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The Big Mac is a brand of hamburger sold by the international fast food restaurant chain McDonald's.It was introduced by a Greater Pittsburgh area franchisee in 1967 and expanded nationwide in 1968, and is widely regarded as the company's flagship product.
Delligatti conceived the Big Mac in 1965 in the kitchen of his first McDonald's franchise, on McKnight Road in suburban Ross Township. He started serving it at his Uniontown McDonald's in April 1967 for 45 cents. [2] [3] By 1968, the Big Mac was on the menu of every American McDonald's, and in 1969, it accounted for 19% of total sales. [2]
Introduced in 1967, [7] the Big Mac is a signature product. The Big Mac consists of two 1.6-ounce (45 g) (approx. uncooked weight) ground beef patties, special Big Mac sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, and diced onions in a sesame seed bun, with an additional middle bun (called a "club layer") separating the beef patties.
The '70s. Average price: 65 cents Adjusted for inflation: $5.17 According to a McDonald's menu photo from the '70s, Big Macs were still under a dollar.
In 1962, the Filet-O-Fish sandwich, billed as "the fish that catches people," was introduced. [18] In 1967, the Big Mac was created by Jim Delligatti, whose franchised McDonald's was in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and was added to McDonald's national menu the next year. [19]
Chicken is hitting it big at McDonald’s. On Oct. 10, McDonald’s officially introduced the Chicken Big Mac to the U.S. — but only for a limited time.
The regular Big Mac cost me $6.39, while the Double Big Mac was a little pricier at $7.99. The look: The deep golden brown bun on both sandwiches was the first thing that caught my eye.
In 2001, McDonald's introduced the McFalafel sandwich in its Egypt locations. [2] These restaurants also offer a Chicken Big Mac and Fish Mac, variations on the standard Big Mac which substitute breaded chicken or fish, respectively, for the usual beef patties. In the summer of 2008, McDonald's introduced fish fingers with tartar dipping sauce ...