McDonald’s frozen $1 Cokes: Fast food giant says drink still on Loose Change Menu despite sign panic

McDonald’s has moved swiftly to assure customers $1 frozen Coke is still on offer, after one restaurant mistakenly posted a sign advising they had doubled in price.

Patrons entering the fast food giant’s Para Hills restaurant in Adelaide on Tuesday were met with a sign on the door explaining that the ‘due to a price adjustment all frozen drinks are now $2’.

When Daily Mail Australia contacted McDonald’s about whether the sign meant the end of the ‘Loose Change Menu’, which prices the small-sized icy refreshments at $1 nationwide, the fast food giant explained the sign was put up in error.

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This sign spotted at an Adelaide McDonald’s suggests the days for the $1 frozen Macca’s Coke may be numbered

McDonald’s called the sign an ‘honest mistake’ and said it had been taken down. 

‘We’re promising that our Loose Change Menu prices will not increase from now until at least June 2023,’ a McDonald’s spokesperson said.

Under the ‘Loose Change Menu’ pricing, medium-sized frozen Cokes or other soft drink flavours are $1.50 and large ones are $2. 

Those ordering and paying with the McDonald’s app can get any sized frozen drink for $1. 

The McDonald’s ‘Loose Change Menu’ offers a number of other items for the price of the a gold coin

The spokesperson said no Para Hills customers had been overcharged.

Other items on the Loose Change Menu include a small soft serve cone with a Flake chocolate bar for $1, a basic hamburger for $2 and a small fries for $2. 

Despite the Para Hills sign saying other prices had been changed, the McDonald’s spokesperson said this wasn’t yet the case.  

‘Like all businesses, we review menu prices from time to time and consider several factors, including the higher-cost environment we are operating in, which has resulted in slight changes to some of our menu prices,’ the spokesperson said.

A picture of the misleading sign was posted on the Instagram account ‘JustAdelaideThings’.

‘The glory days of $1 frozen Cokes are over,’ was the accompanying quote with a sad face emoji.

The Instagram account ‘JustAdelaideThings’ posted the picture of the sign with this sombre comment

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Some reacted with despair.

‘Honestly just kill us off at this point,’ one of the commenters wrote. 

Others saw the humorous, or at least sarcastic side. 

‘The outrage and right before summer. How will I survive now??,’ one wrote.

 ‘Cheaper to buy diesel now,’ another wryly noted.

 One user contributed a consoling thought.

‘It’s okay, KFC still have $1 frozen drinks,’ they wrote. 

Some Instagram users responded to the news with what appeared to be outraged mockery