McDonald’s gets fresh with beef

Coming soon to McDonald's: Fresh beef.

The fast food giant said yesterday that it will swap frozen beef patties for fresh ones in its Quarter Pounder burgers by sometime next year at most of its U.S. locations. It's a major change for McDonald's, which has relied on frozen beef for more than 40 years. Employees will cook up the never-frozen beef on a grill when burgers are ordered.

Big Macs and other hamburgers will still be made with frozen beef.