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McDonald’s is getting into the FIFA World Cup in a big way.
Coming to the menu starting June 4 is the FIFA World Cup 26 Meal, which comes with one of nine collectible cups featuring soccer stars including Grimas, including current USMNT player Christian Pulisic, LAFC forward Son Heung-min and David Beckham.
Customers can choose from 10 pieces of Chicken Mac Nuggets that come with Big Mac or Big Mac sauce in a limited edition gold package. Breakfast guests can choose between an Egg Sausage McMuffin or an Egg Sausage Biscuit. Both come with hash browns.
“When we were kids, it was our ritual to go to McDonald’s near Hershey, Pennsylvania, and eat Chicken McNuggets and a McFlurry after a football game,” Pulisic said in a news release provided to USA TODAY. “Now, all these years later, it’s a full-circle moment to be featured in the McDonald’s Collector’s Cup.”
Starting June 9, McDonald’s will also be offering FIFA World Cup 26 Happy Meals to children. This meal comes with one of 23 Squishmallow plush toys, including a version of the World Cup mascot. It comes in special packaging and includes a scannable code that unlocks an exclusive digital game on the Happy Meal website.
“As soccer icons take to the field and unite fans across continents, McDonald’s will be on hand from the first whistle to the final moment with limited-time meals and swag, allowing fans of all ages to join in the excitement during the tournament and beyond,” Morgan Flatley, global chief marketing officer and head of new business ventures at McDonald’s, said in a news release.
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FIFA World Cup 26 Mir’s Collector’s Cup squad includes:
McDonald’s has a history of squishmallows.
The Squishmallows collaboration was teased in May when McDonald’s posted on its X account, “Hard to pick a favorite in this Squishmallows huddle puddle. FIFA World Cup Happy Meals starting June 9th.” The company said in an announcement that the toys will be “kitted with unique soccer-inspired jerseys and McDonald’s graphics.”
The special World Cup-themed menu comes after the fast-food chain brought back its popular fluffy plush Happy Meal for a limited time.
These meals include one of more than a dozen toys, including a new character named Halley and a never-before-seen Squishmallow, an axolotl-shaped salamander.
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