $6 iced coffees and lemonades at Starbucks.

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McDonald’s has revealed that a few items on the menu that were proving to be performing incredibly well, and they all had one thing in common – chicken. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal’s Kate Linebaugh last week at the WSJ Global Food Forum, Joe Erlinger, McDonald’s US President sat down to talk about some of the best and worst performing food items sold at the chain.

McDonald’s boss reveals surprise item that’s overtaking Big Macs

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McDonald's is extending its popular $5 meal deal as the value meal battle between fast food chains wages on. In a company memo obtained by ABC News, McDonald's executives said most U.S. locations will extend the deal through August. The deal that first launched June 25 was only supposed to...

McDonald's extends $5 meal, Wendy's adds $1 breakfast sandwich

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McDonald's is reconsidering its pricing strategy, after customers cutting back their spending took a bite out of the fast food giant's sales. Outlets open for at least a year saw sales fall 1% over the April-June period compared with a year earlier - the first such decline since the pandemic.

McDonald's to 'rethink' prices after sales fall

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INFLATION is hitting consumers' wallets hard, with the cost of fast food on the rise. McDonald's is no exception - fast foodies were disappointed to see the 150% price hike over the past few years for five popular items. In a post to Reddit, user Noah Stemann shared a chart...

‘Rip off,’ blasts McDonald’s customer as cost of 5 popular items including Big Macs skyrocketed nearly 150% in 5 years

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McDonald's global sales slumped in the second quarter, marking the first decline for the fast-food giant since 2020 as inflation-weary consumers pull back on eating out.In the U.S., McDonald's same-store sales between April and June fell almost 1%, a dip management attributes to slowing foot traffic as low-income consumers in particular pare spending on food outside the home. Grocery store prices, while also elevated even as inflation cools, have risen slower than restaurants'."This shortfall was driven by sluggish traffic, with consumers shifting a larger share of meal occasions toward grocery stores," Morningstar equity analyst Sean Dunlop said in a research...

McDonald's sales are slumping because people can't afford fast-food

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McDonald's has a value problem; Q2 same-store sales fall

McDonald's isn't offering enough of what its main consumers want. Between the lines: Higher prices — and more specifically, a sagging value proposition — came back...

McDonald's has a value problem; Q2 same-store sales fall

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