Burger King zaps menu, image

USA Today ^ | 3/21/04 | Brucer Horovitz

[Dane]

MIAMI

[RedWing9]

And their fries are the WORST

I agree. I ask for the onion rings...

[oyez]

How do you fake oil and egg whites?

Easy, fake olives and fake chickens(not to be confused with altered chickens)

[Diddle E. Squat]

I quit going years ago, when some corporate or franchise genius made a policy change that they would no longer put mustard on sandwiches. Instead, if you ordered a burger with mustard instead of mayonaise, they were to give you mustard packets.

So much for 'have it your way'. Idiots.

[Dane]

Jack in the Box has pretty good onion rings. Real onions

Unfortunately, no Jack in the Box's in the eastern US I know of.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Imagine, a hot shrimp salad at Burger King

Oh, I just can't wait! LOL!

[Charles Martel]

I don't even want to know what the artificial mayonnaise contains.

Yeah, that caught my eye, too. I recall back in high school, the kitchen prepared burgers which were packaged plain - just meat and bun. The condiment bar for the aforementioned burgers included a long plastic spatula sticking in a 2.5 gallon plastic jar of "Heavy Duty Mayonnaise". I was not aware that there was a rating system for mayonnaise. ;-)

[End Times Sentinel]

 

And their fries are the WORST.

AMEN TO THAT!!!  What I suspect is that they buy potatoes graded "Unfit for human consumption" mash them, press them through a dye, partially fry them, and flash freeze them.  Just stone cold gross.  My 2 year old son won't even eat them and we're talking about a kid who eats birthday cake out of the garbage can.

I'd say what the worst is, though, is the service.  The last time I went I ordered two kids meals and when we got home they were 0-2 on the beverages (milk vs. A.J.) 1-2 on the sandwiches (only one burger, the other had nothing) and 0-2 on the Onion Rings (both fries).

I wrote the CEO, Customer Service and the branch.  We'll see what happens.

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[GunsareOK]

I'd like burgers cooked over charcoal, plain except for garlic salt. I hate cheese!

[GSWarrior]

I thought Miracle Whip was artificial mayonnaise.

[oyez]

Let's go!

[Wonder Warthog]

Market it as what is is -- junk food. There is nothing healthy about even the leanest and greenest fast food."

Horse manure. Good diet choices can be made at virtually any fast food restaurant (and so can bad). How about Chinese or Japanese cuisine---those are both "fast food" choices---you can make good and poor choices there, too.

[GSWarrior]

In-N-Out prints Bible verses on the bottom of their beverage cups.

[Alberta's Child]

Poor service and dirty tables/floors ought to be a major concern to any fast food franchise -- since these are the things that the local restaurant owner has complete control over (as opposed to the menu).

Say what you want about French-Canadians, but I once went to a McDonalds south of Montreal that was the cleanest place I've ever been. I think I could have eaten off the floors in that place. Every time a customer got up and left, a couple of French girls would emerge from behind the counter and wipe down the table, chairs, and every inch of the floor within five feet of the table. Wow.

[lelio]

they were to give you mustard packets

Why can't they go the Dairy Queen route and instead have tubs of ketchup (and mustard? not sure) that you squirt out into little paper cups. That way you get as much as you want.

Its almost as if the people that run these places never eat there. Have they tried to open up a 2nd ketchup packet with greasy fingers?

Plus I would imagine its cheaper to buy a tub of ketchup and cheap paper cups than individually packaged ketchup containers. Perhaps the company that makes the plastic wrappers has some sort of Godfather control over the fast food chains.

[johnfrink]

My favorite fast food burger is the Carl's Jr. "Double Western Bacon"--two patties, w/ cheese, bacon, onion rings, and bbq sauce. Quite good, though I usually need to bike about 20 miles to even begin to work it off.

[Teacher317]

Love the small of the Whopper, but Hardee's thickburgers are far better, Wendy's has the shakes and the bar, and McDonald's has the best fries. They're going to have to try to compete the way Hardee's did recently... give me a much tastier and satisfying burger for abour the same price.

MAN, I love capitalism!!!

[LTCJ]

McDonald's is currently focusing its marketing on the "Black Community" as well. The catch phrase is to call it "Mickey-Dee's."

Currently? You are quite the master of understatement!

McDonalds could've run a consumer contests over the last half decade on counting the number of white guys in their commercials - get a letter every time you spot one. Spell out a five letter slang word for Caucasian and win your own franchise. Would've worked out to a big winner about once every year.

[Protagoras]

What the hell is artificial mayo?

Maybe like Miracle Whip?

[pa_dweller]

The spot shutdowns for cleaning sounds like a good idea. Although floors and walls are wiped down/mopped every day (I hope), all these places gradually build up a subtle grunge at the edges. The grout gets dingy, corners get gray, etc. They should be steam cleaned top to bottom yearly. 'Course that would mean (gasp!) shutting down for a whole day or two!

The BK I stop at now and then is also unbelievably cluttered. There was a muscular dystrophy + St. Patrick's Day promo just ended. Nearly every vertical surface in the store was covered with shamrocks - even the equipment behind the counter. Too much visual distraction. Community involvement's a good thing but, c'mon!

I hope they can turn it around, I like their burgers a lot better than McDonalds'. The best of both worlds would be if you could get McDonalds' fries at BK!

[Wacka]

Weinerschitzel (mostly in the west) has chili dogs, chili fries and chili burgers.