McDonald’s Expands Push to Swap Frozen Patties for Fresh Beef

  • More than 75 locations in northeastern Oklahoma participating
  • Chain first began trials in Dallas-Fort Worth area locations
Photographer: Noriyuki Aida/Bloomberg
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McDonald’s Corp. is expanding a program that ditches frozen patties in favor of fresh beef, making another break with decades of fast-food practices in a bid to revitalize the chain.

Fresh beef is now being used in some sandwiches in more than 75 restaurants in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, area, McDonald’s said in a statement, extending trials that began in the Dallas-Fort Worth region, where the company is preparing fresh beef in 55 locations.