Axing a Happy Meal classic has made mums like me sad

McDonald's has axed the child favourite Fish Fingers Happy Meal this week - and it has left mums like me absolutely furious.

- CHARLOTTE CRIPPS

It is a total disaster. I had to break the news to my “hangry” daughter, Liberty, seven, after school, as she collapsed in floods of tears: “No, mummy! Not the fish fingers! No!” While she slumped in the back of the car on the way home, sobbing, I promised to order an air fryer and try to recreate their exact crispiness at home. This was genuine heartbreak.

A Fish Fingers Happy Meal had become such a ritual that pulling the plug so suddenly felt as emotional as weaning her from the bottle. That’s why parents have taken to social media to share their upset over the news.

One mum said: “My daughter only likes the Fish Finger Happy Meal. What a silly idea.” Another commented: “Ah, gutted, my LO won't eat anything in burger shape! Fish fingers are her favourite!” Others said, “I mean it’s one way to get rid of some customers, I guess”, and “That’s it, we are never going to McDonald’s ever again. Could this week get any worse?”

I’m a McDonald’s mother. How dare they come for our Happy Meals? Like hordes of other mums, I rely on them as a cheap supper at least once a week to make my life run smoothly.