22 McDonald’s Food Items That Failed Hard
It's almost impressive how poorly these items did.
Published 10 years ago in Eww
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Angus Burgers: McDonald’s thought burgers made from “pure Angus beef” would get people in the door. The snag was that most people couldn’t taste the difference and didn’t want to pay the jacked up price for what felt like the same thing. On a personal note, I admit to ordering these burgers nearly daily for about a full year. I never said I had a very refined palate though.
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HulaBurger: A franchise owner in the 1960s was having problems with sales, being that his McDonald’s was in a primarily Roman Catholic area. He needed something to sell on Fridays when most customers couldn’t eat meat other than fish. Ray Kroc and the owner tried their ideas to see who bought more. Kroc came up with the Hulaburger that swapped the burger patty for grilled pineapple. The owner tried the Filet-O-Fish.
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McAfrica: In probably their most offensive idea, McDonald’s tried to push the McAfrica burger during the Olympics. They marketed it by saying it contained ‘an exotic African sauce’. They must have forgotten that much of Africa was experiencing devastating famine at the time, and managed to offend pretty much the whole world.
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