Here Are Some Restaurant Items That Have Said Goodbye In 2023

Fast-food menu items come and go pretty often these days with some discontinued temporarily and some permanently. There are always customers who get very upset when one of their favorites is removed from menus and there are often petitions to return the items so you still may have some input if yours is suddenly gone. Here’s a list of items that have gone away so far in 2023.

• KFC’s Kentucky Fried Wings – chicken wings at KFC didn’t seem to be working out so these and four other menu items were dropped from the menu in February of 2023. KFC said “removing a few items…will allow us to make room for some new, exciting additions to the menu in 2023.”
• KFC’s Popcorn Chicken Combo – this item is leaving menus in spring 2023. Their chicken tenders remain but some customers aren’t pleased. u/Chelsea75 from Reddit says “The popcorn chicken was the best thing on the menu” but others report that the quality of the popcorn chicken had declined so it’s gone.
• KFC’s Chocolate Chip Cookies – KFC baked their own cookies on site once upon a time but in 2019 they started using pre-packaged ones and the ratings were less than stellar. u/exick on Reddit said “Good riddance to those chocolate chip cookies, which are major trash.”
• Panera’s Grilled Mac & Cheese Sandwich – this was a sandwich made with mac and cheese featuring Parmesan Cheese Crisps but it wasn’t popular with adults and employees found it time-consuming to make. It’s consequently no longer on Panera’s menu.
• Wendy’s Avocado Chicken Salad – this item was removed from menus as of March 2023 and is being replaced by a new Grilled Chicken Cobb Salad on March 28. Other new salads arriving this spring will also include a Parmesan Caesar Salad, Taco Salad, and Apple Pecan Salad for fans that are unhappy with the removal of this one.
• Wendy’s Grilled Chicken Sandwiches – customers prefer their chicken sandwiches fried and spicy and are not that unhappy that the grilled sandwiches have disappeared in 2023.

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