The McDonald’s Egg McMuffin Celebrates 50 Years With Breakfast Offers and a BOGO Particular

McDonald’s is celebrating 50 years of breakfast service by bringing followers all-new treats and loads of reductions. 

On Tuesday, the corporate shared extra about its historical past with breakfast, which all started with the Egg McMuffin in 1975. “Whether or not it was the melty cheese, the freshly cracked egg (now sourced 100% cage-free within the U.S.), or the peerlessly toasted and buttered English Muffin … this straightforward but scrumptious sandwich struck a chord with America and impressed a complete new approach to take pleasure in a very powerful meal of the day,” McDonald’s shared. And 5 many years on, it is nonetheless making individuals’s mornings. 

“At McDonald’s, breakfast is not only a meal; it is a cherished custom and cornerstone of our model,” Joe Erlinger, the president of McDonald’s USA, shared. “Each morning once we open our doorways, we’re a breakfast restaurant. Whether or not it is my private favourite, the Egg McMuffin, or our crispy Hash Browns, fluffy hotcakes, or candy and savory McGriddles, we’re all about giving our prospects one of the best begin to their day. Our followers know they’ll all the time rely on us for a one-of-a-kind breakfast expertise anchored in nice worth and high-quality elements.”

As for a way the McMuffin got here to be, McDonald’s defined that it is all due to Herb Peterson, who invented the breakfast merchandise in 1971 as a approach to put eggs benedict “within the palm of your hand.”

“After I watched my father introduce this concept to Ray Kroc, we couldn’t have anticipated it could develop into the muse for the famend McDonald’s breakfast menu,” Peterson’s son — who can also be a McDonald’s proprietor/operator — David Peterson, shared in an announcement. “It has been outstanding to see individuals embrace this innovation over the past 5 many years, and now we get to share that heritage with a brand new era of breakfast followers.”

Here is what you must find out about all of the early morning surprises forward. 

McDonald’s kicks off Nationwide Egg McMuffin Day with $1 offers

McDonald’s is kicking off the celebration with Nationwide Egg McMuffin Day on Sunday, March 2, when will probably be providing followers the prospect to seize an Egg McMuffin or Sausage McMuffin with Egg breakfast sandwich for simply $1. However bear in mind: You’ll need to have the McDonald’s app downloaded because it’s the one approach to get the deal. 

App customers can get BOGO offers on breakfast supply

From March 3 to March 30, breakfast followers can get two McMuffin sandwiches delivered proper to their door after they order the BOGO particular (out there for each the Sausage McMuffin with Egg and Egg McMuffin). Once more, simply be sure that to decide on McDelivery order within the McDonald’s App.

Bagel Sandwiches are lastly out there nationwide 

Past the offers, McDonald’s additionally introduced it is lastly bringing its Bagel Sandwiches to everybody. “For the primary time ever, McDonald’s famend bagel sandwiches at the moment are out there throughout the U.S. So, whether or not you’re keen on the basic Bacon, Egg & Cheese or the long-lasting Steak, Egg & Cheese, McDonald’s has you lined, irrespective of the place you’re,” the model acknowledged. 

Krispy Kreme is now in NYC 

Krispy Kreme and McDonald’s have loved an extended partnership, with the doughnut store delivering recent pastries to eating places in main cities across the nation, besides in New York Metropolis — till now. McDonald’s introduced that beginning now, these within the metropolis can discover Krispy Kreme doughnuts in collaborating retailers. Don’t fret in the event you’re not in a metropolis. McDonald’s famous that greater than half of McDonald’s eating places within the U.S. shall be serving Krispy Kreme by the top of 2025, with full nationwide availability by the top of 2026.