The (actual) Museum of Failure - Deepstash
The (actual) Museum of Failure

The (actual) Museum of Failure

In 1996, McDonald's believed that the Arch Deluxe hamburger was the solution to their growth that had flatlined. The burger appealed to a new, older demographic. Extensive focus groups showed adults liked the burger, so the company invested a lot of money in rolling the burger out nationwide.

But the burger proved to be unsuccessful. It cost more than the Big Mac and Quarter Pounder and failed to lure more adults. Within a year, the company started phasing it out.

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