They got rid of the spicy chicken sandwich. F*ck 'em.

I just wish they could get the farkin' order correct half the time.

DamnYankees: CavalierEternal: They got rid of the spicy chicken sandwich. F*ck 'em.

What? Did they really? THATS THEIR BEST GODDAMM THING.

Sh*t you not, I pulled up to the BK drive-thru window two days ago.

"Hi, can I get three spicy chickens with bacon?"

"Sir, we don't carry the spicy chicken anymore."

"..."

Will any of them not suck? I haven't been to a BK in years because everything sucked.

On Monday, it plans to launch a lineup of smoothies, frappe coffees, chicken strips and snack wraps.

So probably still sucking. Here's a hint people: I am never going to go to a fast food restaurant to order coffee. I'm going to DD or Einstein Brothers, or if nothing else Starbucks.

violentsalvation: I sound fat.

It's the Internet. We already assume you are.

MBK: Ambivalence: I hadn't been to burger king in YEARS, I recently decided to get a burger and some onion rings. Holy hell those onion rings were horrible! They had no taste whatsoever. how do you screw up onion rings? how many times were those suckers cooked and frozen and thawed and recooked and canned and shiate?

Their onion rings are...chopped up onions, battered and put in a ring shape.

As opposed to real onion rings, which are whole onions, battered.

They really do suck :(



this is the place for onion rings and a steak in a sack, and beer. and maybe some balaclava for dessert.

BK is going down. It's obvious when you enter one of their outlets. Sad to say, but rejiggering the menu at this point may be the least of their worries.

chiett: FTA: "McDonald's quickly adapted. The world's biggest burger chain reinvented itself as a hip, healthier place to eat..."

WTF ??

McD has healthy options, like the salads, but people buy Big Macs. Aside from the salads, most of the"healthy" options are jacked up with sugar or salt.

The Southwestern grilled chicken salad isn't bad, but once you pick out all the iceberg lettuce cores, it's like five bites. Less fat and fewer calories than a happy meal.

Sorry, Burgerville wins every freaking time.

propasaurus: Meanwhile, places like Five Guys are thriving by just serving really good burgers instead of frappes and smoothies. Hell, In n Out has a basic menu of burgers, fries, shakes and soft drinks, and there's always a line of cars down the street.
Make a really effin' good Whopper and ditch the frappes, salads and other novelty items.

Pretty much this.

Somewhere along the line, some marketing idiot said "you know what people love? Choice. Why do one thing well, when we can do dozens terribly so people don't have to go anywhere else?". It is the Wal-Martization of fast food.

Hell, go to your local candy aisle. Think back to the early 90s and the Reese's line. There were cups, and then pieces. That was it. And both were delicious. Around 1996 came the Nutrageous, which completed the peanut butter candy family. Bite-sized hard candies, 2 bite cups, and then a bar. A happy family.

Then, as 2000 started to approach, it started to get insane with Reese's products. White chocolate, dark chocolate, fast break, sticks, whipps. None of them filled a void in the product line. I have never seen anyone actually buy one of these other products.

But we like the illusion of choice I guess and that is what matters in our pitiful lives.

RancidSorbet: Sorry, Burgerville wins every freaking time.

Yeah, but you have to take out a loan to eat there.

it used to be

1. burger king for the burgers (when the actually were still flame-broiled)
2. mcdonalds for the fries
3. wendys for the shake


now i just go to Chipolte

RobertBruce: Just keep making a good Whopper, don't halve the amount of cheese on anything ELSE now, and stfu.

Word.

tweek46420: it used to be

1. burger king for the burgers (when the actually were still flame-broiled)
2. mcdonalds for the fries
3. wendys for the shake

The question on everyone's mind:

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McD's used to suck and BK was the best massive chain, but now BK is rapidly going downhill and KFC is already just an excuse to eat saturated fat with a little chicken attached.

Making your own burger is the only way to go now.

chiett: FTA: "McDonald's quickly adapted. The world's biggest burger chain reinvented itself as a hip, healthier place to eat..."

WTF ??

Around here a lot of the McD's are turning into coffee houses. They have big McCafe signs, the drive through menu is 75% taken up with coffee offerings. They even say "Welcome to McCafe, how can I ...." I don't know if anyone is buying into it yet, but they seem to be trying really hard to reinvent themselves.

DamnYankees: CavalierEternal: They got rid of the spicy chicken sandwich. F*ck 'em.

What? Did they really? THATS THEIR BEST GODDAMM THING.

Agreed, guess I'll no longer go there....

/As a hangover "cure" once put a spicy chicken patty on a double cheeseburger....was amazing!

I'd be happy if they just swept the dead cockroaches out of their eating establishments.

eraser8: Hobodeluxe: this is the place for onion rings and a steak in a sack, and beer. and maybe some balaclava for dessert.

I think you mean baklava for dessert.

A balaclava is kinda like a ski mask:

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Baccalà is salted cod fish.


Bobby Bacala works for Junior and likes to play with trains.

Are we straight?

Babwa Wawa: A normal person buys more coffee than doughnuts - to the tune that you'll get 14 times the profit out of a coffee customer than a doughnut customer.

Uh, that's because coffee costs almost nothing to make.

Last time I went to a Burger King, I paid over $10 for a combo meal. For that kind of money, I'd rather go to five guys or to something that's nor a franchise.

Burger King changed their fries a few months back to giant, undercooked, mushy, tasteless objects that aren't even close to food. If that's an example of their decision making process ("People like our small, crispy fries so let's make them big and soggy instead!") I have no interest in trying anything new there.
I haven't eaten fast food since November so any of it would probably taste horrible to me now anyway.
/still fat, but down almost 100 lbs

Confabulat: Teknowaffle: propasaurus: Meanwhile, places like Five Guys are thriving by just serving really good burgers instead of frappes and smoothies. Hell, In n Out has a basic menu of burgers, fries, shakes and soft drinks, and there's always a line of cars down the street.
Make a really effin' good Whopper and ditch the frappes, salads and other novelty items.

Pretty much this.

Somewhere along the line, some marketing idiot said "you know what people love? Choice. Why do one thing well, when we can do dozens terribly so people don't have to go anywhere else?". It is the Wal-Martization of fast food.

Hell, go to your local candy aisle. Think back to the early 90s and the Reese's line. There were cups, and then pieces. That was it. And both were delicious. Around 1996 came the Nutrageous, which completed the peanut butter candy family. Bite-sized hard candies, 2 bite cups, and then a bar. A happy family.

Then, as 2000 started to approach, it started to get insane with Reese's products. White chocolate, dark chocolate, fast break, sticks, whipps. None of them filled a void in the product line. I have never seen anyone actually buy one of these other products.

But we like the illusion of choice I guess and that is what matters in our pitiful lives.

Yep. If I drive into an Arby's it's because I have an odd craving for a roast beef sandwich. I don't want to spend 5 minutes perusing the menu to figure out the new offers, and if the guy in front of me at the drive-thru tries, I'll honk my horn because what kind of idiot figures out what to order when they pull up the menu at Arby's.

Same thing with Burger King. Deal with what you have. Make a better Whopper and fix your fries. McDonald's beats you for some pretty simple reasons. I walk into McDonald's knowing what I might want, and knowing what I'll get.They've gotten really good at that.

The only roast beef I enjoy is attached to a young lady.