McDonalds Announces ‘Free Fries Fridays’ Until End of Year

How about some free fries with that shake?

McDonald’s announced today that beginning this Friday, they’ll provide prospects a free carton of medium fries each Friday. In a promotion that they are fittingly billing “Free Fries Friday,” the fast-food big is providing the deal till 12/31/23.

However, in fact, nothing in life is solely free. Free Fries Friday comes with a caveat designed to get diners to make use of the McDonald’s app. As a way to partake in these golden delicacies, prospects should first make a $1 minimal buy within the McDonald’s cellular app.

The way it works

To assert your free McDonald’s fries, observe these steps:

• Go to the offers tab within the McDonald’s app, choose the Free Fries Friday deal, and faucet the “Add Deal to Cell Order” button—just one order per buyer.
• Make your cost utilizing any main bank card. Your card is not going to be charged till you check-in. Add or take away a cost card utilizing the Checkout and My Account screens.
• Verify-in at any taking part McDonald’s to choose up your free Fries (with $1 minimal buy). Get them delivered to you with curbside pickup, or seize a bag at your nearest McDonald’s Drive Through.

Bullish on the app

McDonald’s is clearly McAnxious to get prospects to proceed utilizing their app. They’re additionally providing 10 Free McNuggets with their first app order (once more with a minimal cost of $1).

Retailers love cellular apps as a result of they permit them to attach instantly with prospects, pushing messaging and providing offers. Additionally, analysis exhibits that conversion and common transaction worth are increased on cellular apps than on their e-commerce websites.

Not that McDonald’s is having hassle getting prospects to obtain their app. Based on QSR Magazine, the McDonald’s cellular app was downloaded 127 million instances worldwide in 2022, with 40 million new downloads within the U.S. That determine was 194 % greater than McD’s closest competitor, Starbucks.

Time will inform if Free Fries Fridays will catch on like Taco Tuesdays, Wing Wednesdays, and even Meatless Mondays. However McDonald’s hopes folks “make it fry day with a pal.” In spite of everything, French Fries are persistently the best-selling item on the McDonald’s menu.