McDonald’s will reopen 500 more UK branches for delivery-only next week

McMuffin’s are BACK! McDonald’s is set to reintroduce its breakfast menus next week when 500 more branches will reopen for delivery- after week of long queues and chaos at drive-thrus

  • McDonald’s is planning to bring back their breakfast menu ‘in a few weeks’
  • The chain restaurant has already reopened restaurants three times his week 
  • 500 more restaurants will see more than 1,000 McDonald’s operating again 
  • McDonald’s will continue to serve a limited menu with no shakes or carrot bags

McDonald’s is set to bring back its breakfast menu and reopen another 500 restaurants as it continues to emerge from lockdown.

The fast food chain hopes to trial bringing back its breakfast menu over the next few weeks.

McDonald’s CEO in the UK and Ireland Paul Pomroy said that McDonald’s were working hard to bring their full menu back but only when it was safe to do so.

He expects to be trialling the return of the breakfast within a few weeks. 

This follows the news that 500 more restaurants will be reopened in the next week following on from three days of restaurants being reopened this week by McDonald’s.

STOURBRIDGE: Cars queue to be served at a McDonald’s Drive Thru in Stourbridge on June 4

HUDDERSFIELD: An aerial shot shows cars circling a McDonald's in Huddersfield on June 3

HUDDERSFIELD: An aerial shot shows cars circling a McDonald’s in Huddersfield on June 3

WESTON-SUPER-MARE: A complex queuing system was set up at a McDonald's in Weston-super-Mare on June 2

WESTON-SUPER-MARE: A complex queuing system was set up at a McDonald’s in Weston-super-Mare on June 2

With breakfast back, what will be included in McDonalds’ limited menu? 

Main Menu:

Cheeseburger

Hamburger

Double Cheeseburger

Big Mac

Quarter Pounder with Cheese

McChicken Sandwich

Filet-O-Fish

Chicken McNuggets

Chicken Selects 

The breakfast menu (in a few weeks)

Sides & Desserts:

Fries

Mozzarella Dippers 

McFlurry (Oreo, Maltesers, Smarties)

Fruit Bag

What’s Out? 

No milkshakes or smoothies 

No chicken wraps   

There are no promotional items, such as the Big Tasty Range 

No carrot stick bags, apple pies or muffins 

With the extra 500 openings the chain restaurants will now have more than 1,000 stores open again to customers. 

However, all stores continue to operate only drive-thru or delivery services as customers are still not allowed inside the restaurants.

Paul Pomroy said: ‘Next week we will switch McDelivery back on in over 500 restaurants, with the help of our delivery partners Uber Eats and Just Eat.

‘As with our Drive Thru operations, it might take a little longer and we expect demand to once again be high and both of these factors might impact service times.

‘But I know you’ll continue to show the patience we’ve seen all week and I thank you again for your understanding.’

It is not yet known which 500 stores will be the next to open.

McDonald’s have been serving a limited menu since starting to reopen but now they have announced that their breakfast menu is making a return. 

The fast-food chain started reopening to the public on June 2 when 168 restaurants were opened offering drive-thru services and an extra 22 stores were offering deliveries.

The next day, 497 more drive-thru restaurants opened with 42 of those also offering delivery.

On June 4 McDonald’s reopened another 261 restaurants which took the total number of stores back open to just under 1,000. 

Customers using the drive-thru service can pre-order their meals on the McDonald’s app but are asked to limit their spend to £25

Customers have been sitting in tailbacks stretching for miles all week to get their hands on Happy Meals and Big Macs as the chain gradually reopened restaurants with new social distancing measures and a £25 spending cap in place.

But furious onlookers in Wolverhampton slammed drivers who refused to move out of the way for an ambulance with blue flashing lights.  

Tia-anne Sterling shared footage of the emergency vehicle battling to get through traffic, writing: ‘I am absolutely appalled to see how selfish people are. No one is letting these ambulances through. I feel sick. 

‘Imagine if this was an ambulance for a loved one, or someone close to you! What has the world come to.’ 

A spokesman for the West Midlands Ambulance Service said: ‘We can confirm an ambulance on the way to a patient got slightly delayed on Penn Road in Wolverhampton just after 3pm yesterday. However, the crew still arrived on scene within 15 minutes of the call being made. The call was categorised as C3, which carries a target time of 120 minutes, so this had no effect on patient care.’ 

LIVINGSTON: Security walks along a line of cars queuing at a McDonald's in Livingston, Scotland

LIVINGSTON: Security walks along a line of cars queuing at a McDonald’s in Livingston, Scotland

This ambulance battled to get through traffic in Wolverhampton

Tia-anne Sterling shared footage of the emergency vehicle battling to get through traffic, writing: 'I am absolutely appalled to see how selfish people are. No one is letting these ambulances through. I feel sick'

This ambulance battled to get through traffic in Wolverhampton. Tia-anne Sterling shared footage of the emergency vehicle battling to get through traffic, writing: ‘I am absolutely appalled to see how selfish people are. No one is letting these ambulances through. I feel sick’

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