Claim: McDonald's is discontinuing the Big Mac, apple pies, and large size menu items.
Example: [Collected via email, December 2014]
Is Madonalds taking Big Macs off the menu and eliminating super
sizing the meals
Origins: On
This means the end of the Big Mac, apple pie and large size menu items. Currently, the Big Mac has a whopping
McDonald's has just announced that it will be phasing out
Soon afterwards links and excerpts referencing this article were being circulated via social media, with many of those who encountered the item mistaking it for a genuine news article. However, while McDonald's did announce in December 2014 that they were testing the idea of
discontinuing some of their menu items (such as varieties of the Quarter Pounder with Cheese, Premium Chicken Sandwich, and Snack Wraps), favorites such as Big Macs, Apple Pies, and all large size menu items were not among the offerings potentially slated for the chopping block.
The Daily Buzz Live article was just a bit of satire from that fake news site, which publishes
Daily Buzz Live's disclaimer notes the site offers items that are not news, but rather fictional reports "inspired" by real events.
Last updated: 21 December 2014
