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FlamingLiberal posted:I haven’t eaten at a BK in like 10 years but I noticed a significant drop in quality the last time I ate there compared to the time before I quit eating there because the liquid smoke additive they use to make the burgers 'flame broiled' was more effective then ex-lax.
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In Sweden the market is more less divided between McDonald's, Burger king and the local chain Max with BK being third. Haven't noticed any drop in quality, but on the other hand I think most Burger Kings in Sweden are franchised by the same few companies that also are franchisees of other fast-food chains so I guess that means some sort of leverage against corporate or whatever. Also they're fairly clever when it comes to advertising, like when that Irish chain was sued by McDonald's in the EU for using the Mc-trademark but lost so BK renamed everything on the menu to variants of "Not a Big Mac". https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jan/31/like-a-big-mac-but-juicier-burger-king-renames-sandwiches-to-troll-mcdonalds They, or their agency rather, also did a tie-in with RDR2 where if you collected a cheese wedge, a bread roll, beef and pork in-game and scanned your inventory from an app you were given a voucher for a free whopper. I tried scanning my face which apparently resembles a cheese wedge enough to scan properly, I then tried it with my penis, turns out it looks like a bread roll  Site's still up if anyone's curious https://craftawhopper.com/
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Jul 18, 2019 14:33
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Look at this motherfucker with a cheese wedge face and a bread roll dick.
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Jul 18, 2019 14:50
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Churchill posted:They, or their agency rather, also did a tie-in with RDR2 where if you collected a cheese wedge, a bread roll, beef and pork in-game and scanned your inventory from an app you were given a voucher for a free whopper. I tried scanning my face which apparently resembles a cheese wedge enough to scan properly, I then tried it with my penis, turns out it looks like a bread roll  It does make me wonder exactly how many images of genitals BK's agency collected in their coffers before that promotion was done.
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Jul 18, 2019 19:57
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Speaking of which, do they still make those chicken fries?
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Jul 18, 2019 20:03
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Pope Corky the IX posted:Speaking of which, do they still make those chicken fries? Yeah, they had Cheetos versions at one point I think too
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Jul 18, 2019 20:14
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BK should go full Taco Bell and just embrace the fact that their food isn't very good but just do poo poo that drunk people will love
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Jul 18, 2019 20:21
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DariusLikewise posted:BK should go full Taco Bell and just embrace the fact that their food isn't very good but just do poo poo that drunk people will love
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Jul 18, 2019 20:33
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BK did tacos over a decade ago.
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Jul 18, 2019 20:42
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Are they as gross as they look
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Jul 18, 2019 20:42
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DariusLikewise posted:BK should go full Taco Bell and just embrace the fact that their food isn't very good but just do poo poo that drunk people will love I thought they tried that a few years ago when Wendy's was talking about fresh ingredients and healthy options, and McDonald's started making artisan burgers and pushing salads, and Burger King was all "Bullshit, stack that loving meat!"
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Jul 18, 2019 20:48
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My local BK is just now ripping off KFC and doing $2 popcorn chicken.
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Jul 18, 2019 20:57
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Seems like more often than not, BK has that 10 nuggets for $1.49 deal. That’s the only thing I can remember buying from them in years.
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Jul 18, 2019 21:04
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my father in law will often eat 2 whoppers for dinner he is the only person i know that still frequents BK
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Jul 18, 2019 21:04
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I've been calling them "Hamburger King" lately because it's so gosh darn funny.
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Jul 18, 2019 21:06
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I call all those places the Hamburger Store.
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Jul 18, 2019 21:09
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DariusLikewise posted:BK should go full Taco Bell and just embrace the fact that their food isn't very good but just do poo poo that drunk people will love They did just release some kinda pulled pork abomination, so maybe that's their plan already BigDave posted:I quit eating there because the liquid smoke additive they use to make the burgers 'flame broiled' was more effective then ex-lax. Huh, wonder if that's what happened when I went there like a month ago...hadn't been there in years but it was on the way home & I didn't feel like cooking. My butthole hated me afterward though, worse than a few years back when I went to McD's & got their double cheeseburger/fries meal, dunno if it was the fries or burgers (or both) but the oily runs was not a fun time. BOOTY-ADE has a new favorite as of 21:18 on Jul 18, 2019 |
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Jul 18, 2019 21:15
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I know that's not ketchup on that taco, but I also wouldn't put it past BK.
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Jul 18, 2019 21:26
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This thread inspired me to go look up when Carls JR got inquired by a private equity firm to see if it lined up with my timeline of them going bad and it did.
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Jul 18, 2019 23:47
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WithoutTheFezOn posted:Seems like more often than not, BK has that 10 nuggets for $1.49 deal. That’s the only thing I can remember buying from them in years. I have no idea what you're getting for 15 cents a nugget, but I honestly hope it's not chicken. I think a vaguely poultry tasting mass of fillers and sawdust would be healthier than any actual chicken they can process for that price.
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Jul 19, 2019 00:19
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Boneless chicken breast with rib meat, water, isolated oat product, potato starch, seasoning (modified corn starch, salt, maltodextrin, yeast extract, chicken stock, flavors, wheat starch, dextrose, propylene glycol and citric acid), salt, sodium phosphates. Chicken is cheap. I, a single consumer, can get chicken breast here any day of the week for $1.99/lb without a sale.
