I was contacted yesterday by Morgan Rousseau of the Metro reporting from Boston indicating that the McRib had been confirmed not available in the Boston area. You can read that story here.
All is not lost. We just received confirmations from Washington, South Carolina, Texas, and Las Vegas, so we know it is still out there in some markets. Might be a good time to pack up and escape the frigid snowy conditions of the Northeast and head to Vegas!
If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
We were tipped off by Jan Eric Andersson that the McRib has arrived in South Korea. Provided was the following photo from what appears to be a release party there for the sandwich and related contest.
Their YouTube clip showing their advertisement has the patty taking a rather odd fall from above.
It appears that they are running some type of contest with what they are calling the “Lucky Burger”. Having the McRib is lucky enough, adding a contest makes it a Very Lucky Burger. See their contest page here.
It appears they will be serving this McRib variant through January 29.
It is that time of year again, when we sadly wave the McRib off into the sunset. Kim went out last night to the local McDonalds and the McRib is no longer available. Our parents back in South Dakota have been without the McRib for a few weeks, and we are hearing of supply dropping in other areas of the country as well.
Not to get frantic yet, there are still some locations that will be selling the McRib into the New Year, and we picked up a rumor parts of New York may still see the return of the McRib.
Now more than ever we need your help finding the McRib so that McRib fans in areas where the McRib has left can decide if that hour or more drive to get one more fix is in their cards. If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
We received a confirmation (thank you Orlando) this weekend that the McRib has arrived in the Dominican Republic for the first time!
While McDonalds has had a presence in the Dominican Republic since 1996, we haven’t yet been able to track down any official dates on availability. We will continue to track down more details and pass them along as they become available.
If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
Unfortunate news today for McRib fans in some parts of the country. We received an email this morning from a McRib fan that had stumbled onto an Associated Press story announcing that the McRib would be available on a franchise by franchise basis. Apparently the rapid release of new products this year has caused some difficulties for some of the McDonalds locations. We earlier speculated that this may be the reason for late release, and also correctly pinned the limited availability on the new Mighty Wings that are being offered.
Based on where we have had confirmations this far, it may not be a stretch to assume states that have not had it yet are not likely to have it this year. States that have not yet had confirmations:
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
North Dakota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Rhode Island
Vermont
West Virginia
The majority of these states are in the Northeastern US, which may indicate a different offering may make it’s way to the menu (McLobster?) or that they are expecting the Mighty Wings to sell better in this region.
Let’s try to help out friends in states where the McRib is not available by providing them with confirmed sightings so that they know where they may have to drive to get their McRib fix! If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
A few articles are springing up as a result of a recently posted image of what appears to be the McRib patty coming out storage from a freezer. Most of the stories are playing off how “bad” the patty looks in this state. Having been to various grocery outlets that sell frozen food, I don’t see the big deal. It isn’t like the patty has a different shape, or that it has freezer burn. It appears that a majority of commenters on these stories have a similar take as I do.
Here are a few articles that can provide a little more information on the issue and include the photo mentioned:
If/when you find a McRib, please mark your sighting at McRibLocator.com and be sure to send us a photo (photos@mcriblocator.com) of your receipt showing the purchase so that we may mark it as confirmed.
