

But then I tasted it, and I was sold."Īccording to Time, Patty Turner, the wife of a McDonald's executive, came up with the name "Egg McMuffin." By 1975, the Egg McMuffin was being sold nationwide for the low price of 63 cents.īy 1981, breakfast accounted for 18% of all McDonald's sales, Time reported. This was served open-faced on a toasted and buttered English muffin. Big Mac® 7.5 oz (214 g) 540 260 29 45 10 50 1.5 43 45 15 3 13 9 25 6 2 25 25 Big N Tasty®.

"It consisted of an egg that had been formed in a Teflon circle, with the yolk broken, and was dressed with a slice of cheese and a slice of grilled Canadian bacon. "He didn't want me to reject it out of hand, which I might have done, because it was a crazy idea - a breakfast sandwich," Kroc wrote. Kroc later told the story of how the Egg McMuffin came to be in his 1977 autobiography, "Grinding it Out: The Making of McDonald's." McDonalds have brought back their popular 2 for 5 Mix and Match meal deal. Herb Peterson, the creator of the Egg McMuffin, shows off his invention Tuesday, April 1, 1997, at one of his McDonald's franchises in Santa Barbara, California. McDonalds 2 for 5 Deal Mix & Match From time-to-time, McDonalds offers customers the opportunity to buy two menu items for 5, with the options including the Big Mac, 10-piece Chicken McNuggets and the Quarter Pounder with Cheese.
