Concerned fans fear their favorite McDonald’s products could be axed after the fast food giant’s boss announced plans to streamline its menus.
McDonald’s temporarily closed all of its U.S. offices yesterday as bosses prepared to shed some of the company’s employees around the world.
CEO Chris Kempczinski warned of job cuts in January, telling staff the company had become “unfocused” and changes were needed to grow it.
In an email, he also suggested that menus could be simplified in the restructuring, writing, “We had 70 different, different versions of what a crispy chicken sandwich would look like all over the world. I don’t need 70 different permutations of a chicken sandwich.’
It is now feared that other key items on the menu that have been duplicated and adapted to local tastes could be removed for downsizing.
McDonald’s around the world: how countries have introduced their own take on basic menu items – from the cheeseburger to the McMuffin
Part of McDonald’s overseas allure comes from different countries putting their own spin on such classics as the hamburger, Filet-O-Fish and McMuffin.
Variations on a McDonald’s burger include the Japanese “Samurai Mac” roasted soy sauce double-thick beef burger, featuring two unique stacked patties topped with cheese and onions.
Spain has a very interesting twist with their Signature Double Egg Benedictine with two beef patties, bacon, Gouda cheese, crispy onion, egg, poppy seed bread and a creamy hollandaise sauce.
There is also a Mushroom Angus Beef Burger from Taiwan, with a French herb sauce and European bread with milk champagne, while Korea shows off three kinds of onion with their 1955 Triple Onion beef burger with grilled onion, red onion and fried onion.
As for chicken burgers, the classic American McChicken sandwich has been given a makeover in Japan, which is loaded with teriyaki sauce, while in Korea, the McSpicy Shanghai Burger turns up the heat with some hot sauce.
McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong have a unique GCB burger, which consists of a grilled chicken thigh with lettuce and Chargrill sauce.
Spain also has a delicious McCrispy Honey Mustard chicken burger, which comes with crispy chicken, Gouda cheese, and Batavia lettuce, topped with mustard and honey sauce. And this is all in a potato bun.
Meanwhile, Australia has kept their chicken sandwich relatively similar to a simple Chicken ‘n’ cheese burger, made from a combination of crispy coated chicken, cheese and mayonnaise.
Perhaps the most important variations of a McDonald’s hamburger can be found in the seafood department.
Hong Kong’s GCB burger, which consists of a grilled chicken thigh with lettuce and chargrill sauce
The 1955 Triple Onion Burger you can find in Korea
Taiwanese Mushroom Angus Beef Burger with a French herb sauce and European bread with milk champagne
Spain’s Signature Double Egg Benedictine has two beef patties, bacon, Gouda cheese, crispy onion, egg, poppy seed bread and a creamy hollandaise sauce
Poland’s very interesting Cottage Cheese and Radish McMuffin
The simple but effective Chicken ‘n’ Cheese burger in Australia
The classic Filet-O-Fish option has received a major revamp in Japan with their Bai Shrimp Filet-O, which features two deep-fried shrimp patties topped with lettuce.
Korea has another onion based burger with their Shrimp Onion burger that comes with a fresh shrimp patty and crispy fried onions on top.
Meanwhile, Cyprus has a very interesting Sweet Chili Fish Burger and Cyprus boasts a whole shrimp breaded burger with crispy lettuce and sweet chili sauce, all sandwiched between a soft cornmeal bun.
If McDonald’s fans around the world are upset that burgers may soon be taken off the menu, they’ll be even more upset when they start seeing these weird and delicious breakfast McMuffins — and it’s pretty likely you haven’t seen them before. have tried.
If you find yourself in a Korean McDonald’s, you can try their BLT Egg Muffin, which sounds a bit strange for breakfast.
Alternatively, you might fancy a Scrambled Eggs burger in Hong Kong or a Potato Omelette McMuffin in Spain.
And perhaps most bizarrely, Poland has a McMuffin with cottage cheese and radish, which they describe as giving you the taste of “a unique homemade breakfast.”
The BLT egg muffin in Korean McDonald’s
The Shrimp Onion Burger, which can also be found in Korea
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A fried shrimp burger from a McDonald’s in Cyprus
The Sweet Chili Fish burger from Malaysia
The ‘Samurai Mac’ Roasted Soy Sauce Double Thick Beef Burger
CEO Chris Kempczinski warned of job cuts in January, telling staff the company had become ‘unfocused’ and needed changes to grow it