X Friends Meal Promotion Terms & Conditions

1. PARTICIPANTS

You must be a South African resident with a valid ID number, and you must be a registered McDonald’s South Africa App user to participate in the McDonald’s South Africa X Friends Meal Promotion (“the Promotion”). The following are not eligible to participate: (i) a director, member, partner, employee or agent of, or consultant to MSA DevCo (Pty) Ltd, t/a McDonald’s South Africa (“the Promoter”), or any other person who directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by the Promoter; or (ii) a supplier of goods or services in connection with the Promotion.

2. DURATION

The Promotion is scheduled to take place from 7 January 2026 to 3 March 2026 at participating restaurants. These dates are subject to change and may be reduced or extended by the Promoter and the deadline for prize claims may consequentially be changed. Check for details of any changes on the website at https://www.mcdonalds.co.za/mcdonalds-x-friends-ts-cs

3. HOW TO ENTER

3.1 During the Promotion, all participants are required to download (or access) the McDonald’s App and purchase a McDonald’s X Friends Meal (10pc McNuggets Large Meal or Chicken Big Mac Large Meal or Big Mac Large Meal) to be eligible for entry into the Promotion.

3.2 Registered McDonald’s App users may enter the Promotion in one of three ways:

3.2.1 In store - Scan your MyM Loyalty Card and purchase any McDonald’s X Friends Meal during the Promotion using the following channels - SOK, Drive Thru or Front Counter.

3.2.2 McDonald’s App - Redeem any McDonald’s X Friends Meal offer on the McDonald’s App from the ‘Deals’ section in the McDonald’s App during the Promotion using the following channels - SOK, Drive Thru, Front Counter, Table Service or Curbside.

3.2.3 Radio - Send a WhatsApp to a participating radio station and stand a chance to participate in the ultimate Friends fan quiz.

4. PRIZE DESCRIPTIONS AND CONDITIONS

4.1 McDonald’s X Friends Meal Merchandise

4.1.1 50 Hampers (comprising 1 x Friends Hoodie, 1 x Friends T-Shirt, 1 x Friends Socks and 1 x Friends Caps)

4.2 South Africa Local MSC Cruise –

4.2.1 The prize is for 4 adults for a 4-night stay including full board and port taxes.

4.2.2 Cruise dates are anticipated to be during March 2026 and November/December 2026.

4.2.3 Any transfers to/from South African airports to the MSC Cruise port of departure, taxes, travel insurance, gratuities, purchase of alcohol, spending money and anything else not expressly stated as included, is excluded from the prize.

4.2.4 The trip must be booked and redeemed by 30 June 2026. The Promoter cannot alter the package or dates. Any costs incurred additional to the prize package elements listed are at the expense of winner and/or their companions.

4.2.5 Winners and their friends are responsible for their own personal safety and protection on the MSC Cruise. The Promoter is not liable for any injury or loss suffered by the winner or their friends once the prize has been redeemed.

4.2.6 The prize may be subject to terms and conditions applied by the prize sponsor, MSC Cruises.

4.3 Customers who have submitted a valid entry (in one of the three ways described above) stand a chance to win McDonald’s X Friends Meal merchandise and the South Africa Local MSC Cruise.

4.4 Prizes must be claimed by the winner in person. The Promoter cannot accept prize collections by a third party.

4.5 The Promoter will make reasonable attempts to contact the eligible prize winners. In the event that the Promoter is not able to contact the eligible prize winners or if any prizes are not claimed by the due date, the prizes will be forfeited.

4.6 Prizes may not be exchanged for any cash or other alternative, and prizes are not transferable, divisible, or permitted to be sold.

4.7 All advertisements depicting the prizes and prize descriptions are illustrative rather than definitive.

5. ADDITIONAL TERMS

5.1 To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law (but not otherwise) the Promoter, its agents for administering the Promotion and the prize sponsors assume no responsibility and are not liable for: (i) the accuracy or otherwise of the prize descriptions or illustrations; (ii) the non-availability, loss, interception or interference with, late receipt or damage of or to any prize claim, discount voucher prize(s), voucher(s), prize or notification or other communication; (iii) any representation, warranty, condition or guarantee in respect of a prize; or (iv) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs which winners may be required to pay at any time in connection with a prize, (save to the extent that the Promoter has expressly and specifically accepted responsibility in these Rules for the same); and (v) all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to a person’s participation in the Promotion, or arising out of a person’s participation in any Promotion related activity, or their receipt, use or misuse of any prize that may be awarded to them.

