Is strawberry taboo? Is it a dead flavor that no restaurant wants to carry?
I went to try to go for a strawberry shake last night a McDonald’s and they don’t have strawberry. Did the same for Burger King and nada as well. Do I need to go to a more upscale restaurant or is strawberry going out of style?
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Might not have been very popular so they phased it out. Fast food is generally franchised though so some locations might still have it.
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i think it depends on the region. if it isn’t selling well in one, they’ll pull it. i have it at mine, though lol.
i make my shakes or smoothies at home now days, fresh strawberries 
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My guess is because the fake strawberry flavor is fairly nasty, so folks avoided it.
Vanilla and chocolate are far more popular, so they go with what sells.
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Try Chick-fil-A.
I believe they still do strawberry.
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I like the fake Blue flavor that matches no fruit even closely but is so delicious
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They used to like 25 years ago, they had vanilla , choc, and strawberry,
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I have no trouble getting strawberry shakes at Dairy Queen. And they use real strawberries because you get chunks in your shake.
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Steak n Shake does strawberry and they’re real milk & ice cream shakes, not soft serve slop.
It’s only the beginning of the season up here in the north. We won’t be seeing any strawberries for a couple months.
It might have to do with phasing out certain red dyes.
“Requesting food companies to remove FD&C Red No. 3 sooner than the 2027-2028 deadline previously required.”
Just a guess.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/hhs-fda-phase-out-petroleum-based-synthetic-dyes-nations-food-supply
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Sundays may not be as ‘safe’ as ‘you’ think anymore. Won’t be immediate resolutions, but I don’t think asking questions about strawberries is likely to be a concern.
Less about strawberries, and more to specific folks who once enjoyed making the forums a wee bit volatile via their assumption of sunday immunity.
The moderation has changed in the last year or so (maybe a bit longer?), compared to what it used to be, when the sunday reputation picked up. Not sure I appreciate the reason why. Microsoft caused some staff loss, assuming I caught what happened and why. And the folks who are now covering things… I think they lost co-workers that they’d have rather not. And I’m sorry they did, for what it’s worth.
But, I don’t think things are as safe for certain folks here as they want it to be.
Now I feel like I’m lucky if I can find a flavor other than vanilla if I’m getting ice cream or a milk shake at a fast food restaurant.
Fast food places use the same mix for ice cream and shakes, you your basically eating like a pound of ice cream lol
Cuz strawberry sucks
It’s probably because most food service “Strawberry” flavor tastes more like a Frankenberry chemical cocktail. 
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Could be worse. Pineapple could be mentioned.
then… oh crikey, things get real.
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I’ve been spoiled with Swensons milkshakes but they only in Ohio I think.