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Twelve McDonald's Menu Items That Failed Spectactularly
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Clydefrog said:
"Humongo-size" was what it was called. You could get fries or a drink in a 44oz cup and that is how you would ask for it. They also used to have 50 piece buckets of chicken nuggets.
I don't think you can get the two 20 piece nuggets, fries, and drinks anymore either. Nuggets used to come in different amounts than they do now. Chicken strips used to be MUCH MUCH MUCH more tasty (and expensive), etc. I've been through a lot of their changes.
KittenMaster
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I'm guessing it's because "Advertisements depicted children disgusted with the burger".
While it makes sense at first, "Well, kids just aren't into adult food", the message that probably got conveyed instead was, "Kids will eat any sort of garbage, and if they don't like this burger, then why would an adult like it?"
EDIT: Oh, and if it had a secret sauce in it, it starts to raise questions as to what the 'secret sauce' is made of.
theinfinityissue
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clemenx said:
Never cared much for it, but the name had hilarious potential for dropped sign letter exploitation. I once saw a sign proclaiming "the Big N' asty", which of course sounds like the dump you'd take after eating one.
I really miss 2 things from mcd's, the bbq chicken sandwiches which were actually awesome, and mcsalad shakers with ceaser dressing. It was a salad in a cup which you'd pour dressing into, then shake the fuck out of it and enjoy. It was a semi-elegant solution to the long standing problem of unequal dressing distribution.
Mr. B Natural
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List is sad considering the customer base and their aptitude to shove just about anything in their mouths.
-Pyromaniac-
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The pizza was great!
Joe Shlabotnik
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Cindres said:
It was. I think it was more a marketing disaster than anything else. Should have abandoned the "only for adults" angle and just sold it as a new tasty burger.
Alligatorjandro
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AbsoluteZero said:
that sounds terrible
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
Cant have a thread with McDLT and not have this commercial starring GEORGE COSTANZA! hah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTSdUOC8Kac
RedNumberFive
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The Mc Croquette is still pretty popular in a lot of European countries. I had one a couple of years ago in Amsterdam. As for the others, I see them come and go all the time by my house. We live near the Oakbrook, IL McDonalds HQ, and a lot of those experimental menu items seem to make their way into local McDonalds.
Ninja Scooter
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I remember the DLT and the Arch Deluxe. The rest not so much. As an aside, I miss the Rodeo Burger at Burger King.
Mr. B Natural
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Wow, really? McDonalds in bulk?TommyT said:
Hasphat'sAnts
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Mr. B Natural said:
Our campus' McDonald's give you a free 2 gallon jug of sweet tea if you ordered 50 nuggets.
Very popular item on Friday nights
RedNumberFive
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Mr. B Natural said:
I'm not a huge fast food guy. But about once a year, I have to buy one of these badboys:
adamsappel
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I had the McLobster. It was good. Honestly, haven't you guys heard of lobster rolls?
The McDLT was good. I always hated styrofoam packaging, though. It makes everything soggy if you don't open it right away.
I've had McPizza, and it was really good.
The McDLT was good. I always hated styrofoam packaging, though. It makes everything soggy if you don't open it right away.
I've had McPizza, and it was really good.
I try and make a point to not call anything "Mc-" if I can get away with it. "Nuggets", "Chicken Sandwich", etc.MIMIC said:
Dead Prince
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Supersize was awesome. would always get it because i enjoy the fries lol.
Neuromancer
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Good point, it probably made them a ton of money while it lasted even though they had to stop it for PR reasons.ReturnOfTheRAT said:
AbsoluteZero
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DMPrince said:
I used to like Supersize because it meant I could get one value meal and whomever I was with could just get a sandwich then we'd split the drink & fries.
Hmm.... I distinctly remember getting little personal pan-sized pizzas at McDonalds as late as 1995, though it seemed to be limited to the Upper Midwest and Rockies (Iowa to Colorado).
It was a godsend because we were on a family vacation, spending a lot of time in the car, and I don't eat red meat. I was sick of eating Mc 'Grilled Cheese sandwiches' which were two buns, flipped inside with cheese on it. Getting a little personal pizza in the car? Fuck yeah.
They actually tasted a lot like the little Red Baron Deep Dish singles.
(And in case anyone is wondering, I liked Fillet-o-Fish and still do, but one time they put Tartar Sauce on it despite my request and it turned me off them for several years. Blech).
Yep, Super Size was always "Well, it's cheaper than ordering two mediums". It was also nice on road trips because inevitably you'd eat the sandwich and still have a ton of drink left over (and cold fries, if you could tolerate them). Super Size = Less stops...
It was a godsend because we were on a family vacation, spending a lot of time in the car, and I don't eat red meat. I was sick of eating Mc 'Grilled Cheese sandwiches' which were two buns, flipped inside with cheese on it. Getting a little personal pizza in the car? Fuck yeah.
