{"id":4377,"date":"2015-12-10T01:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2015-12-10T01:51:04","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T07:51:04","slug":"mcdonalds-added-monster-energy-drinks-to-their-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royceeddington.com\/?p=4377","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s added Monster energy drinks to their menu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While going through my magazine pile this week, I saw an article on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodbusinessnews.net\/articles\/news_home\/Food-Service-Retail\/2015\/10\/Monster_opportunity_McDonalds.aspx?ID={012198CF-DD44-4629-B28E-73A667BAA7A6}\">Food Business News that McDonald&#8217;s is adding energy drinks to their menu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was hoping Food Business News accidentally posted an early April Fool&#8217;s article, but nope. <a href=\"http:\/\/fortune.com\/2015\/10\/21\/mcdonalds-menu-monster\/\">Fortune<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-10-20\/mcdonald-s-says-it-s-testing-monster-drinks-in-about-20-stores-ifzqpgt7\">Bloomberg<\/a> confirmed it.<\/p>\n<p>How on earth do you decide to add energy drinks to an already over-the-top menu? 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