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The Rise and Fall of McDonald's Pizza, a Doomed Fast-Food Icon
Business Insider ^ | Kate Taylor

Posted on 12/27/2020 10:14:28 PM PST by nickcarraway

Do you remember the McPizza?

Gen Z probably doesn't. But, for children of the '80s and '90s, the dish brings back memories of a time when you could order a pizza alongside your burgers and fries.

For some reason, McDonald's Twitter account also recently decided to reminisce about its lost pizza, tweeting: "remember when we sold McPizza."

Memories of McPizzas past provide an opportunity to walk down memory lane, savoring the cheesy nostalgia of menu items lost but not forgotten.

McDonald's first debuted its pizza in the '80s. Rivals mocked McDonald's attempts, with Pizza Hut even running ads calling the pies "McFrozen" in 1989.

The pizza became a part of a wider effort from the chain to win over customers around dinnertime in the early '90s. McDonald's also tested items including "grilled cod served on french bread with sauce, lettuce and tomato, and 'Chicken Zestado,' a grilled chicken breast served on pita bread with salsa," the Associated Press reported in 1991.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: fastfood; mcdonald; pizza
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To: HamiltonJay

Interesting, thanks!

See ya’,

Ed


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