{"id":35613,"date":"2026-03-12T09:37:38","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35613"},"modified":"2026-03-12T09:37:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T01:37:38","slug":"mouthing-off-mcdonalds-ceos-burger-blunder-video-shows-the-problem-of-lacking-a-common-touch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=35613","title":{"rendered":"Mouthing Off | McDonald\u2019s CEO\u2019s burger blunder video shows the problem of lacking a common touch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/03\/11\/30328a86-e969-44e5-a615-d1e7cdb2e730_c8f3e95a.jpg?itok=tO6uZBQh&amp;v=1773196666\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A PR disaster erupted for McDonald\u2019s last week when, in a social media post, its CEO showed little hint that he was \u201clovin\u2019 it\u201d when eating the company\u2019s new hamburger.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The American fast food chain\u2019s chief executive, Chris Kempczinski, posted a clip of himself taste-testing a new menu item called the Big Arch. Unfortunately, it went viral for all the wrong reasons.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The CEO\u2019s video had, as the kids would say, no rizz. It looked awkward and forced, and there was little feeling of ravenous hunger as he took a small bite from the burger.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Instead, the jumper-wearing executive came across as so timid and milquetoast that it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if black pepper was too spicy for him.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The corporate talk did not help. He claimed the new burger, which contains two quarter-pound patties, is a \u201cproduct\u201d they have \u201ctested\u201d in other countries, making it sound more like a lab-manufactured shampoo or body lotion than something to devour for lunch.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In his moment of truth, Kempczinski took a bite that many people would say was tentative at best. It barely made a dent. Naturally, he was mocked online mercilessly.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Then the fast food competition started trolling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/food-drink\/article\/3346163\/mcdonalds-ceos-burger-blunder-video-shows-problem-lacking-common-touch?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A PR disaster erupted for McDonald\u2019s last week when, in a social media post, its CEO showed little hint that he was \u201clovin\u2019 it\u201d when&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35614,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[17886,3149,17885,7882,17887,7599,6157,3914,5679,2154,1256],"class_list":["post-35613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-blunder","tag-burger","tag-ceos","tag-common","tag-lacking","tag-mcdonalds","tag-mouthing","tag-problem","tag-shows","tag-touch","tag-video","wpcat-33-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}