8 Failed Products from the World’s Biggest Companies

Being creative can also cause some side effects

• Company: Burger King
• Failed product: Halloween Whopper

Being creative is one of the most important traits that someone could have, and if you are a brand and manage to surprise your customers with your creativity then you have won the jackpot. But what if you are a big food brand and you surprise your customers in a negative way, and your creativity leads to green bowel movements? Well, let’s find out the story of Burger King Halloween Whopper.

Burger King is an American multinational chain of hamburger-type fast food restaurants based in Florida, founded in 1953 as Insta Burger King by Keith J. Kramer and his wife’s uncle Matthew Burns. They decided to open their first restaurant after vising the McDonald brothers’ restaurant. When the company began to falter in 1959, James McLamore and David R. Edgerton bought it, renaming it the Burger King company. (see more on the next page)