Free McDonald’s Egg McMuffins for Taco Bell receipt

At least one group of McDonald's is mad as hell and they're not gonna take it anymore. Fed up with snarky ads by Taco Bell that are luring Mickey D's breakfast customers away with promises of new beginnings, a group of Pennsylvania McDonald's are willing to go head-to-head with Taco Bell.

You bring a Taco Bell breakfast receipt to these McDonald's restaurants and they'll hand over a free Egg McMuffin. McDonald's believes that if you've just had Taco Bell and then you eat McDonald's, they'll surely win the taste test and the breakfast challenge. And they're putting their money--and their Canadian bacon--were their mouths are.

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