Buy One Get One Free Happy Meal Deal

Loganville and Grayson area McDonald’s Restaurants will be participating in a Buy One, Get One Free deal on kid’s Happy Meals in the next few days in an effort to promote McDonald’s new Happy Meals.

Metro area McDonald’s restaurants will be offering this deal from 2 – 7 p.m. from Friday, Sept. 16 to Sept. 22.

According to a spokesperson from the , however, the Loganville restaurants will only be participating on Sept. 16. A spokesperson from the on Highway 78 in Grayson would continue the promotion from 2 – 7 p.m. each day for the full duration of the promotion ending Sept. 22.

The special deal is part of the launch of the new McDonald’s Happy Meal, which will now automatically include apple slices. In addition to the apple slices, the meal also includes a smaller sized order of French fries or a second bag of apple slices.

“As the dad of a young daughter, I know that helping kids make good nutrition choices can be challenging,” said Donavon Groen, president of the Greater Atlanta McDonald’s Operator’s Association in a released statement. “With the new Happy Meal, we’re helping support parents in encouraging their children to enjoy food that is good for them along with the foods they love by automatically including both apples and fries as part of a balanced, kid-appropriate meal. We’re excited this new offering will introduce about 100 million cups of produce annually into the diets of our youngest customers.”

More Happy Meal fruit and vegetable choices are under development and expected to roll out over the next few years.

By the first quarter of 2012, McDonald's plans to include Apple Slices (apple slices, ¼ cup or ½ serving) as a standard side to the choice of Chicken McNuggets®, a Hamburger, or Cheeseburger, and choice of beverage, in which fat-free chocolate milk and 1% white milk will be options.

In addition to apple slices, the meal also will include a new smaller size French Fries (1.1 ounces). For those customers who prefer a side choice of apples only, two bags of apples will be available upon request. 

By adding fruit in every Happy Meal, McDonald’s hopes to address a challenge children face in meeting the recommended daily consumption of produce. McDonald’s has been offering apples as a requested Happy Meal choice since 2004, and while recent research found that 88 percent of McDonald’s customers are aware of the option, only 11 percent choose apples.