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McDonald's Nearly Set To Swap Double Burger

Chicago Tribune, New York Times , Wednesday, October 29, 2008 11 AM

McDonald's is moving toward replacing its hallmark dollar-menu product -- the double cheeseburger -- with a new burger called the McDouble, writes Mike Hughlett. The new burger will have one slice of cheese instead of two. But the double cheeseburger (with two slices of cheese) isn't going away. It's just going to cost more than a buck -- probably $1.19.

Offhand, that looks like a reduction of more than 100 calories per unit to me , which fits in with another New York Times story this morning about calorie counting being back in fashion.

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