Overview
- McDonald’s Germany will stop selling the McRib as a standard menu item after last orders on Tuesday, 27 October 2026.
- Several restaurants in the Ruhr region reported the sandwich sold out before the advertised final day, and some stores hope for small extra deliveries through the weekend.
- Fans have launched multiple online petitions to keep the McRib, with an openPetition collecting more than 2,300 signatures by 22 October and a smaller Change.org campaign also active.
- The company declined to cite specific sales figures and said it is reshaping its offer toward rotating promotional items and growth in chicken and beverage categories; limited-time variants such as the McRib Sweet Heat and McFarmer are being offered.
- The McRib was unique in Germany for being on the menu continuously since 1989, a status that helped make its removal a cultural flashpoint and could signal broader changes under McDonald’s Germany’s product update program.