We here at BoobNewb are big fans of Doritos tortilla chips. Unfortunately, Canada (or should I say Quebec?) is a wasteland when it comes to the distribution of these chips. There have been over 102 different flavors of Doritos chips and the Frito-Lay corporation currently distributes over 20 different varieties of the chips in the USA. In Canada, we’re lucky to maybe get three of these flavors. There’s the always reliable nacho cheese flavored Doritos and two other random varieties that are always changing and never very satisfying which then forces people back to the good old nacho cheese ones. In 2010, we were lucky enough to finally have a ranch version of these chips sold here after having been sold in the USA for well over a decade.

Doritos tortilla chips actually began in 1964 as unused tortillas where a company-owned restaurant cut them up and fried them and added basic seasoning. A bigwig at Frito-lay noticed the popularity of the chips and struck a deal with the company to expand and sell them in other regions of the state. Doritos were released nationwide in 1966, the first tortilla chip to be launched nationally in the United States. The chips are now a 4 billion $ a year operation and are second in sales only behind Frito-lay’s other dominant brand of Lay’s potato chips.

We decided to look back at some of the different varieties of Doritos chips that have been sold just to show how many different combinations the company has come up with over the years in order to satisfy the demand of their loyal tortilla chip eaters.

-Numerous impromptu online support groups have sprung up over the years among devoted fans who miss the original Doritos Taco flavor formula. In late 2010, the taco flavor recipe that was used in the 1980s returned in a limited edition ‘retro’ styled bag incorporating the original Doritos logo, and in early 2011 the company announced that this incarnation would remain in the permanent product line-up. There’s another version that came out called ‘Doritos at Midnight’ that tasted as though you took a chip and put some Old El Paso taco powder on them and they were god awful. Thankfully, they brought back these timeless chips for a little while longer.
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Many people will agree that fast food sucks. It’s unhealthy for you, the employees don’t care about their jobs and get underpaid to do repetitive tasks. Customers never get enough ketchup or napkins at the drive thru counter or they never get your order right. We can all agree that fast food is not a five star dining experience. Unfortunately, many people work and are pressed for time and that quick burger or sandwich at the strip mall is too hard to pass up. We have come up with our own list of things that suck at fast food joints.

-I was once at a Wendy’s restaurant to get me some delicious spicy chicken sandwich. It was late at night and I hadn’t eaten all day. I walked into the fast food place and proceeded to order the spicy chicken sandwich combo. The Wendy’s server told me…

‘I’m sorry sir but that item is sold out for today’. 

I didn’t see no sign saying anything about it. I then proceeded to order a standard junior cheeseburger from their value menu. Once again, I was told that the item had been sold out. Instead, I went with a grilled chicken sandwich and was asked what side dish I would like. Apparently… the fries and side salads were sold out too! My two options included a baked potato or some chili. I didn’t want either. I was asked what sort of drink I would like. Coca-Cola? Nope. Orange Crush? Nope. All they had was Iced Tea or Diet Coke.

‘Do you have any water’?

I was afraid that might have been sold out also. The server then told me how their inventory was delayed and they were waiting on a fresh shipment of goods by tomorrow morning. That’s fine. But, in this technological age, is it hard to just come out with electronic signs that can simply read ‘sold out’ if an item isn’t available anymore? Movie theaters can do it pretty easily – why can’t fast food joints do the same?
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It’s time for another round of fast food failures. We’ve worked hard to try and find some more unpopular fast food chain decisions and we think that we have enough noticeable failures to bring forward for another edition that will be sure to have you eating at home more often in the future.

-McDonalds has gradually been losing market share to more popular subway sandwich shops over the last decade and corporate headquarters decided that they needed to start coming out with new menu items such as snack wraps and subway sandwiches that had a signature McDonalds twist thrown in to get people talking. Unfortunately, their specialty was burgers and therefore they attempted to take one of their most beloved menu items (Big Mac) and merge it with a snack wrap. Most people who purchased the wraps realized that it was basically just the same ingredients inside a Big Mac without a bun anymore. Now, as we take a look inside we shall witness that there is really slim pickings when it comes to the dollar for value ratio. We realize that these things are less than two dollars but could you have at least thrown in a few more pickles? Anyways, there’s currently a Facebook group with the title ‘Big-Mac Snack Wrap…Eww?’ and if that is how most of your target audience feels then I doubt this item will be sold nationwide anytime soon.
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