# Local marketing at McDonalds? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 17, 2001, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813 "2001-08-17T21:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/21 "2001-08-18T13:25:52Z")
In the UK, McDonald’s current efforts are focusing on Indian-themed foods like the Chicken Tikka McSalad Shaker. > **[McDonald’s UK - Burgers, Fries, Salads & More | McDonald's UK](https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb.html)** > > Welcome to the official website of McDonald’s UK. For all the latest news, updates and initiatives to help continue supporting local communities. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/22 "2001-08-18T13:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > It’s like a tuna sandwich w/ lobster instead. Don’t know if they have a cute name for them. McPinchy? ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/23 "2001-08-18T13:33:02Z")
In Italy McDonalds have a proper salad bar ,something I have never seen here in the UK. ---
**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/24 "2001-08-18T13:33:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*McPinchy? \*\* It’s more boring tan that - The Lobster Roll. It’s a pretty decent sandwich, too. ---
**Author:** ![mongrel\_8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@mongrel\_8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongrel_8)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/25 "2001-08-18T14:38:01Z")
Here is a previous thread about the variety of foods at differing McDonald’s locations. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51676](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=51676) ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2001, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/26 "2001-08-18T14:51:28Z")
**poohpah** , hun, it’s a rather pathetic marketing ploy, as you can get better plate lunches ANYWHERE. You’ve got to be desperate for a plate lunch to go to McDs for one. Hell, 7-Eleven has these little bentos with musubis and fried chicken and hot dogs that are gourmet fare compared to those lame McPlate Lunches, or whatever the heck they’re calling them. I must give them credit for one thing, though: at least the rice isn’t igloo rice. Considering it’s a fast food place, the rice isn’t half bad. McDs _does_ have a teriyaki sauce burger, the wonderful McTeri sandwich. (Can’t believe I forgot about it in my first post!) And it’s damn good. But they put mayo on it. I have never understood the reason for mayo on a teri-sauce sandwich. That’s just _wrong_… And leave my Vienna Sausages alone! 😛 **China Guy** , my goodness. I figured they had to be popular _somewhere_, but I had no idea… Good thinking on the missus’ part, there. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/27 "2001-08-21T11:52:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by KneadToKnow \* > \*\*McPinchy? \*\* You made this entire thread worth reading. What would life be like without the obligatory Simpson’s reference? [Krusty the Clown] The survivors would envy the dead! [/Krusty the Clown] ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/28 "2001-08-21T12:59:33Z")
:o Thanks, **Zenster**! And on my birthday, yet! ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/29 "2001-08-21T15:00:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ross \* > \*\*Probably doesn’t exactly count as “local”, but in the UK _Happy Meal_ toys are now featuring a range of long-dead children’s TV Programmes known as “classics” to those prepared to pay ludicrous sums of money for tiny artifacts and relics. [Bagpuss](http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~stephenbalchin/bagfaq.html#fame), for example, is presently remarkably popular among students, with the tiniest of the soft toys starting at around £5, or $7.23. > > So they’re doing _Bagpuss, The Clangers, Captain Pugwash, Postman Pat_ (?), some of the guys from _The Magic Roundabout_, and so forth. So effective has this been (ie they’ve had so many adults buying the stupid Happy Meals and keeping the toys in their plastic bags in hope of making a fortune in 50 years’ time) that my local branch is now auctioning off full sets, for charity. > On the plus side my friend gave me an envelope of Luncheon Vouchers which she couldn’t use, and it turns out McDonalds accept them. I could use them to buy sensible groceries but I’ve been getting fat like a pig ever since. 🙂 \*\* You’re paying £5 for a happy meal? why? - they are £1.99 where I live. Personally , I think £1.99 for a meal, drink and (usually quite good\*) toy is pretty unbeatable value, not that I’m personally a huge fan of McD’s, but it keeps the kids quiet. \*[SUP]The children’s classic TV characters are excellent, as are most of the soft happy meal toys; the hard plastic toys are usually crap though[/sup] ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2001, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/30 "2001-08-21T21:46:47Z")
When I was down in New Orleans a few years ago, the McDonald’s had a Cajun Chicken sandwich. No, I didn’t order it. Who the heck wants to go to McDonald’s, if you’re in New Orleans? > [@](#): > > Back in the day when we had the “good” browns… When was that, **ZipperJJ**? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ross](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e274bd/32.png) [@Ross](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ross)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/31 "2001-08-22T01:07:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mangetout \* > \*\*You’re paying £5 for a happy meal? why? - they are £1.99 where I live… \*\* No, I mean that the official shop merchandise of Bagpuss and stuff is usually no less than a fiver. Happy Meals are £1.99 here too. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/32 "2001-08-22T08:29:06Z")
Here in Los Angeles we have chorizo and egg burritos for breakfast, and they just introduced sourdough burgers and sandwiches. Their Great Tastes Menu was created to introduce regional items and see how they do. Our first batch was the chorizo burrito, another mexican burrito, and some kind of torta. The chorizo made the cut and is now on the regular menu, the other burrito and the torta are gone, and the sourdough burgers are now getting their shot at glory. We have the Cajun Chicken sandwich here in LA too. It’s 99 cents. In San Gabriel, CA I saw a KFC with a buffet. Do they have these anywhere else? ---
**Author:** ![Karellen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/779978/32.png) [@Karellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karellen)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/33 "2001-08-22T08:50:11Z")
Here in Bangkok they have a Samurai Pork Burger. It’s not bad. I don’t recommend the Taro pie, though, the sweet corn one is much better. (Caution: filling is hot.) The real tragedy is that McDonalds here does not serve breakfast. Oh, but I do pine for a sausage McMuffin with Egg! ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/34 "2001-08-22T09:53:42Z")
here in India they have a Chicken McGrill, which is an Indianised version of the chicken burger, filled with chutney and Indian spices. It’s really spicy… ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/35 "2001-08-22T11:11:11Z")
out here thye have the big and tasty … its just a rip off of the whopper and a cajun “spicy” chicken sandwhich to battle carls jr jack in the box ect but around here if one or more chain advertises it or has it mcds will have some varaition of it although in the walmart mcds we have they serve pizza and hotdogs although its odd everytime mcds changes anything they lose business … i quit going there when they changed the sundaes from soft serve to frozen yogurt and changed what they made their shakes out of i went else where now what was a national promotion a year or 2 ago is still here the wednesday 29 cent hamburgers and the 39 cent cheese burger sunday in fatc theyve expanded it here to have a sandwhich on special everyday now what strikes me as odd it the price variences among indivisual mcds espically in large cities its like gas stations the farther ya get out of town heres slight price changes in some cases like in bus stations and such a hamburgercharged as much as a dollar of course this was 5 years ago ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2001, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813/36 "2001-08-22T11:27:48Z")
on the kfc buffet actually i seen this in indiana 5 years ago and it was for lunch it was basically a all you can eat of there items althouhg it did have bbq chicken another variance ive noticed is the pizza chains like out here chicken on pizza is popular whats your local variation of pizza toppings ? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/local-marketing-at-mcdonalds/76813.md?page=1)