tonight’s menu features a variety of
macphails with a side order of poor
marketing choices then look at
McDonald’s new mcdlt I’m talking quarter
pound of people today big BLT welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 failed
McDonald’s products when you need to
make a good impression it’s the ideal
choice big and meaty with the perfect
kick for this list we’ll be looking at
some of the most unsuccessful menu items
that the fast-food restaurant chain has
offered throughout its existence however
we’re excluding any failed non-food
products the company may have developed
a taste for you
toast in French oh it’s gonna taste
great too number 10 the McGrattan
croquette mcdonald’s filet-o-fish can be
a hit or miss item with most consumers
but at least it’s reminiscent of the
familiar frozen fish sticks most people
ate his kids the best-selling fish
sandwich in America tell him your
nickname Henry they call me jaws that
being said it seems most clients would
prefer that McDonald’s stay away from
seafood the strange concoction called
the McGrattan croquette feels like the
end result of a chopped basket of secret
ingredients gone wrong the Gouda Cotto
as it’s known in Japan consists of
ground shrimp mashed potatoes and deep
fried macaroni all mushed together into
a patty smother and mystery brown sauce
and you’ve got yourself a culinary
misadventure it was designed
specifically for Japanese markets but
guess what Japan was not interested
apparently the odd marketing didn’t help
either
yo yo dr. Wakita yo professor McGregor
oh I’m having number 9 mighty wings
don’t tell me what happened we were
playing for the mighty wings more like
mighty unpopular according to most
reviewers and consumers
there was nothing spectacular ly bad
about these wings they were just
unremarkable some though found the
crispy mighty wings closer to fried
chicken than to wheel buffalo wing
McDonald’s is a juggernaut in the fast
food world and every so often they try
to branch out to corner another end of
the market but just in time for football
season McDonald’s is getting serious
with real chicken wings called mighty
wings but with so many tried-and-true
choices out there for delicious chicken
wings
you can’t blame consumers for continuing
to take their business elsewhere on game
night sales numbers were so poor that
McDonald’s lowered the price from an
average of one dollar per wing to 60
cents this was allegedly done in order
to liquidate the 10 million surplus
wings they had left in stock when it
became clear that the product had
flocked one bite and you’ll never give
them up new mighty wheats from
McDonald’s number eight the chopped beef
steak sandwich only mcdonald’s puts it
all together 100% pure beef the late 70s
were an exciting period of innovation in
American pop culture history Steve Jobs
founded Apple computers Garfield the cat
made his comic strip debut Sony
introduced the first Walkman and space
invaders was released McDonald’s not
wanting to be left out prepared to
unveil the chopped beef steak sandwich
and for the most part it was deemed
delicious unfortunately as is so often
the case with groundbreaking new
products it reportedly priced itself out
of reach of the average consumer
apparently ringing up at a dollar 29 to
the regular burgers 40 cents many
fast-food ease lucky enough to try it in
the early 80s remember it as one of the
greatest sandwiches to ever touch their
palates but the steep price made it too
hard to swallow
even after McDonald’s tried throwing in
a free dessert nobody can do it Mike
McDonald
nobody number seven the Mik hot dog hot
dogs are hamburgers
that’s the question most commonly asked
at a summer barbecue sodon’t hot dogs
seem like a guaranteed success for any
major fast-food franchise no Mickey D’s
and hot dogs have had a long and
complicated history in fact the
McDonald’s Corporation founder Ray Kroc
banned hot dogs from his restaurants
because there’s no way to know what’s
inside them following his death in 1984
however a number of attempts have been
made to introduce hot dogs in one form
or another to the McDonald’s menu in
select North American and UK markets hot
dogs are hot again and they’re new at
McDonald’s but time and time again they
just failed to catch on there’s even
been an attempt to market a chili mick
hotdog in japan oh the horror number six
the mclean deluxe
we’re here because mclean deluxe is 100%
delicious two words that don’t add up
mcdonald’s and sophisticated two other
words tough to pair in a sentence
McDonald’s and healthy if it’s no fad
the deluxe line ain’t to corner the
adult fast food market by presenting an
entire line of sophisticated McDonald’s
products including this supposedly
healthy low-fat burger it achieved the
lower fat content by using about 90%
lean beef in its patties and adding
water to replace the missing fat its
ninety-one percent fat free but all
people talk about is its big burger
taste but how would they bind it all
together seaweed to the rescue
carrageenan a seaweed extract is a
common thickening or binding agent used
in the processed food industry mouth not
watering yet this dry burger was deemed
to be lacking flavor despite flavor
additives and thus earned itself the
nickname mick flopper but clean deluxe
forget the fat remember the taste at
McDonald’s today
