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People hawking McDonald’s special sauce online for thousands

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A McDonald’s restaurant in East Palo Alto, Calif., as seen in April 2012. Giveaway bottles of McDonald’s trademark special sauce are selling online for thousands of dollars, including one listing for $10,000.

SAN FRANCISCO >> Giveaway bottles of McDonald’s trademark special sauce are selling online for thousands of dollars, including one listing for $10,000.

To draw customers to McDonald’s to buy new versions of its Big Mac, the chain today is giving away 10,000 bottles of its trademark special sauce for people to use at home.

People have snapped them up and are now hawking them on eBay for hundreds, even thousands of dollars.

The giveaway celebrates the introduction of the Mac Jr. and the Grand Mac, two different-sized variations of the classic sandwich.

McDonald’s introduced the Big Mac in 1968. In 1975, the special sauce got its own callout in the signature Big Mac commercial, touting the burger’s components —“Two all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.”

17 responses to “People hawking McDonald’s special sauce online for thousands”

  1. saveparadise says:

    Special sauce? Give me a break. I give you my special sauce: Ketchup, Worcestershire, egg, Tabasco, olive oil,……..

  2. paniolo says:

    Geesh, Thousand Island dressing just as good, if not better.

  3. lmoore says:

    I always thought it was Thousand Island dressing. Who would pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for this stuff, anyway?

  4. wrightj says:

    Is this what they call “fake news”?

  5. nippy68 says:

    I get “special” sauce too!!! Anybody like try?!!!

  6. youngblood says:

    Sucka`s born every day.

  7. ehowzit says:

    TWO BASIC INGREDIENTS TO START: MAYONNAISE AND SWEET PICKLE RELISH….

  8. dragoninwater says:

    Publicity stunt! No one cares to buy their secret sauce, buyers are probably shill bidders and might even be tied to MCD. Besides even if there is a legitimate buyer, what are they going to put the 4,000 calories per tablespoon sauce on? A salad? LOL

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