Failed Food Launches

I remember trying that green ketchup. It looked like goose diarrhea.

About the same time Coke did the coffee thing so did Pepsi with the same results.

Never jived with the green stuff but I do like how they launched Simply Heinz, ketchup without high fructose corn syrup. Whether it'll sell well enough to stay on shelves is another matter.

They seem to mention that Dasani no longer exists, but it definitely still does.

I definitely used to ask my parents for the Green Ketchup, and then the Purple margarine which also appeared at that time.

Also, McLobster isn't a failure–it's quite popular in the Maritimes.'

Re: Dasani, I think this is a UK article and Dasani was likely pulled out of that market.

I loved Coke black, bought that stuff by the case, the fast heart rate would go away after an hour or so. It was all good

I remmeber the McLobster. I was visiting the beautiful state of Maine and saw McLobster sandwhiches on the menu at a McDonalds.

I thought it was such a waste of good lobster tails. Especially considering how easy it would be to have lobster that was prepared fresh in local resturants.

I remember the green ketchup too. I can understand marketing people might think changing colors would appeal to kids. However, they might have chosen a color that doesn't make the ketchup look like it came out of a baby's diaper.

Is it sad that I actually liked Coke black? I don't even like coffee and I like that stuff. Of course now people are going crazy with the whole Four-Loko and Drank beverages. I think Coke just had bad timing. Sad for them.

"Nonplussed" does not mean "unimpressed." It means "Upset."

The McDonalds lobster roll is not a flop. My wife grew up in Gloucester, MA and had two lobstermen in her family. She gets one whenever we get up to New England unless we are going to Red's Eats.

Remember Crystal Pepsi and Tab Clear?

I liked the green ketchup. And the purple one. I wouldn't want them now, but as a kid I thought they were pretty cool.

Yup they still sell the McLobster in Nova Scotia during lobster season. McDonalds has lots of regional menu items, like Poutine in Quebec

I like to relish Coleslaw.....

My stepmom got us that green ketchup. We all tried it, it tasted exactly like red, but we could never eat it again, just because.

I gotta stick up for Dasani. The best water I ever tasted came from a well in the mountains in Colorado. Delicious. Clean. I loved it.

Dasani tastes exactly like that water.