Fast food has been a very successful market over the past 50 years - a lot of people love
it.
However, for every sucessful fast food item, there have been some shocking failures.
Everyone makes misakes - even fast food places - here they are, my name is Danny Burke and
this is the top 10 fast food items that totally failed.
Starting off at number 10 we have The Burger Melt.
This is a burger slash toasted sandwich that was realised by fast food place Friendlys.
I wanna hear your reaction to this.
The meal, with fries, came in at 1,500 calories, 97 grams of fat and 2,090 milligrams of sodium.
Public health advocates were shocked and people campaigned to get it taken off the menu.
Still, a lot of people remember it fondly and there have been calls to bring it back!
Next up at number 9 we have Frings.
In 1979, fast food chain Jack in The Box did something very interesting with their fries
and onion rings - they mixed them together.
Thats right, they called them Frings and the little bags contained a mixture of fries and
onion rings.
It was supposed to be for the indecisive customer who couldnt decide between Fries and Onion
rings.
I can see where they were coming with this one but it turns out most people know what
they want.
They either want fries or onion rings.
Nobody wanted Frings and they eventually disappeared off the menu …
Next up at number 8 we have the Mc Dlt.
This was McDonalds big solution to a problem that didnt really exist.
It was served in a styrofoam container that contained the meat and half the bun in one
half and everything else in the other.
Their selling point was -we found a way to keep the lettuce and tomato cool ... and the
quarter pound of beef hot!- … like I said, this wasnt really the biggest concern for
most McDonalds customers.
There was also a huge environmental concern - suddenly this one burger was requiring twice
the packaging.
These are all the reasons why its in this video and not in your local McDonalds.
Moving on to number 7 we have the McSpaghetti.
I don't know what McDonalds were thinking with this one.
McDonalds became successful because of their simple, quick, easy, American food.
Food that you could eat on the go or in a hurry.
Messy Italian spagetthi just didnt fit the brand.
Apparently it also took ages to make too and people werent too happy waiting around.
Coming in at number 6 we have Satisfries.
In 2013 - Burger King released Satisfries - it was their attempt at making fries healthier.
They were described as -great tasting crinkle cut, reduced fat, reduced calorie French fries-
… sounds harmless right?
Well yeah, and that was kinda the problem.
Generally, people don't eat first to be healthy.
Theres plenty of other healthy food to eat if thats what you want.
People wanted the original Fries with all the normal levels of fat and calories that
they had come to love.
Satisfries were dropped from all Burger Kings after only a year - but I still love the name.
Next up at the number 5 spot we have the McLobster.
In 1993, McDonalds launched the McLobster sandwich that contained lobster meat and a
special sauce.
At the time, it seemed to make sense - McDonalds were riding a fishy wave of success after
the release of the Filet-O-Fish burger.
The problem with lobster was that it was a lot harder to get hold of and get into stores
across America.
When they got it there - many people were put off by the high price tag of $6.
These days its still available in some East Coast areas of America and Canada.
At number 4 now we have the Taco Bell Seafood Salad.
One day in 1985 - a bunch of taco bell executives came up with a way to compete with all the
burger chains fish burgers - a fish taco salad.
This is what it looked like.
Taco bell were very proud but sadly - it was a total flop.
Firstly, most people who go to taco bell want some sort of taco.
Out of the people that did get the salad, a lot of them got food poisoning - they threw
the whole idea in the bin.
Coming in at number 3 we have the McAkfrika.
This pita based greek style lunch item was released by McDonalds in 2002.
Look at it.
Theres nothing really that wrong with it right?
It looks fine?
Well it wasnt the actual contents that made it flop - it was the name and the timing.
You see, the year the McAkfrika was released the year that large parts of southern Africa
experienced extreme famines.
A lot of people felt that the McAfrikas name was a bit insensitive given the current circumstances
and it was pulled from stores …
Next up at number 2 we have the McPizza.
Im sure a lot of you guys have heard of this one, its been over 30 years since McDonalds
first launched their McPizza.
It seemed like a good idea on paper but in reality, it just didnt work.
The first problem was that most people went to McDonalds for Burgers and Fries - there
were already plenty of good pizza places if they wanted pizza.
Secondly - the cook time for the pizza was around 11 minutes.
Someone who wanted the McPizza would watch 5 other customers come and go before they
got their food.
Most McDonalds removed it from their menu but amazingly, it remained in 2 McDonalds
in the US until 2017 when the company forced them to stop.
And finally at number 1 we have The Hula Burger.
This was a meatless burger introduced in the 1960s to McDonalds.
The meat was simply swapped out for a grilled pineapple and placed with cheese on a bun.
It was supposed to be a substitute for American Catholics who would not eat red meat on a
Friday.
McDonalds released it alongside the Filet-O-Fish to see which one did better.
The fact that you can go into your local McDonalds and buy a filet o fish tells you who won that
battle.
I already struggle to ge my head around pineapple on piza, nevermind in a burger.
Am I alone?
Let me know your thoughts on all of these fast food items of the past - were they mistakes?
Which one would you like to see make a come back?
While you think of that - Ill say thank you as always for watching guys, my name is Danny
Burke and Ill see you all in the next video!