McDonald's has confirmed its popular Monopoly game will return this summer - but price rises are also coming.
Monopoly sees customers win everything from free food and discounts, to cash prizes and brand new cars.
The game essentially mimics the classic Monopoly board, with customers able to collect game pieces on menu items that represent roads and train stations.
Then once you collect a set, you win a prize - the rarer that set is (so if fewer pieces are made) the better the giveaway will be.
For example, you needed the notoriously hard dark blue properties to claim the top £100,000 cash prize in previous years.
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Last year, McDonald’s also gave away VIP cards, where the lucky holder gets one free medium meal each week for a year.
McDonald’s Monopoly returned last year following a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The fast food chain has now confirmed it’ll be back once more this year - although an exact date or prize list has yet to be announced.
In an email to customers, UK and Ireland CEO Alistair Macrow teased that the game “will return later in the summer with an even bigger prize pool and increased chances of winning”.
You can see what prizes were up for grabs in last year’s McDonald’s Monopoly giveaway here.
In not-so-good news for Maccies fans, the announcement that Monopoly will return comes after the restaurant chain confirmed some items will go up in price this summer.
McDonald’s is raising prices by 10 to 20p on many of its items - blaming rising inflation for the reason behind the hike.
The burger giant said it would be "adding between 10p and 20p to a number of the menu items.
McDonald's only gave one example of the price rises - its humble cheeseburger, whch will go up in price today from 99p to £1.19.
Most of the price rises will kick in this summer. The restaurant has not raised its cheeseburger prices for 14 years.
Exactly how much McDonald's food will go up in price by will vary a bit.
That is because each McDonald's branch can set its own prices - except on the Saver menu, where different franchises charge the same amount.
In the same email to customers, Mr Macrow said: "We’re living through incredibly challenging times and we’re all seeing the cost of everyday items, such as food and energy, increase in a way many of us have never experienced."
