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Burger King takes on McDonald’s with a range of ‘unhappy’ meals
CNBC ^ | May 2, 2019 | Lucy Handley

Posted on 05/02/2019 1:40:00 PM PDT by EdnaMode

No one is happy all the time. That’s the message Burger King is trying to communicate with a lineup of burger meals focused on “real” moods to help raise awareness about mental health.

Timed to Mental Health Awareness Month in May, the “Real Meals” include the Blue Meal, Salty Meal, Yaaas Meal and DGAF (Don’t Give a F---) Meal. They include a Whopper, french fries and a drink.

“Burger King restaurants understands that no one is happy all the time. That’s why they’re asking guests to order a Whopper meal based on however they might be feeling,” an online release says.

(Excerpt) Read more at cnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: burgerking; food; happymeal; happymeals; mcdonalds; mentalhealth; socialjustice; unhappymeal; unhappymeals
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To: EdnaMode

How about they take on McDonald’s by making an edible product? At least a kid getting a Happy Meal receives decent fries.


21 posted on 05/02/2019 1:49:39 PM PDT by Stravinsky
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To: N. Theknow

Then there's Herb.

22 posted on 05/02/2019 1:49:47 PM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: Jeff Chandler
The entire country was up in arms DEMANDING the return of their signature product.

Even though the cane sugar that was in Coke before was now High Fructose Corn Syrup, but nobody cared since at least it tasted something like the classic formula.

23 posted on 05/02/2019 1:50:51 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Jeff Chandler

And when it came back with corn syrup instead of cane sugar, nobody noticed or complained.


24 posted on 05/02/2019 1:51:05 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: fruser1
How about the “I’m angry enough to shoot whoever screws up my order” meal?

I think they only serve that at Whammy Burger.


25 posted on 05/02/2019 1:51:28 PM PDT by Constitution Day
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To: dfwgator

GMTA


26 posted on 05/02/2019 1:51:33 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: SaveFerris

27 posted on 05/02/2019 1:52:42 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Stravinsky

If you want fries, go to Chick-fil-A. Their waffle fries are really made in Heaven!


28 posted on 05/02/2019 1:52:57 PM PDT by Ken H (2019 => The House of Representin')
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To: EdnaMode

All it is going to take is one “blue” 15 year old girl to order the associated meal from a 19 year old sociopathic predator who seizes his opportunity to do what he does, and Burger King will be sorry.

I gave up on them after they sold the rainbow colored “pride Whopper”. I figured they don’t want folks like me patronizing them.


29 posted on 05/02/2019 1:53:15 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics.)
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To: fruser1
How about the “I’m angry enough to shoot whoever screws up my order” meal?

That's Burger King, not McDonalds.

You can have it your way...

30 posted on 05/02/2019 1:53:44 PM PDT by null and void (The press is always lying. When they aren't actively lying, they are actively concealing the truth.)
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To: Rastus

All the BKs around here got blown away last October. There is no visible attempt to rebuild. I do not miss it overmuch.


31 posted on 05/02/2019 1:54:09 PM PDT by arthurus (ddsfb)
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To: Constitution Day

That looks like scrambled eggs and bacon on the menu.

But I thought they stopped serving breakfast at 11:30.


32 posted on 05/02/2019 1:54:49 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: dfwgator

That commercial was just plain creepy...


33 posted on 05/02/2019 1:56:08 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Jeff Chandler
I wish I could find it again, I've tried and tried to search on the internet, but couldn't.

It was a cartoon with two guys standing in front of a Coca-Cola vending machine, with one guy frantically grabbing Cokes and had his arms full of them, with the other guy trying to stop him and saying:

"They said they were going back to the original formula. They didn't say they were putting the Cocaine back in!"

34 posted on 05/02/2019 1:56:44 PM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Conserv

I miss their Whaler fish sandwiches from the ‘70s. So good!

They reintroduced them, but they experienced...shrinkage.

The old ones were the size of the original Whoppers.

Good luck finding a fishwich that size these days! Drag.


35 posted on 05/02/2019 1:57:41 PM PDT by W. (NRA life member! Cost me 500 bones, but oh, well!)
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To: EdnaMode

Is this satire?


36 posted on 05/02/2019 1:58:15 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Constitution Day

Falling Down was a great flick.


37 posted on 05/02/2019 1:59:51 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator

It should be.


38 posted on 05/02/2019 2:01:23 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: EdnaMode

The Kurt Cobain Whopper is a bit messy.


39 posted on 05/02/2019 2:01:38 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: dfwgator

40 posted on 05/02/2019 2:02:17 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (BUTTGIGGITY ! It's an anal thing. You wouldn't understand.)
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