{"id":3226,"date":"2009-04-23T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2009-04-23T10:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2023-09-04T21:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T07:32:45","slug":"news-mcdonalds-looks-to-dump-their-angus-burger-upon-us-nationwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/23\/news-mcdonalds-looks-to-dump-their-angus-burger-upon-us-nationwide\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS: McDonald&#8217;s Looks To Dump Their Angus Burger Upon Us Nationwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/images\/newsmcdangus.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>After being tested in California, New York and Ohio markets for more than two years, it looks like the McDonald&#8217;s Angus Burger will be expelled nationwide from the sphincter of McDonald&#8217;s test kitchens.  According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the one-third pound burgers made from 100% Angus beef could be excreted this fall or possibly during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>The three Angus burgers currently being served at test markets are:<\/p>\n<p><b>Deluxe<\/b> &#8211; a burger with cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, red onions and pickles <\/p>\n<p><b>Mushroom &#038; Swiss<\/b> &#8211; a burger with sauteed mushrooms and tangy swiss cheese<\/p>\n<p><b>Bacon &#038; Cheese<\/b> &#8211; a burger with cheese, bacon, red onions and pickles. <\/p>\n<p>Each Angus burger will cost around $4, making it one of their most expensive sandwiches.  It&#8217;s unknown whether the burgers will be a permanent menu addition or a product available for a limited time, like the constantly-resuscitated McRib.<\/p>\n<p>Damn, I wish the McRib would just die already.<\/p>\n<p><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/02\/review-mcdonalds-angus-third-pounders-deluxe-bacon-cheese-and-mushroom-swiss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read our review here<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n<p>[via <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.grubgrade.com\/2009\/04\/23\/food-news-mcdonalds-angus-burger\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">GrubGrade<\/a><\/u> and <u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/business\/chi-tue-mcdonalds-angus-0421-apr21,0,5790381.story\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chicago Tribune<\/a><\/u>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being tested in California, New York and Ohio markets for more than two years, it looks like the McDonald&#8217;s Angus Burger will be expelled nationwide from the sphincter of McDonald&#8217;s test kitchens. According to a report in the Chicago Tribune, the one-third pound burgers made from 100% Angus beef could be excreted this fall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1429],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fast-food-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4191,"url":"https:\/\/www.theimpulsivebuy.com\/wordpress\/2009\/07\/02\/review-mcdonalds-angus-third-pounders-deluxe-bacon-cheese-and-mushroom-swiss\/","url_meta":{"origin":3226,"position":0},"title":"REVIEW: McDonald&#8217;s Angus Third Pounders (Deluxe, Bacon &#038; Cheese and Mushroom &#038; Swiss)","author":"Marvo","date":"July 2, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Let me start off by saying that the new McDonald's Angus Third Pounders are the best burgers ever released by The Golden Arches. 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