McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu

Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by fullshark on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:36PM (#25037994)

Mcsomething it had to be. The question is what is the something. McVeggie doesn't work, because veggie burgers became synonymous with the last generation of plant based burgers. McPlant does sound awkward right now but with the full backing of mcdonalds marketing / their resturant footprint it will roll of the tongue within a few months of launch.

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by elicash on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:52PM (#25038209)

Did it actually need to be a different menu item?

I'm just throwing this out there, but maybe there was an equivalent to what "Supersize" meant for going larger in size instead that's geared towards plant-based versions of each burger. So maybe I still want a Big Mac, but I want it with these plant-based burgers but still with the extra slice of bread and the special sauce.

I don't have a name for this as clever as Supersize, but it seems feasible.

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by shafyy on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:16PM (#25038557)

This is actually a good point. Kind of like how BK does it with the Impossible Whopper. It's still a Whopper, but with plant-based meat.

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by sjy on Monday November 09, 2020 @05:08PM (#25040541)

McDonald’s have been selling a new plant-based burger called the McVeggie in Australia all year. https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/mcveggie%E2%84%A2

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by grecy on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:40PM (#25042030)

> Mcsomething it had to be

Why?

Their burgers are BigMac, Quarter Pounder, (and Quarter Pounder WITH stuff), Cheesburger, McDouble, Hamburger, McChicken, Fillet-o-Fish.

While "Mc" is the start of some of the names, it's certainly not a must.

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by cavisne on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:57PM (#25039148)

It's probably because they will sell it as "plant based" vs vegan/vegetarian as it'll be on the same grills as real burgers.

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by lisper on Monday November 09, 2020 @01:46PM (#25038132)

> Mcsomething it had to be.

I would have gone with "McMiracle Burger" (as a riff on "Impossible Burger").

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by colesdefectum on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:06PM (#25039250)

McPossible Burger would have worked.

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by JonathonW on Monday November 09, 2020 @04:44PM (#25040333)

If they wanted to get sued for trademark infringement.

(McDonalds is working with Beyond Meat, one of Impossible Foods' largest competitors, for their plant-based meat substitutes; deriving their product name from a competitor's product is almost certainly a bad idea.)

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by bserge on Monday November 09, 2020 @02:29PM (#25038765)

Betting on people ridiculing the name as "McP"

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by thotsBgone on Monday November 09, 2020 @09:00PM (#25042133)

McReal Burger

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Re:McDonald's is adding plant-based burgers to the menu by ObsoleteNerd on Monday November 09, 2020 @03:14PM (#25039326)

McMeatless.

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