People are ripping apart McDonald's latest attempt to win over millennials
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In July, McDonald's added a sriracha and kale burger to the menu for a limited time. And, in August, the chain began serving Sriracha Mac Sauce in packets perfect for nugget dunking.
While sriracha has been associated with restaurants trying to stay on trend for years, this time it looks like not everyone is willing to bite.
The first sign something was wrong in sriracha paradise was the response to an Inc. article with the headline "McDonald's Just Rolled Out Radical New Burgers With Millennials' Favorite Ingredient."
On Twitter, people were quick to point out that sriracha was not millennials' favorite ingredient. Instead, the generation was craving something else - universal healthcare, possibly, or maybe just some Adderall.
A second strike against the Sriracha burger came this week, with a brutal Washington Post review of the new menu item.
"[T]he sriracha-and-kale combo smacks of desperation," Tim Carman writes. "It reeks of a corporate attempt to capitalize on two of the biggest food trends of the past decade (although far after each has peaked). It's the fast-food equivalent of watching your Dad sport rompers and pledge his undying love for Drake.
Ultimately, Carman finds the premise of the burger to be more offensive than the actual sriracha, which he says is fine, especially on the crispy chicken breast. (The kale is another story, as its too tough to be any sort of positive contribution to the burger.)
Carmen's response and the Twitter backlash to Inc's "millennials" tweet reveal an inherent truth in fast food in 2017: nothing is wrong with adding new menu items, as long as chains don't try to be cool while doing so.
In fact, many people are enthused about McDonald's serving sriracha.
Sriracha has lost its hipster charm. But, on a basic level, it's still just plain tasty - unlike kale, which has no place on a fast-food burger.
If something it makes McDonald's burgers and nuggets taste better, that's all the chain needs - not an awkward attempt to appeal to "millennials."
how do you get universal healthcare on top of a burger
- Jacob Rees-Strogg (@PrototypeCube) July 18, 2017
finally a burger with Adderall https://t.co/z10rUoBdxu
- slackbot (@pareene) July 18, 2017
Mmmm... student loan debt forgiveness
- Brandy Lambert (@BrandyLamby) July 18, 2017
McDonald's Sriracha Big Mac sauce is.... pic.twitter.com/Aksuz0hmU2
- Kyle Federline (@KyleFederline) August 4, 2017
I want to eat that new sriracha burger at McDonald's.
I can't believe I want to eat something at McDonald's.
- Cesar R. (@BigC927) July 26, 2017
@McDonalds Sriracha Mac Sauce ! Out everywhere The 25 or 26th !!! It's GOOD BTW pic.twitter.com/haBFZiyb7A
- luis (@LuisCyrus__) July 21, 2017
McDonald's came out with this new sriracha Big Mac sauce and its amazing
- syd (@_sydneyjaclyn_) July 18, 2017
This new sriracha Mac sauce from McDonald's is so good with these nuggets.
- asiamariah (@muglizzy) July 26, 2017
PSA McDonalds has sriracha mac sauce and it's amazing.
- Mackenzie Jones (@mackycheez) July 26, 2017
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