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Flashback: Does anyone remember McDonald's Pizza?
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:01 am
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:01 am
Here's the longer story, but I have summarized it below: LINK
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In the 1980s, McDonald’s was as dominant as any fast food chain could hope to be. Possibly the world’s most-recognized brand, McDonald's was double the size of its closest competitor, owning nearly 40% of the $48 billion burger market.
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It did not go unnoticed that the most sensational restaurant category in recent memory was pizza. Big chains like Pizza Hut and independent parlors were growing by 10 percent each year. Americans loved their pies. They also loved McDonald’s.
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The company spent years developing a quick-cook oven (which was later patented) that used superheated air to take dough from frozen to crispy in under six minutes. Speed was a crucial component of the rollout—early commercials promised consumers had never had pizza "so good, so fast"—so diners wouldn't be tempted to stick with established chains or local pizzerias.
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The oven made a solid pie, but it came at the expense of kitchen real estate: franchisees were going to have to remodel their restaurants to make room for the new equipment, including a warming bin. Next came the problem of drive-thru orders. While McDonald’s planned to offer table service for family-sized pizzas indoors, a large box could not fit through many older drive-thru windows, which had to be expanded in order to accommodate the new menu selection.
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Pizza insiders speculated their vaunted 5-minute prep time could wind up being 10 minutes or more once restaurants got busy. Sure enough, employees had to tell customers to park their car and wait for pizzas; patrons inside watched their hamburgers grow cold while politely waiting for a friend’s pie to finish baking. (It didn’t help that the company's own advertising featured a man reading a newspaper while waiting for his order.) McDonald’s sole advantage over the competition—expedited food—wasn’t happening.
This post was edited on 8/11/15 at 10:02 am
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:03 am to anc
I have no memory of this. But if you find a McDonald's pizza, it's probably still safe to eat.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:04 am to anc
Hell yeah I do.
They used to have it in Canada a few years after they stopped selling it in the US.
It was awesome as a kid, I bet it was utter garbage though
They used to have it in Canada a few years after they stopped selling it in the US.
It was awesome as a kid, I bet it was utter garbage though
This post was edited on 8/11/15 at 10:04 am
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:10 am to anc
if the dozens and dozens of items mcdonalds discontinued I miss the Arh Deluxe and dark meat nuggets the most
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:11 am to anc
I had it once in Toronto in elementary school.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:11 am to anc
I went to Vegas around 1990 or so and they were test-marketing it. I remember that it was surprisingly good but the article is correct that it took awhile to get it.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:12 am to anc
quote:I've had to park and wait for a burger so maybe they should try this again?
employees had to tell customers to park their car and wait for pizzas
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:14 am to anc
Pretty much the only thing I ate there as a kid. I was also a fan or their broccoli and cheese soup.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:17 am to anc
I had it one time in Las Vegas as a kid. I remember making my parents stop at that McDonald's because it was covered in Neon and it had a sign saying "Pizza". I can't remember it being good. I remember my parents said it was "worse than Peter Piper Pizza" which was the chain they disliked the most. Though most deliver pizza places do use super-heated air conveyor ovens. You just put the pizza on one side and it comes out the other. You set the time based on the level of done-ness you prefer for your restaurant.
I wonder if McDonald's was the first in that way, it's possible.
I wonder if McDonald's was the first in that way, it's possible.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:22 am to Napoleon
I remember having one on a road trip somewhere as a kid. I don't remember it being overwhelmingly good or bad - but I was a kid.
I do remember the pizza boom of the late 80s. The small town I grew up in got three local pizza places seemingly overnight. Then a Pizza Hut showed up and put them all out of business.
RIP Pizza Doctor.
I do remember the pizza boom of the late 80s. The small town I grew up in got three local pizza places seemingly overnight. Then a Pizza Hut showed up and put them all out of business.
RIP Pizza Doctor.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:29 am to Napoleon
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worse than Peter Piper Pizza
Bruh! PPP is the bomb, it's the pizza people pick!
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:31 am to anc
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Flashback: Does anyone remember McDonald's Pizza?
I seem to recall that in the '90s they had these tiny, personal-pan pizzas available on the kids menu.
They were okay. Then again, I thought a lot of nasty shite tasted good when I was younger.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:32 am to anc
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Pizza insiders
I want this as my job title.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:37 am to anc
I have no recollection of this. Maybe it was so horrible that I blocked it from my memory.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:42 am to anc
Had it when visiting Montreal in 1992, it wasn't bad, but pretty underwhelming.
Posted on 8/11/15 at 10:43 am to ThePoo
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if the dozens and dozens of items mcdonalds discontinued I miss the Arh Deluxe and dark meat nuggets the most
I worked at the first and one of very few McDonald's expresses in the country. By cortana mall an later the one on sherwood(empty little spot next to South of Philly now).
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