5.2 All prizes remain the property of the suppliers, pending redemption by winners and the Promoter is not responsible for the supply of, and does not own, any prizes provided by other suppliers nor acts as their agent in relation to the delivery to winners of prizes other than those supplied directly by the Promoter.

5.3 The submission of prize claims is the sole responsibility of the prize claimant. Any tax liability or life, health, travel, accident or other insurance associated with any prize is payable by the prize winner and is their sole responsibility.

5.4 The Promoter reserves the right and at any time at its absolute discretion and without giving any reason or notice, to vary, modify or amend the terms of these Rules in such manner as the Promoter thinks fit. The Promoter may: (i) extend any time limit or waive any of the Rules where a person might otherwise have been disqualified (without obliging the Promoter to relax the Rules on any further occasion for that entrant or at all for any other person); (ii) terminate or suspend the Promotion at any time due to supervening circumstances beyond the Promoter’s control; and (iii) substitute a product deemed to be an appropriate replacement and of equal or greater value in the place of any of the prizes (or any part of a prize). The Promoter’s decision in the exercise or interpretation of any of its rights or discretions in connection with these Rules shall be final and binding.

5.5 The Promoter also reserves the right, without prior notice and at any time, to terminate the Promotion, in whole or in part, or modify, suspend, or extend the Promotion in any way, or deem an entry void and invalid if it determines, in its sole discretion, that the entry reflects printing or other errors or falsification or other action which has undermined the integrity and/or feasibility of the Promotion.

5.6 In administering this Promotion, the Promoter may collect personal information from the entrant and, unless it has first obtained your consent, the Promoter:
(i) will not collect more of your personal information than it needs for the purpose of administering and analysing this Promotion and carrying out publicity as stated in these Rules;
(ii) will only use your personal information for that purpose which may include transferring your personal information to its associates; and
(iii) will not transfer your personal information outside South Africa unless it is permitted to do so under South Africa law.
Selected partners of the Promoter(depending upon the nature of the prize and whether in addition to or in place of your providing personal data to the Promoter) may require you to provide to those partners personal data in connection with claiming/redeeming prizes and you should satisfy yourself with the privacy policies of such partners, as the Promoter does not accept any responsibility for them.

5.7 Subject to obtaining your prior approval, you agree that the Promoter and its successors or assigns may use your name, voice, likeness and any statements made by or attributed to you relating to the Promotion in any and all media, now known or hereafter devised, in perpetuity and through-out the universe for advertising, marketing, publicity and promotional purposes in connection with the Promotion without compensation, which potentially may include participation in a photo shoot determined at the sponsors discretion, and you release the Promoter and the sponsors from any liability arising from such use, including, without limitation, claims for invasion of privacy, infringement of your right of publicity and defamation.

5.8 No claim under or participation in this Promotion is valid in combination with any other offer or promotion.

5.9 By participating in the Promotion, participants agree to abide by and be bound by these Rules and the decisions made by the Promoter and its prize sponsors for the Promotion.

5.10 The decision of the Promoter and the prize sponsors in the interpretation of these Rules, or the exercise of any rights or discretions in connection with these Rules, shall be final and binding and the entrants.

5.11 By participating in the Promotion and/or redeeming any prizes, entrants release and agree to hold, subject to the maximum extent permitted under law, the Promoter, its agents for administering the Promotion and the prize sponsors harmless from and against any and all costs, injuries, losses or damages of any kind, due in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, to their participation in the Promotion, or arising out of their participation in any Promotion-related activity, or their receipt, use or misuse of any prize that may be awarded to them.

5.12 These Rules shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of South Africa. The rights conferred by these Rules (insofar as they are relevant) are for the benefit of the prize sponsors and the Promoter, and its agents for administering the Promotion. Each of the aforesaid entities shall have the right to assert and enforce those provisions relevant to itself directly against the participants in the Promotion in the Promotion on its own behalf.

5.13 Any prize claim will be void if it is deemed by the Promoter, or by any other prize-supplier involved with prize-redemption, to have expired, counterfeit, or if it has been offered for sale or a claim made in respect of it by an ineligible person.

5.14 Nothing in these Rules shall affect your statutory rights. The Promoter may (in its sole discretion) decline to enter into any correspondence save as otherwise stated in these Rules.