It has been a few years, however the McRib has finally returned to Australia! We were first tipped off to the return from a fan named Jan who provided the following teaser image that was being used in Australia.
To no surprise, one of the McRib options is the “traditional” McRib.
2023 Australia McRib
However a unique option being offered is the McRib Deluxe.
2023 Australia McRib Deluxe
As noted, the Deluxe brings in their cream McChicken sauce, cheese, tomato, and lettuce to top the traditional McRib. We do hear from fans that add each of these ingredients to their sandwiches, however not all on the same order. This has some resemblance to the McRibs offered in Japan and the Philippines in past years.
We have the ingredients available, would you be willing to try one while McRibs are available at participating US locations?
McRib Roundup: The McRib makes an appearance in a new international market, the McRib skips out on parts of the US, and pricing on the webpage all included in this McRib Monday update
McRib lands in Ecuador
For the first time we have documented, the McRib is now available in Ecuador!
Algo totalmente delicioso llegó a McDonald’s 🙌🤤🍖Te vas a manchar las manos con su deliciosa combinación de sabores ¡Prueba el nuevo McRib hoy! 🤩 Por tiempo limitado ✨ Pruébala antes de que se acabe #DeseablementeDeseable
“Something totally delicious has arrived at McDonald’s 🙌🤤🍖You’re going to stain your hands with its delicious combination of flavors. Try the new McRib today! 🤩 For a limited time ✨ Try it before it’s gone #DesirablyDesirable Find it at your nearest McDonald’s🤤🤩”
Certainly a new take on the McRib promotion indicating that you will be staining your hands. The McRib appears to be of the original McRib style. Thank you to David for sending us confirmation of two locations in Ecuador offering the McRib.
Omissions from the US 2023 McRib season
While many places did end up having the McRib, there were still parts of the US that did not. Notably, Alaska, Idaho, most of Michigan, southern Florida, eastern Pennsylvania, New York, and the New England states all decided to skip the McRib this year. While it is not surprising that the New England states skipped the McRib as they are most likely to skip when it is not a nationwide release, these other locations are surprising. With the generally wide release again this year, it is unusual that some of these typical McRib strongholds skipped out. Make sure to let your local store Manager know you want the McRib back next year!
The price is right
A few of you may have noticed that there is some new information available on the McRib Locator webpage, pricing details. Now when submitting a new sighting, you have the option to share the McRib Sandwich price. For now, this price is only shown if the sighting is confirmed.
In the Find a McRib area, when results are returned for the McRib, confirmed sightings with prices will now show the price of the McRib Sandwich at that location. If confirmed, however no price was provided the display will continue to show “YES!!!” as it had been showing.
Finally, on the Map itself, when you click on confirmed sightings with price details provided, you will now see the McRib price shown.
That is all for this McRib Roundup. Thank you for your continued support, and for sharing your McRib sightings on the webpage!
A quick 2023 US McRib release update today. I have been calling stores around the United States to try to find out more certainly when the McRib is likely to return to participating locations. While many locations had nothing certain, there is enough confidence that I can share the following details.
When
Based on the stores that were able to share a date, it appears most locations that will offer the McRib will be offering it starting around November 13, 2023. Past store optional releases have shown that generally stores that offer will begin selling around the same time, with some markets up to a week or so later. Additionally, oftentimes the date on the calendars is the advertising start date rather than the date the McRib returns to menus. This means some locations are likely to see the McRib making a soft return to menus in the days leading up to the 13th.
Where
The next question you are probably wondering is if the McRib will be near you. Many of the locations called were not 100% sure the McRib would be back, which is not super surprising at a little under a month away. I would expect more employees will become aware of the McRib returning over the next week or two, which is why I did not start calling sooner to stores. Reviewing past data from years with the store optional releases yields the following map of states most likely to offer the McRib this season.
Help others find the McRib
If you find a McRib make sure to report it at http://mcriblocator.com/report.html and send us a photo of your receipt. Make sure your receipt shows the location and date purchased as well as your McRib order. Send your confirmation photo to photos@mcriblocator.com . Thank you!
The 2023 Central America McRib season has kicked off. The McRib returns with again 3 different takes on the McRib sandwich, the “Classic” McRib, Bacon McRib, and their new Jalapeño McRib which replaced the Onion Ring McRib offered in previous releases. Below are some of the advertising they are using per country.
Guatemala
This year’s tour is featuring the Classic McRib as a limited time option. The “Most Anticipated Tour” that you do not want to miss is now being advertised in their mobile delivery app and on their Facebook page.
Honduras
Here, the McRib is featured on their main webpage as well as on their Facebook page.
El Salvador
The McRib is featured on their main webpage as well as on their Facebook page. Note here the standard McRib does NOT include the “Classic” naming as in other countries. It appeared that the promotion here is from October 13 through November 27.
Nicaragua
The McRib is in their mobile delivery app and on their Facebook page. Note here the standard McRib does NOT include the “Classic” naming as in other countries.
Happy October! It is that time of year when we start thinking about if the McRib sandwich will be back anywhere in the United States. Below is what we now about the 2023 McRib season thus far.
Today.com is reporting that they have had confirmation from McDonald’s that the McRib WILL BE BACK in November 2023! While this is great news, they have been told that the McRib will be back at limited participating locations instead of a nationwide release. No specific information as provided to how long the promotion would last. That said, we expect it will be longer than the limited release last year. Earlier, Snackolater had reported the McRib will be back as well. There was however some confusion to their information as the image shared had a past release date.
We will soon be starting our efforts to track the availability to which locations will potentially offer the McRib. As employees typically have a more limited release plan, calling too soon can result in conflicting results. Now that we are in October, we are getting close enough that we have more certainty to the information collected. More details about the 2023 McRib release in the US will be shared as we have them.
Don’t forget as the McRib returns to share where you had a McRib on our webpage! With a more limited release again this year, fans in McRibless markets will be looking to make travel plans.
I have been thinking about how quickly this season has been and decided to take a look back at previous decade to see if this will be the shortest McRib season we have recorded.
For this exercise, I focused on confirmed Fall McRib season sightings. I consider the Fall Release months to be September through February. Also for simplicity, I rounded duration to half months. Keep in mind that this data is not specifically availability nationwide, but rather any availability in the US.
Year
Duration (Months)
2012
3
2013
4.5
2014
4.5
2015
5
2016
4
2017
3
2018
3
2019
4
2020
2
2021
4.5
2022
TBD (Currently ~1.5 month)
Average
~ 3.75 Months
McRib Fall Season Availability 2012 – 2022
It would appear that if McRib sales stop now, we will indeed have had the shortest McRib season of the past decade. Long time McRib fan Robert B. reported that his store thought they would reach their promotional end date of December 3rd, so we know some locations had planned to exceed the national November 20th release date.
If you are already starting to think about what a limited release might mean, back in 2017 we compiled some information about which states were most likely to bring the McRib back when releases are not nationwide.
How you can help
As we close in on the end of the 2022 season, please be on the lookout for the McRib. With the potential for a limited, or perhaps no, release next year, some fans are going to really want to grab a last McRib meal. If you find the McRib, please drop a report on our map. If you purchase the sandwich, please send us a receipt showing the date, store, and price of the McRib sandwich at your location. Thank you in advance!
