Back in 1991, McDonald's added a catfish sandwich to the menu of their restaurants in several "southern" states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, and Arkansas, to be specific.

Anyone ever have one of these? Are they still selling them in these states? If not, does anyone factually know why they discontinued them or does anyone care to offer speculation on why they were discontinued?

My take is that if they are no longer being sold that there must have been a lot of competition in these particular states who were already serving catfish sandwiches and that sales did not support their continuance. I say this mainly because the reviews I've read about them say they were actually very good, and it seems to me that the catfish sandwich would have made better sense than their regular fish filet sandwich, at least in this market.

Would love to Google up a picture of one, but all I can find a picture of online, as far as their non-core food items is concerned, is the McLobster Roll in Maine. :D

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

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I believe Arkansas is still selling them.

I remember about ten years ago McD’s tried offering a selection of “grownup” taste sandwiches, such as the Arch Deluxe. A fish sandwich was one of the others, but it was pollock, not exactly premium fish.

There were buy-one-get-one-free coupons in some of the inflight mags.

I believe Arkansas is still selling them.

Thanks. That will narrow my search a little. I called a McDonald's in Huntsville, AL and they say that they never had them on the menu to sell, but it could have been a franchisee-by-franchisee participation thing. Individual franchisees seem to have a lot of leeway in non-core food items. At least more than you would initially expect. ;)

Sincerely,


William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services

guest.forum@starwoodhotels.com

I believe Arkansas is still selling them.
Yes. I recalled having one in Little Rock few years back.

The Arkansas McD's that I have been in lately don't have them. That includes Marked Tree, Mountain Home, and Hardy. Not a bunch, I know, but you can mark out those three.