(CNN) - McDonald's has long been the butt of jokes about its ice cream machines, which many customers say are always broken. Social media users complain comedians rib the company and a developer even ...

The United States Federal Trade Commission is tackling one of the biggest mysteries plaguing humankind: Why are McDonald’s McFlurry machines always broken? According to the Wall Street Journal, the ...

Rolling up to a McDonald’s drive-through with dessert on the brain feels promising until the staff announces the dreaded three-word phrase: “Ice cream machine is broken.” That moment has become a rite ...

McDonald’s soft-serve ice cream tastes good, but as patrons of the fast food chain know, the cold sweet treat is not available almost most of the time because the machines that make them are always ...

According to franchisees and a report by The Wall Street Journal, the old joke about the McDonald's ice cream machine never working is no laughing matter. Apparently, the franchise owners have ...

The soft-serve machines at McDonald's restaurants are so often out of order that their reliable unreliability have long been the butt of jokes, memes — and now even a rallying cry in this year’s ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- McFlurry machines at McDonalds keep breaking, and now the Federal Trade Commission wants answers. There's no formal probe yet but the Wall Street Journal reports the FTC sent a letter ...