A sign hangs outside of a CosMc’s restaurant, a concept recently launched by McDonald’s on December 11, 2023 in Bolingbrook, Illinois.
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McDonald’s will shutter three locations of its drinks-focused spinoff brand, CosMc’s.
To test the concept, the fast-food giant opened its first CosMc’s location more than a year ago in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, followed by six more in Texas. McDonald’s has converted larger namesake restaurants into CosMc’s, in addition to building smaller prototype locations.
The smaller stores work better for the test, the company said Thursday. As a result, McDonald’s will close three of its larger format CosMc’s locations and open two more small Texas restaurants. The company didn’t disclose the locations for either the openings or closures, although CosMc’s website says a store is coming soon to Allen, Texas.
McDonald’s also shared other early learnings from the pilot on…