sorry green hmmm green number 5 mix
spaghetti it’s hard to believe that
anyone at McDonald’s had faith in this
product don’t people go out for fast
food because they don’t feel like having
spaghetti for the third time that week
serious
spaghetti swindle you like spaghetti and
meatballs
McDonald’s tried it in Italy and
unsurprisingly it bought nothing sells
quite like a country’s most cherished
and widely available dish as poorly
prepared by an American fast food chain
it’s a benefit Bobby it’s a spaghetti
dinner but we don’t make spaghetti
America was equally disinterested it
took too long to prepare lacked flavor
and simply couldn’t satisfy the cravings
that drive people to McDonald’s in the
first place they wanted fast food
thought I told you Marge you and your
spaghetti aren’t welcome here the
weirdest thing about the mix spaghetti
though it was a surprise hit in the
Philippines and is still available there
today
it almost tastes like spaghetti with
ketchup and have another spoonful here
number four the hula burger that’s that
Hawaiian burger joint I hear they got
some tasty burger this one was bad like
really bad while many McDonald’s
products have failed over the years due
to pricing or marketing issues the hula
burger was simply a bad sandwich
Ray Kroc may have turned a handful of
restaurants into the world’s largest
fast-food franchise but his pineapple
burger was one who loved a bad idea
previously strict Catholics would not
eat meat on Fridays so the company
thought they could capitalize on that
demographic with this meatless sandwich
turns out that the filet-o-fish was more
desirable than a slice of grilled
pineapple and cheese the hula burger was
pulled from restaurants shortly after
its debut because of my Hawaiian burgers
well they don’t taste like burgers at
all it tastes like piss tolerable number
three the Mick Africa it was a burger
wrapped in pita bread sold exclusively
in Norway and in honor of the Olympics
but consider the fact that southern
Africa was suffering from one of the
worst food shortages in the history of
the region in 2002 with an estimated 14
million people in urgent need of food
aid and you’ll see that the bad taste
wasn’t necessarily in the burger itself
but in the choice of name and timing
McDonald’s addressed the issue by
apologizing and by allowing humanitarian
aid agencies to put up posters and
donation boxes in their locations they
did not however stop selling the product
until September of that year and then
they released another one in 2008 for
the Beijing Olympics again too heavy
criticism
number two the mcdlt well what do you
want Michael a big deal tea no I already
told you they don’t make those anymore
you know sometimes it’s a regional thing
you could ask no McDonald’s anywhere
makes a mcdlt anymore when it comes to
failed fast-food sandwiches this is the
stuff of legend we could describe it to
you but we’d rather let Jason Alexander
do the talking
the beach day is hot the cool stays
crisp put it together you can’t ban this
could be the best lettuce and tomato
hamburger ever the fact that they went
through the trouble and extra styrofoam
to build this dual-chamber hamburger
containment system just to keep the
tomato and lettuce cool and crisp is
commendable but so unnecessary
furthermore people get fast food on the
go when they want something quick easy
and ready to eat
trying to combine the two halves of the
burger without losing the toppings might
not be rocket science but it’s still
enough work to undermine the core
principles of fast food I’m just saying
they have all the ingredients for McBeal
even the talented Aretha Franklin
couldn’t convince customers could be the
best
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions the Sun
and Mac but just to toll is 50 it’s the
taste of a Big Mac in a snack the stone
ground mustard sauce mmm the soft
comforting potato roll I’m in his own
number one pizza Mick Pizza lovely some
things are good and true like the
McDonald’s family sized pepperoni pizza
in the late 80s McDonald’s had about
forty percent of the American burger
market but sales consistently lagged
around suppertime
Pizza mega franchises like Pizza Hut
simply ruled dinner but Mickey D’s had
already one breakfast and we’re
committed to claiming all three meals
though they had test-marketed personal
sized pizzas in the late 70s the
following years saw them introduce
various Pizza sizes in various locations
including the pizza pocket style Mick
pizza which failed but with their fresh
made oven baked pizza they were going
all-in
the pizza was relatively well received
but the wait time was not for a
franchise that conquered on a campaign
of speedy service this was a deal
breaker the first time ever a late
dinner first family Pizza was a wrench
in the well greased gears of the
McDonald’s kitchen by the end of the 90s
the McDonald’s Pizza dream was
essentially dead though some restaurants
were still serving up some type of pizza
until 2000 with some reports even saying
that two restaurants in the u.s. still
offer the dish in one form or another
reserved for me mom I don’t deserve a
saml size pepperoni
it’s a parent’s dream come true do you
agree with our list what’s the biggest
Mick failed menu item in your opinion
for more odd top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
tasty healthy
