Oklahoma Agriculture Blog

McDonald’s and Dairy MAX have teamed up to offer shoppers a free nutrient rich snack on the first day of the tax-free weekend. Shoppers who visit the McDonald’s location of 14001 North Pennsylvania in Oklahoma City will receive coupons for a new McCafe Specialty Coffees for adults and for free low-fat ice cream cones for kids between 10 a.m. and noon on Friday, August 7 while supplies last.

During a live radio remote with 98.9 KISS-FM, listeners will learn how dairy farmers have teamed up with McDonald’s to help make it easy to choose nutrient rich foods away from home. “American’s only consume about half of the dairy servings they need,” said Susan Allen, program coordinator for Dairy MAX. “The new McCafe specialty coffees can help because they are up to 80% milk. It’s a delicious way to get an extra dairy serving in your diet.”

Oklahoma’s newly crowned dairy princess Kristen Meyer from Okarche will be on hand to talk to consumers about the nutritional value of 3 servings of dairy per day and dairy farming practices today. McDonald’s representatives tell us that, while it varies from store to store, they use 6 to 12 additional gallons of milk per day with the launch of the McCafe Specialty Coffees, a boost to dairy farming families across the nation, like Kristen’s.

If you don’t make it to our special event on Friday, stop by your local McDonald’s and taste the new lattes, cappuccinos, and mocha’s or any of the other nutrient-rich dairy choices. “McDonald’s has been a long-time partner with dairy farmers,” added Allen. “Single-serve jugs in low-fat white and chocolate milk as well as fruit and yogurt parfaits, and now the McCafe Specialty Coffees make it easy to get dairy on-the-go.”

For more about McCafe, visit www.dairymax.org and click on the McCafe link toward the bottom of the page.