McDonald's gives away more than 100,000 free Egg McMuffins islandwide
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Cyclists pose with their free Egg McMuffins at a McDonald's outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
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A customer at a McDonald's outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
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Customers queuing outside a McDonald's outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
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McDonald's counter staff serving customers at an outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
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McDonald's staff don badges in conjunction with its free Egg McMuffins giveaway. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
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Customers queuing at a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The queue outside a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The queue outside a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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The queue outside a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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A young man cycled to various McDonald's outlets in Singapore to redeem free Egg McMuffins, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
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Customers line up at a McDonald's store as they give away 1,000 burgers free to mark national Breakfast Day in the capital Colombo on March 18, 2013. Six McDonald's stores took part in the promotion that was snapped up within a few minutes of opening, according to store officials. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Customers queue for free offers as an attendant holds a notice which reads "1,000 free McMuffins. Please line up here", outside a McDonald's outlet, the first one which opened in China in 1990, at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen neighbouring Hong Kong March 18, 2013. McDonald's Corp gave away more than a million breakfast McMuffins across China on Monday, a few days after Chinese state television aired its annual expose on corporate malpractice to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The promotion, the US fast food chain says, is purely coincidental. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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People cover their faces with newspapers while queuing for free McMuffins at a McDonald's outlet at Sham Shui Po, one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong on March 18, 2013. McDonald's Corp gave away more than a million breakfast McMuffins across China on Monday, a few days after Chinese state television aired its annual expose on corporate malpractice to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The promotion, the US fast food chain says, was purely coincidental. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A man wears pyjamas as he queues for free McMuffins at a McDonald's at Sham Shui Po, one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong on March 18, 2013. McDonald's Corp gave away more than a million breakfast McMuffins across China on Monday, a few days after Chinese state television aired its annual expose on corporate malpractice to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The promotion, the US fast food chain says, was purely coincidental. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Cyclists pose with their free Egg McMuffins at a McDonald's outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
A customer at a McDonald's outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
Customers queuing outside a McDonald's outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
McDonald's counter staff serving customers at an outlet, March 18, 2013. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
McDonald's staff don badges in conjunction with its free Egg McMuffins giveaway. -- PHOTO: MCDONALD'S SINGAPORE
Customers queuing at a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The queue outside a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The queue outside a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
The queue outside a McDonald's outlet at Tampines Mall in the morning, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
A young man cycled to various McDonald's outlets in Singapore to redeem free Egg McMuffins, March 18, 2013. -- ST PHOTO: LAU FOOK KONG
Customers line up at a McDonald's store as they give away 1,000 burgers free to mark national Breakfast Day in the capital Colombo on March 18, 2013. Six McDonald's stores took part in the promotion that was snapped up within a few minutes of opening, according to store officials. -- PHOTO: AFP
Customers queue for free offers as an attendant holds a notice which reads "1,000 free McMuffins. Please line up here", outside a McDonald's outlet, the first one which opened in China in 1990, at the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen neighbouring Hong Kong March 18, 2013. McDonald's Corp gave away more than a million breakfast McMuffins across China on Monday, a few days after Chinese state television aired its annual expose on corporate malpractice to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The promotion, the US fast food chain says, is purely coincidental. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
People cover their faces with newspapers while queuing for free McMuffins at a McDonald's outlet at Sham Shui Po, one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong on March 18, 2013. McDonald's Corp gave away more than a million breakfast McMuffins across China on Monday, a few days after Chinese state television aired its annual expose on corporate malpractice to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The promotion, the US fast food chain says, was purely coincidental. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A man wears pyjamas as he queues for free McMuffins at a McDonald's at Sham Shui Po, one of the oldest districts in Hong Kong on March 18, 2013. McDonald's Corp gave away more than a million breakfast McMuffins across China on Monday, a few days after Chinese state television aired its annual expose on corporate malpractice to mark World Consumer Rights Day. The promotion, the US fast food chain says, was purely coincidental. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
McDonald's helped to brighten the Monday morning of hungry breakfast-goers with a giveaway of 121,000 free Egg McMuffins.
At 5am on the dot at the Tampines Mall outlet, McDonald's employees quickly handed out McMuffins to a small crowd of people who had gathered outside. To ensure a smooth flow of collection, queue poles and security officers were stationed outside the restaurant, and members of the public had to collect coupons outside before going into the restaurant to claim their free breakfast.
The crowd was mainly made up by students, working professionals and elderly folk. Some had even stayed up through the night so that they would not oversleep and miss out on the free breakfast.
The free meals were part of National Breakfast Day where the fast-food chain gave away 5 million Egg McMuffins across its 5,000 restaurants in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. By 11am, all McMuffins in Singapore were fully redeemed across 115 stores around the island.