macphails with a side order of poor
marketing choices then look at
McDonald’s new mcdlt I’m talking quarter
pound of people today big BLT welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 failed
McDonald’s products when you need to
make a good impression it’s the ideal
choice big and meaty with the perfect
kick for this list we’ll be looking at
some of the most unsuccessful menu items
that the fast-food restaurant chain has
offered throughout its existence however
we’re excluding any failed non-food
products the company may have developed
a taste for you
toast in French oh it’s gonna taste
great too number 10 the McGrattan
croquette mcdonald’s filet-o-fish can be
a hit or miss item with most consumers
but at least it’s reminiscent of the
familiar frozen fish sticks most people
ate his kids the best-selling fish
sandwich in America tell him your
nickname Henry they call me jaws that
being said it seems most clients would
prefer that McDonald’s stay away from
seafood the strange concoction called
the McGrattan croquette feels like the
end result of a chopped basket of secret
ingredients gone wrong the Gouda Cotto
as it’s known in Japan consists of
ground shrimp mashed potatoes and deep
fried macaroni all mushed together into
a patty smother and mystery brown sauce
and you’ve got yourself a culinary
misadventure it was designed
specifically for Japanese markets but
guess what Japan was not interested
apparently the odd marketing didn’t help
either
yo yo dr. Wakita yo professor McGregor
oh I’m having number 9 mighty wings
don’t tell me what happened we were
playing for the mighty wings more like
mighty unpopular according to most
reviewers and consumers
there was nothing spectacular ly bad
about these wings they were just
unremarkable some though found the
crispy mighty wings closer to fried
chicken than to wheel buffalo wing
McDonald’s is a juggernaut in the fast
food world and every so often they try
to branch out to corner another end of
the market but just in time for football
season McDonald’s is getting serious
with real chicken wings called mighty
wings but with so many tried-and-true
choices out there for delicious chicken
wings
you can’t blame consumers for continuing
to take their business elsewhere on game
night sales numbers were so poor that
McDonald’s lowered the price from an
average of one dollar per wing to 60
cents this was allegedly done in order
to liquidate the 10 million surplus
wings they had left in stock when it
became clear that the product had
flocked one bite and you’ll never give
them up new mighty wheats from
McDonald’s number eight the chopped beef
steak sandwich only mcdonald’s puts it
all together 100% pure beef the late 70s
were an exciting period of innovation in
American pop culture history Steve Jobs
founded Apple computers Garfield the cat
made his comic strip debut Sony
introduced the first Walkman and space
invaders was released McDonald’s not
wanting to be left out prepared to
unveil the chopped beef steak sandwich
and for the most part it was deemed
delicious unfortunately as is so often
the case with groundbreaking new
products it reportedly priced itself out
of reach of the average consumer
apparently ringing up at a dollar 29 to
the regular burgers 40 cents many
fast-food ease lucky enough to try it in
the early 80s remember it as one of the
greatest sandwiches to ever touch their
palates but the steep price made it too
hard to swallow
even after McDonald’s tried throwing in
a free dessert nobody can do it Mike
McDonald
nobody number seven the Mik hot dog hot
dogs are hamburgers
that’s the question most commonly asked
at a summer barbecue sodon’t hot dogs
seem like a guaranteed success for any
major fast-food franchise no Mickey D’s
and hot dogs have had a long and
complicated history in fact the
McDonald’s Corporation founder Ray Kroc
banned hot dogs from his restaurants
because there’s no way to know what’s
inside them following his death in 1984
however a number of attempts have been
made to introduce hot dogs in one form
or another to the McDonald’s menu in
select North American and UK markets hot
dogs are hot again and they’re new at
McDonald’s but time and time again they
just failed to catch on there’s even
been an attempt to market a chili mick
hotdog in japan oh the horror number six
the mclean deluxe
we’re here because mclean deluxe is 100%
delicious two words that don’t add up
mcdonald’s and sophisticated two other
words tough to pair in a sentence
McDonald’s and healthy if it’s no fad
the deluxe line ain’t to corner the
adult fast food market by presenting an
entire line of sophisticated McDonald’s
products including this supposedly
healthy low-fat burger it achieved the
lower fat content by using about 90%
lean beef in its patties and adding
water to replace the missing fat its
ninety-one percent fat free but all
people talk about is its big burger
taste but how would they bind it all
together seaweed to the rescue
carrageenan a seaweed extract is a
common thickening or binding agent used
in the processed food industry mouth not
watering yet this dry burger was deemed
to be lacking flavor despite flavor
additives and thus earned itself the
nickname mick flopper but clean deluxe
forget the fat remember the taste at
McDonald’s today
sorry green hmmm green number 5 mix
spaghetti it’s hard to believe that
