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McDonald's Discontinued Its Salad Offerings in America – Due to Lack of Demand (foodandwine.com)
8 points by turtlegrids 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 10 comments



McDs customers mostly know what they want: _cheap_ burgers, fries, and sodas. If one wanted healthy food, they'd go elsewhere. In the area I live in, very few want a salad from McDs, they instead go to sweetgreen, tender greens, moonbowls or any # of salad specialty shops around here. If one wants a good juicy burger, they go elsewhere also. L.A. is not short on great burger and salad joints.

For many people, McDs will never be equated with healthy food no matter what they try. That ship sailed a long time ago.


McDs salads weren't healthy anyway; including the dressing, they had more fat and calories than a Big Mac.


Salad's for the parent/chauffeur.


I've had the McDonalds salad before, it's expensive and tastes like shit. It got discontinued because it was designed to fail.


It's funny because when I am looking for real fast food in the city I go a Chopt or Sweetgreens or a Chipotle, not a McDonalds where the line takes forever.


The salads here in Spain are not bad actually. Especially the chicken honey mustard one. I'm sure it's not the healthiest option but for that one doesn't go to McDonald's anyway.

But really for decent salads one goes to honest greens here.


Had a great salad at the McDs in Porto’s CBD recently, was pleasantly surprised.


It's so different because their salads are outsourced to local vendors. Here in Spain i believe it's florette who also do supermarket salads. They're not the best but not the worst either.

McDonald's just slice up a mc chicken burger and throw it on top :P


I remember (years ago) having a mcdonalds salad, like a salad shaker. I actually like the idea.

I also remember once when mcdonalds sold pasta. It only happened for a short time and then it was gone. Probably a test.


Oh yeah they had the shakers here in Europe for a while. They where a total bust. Basically a salad stuffed into a drink cup. Made no sense at all.

Seriously who came up with that shit.




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