Say What?!: McDonald’s Rejects Burger King’s ‘McWhopper’ Team-Up Pitch

Jake Bauer

Published August 27, 2015 4:02 am

Say What?!: McDonald’s Rejects Burger King’s ‘McWhopper’ Team-Up Pitch

ATLANTA, Ga. — The chief executive of fast food chain McDonald’s rejected rival Burger King’s idea for a “burger wars cease-fire” McWhopper pop-up restaurant.

Burger King, which pitched the team-up with a McWhopper.com website and a YouTube video, is asking McDonald’s for a one-day team-up Sept. 21 to sell McWhopper sandwiches at a pop-up in Atlanta, halfway between the two companies’ respective headquarters.

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(Photo courtesy of Burger King/YouTube video screenshot)