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The Quarter Pounder is a brand of hamburger introduced in 1971 by a Fremont, California franchisee of international fast food chain McDonald's and extended nationwide in 1973. . Its name refers to the beef patty having a precooked weight of approximately one quarter of a pound, originally portioned as four ounces (113.4 g) but increased to 4.25 oz (120 g) in 2015
Dozens of people across the U.S. have contracted E. coli traced to ingredients in McDonald's Quarter Pounders, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Tuesday. As a result ...
The double cheeseburger was offered as a promotional item in the 1950s and was added to the regular menu in 1965, though many McDonald's restaurants did not list it on their menu boards. An official variant is offered in the U.S. state of New Mexico, called the Green Chile Double Cheeseburger, topped with roasted green New Mexico chile peppers.
The Quarter Pounder is back on the menu this week at all McDonald's locations following an E. coli outbreak linked to onions used in its burgers, though the company warns "case counts will grow."
A specific ingredient has not been confirmed as the source of the outbreak, but the US Food and Drug Administration said last week that the slivered onions or beef patties on Quarter Pounder ...
McDonald’s has proactively removed some ingredients used in its quarter pounder burgers such as onions and beef patties from stores in the impacted states while the investigation is underway ...
Menu "classics" like the Quarter Pounder have made up a bulk of food sales in top McDonald's markets in recent years. The company's stock price tumbled nearly 10% in after-hours trading on Tuesday ...
The McDouble is a hamburger sold by the fast-food restaurant chain McDonald's. It is a variation on the double cheeseburger, with only one slice of cheese placed between the two beef patties. It was introduced in 1997. It is one of the cheapest products sold by the company, and for this reason is often included in the chain's budget menus.