[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The Filet-O-Fish (Page 1 of 3)
Posted: 8/24/2014 10:17:11 PM EDT
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In 1962, Cincinnati, Ohio-based McDonald’s franchisee Lou Groen had a problem. His local clientele was close to 90% Roman Catholic, which was causing his restaurant to founder mightily on Fridays and during Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter during which Roman Catholics abstain from eating meat.
In those days, when your McDonald’s franchise was struggling, you didn’t noodle around with middle management. You got on the phone with old Ray Kroc, himself. Sympathetic to the struggles at Groen’s store, Kroc rather famously came up with a proposition. They would, as Groen had asked, begin testing a new fish sandwich to help the store get through those Friday rough patches. Kroc also insisted, however, that the restaurant also test his solution. Kroc thought the answer was to feed Catholics his “Hula Burger,” a slice of grilled pineapple with cheese on a cold bun, and demanded that both items be placed on the menu. Whichever sandwich sold best would be rolled out to the nationwide menu, and would become the first non-hamburger addition to the McDonald’s menu. Lou Groen’s Filet-O-Fish sandwich won in a landslide, saved his struggling franchise, and McDonald’s went on to sell approximately 300 million of the sandwiches per year. I think it's the best item on the menu, next to the McMuffin. Fixing to go get one right now! Do like a tasty Filet-O-Fish? Poll inbound |
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Probably about the only thing McD's had that I DO like. (yeah McMuffins are good too)
They are kinda small. They're good though. I almost never eat fast food, but Fillet O' Fish, Wendy's Spicy Chicken, or a burger from Culvers, is about the only fast food I will eat. |
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For $4-$5 I could buy a cheap steak and grill it. Quoted:
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Too expensive for what you get. I'm sorry that you're so poor. 
For $4-$5 I could buy a cheap steak and grill it. I'd rather spend $$$$ on some good fish and grill it, but that is because I already eat too much beef. Honestly for a treat that's what we do ......grilled fish! As to the Filet-O-Fish ...... once a year they run a BOGO special. Two for the price of one. |
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Quoted: Yup, I don't eat seafood. It all smells so terrible to me that I can't bring myself to put it in my mouth. Quoted: Quoted: Fish is plain nasty. Yup, I don't eat seafood. It all smells so terrible to me that I can't bring myself to put it in my mouth. It's unfortunate that there are people living in the United States of America in the 21st Century, who have never had an opportunity to eat a decent piece of fish. |
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Sounds like something you'd read in an Onion article.  Quoted:
Kroc thought the answer was to feed Catholics his “Hula Burger,” a slice of grilled pineapple with cheese on a cold bun Sounds like something you'd read in an Onion article. If you've not tried my burger at Sonic, you're missing out. |
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Yup, I don't eat seafood. It all smells so terrible to me that I can't bring myself to put it in my mouth. Quoted:
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Fish is plain nasty. Yup, I don't eat seafood. It all smells so terrible to me that I can't bring myself to put it in my mouth. Bet you have a unhappy girl friend |