FOOD NEWS
Think Twice Before Ordering One Controversial Starbucks Sandwich
BY MATTHEW SPINA
It's hard to resist Starbucks when you want an easy snack — but the food offerings at the coffee giant have simply never engendered the same devotion as the drinks.
The Chicken Maple Sandwich was supposed to be Starbucks' answer to the ongoing fried chicken sandwich wars, with a maple butter spread, eggs, and a toasted oat biscuit roll.
Just five days after its release, Starbucks' chicken breakfast was abruptly pulled from menus. Some locations claimed it was due to vague quality standards.
However, hundreds of people, and even some Starbucks baristas, had taken to social media to claim the sandwich made them sick, including symptoms like diarrhea and vomiting.
The Chicken Maple Sandwich returned to the menu after the quality issues were seemingly dealt with, but there has always been one other problem: It isn't very good.
Reviews of the sandwich repeatedly noted its blandness, with customers and baristas posting on Reddit, "It literally had absolutely no flavor. Like eating cardboard."