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McDonald's worker gives sneak peek of chain's biggest-ever burger

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McDonald’s workers are teasing the arrival in the US of the chain’s biggest burger ever — more than two years after it was first announced.

The Big Arch is a new, supersized burger featuring two beef patties, three slices of white processed cheese, crispy and fresh onions, pickles, lettuce and a brand-new tangy ‘Big Arch’ sauce.

It is McDonald’s first new permanent, worldwide menu item since Chicken McNuggets launched in 1983.

After first being mooted in December 2023, details and a trial in Canada were unveiled in the summer of 2024 before the burger later landed in the UK — but not America.

That now appears set to change. A US McDonald’s employee posted a photo on Reddit at the weekend showing a document for managers outlining new menu items coming in January. It listed the Big Arch alongside hot honey sauce and the returning Oreo and Shamrock shakes.

Burger fans who tried the Big Arch abroad described it as ‘massive’, with one saying it felt like ‘two Big Macs in one’.

Another joked it was ‘too much’, underlining just how large the burger is.

Others were less impressed by the new sauce, with some saying they would rather swap it for classic Big Mac sauce.

‘It’s big, but the sauce didn’t quite land for me,’ one reviewer wrote under the post, shared in a McDonald’s employees forum.

Price is also a major concern among US fans.

In Canada, a Big Arch meal with fries and a drink was priced at about $12.59 — roughly $9 in US dollars — positioning it as a step up from existing burgers but still cheaper than many rivals.

Chief executive Chris Kempczinski previously described it as a ‘quintessential McDonald’s burger with a twist’.

In Canada, a Big Arch meal with fries and a drink was priced at about $12.59 — roughly $9 in US dollars — positioning it as a step up from existing burgers but still cheaper than many rivals.

The plan for the bigger burger came after McDonald’s fought to win customers back after 2024 saw the company report its first sales decline since Covd lockdowns shut restaurants.

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