They actually tasted a lot like the little Red Baron Deep Dish singles.
(And in case anyone is wondering, I liked Fillet-o-Fish and still do, but one time they put Tartar Sauce on it despite my request and it turned me off them for several years. Blech).
AbsoluteZero said:
Yep, Super Size was always "Well, it's cheaper than ordering two mediums". It was also nice on road trips because inevitably you'd eat the sandwich and still have a ton of drink left over (and cold fries, if you could tolerate them). Super Size = Less stops...
Hasphat'sAnts
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Derrick01 said:
You'd be surprised how many people subsist on a diet consisting solely of fast foods.
Huevos de Oro
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*thumbs up*AbsoluteZero said:
I can't have a hamburger without a big fat slice of pineapple now.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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How did the supersize fail spectacularly? Wasn't it really successful until the film?
Mr. B Natural
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"Give" as in present tense? I find it strange they would still do this but got rid of the tame in comparison "super-size" concept. But I guess it's all about that marketing and name recognition.Hasphat'sAnts said:
And I can't stand the smell of 1 white castle. Can't imagine what your house will smell like after eating all those, man. Don't get near me haha.
^because it backfired horribly and thus failed spectacularly?
When I worked there in the late 90s they tried marketing soup. It basically just came in frozen containers, and you dumped it into a big slow cooker type thing. The soup really wasn't all that bad, and actually sold decently in the really cold months, but I guess it just wasn't really much of a seller overall. I can't remember all the different kinds, but there was at least chicken noodle and broccoli cheese.
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Birbo said:
McDonalds decided to get it's shit in order. Not say it's all good or that the McCafe is Starbucks at McDonalds or anything. Yet it seemed corporate wide to try and slightly up the food quality while redoing the look of all of their franchised restaurants. McDonalds by me is now far and away the best fast food of the big nationwide chains. Looks nicer, feels cleaner, has a shit ton of people working in there, can always tell who the manager is, and the food seems to be slightly better. BK is the opposite. Restaurant feels old inside, not that clean, not nearly enough people working, always wondering where the manager is to run the show, and the food quality is meh.
PS: Arch Deluxe was legit!
Joe Shlabotnik
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RedNumberFive said:
Hahaha. I think that qualifies you as a "huge fast food guy", ipso facto.
I do love me some White Castle though. I ain't knockin' it.
triplestation
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McPuke
RedNumberFive
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Joe Shlabotnik said:
Point taken, but to be fair, I split it with a few friends. The colon blow that would result from eating a whole case would likely kill me.
The Arch Deluxe and the McDLT were really pretty good.
The McDLT was a really great idea if they could come up with different packaging. I like the idea of having my lettuce, tomato, and pickle cold and the rest of the sandwich hot. To this day that's why I can't stand eating at Burger King. Every single Burger King in my area assembles the sandwich all together, then sticks it in the microwave for 45 seconds. There's nothing worse than hot tomatoes, hot lettuce, and hot pickles.
The McDLT was a really great idea if they could come up with different packaging. I like the idea of having my lettuce, tomato, and pickle cold and the rest of the sandwich hot. To this day that's why I can't stand eating at Burger King. Every single Burger King in my area assembles the sandwich all together, then sticks it in the microwave for 45 seconds. There's nothing worse than hot tomatoes, hot lettuce, and hot pickles.
I remember stopping by one of those rest-stop McDonalds after playing a show in NYC and driving home. My friend is looking around the menu at like 3 in the morning, we're all tired as shit and my other friend didn't bring in his glasses so he's trying to read off stuff that he can get. "Well there's the Big Mac... Quarter Pounder... the Big 'n Nasty." It was pretty funny at the time, but the message is clearly that anything McDonalds puts out is going to be considered gross.
SapientWolf
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$1 BnTs were the only reason I ate at McD's once everyone started using healthy fry oil. Now I only eat the apple pies.Dresden said:
Duane Cunningham
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One more nostalgic +1 for the Arch Deluxe. It was so awesome. The Big N' Tasty was good, too, but never quite measured up.
SuperSonic1305
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The pizza took like 30 minutes to make and was expensive.
TommyT said:
I don't think you still can, I just checked the McDonalds online menu and I don't see any "Super Size" sizes
wiki says the "Super Size" sizes were 7oz Fries and 42oz beverages.
McDonalds only has 5.4oz Fries and 32oz beverages listed on the website.
Unless it's unadvertised, I haven't been in a McDonalds in years.
Mr. B Natural
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Yes, it worked great until it failed spectacularly. You can have a huge success that fails spectacularly in the end. Time is not unified. The beginning can be one thing, the end another. They're called one hit wonders, they're called ponsy (sp?) schemes, they're called a lot of things for a lot of situations and it can happen in marketing if it backfires. There are too many rags to riches and riches to rags stories to name.Alucrid said:
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