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If you love Big Macs and you know it, and you really want to show it… McDonald’s Big Mac Collection is here to help.
Launched this week at McWalk fashion show in Stockholm, Sweden — the collection includes bedding, active wear, pet goods and wallpaper.
Although it’s a bit early to determine if this is some sort of sick April Fool’s joke, the merchandise can currently be seen over at the Big Mac Shop.
Regardless of what you might think of McDonald’s — there’s no doubt that, given the opportunity, you’d spread their signature Big Mac Special Sauce on everything.
Well, that opportunity is now. McDonald’s, hoping to raise money for its charity Ronald McDonald House, is auctioning off bottles of the nostalgic orange goo on eBay Australia.
Although the Special Sauce will not come cheap… The first of 200 bottles is already going for $23,100 AUD. However, if you’d like some of your own, rumor has it that there will be additional bottles available in several McDonald’s locations in Australia.
Hopefully some bottles will also be available worldwide soon, as we can’t mix our own ketchup and mayonnaise forever.
[link, via First We Feast]
The year was 1969, a time of free love and “special sauce” naivete. And then, along came the McDonald’s Big Mac. Seen here in its first official print advertisement, McDonald’s signature sandwich was originally touted as, “A meal disguised as a sandwich,” inadvertently becoming a ground-breaker for future fast food abominations and other extreme food. In a way it also paved the way for food humor sites that cover such drivel. Thanks, Big Mac!!
[via Design You Trust]
When Apple and McDonald’s joins forces, we get the ‘Big Mac’. Or, is it the ‘Biggest Mac’? Or, the ‘Big Apple’? Where’s Jobs when we need him?
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Described as “a fun guide to whether currencies are at their ‘correct’ level”, the Economist created the Big Mac Index — yes, as in the hamburger.
The index is based on the theory of purchasing power parity (PPP), and that the price of a McDonald’s Big Mac in a particular country has a direct correlation to the value of their currency in relation to the U.S. Dollar.
Did you get all that?… Good, now explain it to me.
Original Big Mac Index here.
