This is weird.

McDonald’s (MCD) is scrambling faster than a breakfast egg because their Melitta espresso machines just got yeeted out of every U.S. store. Safety concerns = no lattes, no cappuccinos, no mocha frappes. 🍮 A total 13,500 stores affected = $193M in financial black holes. But wait—it gets worse. If they don’t fix this fast, this could be McDonald’s ice cream machine scandal 2.0—with espresso.

The Drama You know how they’re always like, “Sorry, the ice cream machine’s broken”? Well, now the espresso machines are dead too. McDonald’s had to RIP them out of every U.S. location because of some “unspecified safety concern.” I mean, who’s getting hurt by a cappuccino? Karen’s third-degree burn from asking for “extra hot”? 🔥☕

The Numbers Here’s where it gets wild, fam. McDonald’s serves 27.2M customers a day in the U.S.: • 810K espresso drinks lost per day = $2.4M/day in lost sales. • People skipping meals because no coffee = another $1.2M/day gone. • That’s $153M in lost profit if this drags on for 60 days. • Oh, and replacing the machines? Another $40.5M.

Total burn? $193M. That’s nearly **13% of their quarterly