Top 20 Worst Apologies From Fast Food Companies

These apologies from fast food companies left a bad taste in people's mouths. For this list, we’ll be looking at times when these grab-and-go food chains sorely missed the mark when trying to atone for blunders of their own doing. Our countdown of the worst apologies from fast food companies includes Starbucks, KFC, Burger King, Taco Bell, Subway, and more! Have you ever boycotted a fast food restaurant? Let us know in the comments.

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[WatchMojo]

Have you ever boycotted a fast food restaurant? Let us know in the comments.

[blackmesacake]

Why the hell would Wendys have to apologize, let alone take steps to make sure an event that never happened in the first place never happens again?

[wilsoncrunch]

So if it was a fraud perpetrated against them, then Wendy's never needed to apologize.

[MaxWeb]

Neither Wendy's nor Taco bell needed to apologize in the first place. Wendy's knew that it was a scam and Taco bell has, as a restaurant, the right to change the menu as they pleases.

[andrew]

Being from the UK I can tell you it’s been a hard few years. Between Brexit in 2016, the great KFC shortage of 2018, and the queen passing in 2022. Things just haven’t been going well

[DarkbloomVis]

Wendy's didn't need to apologize, the customer lied.

[lauraengele]

Here's a fact about Wendy's chili meat. (Being a former employee) The meat is chopped up by the employees at the restaurant with the cooked meat patties that is "over cooked" for customers. We used washed spatulas to chop the meat until it's fine enough to be used for the chili. With that being said. They shouldn't have to say sorry.

[Dtgray]

Why did Wendy's need to apologize? The report was a scam anyway.

[Hunter]

30 people got food poisoning at Denny's restaurant in Florida in 1999, and I was on of 12 people that got food poisoning from bad shrimp in an Outback restaurant . All of us got free meals from both places for a year. The last story is horrific. No apology can ever fix that. That day was a start of the most evil events to ever have happened

[michaelkegg]

The Pepsi commercial from Arby’s was hilarious even more so when I understood the sarcasm in the voice. They were basically saying sorry we to so long that you had to call us out, new commercial ideas are hard.

[theupliftchannel]

Some of these things are patently ridiculous. I don’t understand why subway would have to apologize. They didn’t know Jared was a pervert. And the Starbucks employee asking a cop to leave and more to do with two idiots than an entire company. I don’t get it.

[kriscynical]

The KFC FCK apology shouldn't be on a list of bad apologies, imo. That was great. lol

[boredstudent]

I remember hearing about that "footlong" Subway sandwich that wasn't 12 inches. Someone actually took the time to measure the sandwich? I've ordered footlong sandwiches myself and I would always eat them, not measure them.

[manuelbello]

I wonder if Krusty Burger would do something like this

[EmilyTheManx]

10:30 This one seems ridiculous. I was in NH (aka in the New England area) in 2018 when this Super Bowl happened, while in college. I'm not into sports, but I cheered on the Eagles for fun while watching it in a cafe on campus (I'm from NJ). I was literally one of 3 people cheering them on.

In all seriousness, who gives that big of a stink over a sports logo on a cup you're gonna throw out after you're done drinking your shit? 🤦‍♀️

[stepheneddington]

Some of these are a bit unfair to the companies because it was their suppliers that made the mistake. These suppliers sell to multiple food chains and restaurants.

[ManicSV]

Taco Bell has the wrong idea. People don't want less to choose from. They just want food that makes sense. Saying "we're done trying to be creative" doesn't make it more enticing

[zdidrxf]

I don’t understand why Wendy’s should have apologized for defending themselves against a false claim.

[SirAsdf]

How is number 19 a bad apology? THEY DID NOTHING WRONG IN THE FIRST PLACE!

[BaxterAndLunala]

Funny that after the Jared Fogle Subway controversy, they included a South Park clip for the second Burger King controversy. It's funny because Jared was in South Park in several episodes, the last episode he appeared having him being portrayed as a predator, as well as a boss in South Park The Fractured But Whole, again portrayed as a predator.