About 6-8 years ago, McDonald’s had a line of like, “gourmet” burgers that came with grilled onions on them and big leafs of Romaine lettuce, those things were delicious but they discontinued them after only like, six months. For a while afterward I would order grilled onions on a regular quarter pounder but one day they said they didn’t do that anymore either.
I’m still not over Taco Bell discontinuing the Quesarito. One day when I tried to order it, they told me you could only get it through the app anymore, but I hate installing apps for every little thing so I didn’t bother. I occasionally ordered through the website and was able to get it there but it eventually disappeared altogether.
Then one day I spotted the chipotle ranch grilled chicken burrito on the value menu and I got hooked on those, but that also disappeared recently. The chicken enchilada burrito that replaced it is a banger, though, and surprisingly cheap.
And before anyone calls me a shill, I’ll say I fucking hate how everything else on their menu is now like $6 or more unless you order it as a combo.
IMO, combos shouldn’t be more than 20% cheaper than ordering items a la carte. Like, it shouldn’t be legal to price things that way. It’s just ridiculous that you get ripped off unless you order like, 500 more calories worth of food than you should really be eating in a single meal.
The chicken enchilada combo box is fucking stupid because of how much food comes in it, and the stacker taco is garbage. They stuff that thing with so many stale, rock hard chips that it’s like eating glass.
About 6-8 years ago, McDonald’s had a line of like, “gourmet” burgers that came with grilled onions on them and big leafs of Romaine lettuce, those things were delicious but they discontinued them after only like, six months.
I’m old enough to remember the first “adult” burger McDonald’s launched, the Arch Deluxe. It came on a potato bun and had a stone ground mustard that was delicious. They had a huge marketing push for it, but then gave up before it had a chance to really catch on. I thought it was really good (for McDonald’s), but they didn’t really give it time.
The Arch Deluxe was so goddamn good. When it first came out I would walk to McD’s with my sister like twice a week to get one. We weren’t a fast food family but that was just too good to pass up. It’s a good thing I was in high school with a young person’s metabolism then!
IMO, combos shouldn’t be more than 20% cheaper than ordering items a la carte. Like, it shouldn’t be legal to price things that way. It’s just ridiculous that you get ripped off unless you order like, 500 more calories worth of food than you should really be eating in a single meal.
Around July last year my local Taco Bell was selling the Chalupa Cravings Box for $5, purchasing the items separately was $12.47 before tax.
- Chalupa Supreme - $4.79
- Beefy 5-Layer Burrito - $3.99
- Crunchy Taco - $1.69
- Cinnamon Twists - $1.00
- Medium drink - $1.00
And right now I can order a Cheesy Bean & Rice burrito:
- Beans
- Seasoned Rice
- Creamy jalapeno sauce
- Nacho cheese sauce
=420 calories, $1.49
But a Bean burrito:
- Beans
- Cheese
- Onions
- Red sauce
=360 calories, $2.19
But you can add the onions and red sauce to any menu item for free…why the $.70 difference? Adding seasoned rice is $.30, nacho cheese sauce is $.69, creamy jalapeno sauce is $.19 – I really don’t understand how they arrive at the prices for their menu items at all.
I eventually started making my own quesaritos. The only tortillas I found that are big enough are Old El Paso Grande, but they scratch the itch for me.
Getting rid of the quesorito really makes no sense to me, for me it was easily the best thing on the menu and I ended up not really going to Taco Bell anymore after they got rid of it
I figured it was to bait people to install the app. Then when sales of the item dropped, they went “welp, guess people don’t want it anymore,” and discontinued it.
A few years ago, Morningstar used to have a vegetarian rib patty. Once I realized its potential as a vegetarian McRib, I bought a pack. It was delicious. I bought another pack.
And then it was gone from shelves in every store that had it.
Yeah another morningstar rib fan!! Maybe we need to band together and petition to get these back
I just found their replacement in store. Check out my other comment below.
Those were so good!!!
Yes!! Riblets! I haven’t seen them anywhere in years and I miss them so much :(
They’re (kinda) back!! I haven’t tried them yet, but I will.
Big Ed’s Super Saucer
They were at least twice as big as the current brands (the most prominent being ugh Nestlé) of pre-made ice cream cookie sandwiches, and were only around a dollar or two. Not to mention 10 times tastier.
I miss them. I miss them so fucking much… 😖
Learning how they operated the business while trying to figure out why they suddenly stopped being sold around me, it makes sense. They just relied on word of mouth while also changing the areas they serviced making it difficult to actually acquire product.
Coke with coke in it
Affordable fresh fruit
It was a good citrus soda.
It was. They also made a red version which was a good berry soda.
Surge!
Pop Tarts. They still make them but the ingredients have changed and the quality declined so significantly that they are a different product than they used to be.
I haven’t had them for many years, so don’t know what if anything might have changed, but I’d point out that there are a lot of companies that make competing…I think they’re called “toaster pastries”.
Maybe try one of them, see if they work? They should ship pretty easily, so even if a local grocery store don’t have 'em where you are, I bet that they can be ordered.
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Interesting, thanks! I’ve tried a few other kinds but so far nothing is really even close.
My mother stocked up on the frosted grape ones when they became hard to find a while ago
- Pepsi Kona
- McDonald’s Arch Deluxe
- Orbitz (always thought it was gross but it looked fucking cool)
I bought a case of Orbitz drinks around the time they stopped making them. I drank most of them over the following year or so, but I still have one left. The colors are faded, but the little gel bits are still floating around.
Aaahhh that’s so cool!
Orbitz were great
From the late 80’s, PB Max
Fucking GREAT candy bar killed off because apparently the Mars family doesn’t like peanut butter.
McDonald’s McWrap. Though I hate McDonald’s and don’t support them now, those McWraps were pretty good.
Me too! They were my favorite thing at McDonald’s and now that they’re gone I have no desire to go back.
Was that the Snack Wrap? I remember them being pretty good.
Yep it was wrapped in some kind of tortilla thing, had your veggies and chicken or something inside. Pretty good
Volcano Taco from Taco Bell
Lava sauce is life. The promotion last year went by so fast… :'(
I feel this, that menu was a favorite with times it rolled around.
Take a guess.
In Germany we had a joghurt back in the 90s called “Frufo” (a portmanteau of Frucht (fruit) and UFO), which was basically just a strawberry joghurt in a flat, round package with a hole in the middle for a small toy. They even released pralines, which were filled with the same joghurt and were pure delish, especially cold out of the fridge on a hot summer day.
Everywhere I go, people my age miss that. It just needs the question “Hey, remember Frufo?” to send them to memory lane :)
For me it’s the miracoli pasta sets we could buy here when I was a kid. I have plenty fond memories of that stuff when I was little, but as it turns out they don’t make them any more because it’s more profitable to sell the Sauce alone… not to mention the other flavors like the cheese and herb farfalle pasta they used to have :(
But they actually do! Or I had luck and got a limited edition from kaufland just yesterday. You should go and check out if they are still available :)
😳 i shop at Kaufland frequently, I’ll definitely have a thorough look next time was sure they had only the sauce in jars.
I submit the following:
Both of these RULED and I miss them dearly.
Tostinos used to have a pizza called “zesty italian”. It was the best pizza there was. A Lil spicy with Canadian bacon, pepperoni, fennel, and Italian sausage.
I have spent 25 years missing those things.
