McDonald's fans rejoice as popular breakfast item returns to US menus after four years

McDonald's is bringing backmost a fashionable meal point to US menus aft 4 years.

Bagels were archetypal introduced to McDonald's successful precocious 2019 but were chopped soon erstwhile bosses simplified the paper successful outpouring 2020 during the pandemic. 

After they disappeared, fans connected Twitter, Reddit and Facebook person been calling for them to return. 

They are truthful fashionable a 25,000-member Facebook group has sprung up called Where's my McDonald's Bagel? 

Their demands person been answered and McDonald's has confirmed bagels are backmost - though they are not nationwide yet.

They are successful astatine slightest 1,700 of the accelerated nutrient chain's 14,000 US restaurants, according to a database that users of the Facebook radical update regular arsenic they spot caller locations.  

When the DailyMail.com past looked astatine the database successful April, the radical had 12,000 members who had spotted 1,200 restaurants with bagels. The summation successful some numbers shows however the meal bagel fanbase is growing. 

The instrumentality favourite items is starting to look successful restaurants again arsenic section franchisees took up the accidental to bring them back.

Customers in California, Pennsylvania, Nashville, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, Florida, Tennessee, Iowa, West Virginia, California, North Carolina, Ohio, Alabama positive New York  - the nation's bagel superior - person seen them instrumentality truthful far.

There are 4 varieties, which each diagnostic ovum and cheese. Three are with nutrient - bacon, sausage oregon steak - and 1 that is conscionable the ovum and cheese. The steak bagel adds grilled onions. 

Prices alteration betwixt restaurants. The bacon and sausage bagels are selling for $4.69 successful immoderate outlets. The steak is dearer astatine $5.39.

Jared Hefenfinger, an admin successful the Facebook group, said:  'People successful the radical are sharing their section franchisees' interaction accusation and saying, 'Hey, nonstop retired messages oregon telephone these people.'

'I tin benignant of archer you wherever they're going to beryllium next, based connected wherever the radical is adding members from. I messaged 1 of the franchisees successful Minnesota. 

'He told maine that successful the past 3 weeks, they've gotten much calls than they person successful the past 3 years.'

It is not wide if the Facebook radical was cardinal to getting McDonald's to bring them back, oregon it simply played a role. A apt mentation is that McDonald's had plans to bring bagels backmost and the enthusiasm from the radical led to this being sped up.

Fans reacted with joyousness connected X, the societal media tract formerly known arsenic Twitter.

'McDonald's bagels are back… the satellite is healing,' 1 lawsuit tweeted.

'Taking my authoritative triumph thigh successful my 4-year warfare against McDonald's. Bagels are BACK,' different posted.

McDonald's told DailyMail.com connected Friday: 'Our fans' emotion for McDonald's meal runs deep, and we emotion to spot the passionateness they person for immoderate of their favourite paper items.

'We're ever listening to their cravings and taking their feedback into relationship arsenic we marque paper decisions.

'Though bagel sandwiches are not disposable nationwide, they are a determination offering and presently disposable astatine participating McDonald's successful respective markets.'

McDonald's besides announced connected March 26 that it plans to start selling caller Krispy Kreme doughnuts nationwide by the extremity of 2026.