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The Big Mac was first introduced in 1967 by Jim Delligatti, a McDonaldâs franchisee from Pennsylvania, and the following year was available nationwide. McDonaldâs is continuously testing and innovating to meet its customersâ needs.
Creator of McDonald's Big Mac dies at 98. The man who created the Big Mac, which went on to be one of the world's best known sandwiches, died Monday. Michael Jim Delligatti, who invented McDonald's two-tiered burger at his Uniontown, Pa., franchise, was 98. Delligatti began tinkering with the store's burger in the mid-1960s.