McDonald’s has made a surprising decision to shutter nearly half its spinoff locations just one year after they launched (via The New York Post ).

The stores being closed were reformatted McDonald’s locations, the company says. And smaller, in this case, is better. That makes sense, seeing as CosMc’s is designed to compe

Through a year-long test of the CosMc's spinoff, McDonald's says it has found that customers preferred smaller-format stores causing the brand to shift its focus on drive-thru and digital experiences.

McDonald’s announced on Thursday that it is closing three of its six CosMc’s in the Lone Star State, which has all but one of the special concept stores it opened in the US. T