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Jul 19, 2019 01:11
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What the gently caress are "flavors"? Some HFCS-type thing? Wouldn't surprise me, sugar is in goddamn everything. And when you want to buy something without sugar, it's full of fake sugar. The bread I buy is the latest example of that. Has like 10g of added sugar per serving so I thought I'd try the "sugar-free" loaves below it. Didn't check the ingredient list because you can bake loving bread without sugar, but found out later, nope, sucralose.
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Jul 19, 2019 23:57
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I saw a review of these recently and it looks exactly like the tacos at Jack in the Box. Speaking of JITB, how are they doing? I don't live anywhere near one but used to see and hear their advertising all the time, now I don't hear a thing about them.
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Ofecks posted:What the gently caress are "flavors"? Some HFCS-type thing? Wouldn't surprise me, sugar is in goddamn everything. And when you want to buy something without sugar, it's full of fake sugar. The bread I buy is the latest example of that. Has like 10g of added sugar per serving so I thought I'd try the "sugar-free" loaves below it. Didn't check the ingredient list because you can bake loving bread without sugar, but found out later, nope, sucralose. We like our bread sweet, okay. The flavor thing can be tricky. If it says natural flavors that doesn't mean the natural flavors of the food. It's artificial flavoring derived from natural sources. If it says artificial flavoring then that's just straight cancer.
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Ofecks posted:What the gently caress are "flavors"? Some HFCS-type thing? Wouldn't surprise me, sugar is in goddamn everything. And when you want to buy something without sugar, it's full of fake sugar. The bread I buy is the latest example of that. Has like 10g of added sugar per serving so I thought I'd try the "sugar-free" loaves below it. Didn't check the ingredient list because you can bake loving bread without sugar, but found out later, nope, sucralose. Sugar feeds the yeast! But seriously, bakeries have been sweetening bread for so long people get confused as to why homemade bread smells so good but taste relatively bland.
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Krispy Wafer posted:3G Capital owns a big chunk of Kraft-Heinz too. They took BK private, turned it around, and went public again while keeping a large stake. That said I know no one who eats Burger King and it wouldn’t surprise me if it’s a money laundering operation. I generally preferred BK because all their sandwiches have the lettuce tomato and onion trifecta that makes a fast food burger taste like food. But changing Fast Food trends means that you can get this everywhere now. Pope Corky the IX posted:I thought they tried that a few years ago when Wendy's was talking about fresh ingredients and healthy options, and McDonald's started making artisan burgers and pushing salads, and Burger King was all "Bullshit, stack that loving meat!" That blew up in their faces because they tied it into performative manliness in a super lame way that was transparently trying to latch onto meme culture of the time. https://youtu.be/vGLHlvb8skQ Krispy Wafer posted:We like our bread sweet, okay. Natural Flavor is a code word to mean what we the manufacturer wants it to mean. Sugar is a natural flavor. buddhist nudist has a new favorite as of 22:15 on Jul 20, 2019 |
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BOOTY-ADE posted:They did just release some kinda pulled pork abomination, so maybe that's their plan already I've never been to a BK that is open past midnight, which here at least eliminates your drunk-rush at 2am when all the bars close.
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Detective No. 27 posted:Kotaku's journalism has majorly improved over the past few years. I shared this with a guy on my facebook who won't stop spamming his stupid "local" esports team he is part of and he called me a hater. Good for you dude, let me know how that cell phone selling job is working for ya while you keep training for Pro Smash.
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I can't take a sport seriously if they let you dress up like a furry to compete in it
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vyst posted:I can't take a sport seriously if they let you dress up like a furry to compete in it Counterpoint: said furry is also a queer black guy and it makes all the lovely straight white guys in the terrible fighting game community froth at the mouth when he wins. He rules.
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How Rude posted:Counterpoint: said furry is also a queer black guy and it makes all the lovely straight white guys in the terrible fighting game community froth at the mouth when he wins. He rules. Counter counter point: it’s still loving weird.
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Jul 22, 2019 18:04
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Counter counter counter point: it's smash, who cares what the other person looks like.
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Jul 22, 2019 18:08
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Counter-counter counter point: WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY SO I WILL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET.
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MarcusSA posted:Counter counter point: it’s still loving weird. No one gives a poo poo when Mayweather comes out with a coterie of Justin Bieber and Steven Segal so let the guy be
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uli2000 posted:I saw a review of these recently and it looks exactly like the tacos at Jack in the Box. Speaking of JITB, how are they doing? I don't live anywhere near one but used to see and hear their advertising all the time, now I don't hear a thing about them. So, what was the verdict. Also I really want a JitB taco now.
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I haven't had them recently but when BK first introduced their tacos they were pretty much just like JITB tacos with a slightly different flavor so if you like JITB tacos you'll probably at least not hate the BK ones.
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Jul 22, 2019 19:06
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JITB tacos are amazing. They really have no right to be good but they are.
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SomeJazzyRat posted:Counter-counter counter point: WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY SonicFox: You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. MarcusSA posted:JITB tacos are amazing. On the one hand I wish they wouldn’t drown it in that weird sauce, but on the other hand they might be doing that so we can’t tell what the M.E.A.T. tastes like. Ariong has a new favorite as of 19:33 on Jul 22, 2019 |
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Ariong posted:SonicFox: You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. Its not actually meat 
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MarcusSA posted:Its not actually meat Ok I fixed it.
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