{
  "dataset": "Selected menu events and separate webpage observations",
  "version": "1.0",
  "research_cutoff": "2026-09-11",
  "scope": "Selected U.S.-focused evidence for the companion; incomplete product histories and no live inventory coverage.",
  "record_count": 12,
  "event_count": 9,
  "web_observation_count": 3,
  "method": "A planned date is not an observed rollout. Null means not established, not never. A report date is not automatically the incident start. Corporate statements retain attribution.",
  "events": [
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-mcrib-campaign-2022",
      "entity": "McDonald’s McRib",
      "market": "United States",
      "event_type": "announced_limited_time_return",
      "effective_date": "2022-10-31",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": "2022-10-24",
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S01"
      ],
      "statement": "U.S. campaign scheduled.",
      "qualification": "Campaign wording leaves a later return open; announcement alone does not prove outlet fulfillment.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-mexican-pizza-removal-2020",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Mexican Pizza",
      "market": "United States",
      "event_type": "retrospective_menu_removal",
      "effective_date": "2020",
      "date_precision": "year",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": null,
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S03"
      ],
      "statement": "Prior menu removal referenced.",
      "qualification": "Year precision retained; no exact removal day established by this record.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-mexican-pizza-return-may-2022",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Mexican Pizza",
      "market": "United States; participating restaurants",
      "event_type": "announced_return",
      "effective_date": "2022-05-19",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": "2022-04-18",
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S03"
      ],
      "statement": "General return scheduled.",
      "qualification": "Separate from later permanent-menu return; no local purchase observed.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-mexican-pizza-shortage-report-2022",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Mexican Pizza",
      "market": "United States",
      "event_type": "reported_supply_interruption",
      "effective_date": null,
      "date_precision": "unknown",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": null,
      "reported_on": "2022-05-31",
      "source_ids": [
        "S04"
      ],
      "statement": "Shortage, not discontinuation.",
      "qualification": "Incident start not established.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-mexican-pizza-return-september-2022",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Mexican Pizza",
      "market": "United States",
      "event_type": "company_retrospective_permanent_menu_return",
      "effective_date": "2022-09-15",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": null,
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S05"
      ],
      "statement": "Permanent-menu return recorded by company.",
      "qualification": "Retrospective FAQ; original announcement date not established here.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-snack-wrap-announcement-2025",
      "entity": "McDonald’s Snack Wrap",
      "market": "United States",
      "event_type": "reported_announced_permanent_menu_return",
      "effective_date": "2025-07-10",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": "2025-06-03",
      "reported_on": "2025-06-03",
      "source_ids": [
        "S07"
      ],
      "statement": "Nationwide return scheduled.",
      "qualification": "Contemporaneous reporting; not an independently observed rollout.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-naked-chicken-chalupa-test-2016",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Naked Chicken Chalupa",
      "market": "Kansas City, United States",
      "event_type": "company_retrospective_test",
      "effective_date": "2016",
      "date_precision": "year",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": null,
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S06"
      ],
      "statement": "Kansas City test.",
      "qualification": "Not a national introduction.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-decades-return-2026",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Decades #TBTB lineup",
      "market": "United States; participating restaurants",
      "event_type": "announced_limited_time_return",
      "effective_date": "2026-08-20",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "effective_end": null,
      "announced_on": "2026-08-18",
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S06"
      ],
      "statement": "Four-item return scheduled.",
      "qualification": "Overall food-offer end not established; do not substitute a related app-promotion deadline.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-beefy-crunch-early-access-2026",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Beefy Crunch Burrito",
      "market": "United States; participating restaurants; eligible Rewards app users",
      "event_type": "announced_member_early_access",
      "effective_date": "2026-08-18",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "effective_end": "2026-08-19",
      "announced_on": "2026-08-18",
      "reported_on": null,
      "source_ids": [
        "S06"
      ],
      "statement": "Rewards app early access.",
      "qualification": "Not the general-access launch.",
      "evidence_checked_on": "2026-09-11"
    }
  ],
  "webpage_observations": [
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-web-snack-wrap-20260911",
      "entity": "McDonald’s Snack Wrap",
      "market": "United States website",
      "observed_on": "2026-09-11",
      "evidence_type": "official_menu_category_read",
      "source_ids": [
        "S08"
      ],
      "result": "Ranch and Spicy versions listed.",
      "local_inventory": "not_checked",
      "price": "not_checked",
      "formulation_comparison": "not_performed"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-web-mcrib-20260911",
      "entity": "McDonald’s McRib",
      "market": "United States website",
      "observed_on": "2026-09-11",
      "evidence_type": "official_product_page_read",
      "source_ids": [
        "S09"
      ],
      "result": "Page states limited availability and directs readers to local restaurants.",
      "local_inventory": "not_checked",
      "national_2026_return_date": "not_established"
    },
    {
      "record_id": "ffu-web-mexican-pizza-20260911",
      "entity": "Taco Bell Mexican Pizza",
      "market": "United States website",
      "observed_on": "2026-09-11",
      "evidence_type": "official_product_page_read",
      "source_ids": [
        "S10"
      ],
      "result": "Product listed.",
      "local_inventory": "not_checked",
      "price": "not_checked"
    }
  ]
}