It’s safe to say that most fast food places have menus that are basically the same. Places like McDonald’s, Burger King, and Wendy’s all offer the fast food basics: Burgers, French fries, chicken sandwiches, chicken nuggets, some kind of ice cream dessert, salads that have more calories than the burgers, and a variation of potatoes. Places like Taco Bell and Del Taco offer up tacos, burritos, enchiladas, and the like. Popeye’s and KFC are also not that different when it comes to the food they’re selling.
Think McDonald’s and the McRib, Wendy’s and their infamous chili, Taco Bell and their Doritos Locos Tacos. Stuff like that. So when a fast food place does come out with something kind of unique, and then another place ends up coming out with something almost exactly like that… it seems a little shady.
This time around, it’s McDonald’s vs. Dunkin’, because McDonald’s is getting called out for copying Dunkin’s fries.
What a weird coincidence... @McDonalds came out with Donut Sticks, and we just released the blueprints to our new donut packaging... pic.twitter.com/u2pHWx9yOe
— Dunkin' (@dunkindonuts) March 4, 2019
I’m addicted to McDonald’s Donut Sticks
— Charlie St Cloud (@Charles_Swain) March 6, 2019
Well, it was impossible not to notice that these new Donut Sticks seemed very similar to Dunkin’s Donut Fries, which were released as a limited-time offering in June 2018.
Dunkin’ Brands CEO David Hoffman said that the Donut Fries “quickly became one of the best-performing limited-time offer bakery items in recent brand history.”
Yikes!
Think it was a smart move for McDonald’s to start the donut sticks since Dunkin Donuts stops selling them #McDonalds
— seasalt (@e1125w) March 6, 2019
A Dunkin’ representative told Business Insider, “This was just for fun in reaction to competitors imitating our success with Donut Fries; a good-natured reminder that America runs on Dunkin’ coffee and donuts.” Ouch! A subtle burn!
To be fair though, those donut sticks are incredible and put the dunks ones to shame. 😂💁🏻♀️
— Stephanie Marie* (@SMHill91) March 4, 2019
I wouldn't go to McDonald's for burgers, nevermind donut sticks!
— Del 🇺🇸 (@del66giudice) March 4, 2019
That's okay, @krispykreme is better than both y'all anyway
— Dakota Britt (@dakota_britt) March 4, 2019
We compared McDonald's Donut Sticks to Dunkin's Donut Fries 🍟 pic.twitter.com/hFALjrKwlJ
— Insider Food (@insiderfood) February 20, 2019
Hopefully they do!
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