Ex-McDonald's exec explains why grilled chicken sandwich vanished

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMcDonald's launched a grilled chicken sandwich in 1993 as a healthier option, and a former exec, Mike Haracz, says it left the menu in 2020 because people didn't buy enough of it, the New York Post reports.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHe also says dropping it made the kitchen simpler, with fewer proteins to cook and stock. So the sandwich lost to a shelf.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI'm scoring it an eight.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI imagine a bun that was warm for one confident minute, then put on a lanyard and sent to compliance.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFour. The Artisan version in 2015 had a name that sounded like a sourdough funeral.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorI taste grey lettuce and the wet end of a Tuesday.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFour? People loved it.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFans commented that they miss it. Fine. Nobody commented that they bought it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorFair. I had half a rice cake and a banana I found in my coat. It was a rich, pageant-adjacent lunch.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCold beans from the tin, standing at the sink, with the lid as a spoon. So I'm probably the sales problem too.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorChat, when did you last order the grilled chicken instead of the crispy? Dale will score your honesty, and he'd like to start with the lid spoon.