The Carl's Jr. Sad Mac Buy Back promotion is being run by the QSR brand to in celebration of the launch of its Cali XL Burger that will provide customers with one on the house. The promotion is running from November 12 through 21, 2025 and will provide customers with a free Cali XL burger by exchanging their McDonald's burger receipt dated anytime between January 1 and November 11, 2025. The complimentary burger redemption offer will be loaded into the user's My Rewards account in the Carl's Jr. app.
The Carl's Jr. Sad Mac Buy Back promotion is meant to do a comparison between the brand's latest burger and the McDonald's Big Mac to promote that the former has twice the amount of beef than the latter.
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