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  • Elon Musk Challenges McDonald’s to Accept Dogecoin

    Elon Musk is once again serving as Dogecoin’s most influential — albeit unofficial — pitchman, pressuring McDonald’s to accept it as payment.

    Dogecoin may have begun as a meme, but the cryptocurrency has become a major player in the crypto market, at one point even being the fourth-most valuable crypto.

    Elon Musk, a big Doge fan, is now pressuring McDonald’s to accept it as payment in a recent tweet.

    I will eat a happy meal on tv if @McDonalds accepts Dogecoin

    — Elon Musk (@elonmusk), January 25, 2022

    Like many of Musk’s tweets, his challenge to McDonald’s went viral, quickly racking up over 210K likes, at time of writing. Burger King even got in on the action, with a reply of their own to Musk and McDonald’s.

    only a king knows what da coin do

    — Burger King (@BurgerKing), January 25, 2022

  • Impossible Foods Preparing to Go Public

    Impossible Foods is preparing to go public, amid growing demand for plant-based meat alternatives.

    Impossible Foods is one of the premier makers of plant-based meat, and has struck deals with major restaurant chains and grocery stores. Most notably, Burger King has the Impossible Whopper, using the company’s product.

    According to Reuters, sources have said Impossible Foods is preparing to go public, with a valuation of $10 billion. This is significantly more than the $4 billion the company was valued at in 2020, indicating the increased demand.

    The company is exploring an initial public offering (IPO), as well as a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Merging with a SPAC is popular way for a company to go public without as much regulatory scrutiny. It also provides a greater degree of certainty over the valuation process.

    Impossible Foods did not return Reuters request for comment.

  • McDonald’s Gets Into the Plant-Based ‘Meat’ Market

    McDonald’s Gets Into the Plant-Based ‘Meat’ Market

    McDonald’s is the latest fast-food company to offer plant-based meat alternatives with its McPlant lineup.

    Plant-based meat alternatives have been growing in popularity as a healthy alternative to traditional meat. Burger King, Dunkin’, Carl’s Jr., Qdoba, Subway and White Castle are just a few of the chains offering plant-based alternatives.

    McDonald’s is now joining that growing list of restaurants with its McPlant, based on Beyond Meat.

    “Beyond Meat and McDonalds co-created the plant-based patty which will be available as part of their McPlant platform,” a Beyond Meat spokesperson said, according to CNN Business.

    Initially, McPlant will be used for a burger, but the company may eventually expand to include plant-based breakfast and chicken alternatives. The company will be testing the burger in select markets beginning next year.

  • CES 2020: Impossible Foods Is Taking On Pork

    CES 2020: Impossible Foods Is Taking On Pork

    It was bound to happen. With the success of Impossible Burger, Impossible Foods has moved on to the next logical meat replacement products: Impossible Sausage and Impossible Pork.

    According to Business Insider, “Impossible Foods will be testing its first sausage product at 139 Burger King restaurants at the end of the month, located in Savannah, Georgia; Lansing, Michigan; Springfield, Illinois; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Montgomery, Alabama. Those restaurants will be getting the Impossible Croissan’wich, a sandwich that consists of egg, cheese, and Impossible Sausage on a toasted croissant.”

    Although not yet available, the company’s Impossible Pork is designed to be used in any recipe that calls for ground pork. Like Impossible Burger, the new product is made using heme, the protein that gives the patties their meat-like look and texture.

    Rachel Konrad, Impossible Foods chief communications officer told Business Insider the heme in Impossible Pork has been tweaked to make it more consistent with pork’s texture. Konrad also said Impossible Pork will likely show up in restaurants before it hits grocery shelves, just like Impossible Burgerbefore it.

    The company is working on steaks, and may branch into fish and poultry. If the company is as successful as it has been with beef, it may well convert far more people to the plant-based food.

  • Halloween Whopper Turns Your Poop Green, Should You Be Scared?

    People who tried Burger King’s Halloween Whopper were a bit surprised after discovering their poop has turned green.

    The hastag #GreenPoop became a trending topic on Twitter as customers of Burger King shared their experience after eating their limited edition burger. Others posted pictures of their stool while one Twitter user described the color as “comical green.”