anyone at McDonald’s had faith in this
product don’t people go out for fast
food because they don’t feel like having
spaghetti for the third time that week
serious
spaghetti swindle you like spaghetti and
meatballs
McDonald’s tried it in Italy and
unsurprisingly it bought nothing sells
quite like a country’s most cherished
and widely available dish as poorly
prepared by an American fast food chain
it’s a benefit Bobby it’s a spaghetti
dinner but we don’t make spaghetti
America was equally disinterested it
took too long to prepare lacked flavor
and simply couldn’t satisfy the cravings
that drive people to McDonald’s in the
first place they wanted fast food
thought I told you Marge you and your
spaghetti aren’t welcome here the
weirdest thing about the mix spaghetti
though it was a surprise hit in the
Philippines and is still available there
today
it almost tastes like spaghetti with
ketchup and have another spoonful here
number four the hula burger that’s that
Hawaiian burger joint I hear they got
some tasty burger this one was bad like
really bad while many McDonald’s
products have failed over the years due
to pricing or marketing issues the hula
burger was simply a bad sandwich
Ray Kroc may have turned a handful of
restaurants into the world’s largest
fast-food franchise but his pineapple
burger was one who loved a bad idea
previously strict Catholics would not
eat meat on Fridays so the company
thought they could capitalize on that
demographic with this meatless sandwich
turns out that the filet-o-fish was more
desirable than a slice of grilled
pineapple and cheese the hula burger was
pulled from restaurants shortly after
its debut because of my Hawaiian burgers
well they don’t taste like burgers at
all it tastes like piss tolerable number
three the Mick Africa it was a burger
wrapped in pita bread sold exclusively
in Norway and in honor of the Olympics
but consider the fact that southern
Africa was suffering from one of the
worst food shortages in the history of
the region in 2002 with an estimated 14
million people in urgent need of food
aid and you’ll see that the bad taste
wasn’t necessarily in the burger itself
but in the choice of name and timing
McDonald’s addressed the issue by
apologizing and by allowing humanitarian
aid agencies to put up posters and
donation boxes in their locations they
did not however stop selling the product
until September of that year and then
they released another one in 2008 for
the Beijing Olympics again too heavy
criticism
number two the mcdlt well what do you
want Michael a big deal tea no I already
told you they don’t make those anymore
you know sometimes it’s a regional thing
you could ask no McDonald’s anywhere
makes a mcdlt anymore when it comes to
failed fast-food sandwiches this is the
stuff of legend we could describe it to
you but we’d rather let Jason Alexander
do the talking
the beach day is hot the cool stays
crisp put it together you can’t ban this
could be the best lettuce and tomato
hamburger ever the fact that they went
through the trouble and extra styrofoam
to build this dual-chamber hamburger
containment system just to keep the
tomato and lettuce cool and crisp is
commendable but so unnecessary
furthermore people get fast food on the
go when they want something quick easy
and ready to eat
trying to combine the two halves of the
burger without losing the toppings might
not be rocket science but it’s still
enough work to undermine the core
principles of fast food I’m just saying
they have all the ingredients for McBeal
even the talented Aretha Franklin
couldn’t convince customers could be the
best
before we unveil our number one pick
here are some honorable mentions the Sun
and Mac but just to toll is 50 it’s the
taste of a Big Mac in a snack the stone
ground mustard sauce mmm the soft
comforting potato roll I’m in his own
number one pizza Mick Pizza lovely some
things are good and true like the
McDonald’s family sized pepperoni pizza
in the late 80s McDonald’s had about
forty percent of the American burger
market but sales consistently lagged
around suppertime
Pizza mega franchises like Pizza Hut
simply ruled dinner but Mickey D’s had
already one breakfast and we’re
committed to claiming all three meals
though they had test-marketed personal
sized pizzas in the late 70s the
following years saw them introduce
various Pizza sizes in various locations
including the pizza pocket style Mick
pizza which failed but with their fresh
made oven baked pizza they were going
all-in
the pizza was relatively well received
but the wait time was not for a
franchise that conquered on a campaign
of speedy service this was a deal
breaker the first time ever a late
dinner first family Pizza was a wrench
in the well greased gears of the
McDonald’s kitchen by the end of the 90s
the McDonald’s Pizza dream was
essentially dead though some restaurants
were still serving up some type of pizza
until 2000 with some reports even saying
that two restaurants in the u.s. still
offer the dish in one form or another
reserved for me mom I don’t deserve a
saml size pepperoni
it’s a parent’s dream come true do you
agree with our list what’s the biggest
Mick failed menu item in your opinion
for more odd top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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