6 Forgotten Fast Food Items That Were Actually Dangerous

4. Wendy’s ‘SuperBar’ – Salmonella on a Salad Bar

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Wendy’s introduced an all‑you‑can‑eat SuperBar with pasta, tacos, and cold salads. The ingredients sat out for hours at unsafe temperatures, leading to a massive salmonella outbreak that sickened over 200 people across several states. Wendy’s quietly dismantled every SuperBar by 1998, and the company has never spoken of it since.