McDonald’s is celebrating 50 years in the UK (Picture: McDonald’s)
It’s official, McDonald’s is 50 years old! The fast food chain is celebrating a very special birthday in the UK and to celebrate we’re taking a look back in time.
Over the last five decades, McDonald’s has changed substantially – from its look, to its menu items, and even the way you order food – it’s come a long way.
The very first McDonald’s in the UK launched on November 13, 1974 in Woolwich, and back then a Big Mac cost just 45p and a cheeseburger was 21p.
Now the food is more expensive, but there are also so many more options available. The Egg McMuffin arrived on the menu in 1982, while Chicken McNuggets weren’t launched until 1984. Believe it or not, these replaced Onion Nuggets, as customer tastes evolved.
The Happy Meal followed in 1986, along with the UK’s very first drive thru restaurant, but it was the 90s that saw something really interesting go on sale.
It’s a somewhat controversial product that many often think is fake, or don’t believe really existed as it wasn’t around for very long: McPizza.
McPizza was a product offered by McDonald’s mostly in the late 1980s and early 1990s. It was an attempt by McDonald’s to compete in the pizza market, but it ultimately wasn’t successful, and McDonald’s discontinued it in most locations.
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Yep, in the mid-1990s, McDonald’s trialled personal pizzas in the UK, which were an 8-inch pizza split into four slices. These came in three different flavours: Cheese, Cheese & Pepperoni, and the Deluxe (cheese, green pepper, onion, pepperoni, and more).
These were launched ahead of 1994, when the chain launched the power/breakfast/working lunch which allowed city workers to order food to their desks. Orders were placed by fax or telephone and menu options included the personal pizzas.
According to McDonald’s website, the pizzas were sold for a ‘limited period in some restaurants’ in the mid-1990s as part of a ‘sales and product test’.
But they might want to consider it, as the pizzas have a big fan base online. On Reddit people hailed the McPizza, or Pimma as some also call it, ‘amazing’, ‘delicious’, and ‘one of the best tasting pizzas’ they’ve ever had.
Fries are the most popular item on the McDonald’s UK menu (Picture: McDonald’s)
Others shared fond childhood memories of going to order a pizza at their local Maccies, with u/LochNessMansterLives saying: ‘I used to beg my mum to take me to get McDonald’s pizza. The last McD that had it was 25 min away and I would crave it!!!’
While u/PassengerTop2805 said: ‘Haven’t had in 30 years but I can still taste it. It was soooooo good.’
u/DevoALMIGHTY shared: ‘This is one of my fondest food memories. My granddad took me to try it, and we went back every week til it was discontinued.’
And u/brown_boognish_pants wrote: ‘Honestly the pizza was pretty great for what it was. The crust was totally delicious …read more
Source:: Metro
