McDonald's give classic menu item a 'makeover' amid push to reverse sales decline

Less than a year after McDonald's McFlurry desserts lost their iconic spindles, the fast food giant announced that the item is "getting a makeover" as they try to reverse a current sales decline.

Starting Sept. 10, McDonald's will be selling the new "Mini McFlurry," in addition to the standard size, and both will come in a new "more environmentally friendly four-flap cup" as they are "phasing out plastic McFlurry cup lids."

"Packaging updates like this matter," Michael Gonda, SVP,...