McDonald's outage affected customers around the world. How many are in Florida?
Some customers heading to McDonald's early this morning for a quick coffee or Egg McMuffin, were waiting longer than expected.
The fast-food chain experienced a technology outage worldwide Friday morning.
Downdetector reported customers in the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom were affected by the outage.
McDonald's Corp. responds to outage
Our sincerest apologies for the inconvenience caused by the recent outage affecting McDonald's stores in New Zealand, Australia, and Japan. Rest assured, we are working diligently to address and resolve the issue promptly. Thank you for your understanding.
— McDonald's (@McDonaldsNZ_) March 15, 2024
“We are aware of a technology outage, which impacted our restaurants; the issue is now being resolved," reads a statement provided to USA TODAY from McDonald's Corporation.
"We thank customers for their patience and apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused."
The Chicago-based company said the outage is not related to a cyberattack.
Downdetector shows where McDonald's outages reported
Downdetector, a website that tracks outage, showed the problems were reported around the world, including the U.S., Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.
Most reported problems were:
App: 65%
Checking out: 30%
Website: 5%
How many McDonald's locations are there in Florida?
Florida has 993 McDonald's. The state with the most is California, with 1,219, followed by Texas with 1,046.
At the end of 2022, the chain had 40,275 restaurants around the world, with 13,444 in the U.S.
Here's how many McDonald's are in the countries where problems were reported this morning:
Australia: 1,028
Canada: 1,462
United Kingdom: 1,397
Japan: 2,968
New Zealand: 168
People take to social media in reaction to McDonald's outage
POEM FOR McDONALD'S
Ketchup is red
Burgers are brown
I ordered McDonald's
But their system is down
Mustard is yellow
Pickles are green
Where's Ronald McDonald?
Nowhere to be seen
Milkshakes are pink
And cola is black
I wonder how long
Before Big Macs are back?#McDonalds 🍔🍿 pic.twitter.com/pLJeCJIPt6— Paul Mathews – Comedy Author (@QuiteFunnyGuy) March 15, 2024
WHERE WERE U THE NIGHT MCDONALDS WENT DOWN #McDonalds #NEVERFORGET pic.twitter.com/JuI7DjdqSj
— CHET KELLY 🔥 (@chetkelly69) March 15, 2024
it's probably fair to say nobody has been inconvinced by this issue 🤣#mcdonalds pic.twitter.com/07So8rtGkc
— Mr Black (@_OutInTheBlack_) March 15, 2024
McDonald’s across the world have a system failure and are closed today. People are calling it the “Mc Blackout”#mcdonalds
— Alex K Phillips (@Alexkphillips) March 15, 2024
McDonald's outages latest in string of problems for consumers
The outages experienced by McDonald's Friday is just the latest that have, at the least, inconvenienced customers. At their worst, an AT&T outage posed a problems for those needing to dial 911.
A nationwide AT&T outage in February lasted for several hours. The company said the outage was caused by a technical error due to "the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network, not a cyberattack."
The company said it will be giving a $5 credit to customers affected by the nationwide telecommunication outage.
Earlier this month, Facebook went down. Also affected were Messenger, Instagram and Threads. Caused by a technical issue, over half a million Facebook outages were reported on DownDetector at the time.
Contributor: Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY
This article originally appeared on Treasure Coast Newspapers: McDonald's outage affects customers around world
