Are the two burger giants going head-to-head?

Today, 8 November 2016, in the solid tradition of made-up American days (see National Pigs in a Blanket Day on 24 April and National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day on 2 April) is Big Mac Day, and McDonald’s will be offering Big Macs for R21 from 10.30 am.

Online editor Katharine Jacobs models the free Big Mac T-shirt we received via courier. Photo by Anelde Greef.

Not to be outdone, Burger King is offering to swap out your disappointing lunch for a free WHOPPER® today. The catch: you can only get vouchers via www.swhopper.co.za. (The hashtag is #Swhopper, which we concede is quite clever.)

Your move, McDonald’s.