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Save Your Pennies By Making Your Own Shamrock Shake at Home

Danny Gallagher — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 22:00:33 +0000

McDonald’s Shamrock Shake usually comes once a year around St. Patrick’s Day, but as the holiday passes, so does the elusive tasty beverage. Now you don’t have to be in March (or Irish) to enjoy one year round. The cool part is you don’t have to just stick with the normal sugar-laced treat. There are [...]

Hackers Make Burger King Twitter Praise McDonald's

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:00:46 +0000

Things got weird in the burger wars yesterday when hackers broke into the Burger King Twitter page and started firing off pro-McDonald’s tweets. Under the handle McDonalds@BurgerKing, the hackers posted messages which said Burger King had been sold to McDonald’s, accused Burger King employees of on-the-job drug use and posted links to popular hip hop [...]

McDonald's Breakfast Burrito Ruined by Pesky Nose Ring

Emerald Catron — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 00:00:25 +0000

Good news/bad news. The good news is we found your nose ring!! The bad news is that it was in somebody’s McDonald’s breakfast burrito in Lawrenceville, Georgia. So we might not be eating another one of those for a while, because yuck. Frances Rosario, the mom who found it, had ordered two breakfast burritos. The [...]

McCash For Kids Today From 5-8pm

Nate Bird — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:43:54 +0000

Summer has been flying by… and it is almost time to send the rug rats back to school! We want to make sure that they get there with all the supplies they need, and you can help with McCash for Kids today from 5-8pm. Come eat at McDonalds and they’ll donate 15% percent of the [...]

Big Macs For Backpacks, McCash For Kids Is Tuesday

Nate Bird — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:00:42 +0000

For some people it is easy to donate to charities - they love to help and give what they can whenever they can. For other people it is a little harder (like me), any money they have goes towards helping their own family have a better life. Sometimes a charity event comes along that helps the charity and the givers. McCash For Kids is one of those events!

McDonald's Executive Chef Demonstrates How to Make A Big Mac At Home

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:25:13 +0000

While McDonald’s tastes good, it doesn’t always seem like it is made from the kind of natural ingredients you could buy in a grocery store. As part of McDonald’s Canada’s ongoing campaign to demystify their fare, executive chef Dan Coudreaut demonstrates in this video how you can actually make a Big Mac in your own kitchen using simple, readily available ingredients.

Could You Eat 50 Chicken McNuggets?

KOOL 96.5 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 20:15:31 +0000

Today only, you can get a 50 piece Chicken McNuggets at all Magic Valley McDonald's for just $9.99.

It's unclear where the idea came from--It could have been KOOL 96.5's Nate Bird, or News Radio 1310 KLIX's James Tidmarsh--but 95.7 KEZJ's Brad Weiser answered the challenged and 95.7 KEZJ's Terry Morgan tagged along for the ride (despite not having a gallbladder) and there was a Chicken McNugget eating contest.

'McDonald's Billboard Hosts Giant Game of Pong [VIDEO]

KOOL 96.5 — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 14:19:30 +0000

A giant McDonald's video billboard in Stockholm, Sweden is hosting a game of pong that just about anybody with a smart phone can join in, without having to download any new software.

Instead, potential players use their smart phone to log on to a website associated with the promotion. After the phone's geo-location device confirms you are close enough to the billboard, the phone's touch screen can be used to control the game.

McDonald's to Receive $1 Billion Makeover

KOOL 96.5 — Wed, 11 May 2011 14:26:22 +0000

The interior decor at your local Golden Arches leaves a lot to be desired, but that won't be the case for much longer.

The fast food giant plans to drop roughly $1 billion to re-decorate its restaurants, replacing red-and-yellow plastic with faux-leather and harsh overhead lighting with something that creates more ambiance.

The Shamrock Shake Is Back

Nate Bird — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 15:34:19 +0000

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McDonald’s bright-green Shamrock Shake, a minty beverage only available around St. Patrick’s Day each year, has a cult following that rivals that of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and short-lived TV series “Firefly”(though possibly not McDonald’s other fan-favorite seasonal menu item, the McRib).