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!.
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