Posted on 02/27/2022 11:50:44 AM PST by mylife
It doesn't matter where you go: Fast-food hamburgers almost uniformly look like the same round, flat patties. Except for Wendy's, which has square burgers.
The reason for the outlier four-sided shape can be traced back to Wendy's founder Dave Thomas. In 1969, he opened the first Wendy's in Columbus, Ohio, because he wasn't satisfied with other options. To make it distinctive compared to Wendy's competitors, he used fresh meat formed into a square. The corners of Wendy's burgers hang over the buns. That way, Thomas believed, customers would see the quality of the hamburger, according to the company's history. The company has long used the square patties in its marketing campaigns. For example, the restaurant chain often says "cutting corners isn't in Wendy's DNA."
The chain's use of fresh meat rather than frozen has also helped its sales. "We've built longstanding and trusted relationships with our partners to ensure we can deliver the iconic square fresh, never frozen, beef burgers our fans have come to expect and love," Li said. Competitors have taken notice, including McDonald's in 2018, when it swapped out frozen beef for fresh beef in most of its quarter-pound burgers in the United States. In Japan, the chain is currently experimenting with square buns (the patties are still round) for a special promotion. White Castle also uses square patties -- an invention that actually predates Wendy's. According to its history, the chain began in 1921 by selling square hamburgers that were easy to eat and called "Sliders." In 1954, White Castle added five holes to the patty so they could cook faster.
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Before I moved to Southern California from Northern California to go to college, Wendy’s was the best fast food burger I’d tasted. Then I ran into In-N-Out and life changed forever.
Also, a 40 pound case of square burgers is easier to ship than a 40 pound case of round burgers. The result is smaller boxes.
They my use fresh meat, but they cook up the patties in bulk and make sandwiches from patties that have sat there for awhile.
CNN reporting this. Therefore I don’t believe it
Yes.
Not enough in n out in Northern California.
White Castle has square buns to match the square burgers.
But those darn things are a buck a piece now....
For me it was WhataBurger. Never had an In-N-Out.
:)
They’re privately owned and don’t franchise, so it’s a slow growth process. Same age as me (1948).
WhataBurger rocks!
I finally went to Carls’ Jr. after many months (last year) and I dont know why they have limited stores now, but their burgers are char broiled. L.A. is a blue city but you’ll never run out of good burger joints from Tommy’s to Hawkins.
It’s hip to be square.
In-N-Out is overrated IMHO. I’m not sure what fast food burgers are any good. I love my husband’s smoked ones the best.
Yes.
And I think they local source.
yer not missing much, people in ca only went there to get bumper stickers that they would modify to say “in and and out urge”
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