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McDonald's to give free fries every Friday for rest of year

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Matthew Perez

Updated on March 07, 2026

McDonald’s is giving customers a new reason to enjoy Fry-days.

The fast food chain launched “Free Fries Friday,” giving away an order of free medium fries every Friday — for the rest of the year, at least.

Customers with their eyes on the fries can snag their free side starting this Friday, Oct. 27 and every Friday through Dec. 31.

There are just a few catches, but nothing too salty.

People will have to use and opt into the rewards program on the McDonald’s app, and once you’re registered, you have to make an order of a minimum of $1. On the app, go to the “deals” tab, select the “Free Fries Friday” deal, then tap “Add Deal to Mobile Order.”

Customers must also have contactless payment set up, using any major credit card that is added to their account.

After those small steps, you’ll be good to go. Just pick up your order at any participating McDonald’s restaurant.

The only other stipulation is that the deal can only be redeemed one time every Friday.

A packet of french fries sit on a tray in this arranged photograph at a McDonald's restaurant, operated by McDonald's Holdings Co. Japan Ltd., in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, Jan.7, 2015. McDonald's Corp.'s Japan business and Cargill Inc. are investigating complaints objects were found in chicken nuggets made by a Cargill factory in Thailand, the restaurant chainââ¬â¢s second food safety crisis in six months.
McDonald’s launched “Free Fries Friday.” Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg
02 December 2021, Bavaria, Munich: An employee places a bag of French fries in a grid at a branch of the McDonald's fast food chain on Martin-Luther-Strasse in Giesing. The branch opened its doors on 4 December 1971 as the first McDonald's branch in Germany.)
Customers with their eyes on the fries can snag their free side starting this Friday, Oct. 27 and every Friday through Dec. 31. Matthias Balk/picture alliance via Getty Images

If it makes any difference, a small order of McDonald’s fries is always available on the “$1 $2 $3 Dollar Menu.”

But for just one dollar, you can “make it a fry day with a friend.”

McDonald’s also recently announced that they would be bringing back the McRib after giving the fan-favorite meal a grand “farewell tour” in 2022.

The love-it-or-hate-it classic sandwich will be available for a limited time only in November.

“It turns out not everyone was ready to say goodbye to the McRib,” a rep told The Post earlier this month.