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Fast food items you wish they’d bring back?

Started by OCGuy81, February 01, 2022, 11:38:42 AM

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Quote from: GCrites80s on February 13, 2022, 07:35:40 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 13, 2022, 01:50:31 PM
I'm going to be lazy and not go through the other pages, but I don't recall salads being mentioned. Wendy's had a full salad bar that was pretty good. McDonald's and others had smaller side and entree salads. For the most part, the salads weren't too bad.

Wendy still makes prepared salads, although no idea how many they actually sell



I've heard of this. This was Wendy's attempt to be like Golden Corral. Clearly it didn't last long.
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Quote from: BlueOutback7 on February 13, 2022, 07:46:41 PM
Quote from: GCrites80s on February 13, 2022, 07:35:40 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 13, 2022, 01:50:31 PM
I'm going to be lazy and not go through the other pages, but I don't recall salads being mentioned. Wendy's had a full salad bar that was pretty good. McDonald's and others had smaller side and entree salads. For the most part, the salads weren't too bad.

Wendy still makes prepared salads, although no idea how many they actually sell



I've heard of this. This was Wendy's attempt to be like Golden Corral. Clearly it didn't last long.

We used to go to the SuperBar all the time.  I remember I was afraid when we saw that the salad bar was going away (because I love making my own salad with so much other stuff on it that you can't see the few shreds of lettuce) but when we saw the SuperBar, it was great--basically the same salad bar plus more.  Friends who worked at Wendy's told me how at busy times it was an insane amount of work to keep stocked and clean though. 

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Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 13, 2022, 01:31:33 PM
Quote from: BlueOutback7 on February 11, 2022, 07:22:42 PM
Pizza Hut used to have a pizza in which the crust was made out of hot dogs. It was called the hot dog stuffed crust pizza. The pictures make it look real good.

If I remember it right, this was one of those items developed and only sold in certain markets outside North America.

Correct. The concept went viral when Pizza Hut's Japanese division started aggressively marketing it. It was briefly sold in the US and Canada but didn't take off (apparently it wasn't made quite the same way here, which probably didn't help).
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abefroman329

Quote from: WillWeaverRVA on February 14, 2022, 10:36:27 AM
Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 13, 2022, 01:31:33 PM
Quote from: BlueOutback7 on February 11, 2022, 07:22:42 PM
Pizza Hut used to have a pizza in which the crust was made out of hot dogs. It was called the hot dog stuffed crust pizza. The pictures make it look real good.

If I remember it right, this was one of those items developed and only sold in certain markets outside North America.

Correct. The concept went viral when Pizza Hut's Japanese division started aggressively marketing it. It was briefly sold in the US and Canada but didn't take off (apparently it wasn't made quite the same way here, which probably didn't help).
I think it was also sold in the Middle East, and that there was another concept where the crust area of each slice of pizza was a mini-cheeseburger.

I don't think they sold either one in the US, but they did briefly sell a pizza that had mozzarella sticks on the crust, and it was disgusting.

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Quote from: GCrites80s on February 13, 2022, 07:35:40 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on February 13, 2022, 01:50:31 PM
I'm going to be lazy and not go through the other pages, but I don't recall salads being mentioned. Wendy's had a full salad bar that was pretty good. McDonald's and others had smaller side and entree salads. For the most part, the salads weren't too bad.

Wendy still makes prepared salads, although no idea how many they actually sell



I'm going to guess the Wendy's superbar was a response to Rax Roast Beef. I remember when Rax opened in my hometown in the mid 1980s, we went all the time, then Wendy's seemed to copy their ideas, sans the roast beef of course.
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MikeTheActuary

McD's lost me as a customer when they got rid of their entree salads.

I understand why -- they didn't have the greatest margins from their perspective -- and I had hoped it was just a temporary pandemic thing, but it seems to be a longer-term change.

Considering the amount of travel I did pre-pandemic, it was good to have a widely-available quick, predictable meal option that wasn't a burger.

allniter89

Taco Bell Taco Salad. Loved that edible shell & salsa. :nod:
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kendancy66

I miss the mcdonalds breakfast bowl the chorizo and egg one. Although they did not put enough egg in it so i would buy the deluxe breakfast to get more egg for the breakfast bowl


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wriddle082

Quote from: allniter89 on February 14, 2022, 11:57:54 PM
Taco Bell Taco Salad. Loved that edible shell & salsa. :nod:

Salsarita's has these.  It's usually my go-to every time I go there.

GCrites

Quote from: MikeTheActuary on February 14, 2022, 08:40:49 PM
McD's lost me as a customer when they got rid of their entree salads.

I understand why -- they didn't have the greatest margins from their perspective -- and I had hoped it was just a temporary pandemic thing, but it seems to be a longer-term change.

Considering the amount of travel I did pre-pandemic, it was good to have a widely-available quick, predictable meal option that wasn't a burger.

As far as I can tell nothing has been restored to the menu from the Spring 2020 menu cuts.

gonealookin

The Wendy's SuperBar commercial reminds me that there were a few KFC locations along I-5 in Northern California that advertised an All You Can Eat buffet on billboards.  I'm thinking that was late '80s or early '90s, about the same time as those Wendy's ads.  One of them was the KFC in Yreka.  I didn't have a lot of money at the time so that sounded like a good idea once or twice.

