McDonald's Offers Healthier Options

Woodstock-Towne Lake  will become some of the first to sell a brand new Happy Meal featuring apple slices and a kid's size fry in every box.

They will be offering a buy one, get one free with Happy Meals and Mighty Kids Meals starting this Friday through Sept. 22. The deal will last from 2 to 7 p.m. each afternoon.

The new Happy Meal automatically includes apple slices as a side to the choice of chicken McNuggets, a hamburger or cheeseburger, and choice of beverage, in which fat-free chocolate milk and 1 percent white milk will be options.

“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," said Donavon Groen, president of the Greater Atlanta McDonald’s Operator’s Association in a news release. "We’re excited this new offering will introduce about 100 million cups of produce annually into the diets of our youngest customers.”