Mcdonald's Big Mac Specials Today
One of the best kept secrets in the food world is just how many perks you can get for simply downloading a chain's app onto your smart phone. By doing so you become one of the first to know about new items or deals and can earn rewards in the form of free food or discounts. So goes the story with the current McDonald's buy one, get one for $1 deal that is back again for a limited time.
Like any other BOGO deal, to claim this one you have to purchase one item in order to qualify for a second item for just $1. Keep in mind that pricing may vary a bit depending on location, but for the most part, you'll be saving a good chunk of cash if you choose to participate in this promotion.
The Buy One, Get One for $1 lineup includes the choice of any two iconic menu options such as the hot and deliciously juicy 100% fresh beef. Quarter Pounder®. with Cheese, Big Mac®, Filet-O-Fish® and 10 pc. Chicken McNuggets® as an entree choice. McDonald's 'buy one, get one for $1' special is back as a national deal for a limited time. The available mix-and-match choices (the $1 item has to be of equal or lesser value, which is pretty normal for such deals) for the deal includes: - The Big Mac. Quarter Pounder with Cheese. The Big Mac, everyone’s favorite burger is going to get a buy one get one for one cent without a printable McDonalds coupon. Wow, the Big Mac is one of my favorite sandwiches of all time. It is going to taste all the better at the low price of 1 cent. Get a gift card for free and add some fries and drinks for free as well.
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The items that work with this deal are the Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish, quarter pounder with cheese, and 10-piece chicken nuggets. All you have to do is order one of these four items and you'll be able to get a second one of these for just a buck. This is a pretty amazing deal considering those four items are some of the most popular on the menu to begin with so getting them at a cheaper cost is a major plus.
Again, guys: All you have to do to get the deal for yourself is download the McDonald's app and login in. You'll be able to find all the information you need right there. Just make sure you clear up some space in your phone before you download and you're all set.
Free or cheap fast food promotions pop up every now and then. (The year 2017 saw the free free cheeseburger from Shake Shack in 2017, free Chick-fil-A breakfast, and buy one, get one free entrée from Chipotle.)
There's a new promotion from today, 9/30, through the end of the work week on Friday, 10/4, from McDonald's and delivery service DoorDash (which was part of the Shake Shack one). You can get a Big Mac for a penny plus the delivery fees, which, DoorDash's PR firm informed me, 'typically starts at $2.99.' (Depending on how much above the starting price it runs, you might be better off buying a burger at one of the locations. Call it an not-quite-free-but-cheaper lunch.)
Go to DoorDash and use the code 1MBIGMAC on your order of a single Big Mac. There's only one per person and I have no idea if the app will ask if you want fries with that.
The point behind this type of promotion is to juice business for both companies. Though when DoorDash did this with Shake Shack, the deal was only good in 17 cities. This time, with McDonald's as the partner and coverage for 9,300 locations, the chance that you might be near one of them is greatly increased.
Now, let's talk money. There's a giveaway that is part of the promotion. Everyone who orders one of these burgers gets entered into a drawing for $1 million. You have to be in one of the 50 U.S. states or District of Columbia. There's only one entry per person. You can't work for McDonald's, the franchises, DoorDash, or be an immediate relative of or live with any of the people not allowed to enter.
Let's say that you don't buy one of the Big Macs because of whatever reason but you still have a fondness for lots of currency. Instead, send an email to entry@amoeentry.com. Put only the date--in the numeric form mm/dd/yy--in the subject line. In the body of the email, enter your first and last names, city, state, ZIP, and telephone number. Then hit send while the promotion is running.
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Now for the promotion critique. Not necessarily bad, except for the unknown delivery fee. That undermines the whole thing. So, what, you order a penny burger and could conceivably spend more than the full price to have someone bring it over? Any time a promotion entices the words 'Instead, I could have...' from consumers, it could be a failure. Especially when the source of the product, McDonald's, is virtually ubiquitous across so many populated areas in the country.
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How about flipping it, with buy a burger and have it delivered for free? The two companies could have worked out the logistics of charges. And you don't face the issue of people getting resentful over being charged for something free rather than happy to get a freebie with something they bought.