![Screenshot from the FAQ of the UK McDonalds app page:
Ordering
Browse our menu. Add to your order, choose your portion size and customise individual items.
If you want to use one of the deals available on McDonald’s app makes sure you select the one you want from the deals page. You must add it to your order. If you don’t add the deal to your order you will pay full price for the item. Once complete choose which payment card you’d like to use when you arrive at the restaurant.
Confirm your order and make your way to the restaurant.
Confirm that you’ve arrived with the phone used to place the order.
@Lost_My_Mind maybe it’s because a lot of our McDonald’s are in central locations where a lot of people live and there’s no parking, so it would be pretty absurd to only allow delivery? Or maybe it’s a competition thing. All the coffee chains do it, and it got really popular over lockdown. The queues in coffee chains can take ages while they’re making drinks for deliveries and pickups - it’s really annoying, but at least it gives another advantage to the independents.
@Lost_My_Mind @return2ozma you can in the UK. Maybe not globally? https://www.mcdonalds.com/gb/en-gb/good-to-know/in-our-restaurants/my-mcdonalds-app.html
![Screenshot from the FAQ of the UK McDonalds app page: Ordering
I haven’t been in a McDonalds in years, but I’ve never seen or heard of this in America.
@Lost_My_Mind maybe it’s because a lot of our McDonald’s are in central locations where a lot of people live and there’s no parking, so it would be pretty absurd to only allow delivery? Or maybe it’s a competition thing. All the coffee chains do it, and it got really popular over lockdown. The queues in coffee chains can take ages while they’re making drinks for deliveries and pickups - it’s really annoying, but at least it gives another advantage to the independents.