    One tweeter noticed that because of this mystery, people are now posting Instagram pictures of their food “after they ate it.”

    Other Burger King customers vowed to never eat the black burger again while there are those who wanted to try it just to see how their stools will look like.

    According to ABC, a spokesperson for the food chain revealed that the Halloween Whopper buns contain A1 Steak Sauce which is responsible for its black hue. The spokesperson also pointed out that they used less than one percent of food dye for the bun. The limited edition burger has already been out in Burger King chains in Japan, however, unlike its American counterpart, they use bamboo charcoal and squid ink.

    There is nothing to be worried about as Burger King assured that the food coloring and flavoring for the controversial burger are “common in industry” and passed the Food and Drug Administration safety standards. Moreover, those who have experienced a ghoulish green poo, did not say if the burger made them feel unwell.

    A greenish stool is usually results from eating vegetables and change in diet. Mayo Clinic also confirmed that green food coloring is known to give one’s stool a green shade. This could mean that the dye used for the food was not digested properly. One tweeter wrote, “it will haunt your colon” then added the hashtags #ScaryWhopper and #greenpoo.

  • You’ll Soon Be Able To Pay With PayPal At Burger King

    You’ll Soon Be Able To Pay With PayPal At Burger King

    PayPal announced that Burger King customers will soon be able to pay for their meals using PayPal thanks to a collaboration between PayPal and Tillster and one between Tillster and Burger King. This is in the U.S.

    “Tillster worked with Burger King Corporation to develop the Burger King app (available for iOS and Android), which offers customers increased convenience and savings,” PayPal chief product officer Hill Ferguson says. “With the Burger King App, guests can receive exclusive offers and discounts at BK restaurants, find their closest BK restaurant, and browse the menu and nutritional information.”

    “We will be rolling [it] out later this quarter across the United States to all locations,” Ferguson adds. “BK restaurant guests will be able to securely pay with PayPal by simply launching the app and when they select to pay with PayPal they will be prompted with a four digit pin to pay.”

    We seem to be officially entering the era of paying for fast food with non-traditional means. Taco Bell launched a new mobile app last week to much fanfare, enabling users to order and pay using their smartphones.

    PayPal also announced that it’s been working with GoDaddy on its new Online Store to offer businesses ways to build e-commerce websites.

    Image via PayPal

  • McDonald’s Free Coffee: Get Yours Now

    McDonald’s Free Coffee: Get Yours Now

    McDonald’s free coffee is the fast food chain’s current–and very popular–campaign to draw in morning people for a meal on the go. The offer started Tuesday, September 16th, and continues through the 29th. Patrons need only to visit their local McDonald’s between the hours of 7:00 AM and 10:30 AM (or whatever their local store’s hours are–these are typical hours) and ask for a small cup of coffee.

    The reason behind this marketing effort is to win the fast food breakfast war–something launched by Taco Bell in a new campaign earlier this year. Their franchise even enlisted the help of people from around the country named Ronald McDonald to gain some extra–and likely much-needed–attention.

    The McDonald’s Free Coffee campaign issued a press release about the latest giveaway.

    “This event builds on McDonald’s first-ever Free Coffee Event launched in March, when the company gave away millions of cups of free coffee during the two-week period,” the statement reads.

    The goal, of course, is to lure people in for that McDonald’s free coffee, and hope that while they’re there they’ll also indulge in a pancake breakfast, Egg McMuffin, or a few hash browns.

    Time magazine reports that the promotion comes on the heels of a terrible August for the franchise–with sales down a whopping 3.7 percent. History has proven that these giveaways enhance sales, so the big guys at McDonald’s have high hopes for the McDonald’s free coffee campaign.

    The L.A. Times says McDonald’s is in it to win the breakfast war, adding that not only has Taco Bell rolled out its own breakfast options, but Burger King announced last month it was buying coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons in a clear play for the breakfast market. In California, McDonald’s faces competition from Dunkin’ Donuts, which has begun to push its way rather aggressively into the state.

    Have you picked up your cup of McDonald’s free coffee yet? Make sure you do so–every morning between now and September 29th.

