Jakarta, Jan. 22 -- Indonesia's free nutritious meals program (MBG) is set to serve more meals per day than McDonald's global operations, President Prabowo Subianto said while delivering a special address at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2026.

Speaking about the program's progress, Prabowo said Indonesia is currently producing 59.8 million meals a day and is on track to surpass McDonald's estimated 68 million daily meals within the next month.

"In about a month's time, we will surpass McDonald's 68 million meals a day. We started in January of last year. This year, we aim to serve 82.9 million meals a day," he said on Thursday, as monitored in Jakarta.

Prabowo noted that MBG was started on January 6, 2025, following budget efficiency ...