McDonald’s highly-anticipated BTS Meal launches today (June 21) at 11am, and it sold out in five minutes, according to netizens who tried ordering the meal. To prevent massive crowds in these pandemic times (the fast-food chain was forced to close several outlets in Indonesia due to the BTS ARMY queue frenzy), McDonald’s Singapore has made the meal delivery-only. According to Instagrammer @grastyfnf, there were also signs placed at a McDonald’s outlet informing people about the delivery policy.
1 of 8 Virtual queue
Firstly, Customers who were buying the meal via McDelivery were asked to wait in a virtual queue to access the order portal. Each meal costs $8.90, and every transaction is limited to a maximum of $80.
2 of 8 Sold out in five minutes
Secondly, According to Twitter user @chicapicaca, the seven BTS Meal items they ordered were out of stock, only five minutes after the launch at 11 am.
D1 launch because of covid restriction , its still early but aready sold out #BTSMeal #ARMY # pic.twitter.com/bxASNOptTR
— 🧈💜Chicapicaca💜🧈 (@chicapicaca) June 21, 2021
3 of 8 Got to the checkout page
Thirdly, @DeadTS_7 tweeted that they had gotten as far as the checkout page, only to realize their meal was sold out. Ouch.
Item sold out at checkout and now its closed. I hate it here. #BTSMeal pic.twitter.com/Urt7e7jpk9
— ᗡNIWᴚƎΛƎN⁷-ᴮᴱ (@DeadTS_7) June 21, 2021
4 of 8 McDonald’s outlet closed their order-taking
Fourthly, At 11.20 am, the McDonald’s outlet at Jurong Green CC had already closed their GrabFood orders.
5 of 8 Customers tried using Foodpanda instead
Lastly, Netizen @ArmyWhoLovesBTS reported better luck using Foodpanda for their order.
What?! The BTS Meal and Oreo McFlurry sold out at 11am?! Right after orders were opened!
😱#방탄소년단뷔 #BTSV @BTS_twt pic.twitter.com/1yw6TF8FBB
— BTS V Singapore¹¹⁸ 🇸🇬 (@SG_BTSV) June 21, 2021
But it’s not bad luck that your local BTS Meal came without the coveted purple paper bag — according to McDonald’s Singapore, the meal comes with only the BTS logo-fied beverage cup, McNuggets box and a plain brown paper bag, unlike in countries like Indonesia and Malaysia.
In Singapore, the BTS Meal differs from those in other markets. The BTS Meal in Singapore is delivered in a BTS-branded 9-piece Chicken McNuggets box and drink cup – the packaging is available while stocks last. We’d like to assure our customers and BTS fans that The BTS Meal is still available for order via delivery, says a McDonald’s spokesperson.