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Megan Nisbet

When are all McDonald's opening? Latest on drive thrus and the new limited menu

Those missing their Big Mac fix have been wondering when McDonald's will reopen.

The fast-food chain closed in March due to the coronavirus crisis and has slowly been reopening branches across the UK.

However, if your local still has its doors firmly shut you don't have to wait much longer as McDonald's will reopen all its drive thrus in the UK and Ireland this week.

From dates to rules and the new limited menu, here's everything you need to know.

The date all McDonald's drive thrus are reopening with a new menu (PA)

When does McDonald's reopen UK?

McDonald's has already opened 44 restaurants for drive thru but the rest will follow this week.

By June 4, 2020, 1,019 McDonald's restaurants will have reopened either for McDelivery or drive thru in the UK and Ireland.

In a statement last week, a McDonald's spokesperson said: "We can today announce that by 4th June, 1,019 of our restaurants will have reopened, either for Drive Thru or McDelivery.

"This means every Drive Thru in the UK and Ireland will reopen between Tuesday and Thursday next week and we will start to expand the availability of McDelivery too.

"This is only possible following the hard work of the teams in our 44 pilot restaurants. Over the last fortnight, our employees, franchisees and suppliers have worked tirelessly to implement new procedures to enable safe working so we can now help all parts of the UK and Ireland to enjoy the return of the Big Mac."

What is the limited menu?

The reduced menu includes the following:

  • Big Mac
  • Quarter Pounder with cheese
  • McChicken sandwich
  • Vegetable deluxe
  • Hamburger
  • Cheeseburger
  • Double cheeseburger
  • Chicken McNuggets
  • Chicken Selects
  • Filet-o-Fish
  • McDonald’s fries
  • Mozzarella dippers
  • Veggie dippers
  • Happy Meal veggie dippers
  • Apple and grape fruit bag
  • McFlurry (Malteasers, Smarties, Oreo)

Breakfast items, Chicken Legends and milkshakes remain unavailable for now.

What are the changes at McDonald's?

As well as a limited menu due to smaller teams, the fast-food chain is running reduced opening hours and has placed a spending cap of £25 on customers.

It is also asking people to make contactless payments wherever possible and has strict social distancing rules in place.

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