A rediscovered menu from the early 1990s has several items that surely would be welcomed back by today's customers.
A photograph of the McDonald's menu pinned to a wall at a branch was taken in 1993 by a Daily Mirror press photographer and has been unearthed in the Mirrorpix archives. The photograph of the retro menu contains some surprise items that many would welcome back.
To put things into a cultural context, 1993 was the year the Bluebells got to number one in the charts with Young at Heart, while Jurassic Park had just come out in cinemas. It was also the year Bill Clinton was sworn in as US President and Glasgow welcomed Nelson Mandela to the city.
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Back to the menu and firstly, let's talk about the prices. Now obviously inflation has played a big part but it's still quite something to see a Big Mac on the menu for £1.79 while a Quarter Pounder with cheese cost a mere £1.81.
There's no doubt a 1990s McDonald's milkshake seemed to take more effort to suck up through a straw. Back then you could buy a large Triple Thick Milkshake for just £1.14 but if you wanted to take it away, it was only 97p.
There were also three sizes of French Fries. The large would set you back £1.05, the medium 84p, while the regular would be a mere 57p. But perhaps some of the most interesting things from the menu are what you can no longer buy at McDonald's in 2023. First, the British class, a strawberry trifle.
Described as "A fresh cream trifle with rich strawberry fruit jelly and sponge on a layer of dairy cream custard with rosettes of fresh cream." It's not known exactly what year McDonald's decided to take trifle off the menu but one online commenter who said they picked one up at an airport in 1993 remembered it being "surprisingly tasty".
Another item that should surely be welcomed back onto the menu was the McDonald's Big Breakfast. The lost breakfast item consisted of a buttered muffin, a hash brown, a sausage patty as well as scrambled egg all for just £1.29.
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The very first McDonald's restaurant in the UK opened in 1974 in Woolwich, London, but Scottish fast food fans would have to wait quite a bit longer for our first taste of the American fast food giant. The first McDonald's north of the border opened in Dundee in 1987.
Glasgow would soon boast two McDonald's restaurants, on Sauchiehall Street and Argyle Street, and since then the famous franchise has launched outlets all across the city.
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