McDonald’s food delivered right to you might sound too good to be true, but it’s a reality in four U.S. markets.
If the number one reason you don’t eat McDonald’s food more often is that it’s not very good for you, that’s a wise and perfectly understandable stance.
Still, McDonald’s reckons that some people would actually consume its offerings more often if it were a little more convenient to do so. And what’s more convenient than having a Big Mac and fries show up at your door?
This is no pipe dream, either. As Uproxx explains, people in four U.S. markets — Chicago, Columbus, Los Angeles and Phoenix — can have McDonald’s food delivered to them right now.
That doesn’t mean McDonald’s is actually in the delivery business itself, which would require additional employees and some logistical shuffling (at least until drones are ready to drop off your fast food). Instead, it’s the result of a partnership with UberEATS that the company said covers 1,000 restaurants in the U.S.
In fact, you need to place your order through the UberEATS app to have your McDonald’s come to you. Happily, it’s a free download for either Apple or Android devices, and it’s also very simple to use.
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Uproxx also speculates on what McDonald’s delivery might mean down the road since its widespread proliferation would be a paradigm changer for fast food, but that’s still a little way in the future. Keep an eye on hos this trial run goes in these four cities, though, because it’s not hard to imagine McDonald’s and UberEATS moving quickly to expand the service if it proves popular.
Until then, just keep daydreaming of a day that a large order of fries or Egg McMuffin might arrive at your door, because it might not be as far off as you imagine.