  • Subservient Chicken Is Back After 10 Years To Haunt Your Dreams Again

    Subservient Chicken is one of the strangest marketing campaigns to have ever existed. Back in 2004, Burger King introduced us all to a man in a chicken suit that would respond to commands typed into a web page. It was kind of creepy and all kinds of voyeuristic. It was even weirder when its sole purpose was to sell chicken sandwiches. Well, Burger King apparently wants to bring it back to promote its latest chicken sandwich monstrosity.

    Burger King announced this week that its Big Mac ripoff – the Big King – will get a chicken version called the Chicken Big King. It will feature two chicken patties with all the dressings you would expect to find in a Big Mac Big King. The company says the product came about thanks to the success of the original Big King and America’s growing demand for chicken products.

    So, how does Subservient Chicken fit into all of this? Burger King is bringing back the world’s creepiest chicken in some capacity on April 30 at 9 a.m. Fans and those curious will be able to find the new Subservient Chicken over at its old roosting place at www.subservientchicken.com. The web site is still active after all these years, but it doesn’t actually work anymore. As the site says, the Subservient Chicken has somehow gotten loose and Burger King is currently trying to track him down. You can check out a few humorous images where the chicken has been spotted in public.

    So, you’re thinking that all of this is well and good, but you don’t really care. After all, this ad campaign launched in 2004 and you didn’t even know about it at the time. That’s fine as the original Subservient Chicken has been recorded for all to see. Here’s a video showing what the original would do:

    If that’s not creepy enough for you, here’s the original TV ad that somehow puts the already creepy BK King to shame:

    It’s unknown how Burger King will utilize Subservient Chicken this time around, but we do know a few things. BK says that this ad campaign will be about the chicken turning the tables on people. It will also star Dustin Diamond – the actor who played Screech in Saved by the Bell. If Burger King is attempting to market to 25 to 32-year-old males, they may have something on their hands. For everybody else who didn’t grow up on Saved by the Bell reruns, will Screech even matter?

    Image via blchrcreature27/YouTube

  • Subservient Chicken Returns to Burger King

    Subservient Chicken, the star of a hugely successful Burger King marketing campaign from 2004, is set to make a comeback this Wednesday morning. Burger King created the Subservient Chicken website ten years ago to promote the release of a chicken sandwich and the site had 100 million hits within two weeks. The Subservient Chicken is an interactive take on the “Have It Your Way” slogan and appears to consist of a costumed actor performing tasks on demand while on webcam, though all the tasks were filmed in advance. Burger King will attempt to recapture the Chicken’s former popularity to promote the Chicken Big King, a double decker chicken sandwich.

    Burger King has been building anticipation for the re-launch of the Subservient Chicken website with half-page newspaper ads in major cities. The ads are in a “missing persons” style, setting the theme for this round of the campaign. Instead of a Subservient Chicken at the beck and call of consumers, it appears he is going to be a bit harder to find. The website will debut a video at 9:00 AM on Wednesday “highlighting the chicken’s rise, fall and reinvention,” said Eric Hirschhorn, chief marketing officer at Burger King. The site currently consists of an empty room and the message: “Help. There’s a chicken on the loose and we are desperately trying to find him.”

    Disappointing US sales have prompted Burger King to utilize bolder strategies. While the former Subservient Chicken campaign consisted of television commercials coupled with the website, the new campaign will primarily be focused on social media in order to appeal to a younger generation. “It’s the 10 year anniversary and we want to celebrate our new Chicken Big King sandwich, truly in epic fashion,” said Eric Hirschhorn.

    Image via YouTube

  • Kanye West: Is He Really Buying Kim 10 Burger Kings?

    By now it’s no surprise that rapper and producer Kanye West likes to do things big, because sonically he chooses huge sounds that have taken hip hop music from the nightclub to the arena, and he pretty much did that single-handedly.

    And when it comes to other things he does, West uses that same I-want-to-shock-you-approach.

    I mean, just look at how he proposed to his fiance Kim Kardashian. He rented out an entire baseball stadium for her, had a full orchestra playing, and snuck her family to the proposal so she could celebrate with them.

    And since then, many have probably wondered what he’ll do for Kardashian after they walk down the aisle, because if the proposal was so left field, his wedding gift should be absolutely amazing.

