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McDonald’s has made some major changes to the way it cooks its burgers, and burger lovers are revitalized.
McDonald’s recently announced that it is revamping some of its classic menu items to make them “better” than they used to be.
Faced with challenges from other popular fast food joints like Five Guys and Burger King, the food giant will tweak the recipes for the Classic Cheeseburger, Big Mac, Hamburger, and Double Cheeseburger.
But one menu change in particular has left fast-food fans in an uproar — and prompted some to go so far as to threaten to boycott the burger chain altogether.
McDonald’s has made some major changes to the way it cooks burgers that have infuriated the web (new Big Mac photo)
Recently, McDonald’s announced that it would revamp some of its classic menu items such as the Classic Cheeseburger and Double Cheeseburger (pictured right).
The fast food giant will add onions while the burger is still on the grill to enhance the flavor, however, the majority of people seem to be interrupting the “wrong”
As part of its menu updates, the chain has announced that it will now add onions to its burgers while it’s still on the grill in order to give the patties an enhanced flavor.
However, for those customers who prefer to order their meals without onions, this means that they will now not be able to do so – as the flavor of the vegetables will have already permeated into the burger by the time it is finished cooking.
People flooded Twitter with comments criticizing the modified recipe, with some even calling it “trash.”
One said: “McDonald’s is making a mistake by changing the taste of their burgers. If you need an example, possibly, of how big the mistake was, just remember, or search online, what disaster New Coke was.”
‘No thank you. Another person said, “I prefer to prepare my own food at home, so I decide what to put in it.”
Another person commented: “I’m allergic to onions, so I think they just lost a customer.”
Another user wrote: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Others criticized the fast food giant, claiming that they would take their business to McDonald’s competitors from now on.
People flooded Twitter with comments criticizing the modified recipe, with some even calling it “trash.”
One person said: ‘I guess McDonald’s really doesn’t want my business. In their great wisdom they will make burgers with onions already in the patties, it’s not bad enough that they already put a million onions in there. Now we have no choice.
I hate onions. And I can go right across the street in my town to Burger King, it just doesn’t. Or a little down the road to a Wendy’s who doesn’t either.
How about reducing sodium? Another commented on each bite like a mouthful of salt and fat.
Added one user: “I agree I would never want onions on a McDonald’s burger, CEO and managers must think the public is stupid when they say you can customize your burger no matter what smell and taste it will still have on the grill like onions.”
In addition to hating the new ingredient, many people have blown up the burger joint for not considering those with allergies.
I have a huge intolerance to onions. They make me very sick in 15-20 minutes. So when I heard about this new recipe being put out by McDonald’s, my first thought was, “I won’t be able to eat burgers there,” one user explained.
Another user wrote: “As someone who hates onions, I am worried about McDonald’s new policy of cooking onions directly on the grill. I will not eat a White Castle burger for this very reason.
“Onions are rubbish,” someone else said.
There were a few burger lovers out there who couldn’t wait to get their onion-filled patty
And while the majority of people couldn’t contain their disgust at the menu changes, there were a few burger lovers who couldn’t wait to get their hands on an onion-filled patty.
One person writes: “Not 100% natural but getting there, it tastes so much better than it used to.” About 67% normal I would say.
Another person added, “Mmmm…I’m looking forward to the onions on my burger!”
Another user commented, “If people are eating McDonald’s, I don’t think onions are the only thing they have to worry about.”
‘It’s crazy that adults don’t appreciate onions and their flavor,’ said one person.
McDonald’s announced the arrival of the menu changes in a press release earlier this week.
“We’ve found that small changes, such as tweaking our process to get hotter, meltier cheese and adjusting our grill settings for a better sear, add up to make a huge difference in making our burgers tastier than ever,” chef Chad Schafer said in a statement.
These changes will include “tender, pillowy brownies that are freshly toasted to a golden brown,” as well as “perfectly melted cheese that will make you want to savor every last bit of wrap.”
The menu changes come after the fast food giant closed its office and laid off hundreds of people
There will be “difficult discussions and decisions ahead,” CEO Chris Kempzynski said in a January email, two months before the company laid off hundreds of employees.
It’ll also feature “a juicy, caramelized flavor from adding white onions to your patties while they’re still on the grill” and “more of everyone’s favorite Big Mac sauce, bringing more tangy sweetness into every Big Mac bite,” according to McDonald’s.
Previously, the revamped burgers were available in Australia, Belgium and Canada, and in the US they are available in and around Los Angeles, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Salt Lake City, Tucson, Portland and Sacramento.
The fast food giant said all of its locations will have implemented the changes by the end of 2023.
The menu changes come after the fast food giant closed its office and laid off hundreds of people.
McDonald’s had to restructure and consolidate operations to save costs.
In a letter to employees in January, CEO Chris Kemptzynski said job cuts at the company would help grow the business, warning that the company had become unfocused and innovation stalled.
“We had around the world 70 different and distinctive versions of the crispy chicken sandwich look,” he wrote. “You don’t need 70 different variations for a chicken sandwich.”
Among those laid off were senior employees who had worked at the company for decades – some going so far as to write emotional farewell letters to colleagues after receiving the news.
Before the cuts, McDonald’s employed more than 150,000 people globally in company-owned corporate and restaurant positions — 70 percent outside the country, according to a statement from the chain in February.