Run, Don't Walk—McDonald's $1 Egg McMuffin Deal Defies Eggflation
You know what they say: time flies when you're having fun. Or in this case, eating well. This year, fast food giant McDonald's is celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the Egg McMuffin. In honor of the momentous occasion, the chain is hoping to make the start of your days even better, especially since egg prices are skyrocketing.
McDonald's is laughing in the face of restaurants adding surcharges for eggs with $1 Egg McMuffins for National Egg McMuffin Day (who knew that was a thing?). Available exclusively through the McDonald's App on Sunday, March 2, customers can choose between an Egg or Sausage McMuffin with Egg for just one dollar. And if you can't make it on Sunday, from March 3 to March 30, you can grab buy-one-get-one Sausage McMuffins with Egg when placing a McDelivery order through the app. Considering the sandwich typically costs around $6.29 or $6.49 depending on where you live and what type you order, this is a major steal.
Compare that to other chains' breakfast sandwiches and you'll want to run, not walk, to take advantage of this deal. Prices can vary depending on location, but Starbucks' bacon, egg, and gouda sandwich, for example, will run you around $6.25, while both Wendy's sausage and bacon, egg, and cheese sandwiches clock in around $4.69. Chick-fil-A's bacon, egg, and cheese muffin goes for about $4.50 and Dunkin's plain egg and cheese muffin is over $7. Even with the 2-for-1 McDonald's deal, you're looking at only roughly $3 per sandwich—almost half the cost many competitors.
With grocery store limits on how many cartons of eggs you can purchase and people considering buying their own chickens, this killer deal couldn't come at a better time.
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