{"id":2245230,"date":"2024-05-15T15:19:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-location-no-longer-offering-self-serve-soda-machine-and-free-refills\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T15:24:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T19:24:31","slug":"mcdonalds-location-no-longer-offering-self-serve-soda-machine-and-free-refills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-location-no-longer-offering-self-serve-soda-machine-and-free-refills\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s no longer provides self-serve soda machines and free refills at this location"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmcdonalds-location-no-longer-offering-self-serve-soda-machine-and-free-refills%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2245230&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A McDonald&#8217;s location \u2063in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has discontinued self-serve soda refills, now charging extra for refills. The change, observed at\u2062 this \u200dlocation, alters \u2063the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kevin-mccarthy-calls-on-pentagon-to-restore-nsa-general-counsel-michael-ellis-to-active-service\/\" title=\"Kevin McCarthy Calls on Pentagon to Restore NSA General Counsel Michael Ellis to Active Service\">long-standing practice<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcdonalds-making-big-change-to-dining-room-due-to-hygiene-theft-and-customer-demand\/\" title=\"McDonald's revamping dining room for hygiene, theft, and customer demand.\">free refills<\/a> for \u2062customers. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-slaps-mayorkas-with-subpoena-over-documents-on-catch-and-release-immigrants\/\" title=\"Jordan subpoenas Mayorkas for 'catch-and-release' immigrant documents\">provided summary<\/a> is concise \u200cand \u2064effectively captures\u2063 the key details of the original text about the change in McDonald&#8217;s refill policy at a specific location. It highlights the removal \u2064of self-serve soda refills\u2062 and the introduction of charges for refills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Great job in condensing the information while maintaining\u200d clarity and \u2063relevance.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>One McDonald\u2019s location is reportedly no longer offering customers the ability to refill their own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/food-and-drink\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>drinks<\/a>, charging them extra if they want a refill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketplace.org\/2024\/05\/13\/the-days-of-free-refills-may-be-over\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>The change at the location<\/a> in Pittsburgh, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Pennsylvania<\/a>, was noticed by an Uber Eats delivery driver, and comes about 20 years after the fast food chain introduced the self-serve fountains. <\/p>\n<p>This update comes ahead of a plan by the chain to phase its self-serve soda fountains out of all its locations by 2032. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mcdonalds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>McDonald\u2019s<\/a> has clarified that restaurants can still offer customers free refills \u201cat the discretion of individual restaurant owner\/operators.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amid its decision to phase out self-serve soda machines, McDonald\u2019s is also reportedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3002421\/mcdonalds-considering-5-value-meal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"considering a $5 meal plan\">considering a $5 meal plan<\/a> to lure customers back to its stores, with this offer giving customers a choice between a McChicken sandwich or a McDouble burger, paired with a side of fries and a soda. Some chains like Wendy\u2019s are already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/inside-rand-pauls-plan-to-balance-the-federal-budget-in-5-years\/\" title=\"Inside Rand Paul\u2019s Plan To Balance The Federal Budget In 5 Years\">offering similar<\/a> value meals. <\/p>\n<p>McDonald\u2019s sales did go up 1.9% between January and March, though that increase was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mytwintiers.com\/news-cat\/national-news\/ap-mcdonalds-higher-us-sales-in-q1-help-overcome-weakness-from-boycotts-overseas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>below the 2.1% increase<\/a> that had been forecasted. Restaurant executives for the chain have stated they would work to offer more deals to customers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe consumer is certainly being very discriminating in how they spend their dollar,\u201d McDonald\u2019s President and CEO Chris Kempczinski said. \u201cIt may be more pronounced with lower-income consumers, but it\u2019s important to recognize that all income cohorts are seeking value.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> has contacted McDonald\u2019s for comment.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A McDonald&#8217;s in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has ceased self-serve soda refills, now charging extra for refills. This change, observed by an Uber Eats driver, marks a departure from the chain&#8217;s self-serve fountain model introduced two decades ago<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2245231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24086531674788-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2245230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/AP24086531674788-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2245230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2245230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2245231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2245230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2245230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2245230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}