McDonald's® Restaurants Across California Kick Off The School Year With Free Breakfast For Students K-8th Grade On September 15

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- As students return to school, participating McDonald's restaurants throughout California are helping kick-start their year with breakfast. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, participating restaurants will offer free breakfast from 6:30-9:30 a.m. to students in kindergarten through eighth grade. In Southern California, students can enjoy any breakfast sandwich, apple slices or Yoplait Go-Gurt low-fat strawberry yogurt, and milk. Students younger than 13 years of age are required to be accompanied by a parent/adult to redeem this offer at participating McDonald's restaurants. Offer may vary throughout the state. One breakfast per student.

"McDonald's is strongly committed to the well-being of children, and to mark the beginning of the new school year, we are excited to provide students a free breakfast meal to help them start their day off right," said Clay Paschen, III, McDonald's owner-operator and president of the McDonald's Operators' Association of Southern California (MOASC). "At McDonald's, we support parents in encouraging their children to eat a hearty breakfast every day, and we think our breakfast muffin sandwiches are a great-tasting option with fresh, healthy ingredients that children are sure to enjoy." 

Forty years ago the late Central Coast McDonald's owner-operator Herb Peterson revolutionized the American breakfast menu with the introduction of the Egg McMuffin sandwich. Today, breakfast at McDonald's continues to evolve with a variety of choices including the Egg White Delight McMuffin® breakfast sandwich, Fruit & Maple Oatmeal and Fruit N' Yogurt Parfait, among other choices. For nutrition/ingredient information and additional details about McDonald's full line of breakfast choices, visit www.McDonalds.com.

What: Back-to-School Free Breakfast for K-8^th grade students
When: Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 6:30 – 9:30 a.m.
Where: Participating McDonald's restaurants

About McDonald's of Southern California
MOASC is comprised of more than 600 franchised and company-owned McDonald's restaurants in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties. Learn more at mcdonaldssocal.com and follow us on Twitter: @McDonalds_SoCal

About McDonald's USA
McDonald's USA, LLC, serves a variety of menu options made with quality ingredients to more than 25 million customers every day. Nearly 90 percent of McDonald's 14,000 U.S. restaurants are independently owned and operated by businessmen and women. Customers can now log online for free at approximately 11,500 participating Wi-Fi enabled McDonald's U.S. restaurants. For more information, visit www.mcdonalds.com, or follow us on Twitter @McDonalds and Facebook www.facebook.com/mcdonalds.

SOURCE McDonald's of Southern California