SOLDOTNA, Alaska (AP) — The name change of North America’s tallest mountain is rippling down to a fast-food chain.
The extra-large sized McKinley Mac available at Alaska McDonald’s restaurants will now be marketed as the Denali Mac.
The change comes after President Barack Obama in August renamed Mount McKinley to its traditional Athabascan name of Denali ahead of his three-day visit to the state.
A local McDonald’s owner, Scott Cunningham, tells Soldotna, Alaska, radio station KSRM (http://is.gd/o2t658 ) that new promotional materials are being created for the Denali Mac, which has two quarter-pounders between the buns instead of regular hamburgers.
Changing the name of the mountain has left many McKinley-monikered businesses in Alaska contemplating name changes after the president’s surprise announcement.
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Now that’s what I’m talkin about
I get it! The burger’s gonna be as dangerous to your health as the mountain. Nice going McDonalds.
OK then. A Mickey D’s double quarter pounder with cheese weighs in at 734 calories and 45 grams of fat; with 18 of those fat grams being saturated. Throw in an order of fries and add another 370 calories and 19 grams of fat; 12 of those grams saturated. Now we are up to 1104 of the calories in a 2000 calorie per day diet. Better order the Diet Coke, huh?
http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fast-foods-generic/9372/2
Who goes all the way to Denali Mountain and celebrates by eating the world’s grossest hamburgers?
McDonalds needs to make a whole hell of a lot more changes, like making their food actually appetizing or less deadly for instance.
Luckily there are no McDonald’s in Talkeetna. Probably none on the north side either. P.S. It’s just Denali, not Mt. Denali or Denali Mountain.