5 Failed McDonald's Menu Items


	5 Failed McDonald's Menu Items
BartendingBear
9-21-2009 1:38 AM
161 views
BartendingBear says:
Even Ronald isn't right all the time.
Add a Comment
Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up
Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page
View the Top Clips from September 21, 2009
Embed This Clip In Your Site...
<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f126265-7f1d-4f29-90d2-ec454615d8a1/0F7998E3-9874-4408-8BA5-BE07D9EA8038/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items1.htm" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items1.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">money.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items1.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/money.howstuffworks.com/img/15836B02-9553-4A1E-9C48-288C89E212A4" alt="Kroc's hula burger failure" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items1.htm"><H1 class="articlePageTitle">5. The Hula Burger</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items1.htm">In the early 1960s, it was still popular for American Catholics to abstain from meat every Friday. Kroc had high hopes for his nonmeat option called "<STRONG>The Hula Burger</STRONG>" --  grilled pineapple with cheese on a bun.</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items2.htm" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items2.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">money.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items2.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/money.howstuffworks.com/img/67751DDF-2DCE-414E-BB27-9E955199FD4B" alt="mcdonald's pizza option" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items2.htm"><H1 class="articlePageTitle">4. McPizza</H1></blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items3.htm" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items3.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">money.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items3.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/money.howstuffworks.com/img/718F046C-C275-41AF-AF88-54D74F89A86F" alt="mcdoanld's arch deluxe" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items3.htm"><H1 class="articlePageTitle">3. Arch Deluxe</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items3.htm">This new burger, dubbed the <STRONG>Arch Deluxe</STRONG>, was supposed to appeal to adult tastes with a secret mustard-mayonnaise sauce.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items3.htm">Mickey D's spent more money on the Arch Deluxe advertising campaign than it had on any other -- $100 million -- making the sandwich a pricey mistake</blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items4.htm" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items4.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">money.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items4.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/money.howstuffworks.com/img/80DBE8AC-F6D2-440E-AD3E-45DF63F101CF" alt="mcdonald's mclean deluxe" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items4.htm"><H1 class="articlePageTitle">2. McLean Deluxe</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items4.htm">McDonald's unveiled the <STRONG>McLean Deluxe</STRONG> in 1991. It advertised the burger as 91 percent <A href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/how-to-lose-weight-on-a-low-fat-diet.htm" linkindex="37">fat free</A>; it had 10 grams of fat compared to the Big Mac's 26</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items4.htm">To make the burger so lowfat, the company replaced the fat content with <A href="http://science.howstuffworks.com/h2o.htm" linkindex="39">water</A>. The recipe called for <A href="http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/question315.htm" linkindex="40">carrageenan</A> -- a seaweed extract -- to bind the water to the beef. </blockquote><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/clip-icon.gif" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm" href="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">money.howstuffworks.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/money.howstuffworks.com/img/ABBC40CE-44C7-4E87-B5B2-A0E75447ADD0" alt="mcdonald's mcafrica sandwich" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm"><H1 class="articlePageTitle">1. McAfrica</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm">beef and veggies in pita bread.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm">McDonald's happened to release this sandwich</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://money.howstuffworks.com/5-failed-mcdonalds-menu-items5.htm">when massive famine was occurring in Africa.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0F7998E3-9874-4408-8BA5-BE07D9EA8038/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
New from the makers of Clipmarks: Amplify.com - Don't just share the news...Amplify it!
Clipmarks: Home; New Clips; Top Clips; Dashboard
Popular Topics: News; Life; Science; Technology; Entertainment
Get Started: Sign Up; Install Clipping Tool; How Clipping Works; Clip-to-Blog™; ClipSearch
Tools and Resources: FAQ; ClipWeek; Top Clippers; Top Tags; Site Map
About Clipmarks: About Us; Contact; Copyright; Privacy; EULA
Search Options

Today's Top Clips
