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McDonald's is rolling out all-day breakfast nationwide

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McDonald's is rolling out an all-day breakfast menu to its more than 14,300 US restaurants starting October 6, The Wall Street Journal reports.

That means McMuffins, McGriddles, and other morning menu items will be available at all times of the day or night.

The fast-food chain typically stops serving breakfast at 10:30 a.m. in most markets.

McDonald's fans have been begging for all-day breakfast for decades, but the expansion could complicate things in the kitchen.

McDonald's has previously said it doesn't serve 24-hour breakfast because its grills aren't big enough to handle breakfast and lunch items.

"It comes down to the sheer size of kitchen grills," the company said on its website. "They simply don't have the room for all of our menu options at one time — especially considering we use our grill to prepare many items on our breakfast menu."

McDonald's began testing the extended breakfast menu earlier this year.

Franchisees are adding equipment like extra grills and toasters to accommodate the new breakfast hours, according to the Journal's report.

We reached out to McDonald's for comment and will update you when we hear back ...

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Hayley Peterson
Hayley Peterson
Hayley Peterson is an Executive Editor who oversees coverage of the economy, tech, media, advertising, defense, careers, and more.She was previously a chief correspondent at Business Insider and wrote breaking news, analysis, and in-depth investigations on large consumer companies, with an emphasis on retailers including Amazon, Walmart, major grocery chains, and department stores.Hayley won recognition from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing in 2018 for "defining the retail apocalypse" through her reporting on retail job losses, the decline of Sears, and the impact of store closings on bondholders.Prior to joining Business Insider in 2013, Hayley was a White House correspondent and embedded on the presidential 2012 campaign trail.