Actually I should probably be posting that comment in a "Fast food items you hope they never bring back" thread.

Big John

^^ KFC buffets still exist in sporadic locations.

abefroman329

KFC buffets are common at KFC locations near expressway exits, probably because a meal at a buffet is much faster than a meal where you have to order from a cashier and wait for it to be prepared.

TheHighwayMan3561

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Quote from: Big John on February 15, 2022, 09:10:34 PM
^^ KFC buffets still exist in sporadic locations.

The pandemic looks like it might have taken a lot of these down for the count. For two of Minnesota's KFC buffet locations since spring 2020, the Elk River KFC went out of business entirely. Roseville's KFC removed the buffet space in a remodel. Having lived in Elk River, that KFC probably made a good chunk of its business on that buffet. Couldn't tell you if it was a case of the restaurant being told they couldn't bring it back by their franchise owners despite being asked if they could, or what.

Quote from: abefroman329 on February 16, 2022, 11:39:22 AM
KFC buffets are common at KFC locations near expressway exits, probably because a meal at a buffet is much faster than a meal where you have to order from a cashier and wait for it to be prepared.

Mostly in rural areas. The aforementioned Roseville location that no longer has a buffet was the only one I knew of anywhere near a major metro area.

jeffandnicole

Quote from: abefroman329 on February 16, 2022, 11:39:22 AM
KFC buffets are common at KFC locations near expressway exits, probably because a meal at a buffet is much faster than a meal where you have to order from a cashier and wait for it to be prepared.

You know the chicken is on warmers, right? The 90 seconds it takes between ordering and getting the meal isn't exactly all that long.

Scott5114

Yes, but if there's other people that have ordered before you, you have to wait through their 90 seconds too.
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I remember going to a KFC buffet in Williamsburg with my brother (who went to William & Mary) and a fellow who would later be my fourth-year college roommate (we were visiting my brother). My brother was trying to figure out a way to hide chicken down his shirt and in his pockets to take some back to his dorm. Didn't go particularly well because KFC can be greasy. It got worse later that night after we had too much to drink, as college kids are wont to do, and then wound up laughing way too much at something such that the combination of fried chicken, beer, and liquor led to ugly results involving vomiting at the base of a tree.
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elsmere241

Quote from: oscar on February 01, 2022, 01:42:21 PM

I had one in Nova Scotia (forget the year). Really sloppy, couldn't eat it behind the wheel (an important feature of fast food, especially McDs), so I was disappointed.

I can't eat a Big Mac while driving, I usually save it until I pull up to my destination.  Or I order something else.

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Quote from: roadman65 on February 16, 2022, 11:50:30 PM
Belgium Waffle at Dennys.
Denny's ain't fast food.  Heck, the last time my wife went to Denny's, her order was actually forgotten due to incoming online/call orders and she walked out after confirming that after something like half an hour.
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abefroman329

I can't remember who originally said it, I think it was Drew Carey, but whoever it was, they said that you don't go to eat at Denny's, you end up there when you can't find anywhere else to eat. 

jeffandnicole

Quote from: Scott5114 on February 16, 2022, 03:17:10 PM
Yes, but if there's other people that have ordered before you, you have to wait through their 90 seconds too.

No, because while you're placing your order, they are prepping and bagging their order. Even if the order is "buffet", most of the 90 seconds is taken up by the transaction to pay for it, get your soda cup, etc.

Quote from: oscar on February 01, 2022, 01:42:21 PM

I had one in Nova Scotia (forget the year). Really sloppy, couldn't eat it behind the wheel (an important feature of fast food, especially McDs), so I was disappointed.

No such requirement exists. Otherwise , every fast food place would only offer basic burger or chicken sandwiches with minimal toppings, nuggets without dipping sauces, etc.

TheHighwayMan3561

Quote from: abefroman329 on February 17, 2022, 12:29:08 PM
I can't remember who originally said it, I think it was Drew Carey, but whoever it was, they said that you don't go to eat at Denny's, you end up there when you can't find anywhere else to eat. 

The kids today say Denny's is where you go when it's 3 AM and you've lost control of your life.

Zaphod

Quote from: TheHighwayMan394 on February 16, 2022, 02:39:25 PM
Quote from: Big John on February 15, 2022, 09:10:34 PM
^^ KFC buffets still exist in sporadic locations.

The pandemic looks like it might have taken a lot of these down for the count. For two of Minnesota's KFC buffet locations since spring 2020, the Elk River KFC went out of business entirely. Roseville's KFC removed the buffet space in a remodel. Having lived in Elk River, that KFC probably made a good chunk of its business on that buffet. Couldn't tell you if it was a case of the restaurant being told they couldn't bring it back by their franchise owners despite being asked if they could, or what.

The Elk River KFC closed due to the Hwy 169 freeway conversion and a planned holding pond at that location, although the closure was earlier than expected. There are rumors that the owners will be rebuilding in another part of town since they will be receiving relocation expenses from Mn/DOT.

MikieTimT

Howard Johnson's fried clam strips.  Could eat that, and only that, until I couldn't eat any more.



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