Outrage as McDonald's Filet-O-Fish Friday Lent deal disappears in 2023 hitc.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from hitc.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An old myth holds that Catholics eat fish on Fridays because of a secret pact a medieval pope made to sell more fish. That's just a fish tale. The real story behind fish Fridays is way better.
Lou Groen opened the first McDonald's in Ohio in 1959 and Fridays during Lent were a challenge for his restaurant with a Frisch's down the street. Groen's restaurant didn't serve any fish.