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McDonald's, long the quick-service breakfast leader, has been trying something new since August: a breakfast burrito with dark-meat chicken.
The Chorizo Burrito is made with scrambled eggs, dark-meat chicken flavored with "Chorizo Seasoning," Roma tomatoes, green chiles, onions and white Cheddar, all wrapped in a warm flour tortilla. The burrito is priced at around $3 for two, though prices may vary by location.
Foodbeast noticed the burrito early, on Aug. 11, when it said McDonald's was testing chorizo breakfast burritos in Dallas.
Actually, this is not a test, a McDonald's spokeswoman said in an email, but a limited-time offer available in about 2,000 locations in Texas, Hawaii and the Midwest. That comprises about 14 percent of McDonald's total domestic system of about 14,300 restaurants. The end date of the offer is at the discretion of local operators, the spokeswoman said.
Bloomberg writer Leslie Patton quoted Bob Goldin of Technomic as saying the offer was a move to "have some news to get people to come back into...