<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fromYYZ_flyer:
McDonalds needs to phase out very fattening burgers. Why not charge more and give a more healther, better beef burger?
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I think they tried it back in the early 90's - the McLean Deluxe, a lowfat burger.
It failed miserably.
The thing that bugs me about the end of Supersize is that they are spinning this as a public service: they are taking away my option to Supersize because I am not smart enough to make healthy decisions for myself.
If they came out and said "We're getting rid of Supersizing because it is unprofitable", I'd be cool with that. Do whatever you think makes business sense for your shareholders, but don't lecture me about my balanced lifestyle.
If McDonald's next big move is to reduce the size of their Chipotle Burritos, I'm
really going to be p*ssed.