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re: Cancelled food items that were a huge mistake
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:10 pm to rowbear1922
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:10 pm to rowbear1922
When did they shut that one down? Member going there in 2011ish
This post was edited on 9/3/20 at 8:11 pm
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Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:10 pm to slackster
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McDonalds has those fried and grilled chicken wraps that were insanely good too. The buffalo chicken ranch was my favorite.
Honey Mustard grilled wrap TYFYS
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:13 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Soylent Green
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:13 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Taco Bell bacon cheeseburger burrito circa 1994
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:13 pm to rowbear1922
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Besides the fact they are disgusting, McD’s probably can’t scrape together enough pork gooch and eyeballs to make the patties
Not PRECISELY, because of the way the pork market works (mainly due to the massive utility of the delicious pig), it is not cost-effective for fast food to carry pork products outside of breakfast menus. Given the absolutely MASSIVE competition in the pork market and the amount of product someone like McDonalds requires, if they got into the pork game for real, the price of pork would skyrocket and then McDonald's couldn't make money selling sandwiches for $3.
So, McDonald's knows EXACTLY how long it takes for them to ramp up production of the McRib and then waits until the pork markets are going through cyclical "mini-crashes". Then they start watching futures prices and when the price of contracts drops low enough for them to make a profit at normal sandwich prices maturing at a date far enough out for them to prepare for production by the time they have to take delivery of the pork they bought, they come in and buy a shite TON of pork futures. McDonalds comes in, places demand on pork, the price of futures drive back up in response, and then McDonalds quits buying futures. At this point, McDonald's knows how much pork it will be getting and exactly when they'll be getting it (because futures are sold on a basis of delivering precisely X amount on precisely Y date) so they can plan their marketing campaign and production (that stuff doesn't come naturally on the pig like that, you know) around the futures they bought and make themselves a tidy profit.
The American pork market and the McDonald's McRib have a weird symbiotic relationship. Lower market prices drive McDonald's production and the scale of McDonald's production results in higher market prices.
It's got a very predator/prey equation type thing going on.
This post was edited on 9/3/20 at 8:23 pm
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:17 pm to Sun God
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When did they shut that one down? Member going there in 2011ish.
It’s been at least 2-3 years (maybe more, my memory eludes me sometimes). I was all pumped because I had been craving those fries, I walked in and it was only the Chesters chicken and whatever shitty frozen pizza. I nearly cried
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:18 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Taco Bell also got rid of the grilled stuffed burritos not too long ago. That was my go to every time. I have been to Taco Bell VERY rarely since then.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:20 pm to TigerstuckinMS
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TigerstuckinMS
None of that changes the fact the McRib is inedible...both visually and taste profile
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:20 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Skittles replacing lime green with green Apple.
The sadness only worsens with every bag
The sadness only worsens with every bag
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:21 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Chilli cheese burrito aka chillito
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:22 pm to Shaken not Stirred
When I was a kid, there were 2 cereals called Quisp and Quake. Quisp was shaped like little UFO’s and Quake reminded me of Cap’n Crunch. The cereal company advertised a campaign where you voted for the cereal you liked and the other one would disappear. Quisp won, probably because it was superior.
I see the McDLT posts but no one ever talks about the Burger King Yumbo sandwich. It was a ham and cheese sandwich from the early 1970’s that was re-released about 5 years ago. The only reason I ever got one was that it came with a little styrofoam glider called a Yumbo Yet.
I see the McDLT posts but no one ever talks about the Burger King Yumbo sandwich. It was a ham and cheese sandwich from the early 1970’s that was re-released about 5 years ago. The only reason I ever got one was that it came with a little styrofoam glider called a Yumbo Yet.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:22 pm to ChewyDante
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Taco Bell also got rid of the grilled stuffed burritos not too long ago. That was my go to every time. I have been to Taco Bell VERY rarely since then.
You can still get them
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:24 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Hubig Pies
I know they werent really "cancelled", but you have to figure if they wanted to come back they would be back by now.
I know they werent really "cancelled", but you have to figure if they wanted to come back they would be back by now.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:24 pm to rowbear1922
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None of that changes the fact the McRib is inedible...both visually and taste profile
No, but it's fascinating economics.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:25 pm to rowbear1922
Damn what a massive bummer
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:25 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Whoa. Hold up! I’ve eaten Taco Bell like 10 times in my life but the Mexican pizza was the bomb. Probably 6 Mexican pizzas and 4 bean burritos. Did the bean burrito get the axe?
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:27 pm to Shaken not Stirred
They come back about once a decade.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:29 pm to Shaken not Stirred
The original mustard pretzel Combos. I miss them every day.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:30 pm to Tboy13
Quizno's gets a lot of hate for some reason but the torpedo sandwiches were great. It was basically a sandwich on a breadstick but big enough, packed with meat, and cheap. I used to get the meal with a cookie and Mountain Dew for $5.
Posted on 9/3/20 at 8:32 pm to Sun God
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When did they shut that one down? Member going there in 2011ish
My HS buddy used to work at the one at the corner of Sullivan and Greenwell Springs and we'd pull up at closing time and he'd give us 3-4 bags of food they were going to toss. Bags full of curly fries and burgers.
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