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1. A History of Healthy Fast Food 1979: Wendys becomes first fast-food chain to offer salad bar
1986: McDonalds offers its first salad
1991: McDonalds introduces McLean Deluxe
1995: Taco Bell launches Border Lights menu
1996: McDonalds phases out McLean
1997: Taco Bell scraps Border Lights
2000: McDonalds introduces McSalad Shakers
2002: Burger King launches veggie burger; Wendys launches Garden Sensations salads
However, Wendys Chicken BLT salad w/ honey-mustard dressing and garlic croutons has more calories, more sodium, and more cholesterol than Wendys Classic Single burger, and twice as much fat (47.5g)
2003: McDonalds scuttles McSalad Shakers; launches premium entrée salads
2. A History of Healthy Fast Food Consumers want healthy food options, but they also want indulgent options, and they refuse to have to choose between the two
Americans ordered main-dish salads for lunch nearly twice as often in 1989 as in 2003 (9.3% vs. 5.2%)
Source: Fortune, 8/9/04