BEIJING (AP) – McDonald’s is selling a spam sandwich made in China topped with crushed Oreo cookies in China on Monday in an eye-catching move that has raised eyebrows.
Sometimes world brands, from restaurants to car manufacturers, offer unusual products to attract Chinese tastes in the very intense and competitive market.
This is definitely one of them.
“I found it delicious,” said a comment signed by Feifei Mao Enthusiast about the Sina Weibo microblogging service. “Is it because I love McDonald’s too much? Or is there something wrong with my taste? ”
The sandwich consists of two slices of Spam, a product of Hormel Foods LLC, and Oreo cookies from Mondelez International, topped with mayonnaise.
McDonald’s Corp. said the sandwich was part of a series of “member-only” promotions to be posted on Mondays in China.
“No need to launch unnecessary products,” said a comment left on the company’s microblog account. He received over 2,000 “likes”.
McDonald’s said it planned to sell no more than 400,000 “Lunchmeat Burgers.” It was not clear how many were sold or how many people who flooded social media with scathing comments had eaten one.
“When you hate someone but you have to invite them to dinner, you can ask them to eat McDonald’s Oreo burgers,” he told Sina Weibo.
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This story has been edited to correct Hormel’s spelling.