McDonald’s Is Closing Its CosMc’s Restaurants but Plans to Test Drinks the Chain ‘Inspired’
- McDonald's announced it will close all CosMc's standalone beverage-focused restaurants starting late June 2025 across multiple U.S. Locations.
- In December 2023, McDonald’s introduced CosMc’s, a compact store concept featuring customizable, boldly flavored beverages designed to attract afternoon customers and boost sales during slower periods.
- The pilot included a drive-thru-only location in Bolingbrook and seven more locations in Texas, offering uniquely themed drinks like Sour Cherry Energy Burst during a test that allowed rapid menu edits.
- McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski said CosMc's helped experiment with flavors and tech but drinks may be too complex for regular stores, adding "it's a space that we believe we have the right to win."
- McDonald's plans to incorporate CosMc's inspired beverages into regular McDonald's locations and will discontinue the CosMc's app, signaling a shift from stand-alone pilots to broader beverage tests.
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McDonald's is closing its CosMc's restaurants
AP — McDonald’s said Friday that it is closing down CosMc’s. This is a new restaurant format it began piloting in the US last year. But the company said beverages inspired by CosMc’s will soon be tested at US McDonald’s locations. Among the drinks on CosMc’s current menu — a matcha iced latte, a turmeric
McDonald's is closing its CosMc's restaurants, including Bolingbrook site
McDonald’s said Friday that it’s closing down CosMc’s, a new restaurant format it began piloting in the U.S. last year.But the company said beverages inspired by CosMc’s will soon be tested at U.S. McDonald’s locations. Among the drinks on CosMc’s current menu: matcha iced latte, turmeric spiced latte, prickly pear-flavored slushy with popping candy on top and a frozen sour cherry energy drink.McDonald’s announced in late 2023 that it wanted to …

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McDonald's closing all of its spin off CosMc's locations by next month
CosMc’s is a takeout-only mini-chain by McDonald’s focused on beverages that the company launched in late 2023 (Picture: Tribune News Service) A year-and-a-half after launching its spin off CosMc’s restaurants focused on beverages, McDonald’s is shuttering them all. McDonald’s on Friday announced that it is closing the handful of CosMc’s locations it has left in the US by the end of next month. ‘We’ve learned so much, so quickly from the CosMc’s…


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