McDonald’s Is Giving Away a Dozen “McGold” Cards That Grant You Free Food for Life
You may have heard of the legendary “McGold Card,” which grants card holders free McDonald’s FOR LIFE. Bill Gates and Rob Lowe supposedly have one and McDonald’s gave away a version of it in a sweepstakes a few years back.
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Now, McDonald’s is offering up a DOZEN of them, and YOU have a shot at it.
McDonald’s Giving Away Free Food for Life!
McDonald’s says THREE people will get FOUR McGold cards one for you, and one for three of your friends. It’s part of a new “SZN of Sharing” promotion, which is happening on their app from December 5th through Christmas.
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There will be daily deals on food and merch orders made through the app and the McGold card winners will be chosen among the participants. They say every day you order through the app you earn another chance to win.
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There are some limits on the McGold card. Technically, it only covers two free meals per week for 50 years. Which should be plenty.
The winners will be notified in early January, and they’ll have to designate the three friends to get the other cards at that point. The cards will be connected to the friends’ names and loyalty accounts, so you won’t be able to sell them.
Get more information by reading McDonald’s rules for the sweepstakes HERE.
Fast Food Drive-Thrus Ranked, Chik-fil-A is Slowest and the Fastest Will Surprise You
Fast food drive-thrus can make or break your breakfast, lunch or dinner experiences. When we go to a drive-thru, it’s usually because we’re in a rush and need to eat quickly. Well, according to recent data from Intouch Insight in partnership with QSR, it was found that Chik-fil-A has the absolute slowest drive-thru. This was determined because it was the busiest drive-thru. Although Chik-fil-A was ranked the best for customer service. Only 10 fast food chains were considered in this survey: McDonald’s, Taco Bell, Burger King, Chik-fil-A, Carls Jr., Wendy’s, Dunkin, Arby’s, Hardees and KFC.
As far as quickest average wait time, Hardees was the clear winner with an average of 50.48 seconds of waiting per order. Followed by Carls Jr. then KFC. The drive-thru with the longest wait time is Chik-fil-A followed by Wendy’s and then McDonald’s.
Then they got into accuracy of orders. Arby’s is the most accurate fast food chain tied with McDonald’s and Burger King came in 2nd. The most messed up item? Drinks.
“This idea that we know in the drive-thru the guest wants speed and accuracy, but they don’t want to feel rushed,” Matt Abercrombie, Chick-fil-A’s senior director of service and hospitality told QSR Magazine.
According to a rep from QSR, post pandemic, fast food chains were forced to get creative in ways customers were able to order food by adding a “check-point system where customers interact with employees at multiple points before pickup. It keeps users engaged and also enables Chick-fil-A to adjust based on individual orders, not just the queue.”
Below, we will show you the rankings for fastest drive-thrus by chain and their accuracy rankings. Will this change the way you decide where you want to eat? Probably not, but it’s a good way to at least pick and choose based on how much time you have to kill.
SAN FRANCISCO – FEBRUARY 09: A McDonald’s drive thru worker hands an order to a customerFebruary 9, 2009 in San Francisco, California. Fast food chain restaurant McDonald’s reported a 7.1 percent increase in same store sales for January as people look towards cheaper food alternatives in the weakening economy. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
