The next time you sit down at the fast food chain and polish off your fries too quickly, ask for a refill. All you need is to flag down an employee and ask them to fill up your fry container.
Getting rid of the DIY fountain machine also means that refills will have to be requested, unlike before, pre-COVID-19, when customers could freely fill their cup whenever they wanted (via The Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
This might have been staged, but the truth is that, according to McDonald's representatives, free fry refills are not a standard policy in McDonald's restaurants, hence free refills on fries is not applicable.
Generally, the ones with the soda dispenser behind the counter do not give free refills, though I don't think there's a national policy on this. Individual McDonald's stores are owned by franchisees, and this may be one of the rules they can set for themselves.
Refill Rules
It only applies during the 60 minutes after the purchase. The refill must be requested after waiting in the regular line at the restaurant's counter. You must show your receipt in order to request the refill. Once a customer has left the restaurant the refill is no longer valid.
You do not get refills of any McCafe drinks, blended-ice drinks of any types, or shakes, with the sole exception of Coffee.
There's currently only one McDonald's location known to offer unlimited fries. If you live anywhere near St. Joseph, Missouri, you're in luck because it's home to "the McDonald's of the Future" and the only reported location of the chain to offer unlimited fries.
500, fans have another worry: French fries. The Raptors have run a promotion with McDonald's the last four seasons where fans get free medium fries if the team sinks 12 three-pointers in a game.
McDonald's: Get FREE Medium Fries When the Toronto Raptors Score 12 3-Pointers - RedFlagDeals.com.
For the time being, McDonald's will scrap customer-operated soda fountains because of concerns about keeping customers safe. The Wall Street Journal obtained a 59-page memo that said, as part of new procedures for reopening, “beverage bars will remain closed or sectioned off and staffed in restaurants.”
McDonald's serves Minute Maid® Premium Orange Juice which is pasteurized for safety and quality reasons.
Free refills are commonplace in the United States and Canada in traditional restaurants and fast food restaurants, while rarer in airports, cafés, or service stations.
Burger King on Twitter: "@Tons_of_Fun_ Refills are available on Freestyle machines, Eddy (subject to availability - refills are pretty popular!).
Only Rewards members using their Starbucks account can get a free refill. However, anyone can ask for a refill at a discounted price.
All you need to do is refer a friend to download the McDonald's App and register, and you both get a Free Ice Cream Sundae as a reward! The more you refer the more you earn.
"The supply of our 'World famous fries' is limited because of the global freight crisis. That's why you haven't been seeing our fries in big, red fry boxes (medium, large, BFF)," McDonald's wrote in a statement.
There is an ongoing shortage on our potato supply due to the global freight crisis. We are able to serve BFF Fries but to ensure that customers are able to enjoy them for a longer period of time, we are limiting its availability to delivery channels only.
Here's the Secret…
Fortunately, the solution is pretty simple. Just ask for fries without salt! “If you order a burger or fries always ask them without salt or the seasoning on the burger,” a former McDonald's employee wrote on Reddit. “They will have to make them fresh since they always put each on them.”
Once everything is mixed, we create the four famous Chicken McNuggets® shapes—bell, boot, ball and bone. They're coated in a light tempura batter, partially fried and quickly frozen to preserve flavor. Once in our restaurants, they're fully fried and served hot to you with a delicious taste that is full of flavor.
Follow the 24/2 rule: 24 hours of paper stock, a maximum of 2 hours of frozen/refrigerated stock, 30 minutes for frozen fries. Check station equipment is clean, in good repair correctly assembled and safe. (Do not use equipment where readily visible parts and electrical fittings are not in good repair or safe.)
Fast food contains a lot of unhealthy ingredients like sugar, saturated fats, trans fats, and a lot of calories. While eating fast food once a week will not pose any harm in the short run, once you start regularly indulging in cheat meals, all these ingredients can come back to haunt your body.
Routinely consuming too much sodium, or more than the suggested 2,300 milligrams per day, may jeopardize your heart health long term, says the American Heart Association. Still, if you're only eating McDonald's once or twice a week, Brondo suggests you don't have to be too concerned.
Returnable glass bottles and refillable PET currently represent more than 50% of The Coca‑Cola Company's product sales in more than 20 markets, and more than 25% of sales in another 20 markets.