{"id":2311606,"date":"2026-03-04T05:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2311606"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:32:35","slug":"mcdonalds-ceos-dainty-burger-bite-leaves-internet-baffled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mcdonalds-ceos-dainty-burger-bite-leaves-internet-baffled\/","title":{"rendered":"McDonald\u2019s CEO\u2019s Dainty Burger Bite Leaves Internet Baffled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>A promo for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/impact\/topic\/mcdonalds\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-internal-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"McDonald\u2019s\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69a72737e4b0085f2329f93b\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"\/impact\/topic\/mcdonalds\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"feed\" data-vars-type=\"web_internal_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"0\">McDonald\u2019s<\/a> newest dish is making people wonder whether the company\u2019s CEO has ever actually eaten fast food.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>In <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUTZ_ilDl41\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"a video posted back at the beginning of February\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69a72737e4b0085f2329f93b\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DUTZ_ilDl41\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"1\">a video posted back at the beginning of February<\/a> but only now going viral, burger boss Chris Kempczinski shows off the chain\u2019s new Big Arch sandwich during a taste test that includes the tiniest nibble possible.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cI love this product. It is so good,\u201d he says while dramatically marveling at the sandwich, which features a pair of quarter-pound patties, crispy onions, white cheddar cheese, toasted sesame and poppy seed bun and its signature \u201cBig Arch\u201d sauce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cOh, there\u2019s so much going on with this,\u201d Kempczinski coos as he picks up his lunch like a piece of fine china. \u201cI don\u2019t even know how to attack it, it\u2019s got so much to it!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Declaring the \u201cmoment of truth,\u201d the restaurant exec takes the daintiest of bites and savors the mouthful with an emphatic \u201cMmmm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Though Kempczinski called his peck a \u201cbig bite for a Big Arch,\u201d people online were thoroughly perplexed by his microscopic munching.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Some called the video \u201cdystopian,\u201d while others said it seems like the CEO was an \u201calien\u201d encountering a cheeseburger for the first time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Fellow fast food joint Wendy\u2019s seemed to send Kempczinski some serious side eye in a comment that said, \u201cLots to unpack here.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The Instagram account for Mini Cooper cars joked that, \u201cGonna start test driving our cars 1 metre at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"img-sized\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-sized__img portrait\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" alt=\"A promo for McDonald's new Big Arch left some people wondering if the company\u2019s CEO had ever eaten a fast food before.\" width=\"313\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/69a765942700007bfb472adc.png?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/69a765942700007bfb472adc.png?ops=scalefit_720_noupscale 1x, https:\/\/img.huffingtonpost.com\/asset\/69a765942700007bfb472adc.png?ops=scalefit_1440 2x\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"cli-image__source-wrapper\">A promo for McDonald&#8217;s new Big Arch left some people wondering if the company\u2019s CEO had ever eaten a fast food before.<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Cake creator and influencer Jonny Manganello, AKA TheJonnyCakes, commented on how the video seemed like, \u201cMe, age 10, when my parents told me to eat my veggies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Mickey D\u2019s archrival Burger King capitalized on the cringe-inducing content <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@burgerking\/video\/7612805160967884063?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"link\" class=\" js-entry-link cet-external-link\" data-vars-item-name=\"with a TikTok\" data-vars-item-type=\"text\" data-vars-unit-name=\"69a72737e4b0085f2329f93b\" data-vars-unit-type=\"buzz_body\" data-vars-target-content-id=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@burgerking\/video\/7612805160967884063?lang=en\" data-vars-target-content-type=\"url\" data-vars-type=\"web_external_link\" data-vars-subunit-name=\"article_body\" data-vars-subunit-type=\"component\" data-vars-position-in-subunit=\"2\">with a TikTok<\/a> of Tom Curtis, the president of U.S. &amp; Canada operations, taking a hearty chomp of a Whopper that left smears of sauce on his face.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>\u201cNot bad, right?\u201d a voice off-camera asks,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>Chuckling, Curtis told them, \u201cOnly one thing missing: a napkin.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>McDonald\u2019s is billing their Big Arch as a \u201cmore ketchup-forward\u201d burger with a tangy \u201cwestern\u201d-style sauce, instead of the iconic Big Mac\u2019s sweeter \u201csecret sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"primary-cli cli cli-text \">\n<p>The sandwich launched on March 3 and only be available for a limited time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A promo for McDonald\u2019s newest dish is making people wonder whether the company\u2019s CEO has ever actually eaten fast food. 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