These are the global menu items McDonald's thinks America will love

[DemonGeminiX]

McDonald's is bringing some international menu items to the United States.

The chain will start selling the Stroopwafel McFlurry, the Grand McExtreme Bacon Burger, the Tomato Mozzarella Chicken Sandwich and Cheesy Bacon Fries at participating McDonald's locations nationwide starting June 5. The company announced the limited-time promotion on Wednesday.

McDonald's four new international menu items create an easy way for McDonald's to put an exciting spin on its core foods. Restaurant chains use limited-time offers to create buzz around their products, and give people a reason to come into stores.

Although the new items — which are from the Netherlands, Spain, Canada and Australia — may seem unfamiliar, they're actually not that different from what McDonald's already serves, noted Sam Oches, editorial director of Food News Media at QSR magazine.

"These are fairly easy to do, fairly easy builds," he said. "They might see it as ... an easy marketing win without stretching the operations too much," he said. McDonald's has been trying to streamline its menu to increase speed and efficiency, and to ease the burden on franchisees. The international items don't require many new ingredients.

Oches described the move as a marketing effort that could help boost sales in the short term, but probably won't lead to long-term gains.

Plus, McDonald's knows that at least one of the items will resonate with consumers. The chain started selling the cheesy bacon fries for a limited time in January.

"After such a positive customer reaction to Australia's Cheesy Bacon Fries in the US, they're taking a victory lap," the company said in a statement Wednesday.

McDonald's serves different menu items in its various locations around the world, based on local demand.

"We know our US customers are curious about McDonald's international menu items," Linda VanGosen, McDonald's vice president of menu innovation, said in a statement. She added that the company is "thrilled to leverage our global scale and offer popular flavors from around the world next month."

"Americans are increasingly traveling to international destinations, and there's added excitement around menu items that have been developed for these global markets," said Jill Failla, foodservice analyst for the research firm Mintel. "It makes a regular menu item more exotic and fun."

Faill added that the menu adds could be a "prelude" to adding meatless burgers to American menus.

McDonald's started selling a meatless burger, called the Big Vegan TS, in its German restaurants last month. It also sells the McVegan in Finland and Sweden. It's not clear whether McDonald's will bring a vegan burger to the United States. Last month, CEO Steve Easterbrook said during an analyst call discussing first-quarter earnings that the company has to weigh whether the potential complexity from adding plant-based menu options is "worth it."

[lost in melb.]

Getting our own back

[Hal-9000]

Y'all are appropriating food from us now??


this is war

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Y'all are appropriating food from us now??


this is war

[Hal-9000]

Actually it's not. Canadian bacon is a cut from the bacon family called back bacon. Ham comes from a different area. The tummy I think

[Hal-9000]

Ham comes from the ass according to this

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Fool me once....

[Hal-9000]

Canadian back bacon bottom right...and shitty English ham on the left

Normal bacon up top right.

[Teh One Who Knocks]

Canadian bacon is a fraud

[Godfather]

Canadian back bacon bottom right...and shitty English ham on the left

Normal bacon up top right.

I have to say though, 95% of the time when I see something called 'Canadian bacon' it's just shitty english ham It's pretty rare to see real back bacon at a fast food joint.

[DemonGeminiX]

Have you Canadian guys actually eaten that chicken sandwich? If so, was it any good or was it an utter disappointment like the vast majority of Mickey D's menu?

[Godfather]

Have you Canadian guys actually eaten that chicken sandwich? If so, was it any good or was it an utter disappointment like the vast majority of Mickey D's menu?

Disappointment for sure

I'd guess you guys have these too but they recently released a line of 'spicy' chicken sandwiches here, supposedly mild to hottest I think it was jalapeno, habanero and ghost pepper. They're white people spicy. Even the hottest one was a barely tangy... in fairness I tried them drunk though (as is the case with 99% of my Mcdicks trips)

[Hal-9000]

Canadian bacon is a fraud

American.....everything is a fraud!

Wtf is your claim to fame foodwise? Y'all steal everything from other cultures

[Hal-9000]

Have you Canadian guys actually eaten that chicken sandwich? If so, was it any good or was it an utter disappointment like the vast majority of Mickey D's menu?

Disappointment for sure

I'd guess you guys have these two but they recently released a line of 'spicy' chicken sandwiches here, supposedly mild to hottest I think it was jalapeno, habanero and ghost pepper. They're white people spicy. Even the hottest one was a barely tangy... in fairness I tried them drunk though (as is the case with 99% of my Mcdicks trips)

I haven't had McDonalds for a few years now.

Before my Dad passed we discovered we both liked Wendy's burgers, my Dad leaning towards their chicken sandwiches. We even tried their fries and liked them.

Except...the bastards had a spicy version of the chicken sandwich and it had this orange crud or sauce on the chicken that was too hot for my Dad.

I'd specifically ask for the NOT SPICY or grilled chicken and a few times I had to go back and exchange them. Then I started sniffing them after buying to make sure

[Godfather]

Wendys and A&W make a good fast food burger.... but those little burgers from Mcdicks with the single thin patty are how I imagine crack cocaine would taste in sandwich form. I could dummy half a dozen of them easy