However, Esther Glickstein Rose, a 21-year-old secretary for the company's advertising department in 1967, had the winning name — "Big Mac."

But then I tasted it, and I was sold.

McDonald’s executives said the simplified menu has helped improve its operations, according to the Journal, cutting 25 seconds off of its average drive-through waits. It cut items that were more complex or didn't sell as well and limited breakfast to only morning hours. "The changes to McDonald's menu will also include its new crispy chicken sandwich, which it tested in December and January, and new baked goods for breakfast.

About 7% of its U.S. restaurants have resumed indoor dining operations, as of Monday.Franchisees have pushed for a shorter menu.

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McDonald's salads have gotten a bad rap because some of them have more calories than the chain's burgers.

The first one was circus-themed.Many, however, believed the action to be a result of the 2004 documentary film, "Supersize Me," in which filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ate McDonald's food every day for a month and documented his deteriorating health.Riker said at the time that the decision had "nothing to do with that (film) whatsoever.

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"The menu featured items considered to be low-fat, low-calorie and low-carb, including a grilled chicken sandwich and fruit yogurt.

"He didn't want me to reject it out of hand, which I might have done, because it was a crazy idea — a breakfast sandwich," Kroc wrote.

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Chief Executive Officer Don Thompson admitted Wednesday that salads make up just 2-3 percent of the fast food chain’s U.S. restaurant sales, Bloomberg News reports.McDonald’s has vigorously marketed the salads in recent years in what many perceive as an attempt to fight the chain's unhealthy image, and entree salads were credited with boosting …

A post shared by McDonald's (@mcdonalds) on Mar 25, 2020 at 9:54am PDT This isn't the first adjustment McDonald's has had to make to its operations amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

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"The reality is we still have more work to do to further analyze what makes sense," McDonald's U.S. CMO Morgan Flatley told franchisees on the webcast, referring to all-day breakfast. Since the introduction of the breakfast menu in 1975, Mcdonald’s has expanded from just offering the Egg Muffin to Sausage McMuffin, Sausage Egg & Cheese Biscuit, Sausage Burrito, Hot Cakes, Sausage McGriddles, and Big Breakfast to name a few.