System failures at McDonald’s have been reported worldwide, shuttering some restaurants for hours and leading to social media complaints. The fast food chain called the problems Friday a “technology outage” that is being fixed and apologized for the inconvenience.
A McDonald’s employee bows in front of its store amid the company’s system outages in Tokyo, Friday, March 15, 2024. Reports of system outages at McDonald’s are growing around the world, shuttering restaurants and leading to social media complaints. McDonald’s in Japan posted on X, formerly Twitter, that “operations are temporarily out at many of our stores nationwide.
Some McDonald’s restaurants were operating normally again after the outage, with people ordering and getting their food at locations in Bangkok, Milan and London. At another location in Thailand’s capital, there was plywood over a door with a sign saying, “Technicians are updating the system,” even as customers were ordering again and paying digitally.
A spokesperson for McDonald’s in Denmark said the “technology failure” was resolved there and its restaurants were open.