The Saratogian (Saratoga, NY)

McDonald’s adds DoorDash as McDelivery partner in Albany

- Staff report

ALBANY, N.Y. >> McDonald’s customers in Albany will have more options to enjoy fries, Quarter Pounders and other menu favorites from the comfort of their homes or offices.

The nation’s largest on-demand destinatio­n for door-to-door delivery is expanding to thousands of McDonald’s restaurant­s across the country. McDelivery will be available in more than 10,000 restaurant­s across all 50 states.

“At McDonald’s, we’re always working to enhance our customer’s experience and offer new levels of convenienc­e for our customers to get their favorite McDonald’s menu items whenever and wherever they want by dining in our newly modernized restaurant­s, on-the-go through mobile order and pay, the drive-thru, or McDelivery,” Bill Garrett, McDonald’s Senior Vice President of Operations said.

“Since we launched McDelivery in the U.S. in 2017, we have seen customers respond well to the convenienc­e and are excited for our customers to have the choice to use DoorDash, which is available in all 50 states and reaches 80 percent of Americans,” Garrett added.

Customers will be able to place their McDonald’s orders through the DoorDash mobile app or on

www.DoorDash.com. McDonald’s is also a part of DashPass, DoorDash’s nationwide subscripti­on program. For $9.99 a month, DashPass offers its members unlimited $0 delivery fees on orders $12 or more from thousands of participat­ing restaurant­s.

“Building on DoorDash and McDonald’s pilot in Houston, we are expanding to thousands of restaurant­s nationally, bringing McDelivery favorites to even more customers in the U.S.,” Toby Espinosa, VP of Business Developmen­t at DoorDash commented.

“With availabili­ty to over 80 percent of Americans in 4,000 cities in the U.S. and Canada, DoorDash’s geographic coverage and commitment to excellence paired with McDonald’s scale has helped make this expansion possible,” Espinosa noted.

For a limited time between Aug. 28 and Sept. 9, customers new to DoorDash can use the code DASHMCD for $5 off their first McDonald’s order of $15 or more.

McDelivery launched in the U.S. in 2017, with partners including Uber Eats, and is expected to be a $4 billion business for both McDonald’s and its franchise restaurant­s globally in 2019.

 ?? FILE PHOTO ?? A look at a McDonald’s in Waterford.
FILE PHOTO A look at a McDonald’s in Waterford.

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