Posted on 07/29/2018 7:50:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The collectible coins are designed with elements that represent different decades
Bitcoin is all the rage these days, but have you heard of the MacCoin? The Big Mac has been a McDonald’s staple for 50 years now, and to celebrate the iconic sandwich’s golden anniversary, the chain wants to share one with the world. Starting August 2, customers will receive a cool limited-edition collectible metal coin with the purchase of every Big Mac while supplies last.
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Then, from August 3 through the end of the year, diners can redeem each coin for one free Big Mac. The coins come in five different designs featuring the art, music, and pop culture elements that represent each decade of the Big Mac’s life. This includes ‘70s flower power, ‘80s pop art, ‘90s bold and abstract shapes, early 00’s millennium tech, and ’10s evolution of communication (hello, emojis).
McDonald’s worldwide presence is so broad that the price of a Big Mac is sometimes used to compare currency values between countries. To illustrate this global reach, the coins feature seven different languages: Arabic, English, Indonesian, Mandarin, Portuguese, French, and Spanish. More than 6.2 million tokens will be distributed in the U.S. and 50 other countries.
“When my great-grandfather Jim Delligatti invented the Big Mac at his grill in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, he just wanted to make his local customers happy,” fourth-generation McDonald’s owner-operator Nick Delligatti said in a release. “August 2 would have been his 100th birthday, and I believe he would be very proud knowing his humble sandwich has made such a lasting impression that people all around the world can enjoy it wherever they find a McDonald’s.”
For more on the fast food giant famous for its two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and onions on a sesame bun that inspired one man to eat two every day for 46 years, here are 12 things you didn’t know about McDonald’s.
I’ll check back in a couple days!
The real question isn’t how, but why?
I prefer to eat food, but thanks anyhoo.
Was FR paid to run this advertisement?
“The real question isn’t how, but why?”
hehe. Nice.
It’s nice that Mr. Delligatti is proud of his great-grandpa who ‘invented’ the Big Mac, but the burger is near-clone of the then-30-year-old ‘Big Boy’ (minus the latter’s red relish). Gramps didn’t invent so much as copy.
About once a year, I decide I’m hungry for a big Mac. I have to ask for it with the sauce on the side, because 1/4 cup of sauce just makes a sandwich turn to goop.
I’m always disappointed with the thing. The meat tastes liver-like, (and it’s always gray), and I always wish I hadn’t eaten it. But, for some reason, I always think, “maybe this one will be different”. Nope. Never is.
Big boys had nice big grilled hamburger, though. It was browned and everything, just like hamburger should be. McDonald’s meat is gray, and so small, they might as well not bother.
No, it’s not an ad. It’s arguably business/social news, and it’s posted in the Bloggers section..
FR doesn’t accept advertising, per site policy. So if the Mods allow this thread, it’s not an ad.
True, true. I’m not much of a McD fan, but will eat there occasionally if in a situation where there are few other decent options (e.g., airport). The new ‘fresh beef’ Quarter-Pounder ain’t half bad. It kinda sorta tastes like a real hamburger.
Go in and sing the jingle?
They used to be wonderful. Gradual changes have made them a sorry choice.
In fact, I am watching all my favorite eating places slide downhill.
When they open too many similar shops, it tends to happen. Just lost one of my favorites today, after 2 quiches (last week) that had to be sent back, and today waited a half hour to be told they couldn’t make what I ordered, because they didn’t have the proper bread. Waitress says she’ll bring me a croissant sandwich that is just as good.
Out comes a dry sandwich on a piece of French bread that was unswallowable. Asking for mayonnaise led to a heavily herbed mayonnaise that overwhelmed everything else in the sandwich.
I am usually not such a crab (well, maybe I am), but I told them I would be in touch with the company and would never go back.
Later had pancakes and coffee that came to $20.20 including tip.
It’s sad. No more competition making places great. Only competition to hire the cheapest chefs and keep the prices high anyway. Sad sad sad.
Count me the Ugly American. 22-years overseas, and the first place I go is McDonald’s. Nobody I know likes or eats at MickyD’s, but I know one thing - it ain’t just me. I even see those Virtue Signaler’s woofing down the Greatest Fast Food the World has Ever Known. Now don’t get me wrong, there are lots of other fine food establishments and diners, but the Go-To for a safe known quantity every time is the Golden Arches.
Coming back on a jet after not eating all day, (I’d rather starve, than have to use a airplane bathroom) and then a 3 hour drive home, we stopped and got a quarter pounder. I wolfed mine down in about 5 minutes. It was the best tasting food I’d had in a long time. I blame it on semi-starvation.
That secret sauce can’t really make up for the fact that this is mostly a bread sandwich with a bit of meat lost in the middle of all that dough.
Cheap tip. My son and I get one double quarter pounder and a dollar hamburger and transfer one patty over to the dollar bun. It is much cheaper than two quarter pounders.
I can certainly understand THAT. You’re absolved!
Here's some more amusing reading on Micky D:
MCSCAM
How an Ex-Cop Rigged McDonald’s Monopoly Game and Stole Millions
Jerome Jacobson and his network of mobsters, psychics, strip club owners, and drug traffickers won almost every prize for 12 years, until the FBI launched Operation ‘Final Answer.’
I think I could go without an extra big-mack in my diet.
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