"Fast food has come a long way from those early days of burgers and fries. Today, you can find fast food meals that are a feast for the entire family, and recent years have seen the development of some outstanding new menu items. However, not everything is an unconditional success, and fast food history is filled with some epic fails."
"Sometimes, you might be able to understand how ideas seem great in theory, but when they're put into practice, they fall short. Other times, it's amazing they ever got off the ground in the first place. And let's go back to that strange, strange time that was the 1990s. Competition was stiff, everyone was hoping to hit on that next big product that would send sales into the stratosphere,"
Fast food evolved beyond basic burgers and fries into family-oriented meals with many innovative menu items. Many new products succeeded, while others became clear failures. The 1990s were a particularly experimental era marked by intense competition and ambitious launches that often underperformed. Some discontinued items from that period retain fan appeal and could warrant a comeback, while other offerings remain rightly retired. One notable example was McDonald's McLobster, a lobster-roll product introduced in the early 1990s and sold for $3.99, an idea widely perceived as ill-conceived.
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