    According to a source for the Daily Star, West purchased a string of Burger Kings for his soon-to-be-wife, and the restaurants will be spread all throughout Europe. The source says the rapper went with a business idea for a gift instead of something more conventional, like jewelry, because he wanted to extend Kardashian’s business reach.

    “As always, Kanye is thinking outside of the box when it comes to gifts for Kim,” said the source.

    “She owns all the jewels anyone could ever want, so he is taking the practical route by investing in businesses for her instead. He knows the fast food industry is reliable and lucrative, plus BK is international, so he thinks it’s the perfect fit for Kim.”

    But not so fast. A Burger King rep said there’s currently no deal in place between the fast food chain and West, but that could either mean the deal is being kept under wraps or the whole thing is just a rumor.

    Either way, it’ll be interesting to see what the rapper gives Kardashian for a wedding gift and it’ll be even more interesting to see how the wedding is ultimately put together, because best believe it won’t be small, since subtly isn’t West’s strongest attribute. And that’s clearly why he’s been such a successful artist for the past 10 years or so.

    Image via YouTube

  • Burger King Baby Reunited With Birth Mother

    Katheryn Deprill was left in the bathroom of a Burger King restaurant when she was a newborn baby and earned the nickname the Burger King Baby. Now 27, Deprill decided it was time to find her birth mother. She took her search to Facebook and after searching for only three weeks, she has found her mother.

    Deprill posted a photo on Facebook that showed her holding a sign that read, “Looking for my birth mother. … She abandoned me in the Burger King bathroom only hours old, Allentown PA. Please help me find her by sharing my post.” She asked her friends to share the photo, hoping it would circulate far enough to reach her mother.

    The photo was shared over 30,000 times on Facebook and Deprill’s story was quickly picked up by the media. Deprill’s mother became aware of the story and asked her attorney to arrange a meeting with the daughter she had abandoned 27 years ago.

    “I got the hug that I had wanted for the last 27 years, and that broke the ice,” Deprill said. “I asked if I could have it, and she said, ‘absolutely,’ and just held her arms open, and the rest is history.”

    Deprill and her mother spent several hours together during their first meeting and Deprill learned why her mother had abandoned her.

    The woman was only 16 years old when she gave birth in her bedroom. She has been raped while traveling abroad and hidden her pregnancy. She did not want to have her baby at a hospital because she was afraid she would be judged and did not want to answer questions about the rape. She chose to leave her baby in a public place, hoping she would be found quickly.

    Deprill said that her mother explained how regretful she was for giving her up but felt that she had no other choice. Deprill said that she forgave her mother and was looking forward to having a relationship with her.

    Do you think Deprill would have found her mother without the help of Facebook?

    Image via Wikimedia Commons

  • Low-fat Fries? Burger King Has Them

    Low-fat Fries? Burger King Has Them

    Are you trying to eat healthy but keep getting tempted by fast food? Burger King may be able to help you enjoy the best of both worlds. They recently released a new type of fry that promises to be less fattening and better for you.

    The new Satisfries debuted today at select Burger King Restaurants. The restaurant chain claims that these fries are made in a way that prevents them from soaking in too much oil, making them lower in fat and calories.

    Burger King menus already contain healthy food options such as apple slices and salads, but the inventors of the new fries thought that customers may still want to satisfy their carb craving without sacrificing their diets.

    An order of the new Satisfries will contain 340 calories and 14 grams of fat. Regular fries contain 410 calories and 18 grams of fat. These healthy fries will not replace regular fries and if you want to try them yourself, you will have to request them when you place your order.
    Most customers will welcome the new fries and be happy to try them. Some however feel that if they want to eat healthy while eating fast food, they will just skip the fries all together and choose a salad instead.

    Many restaurants have started to add healthier options to their menus. Whether other restaurant chains will follow suit and develop healthy fries is yet to be determined. Although the fries are lower in fat and calories than regular fries, calling them healthy just doesn’t seem right.

    Image from BK.com.

  • French Fry Burger To Be Added To Burger King Menu

    The fast food wars are gearing up, and enthusiasts everywhere are trembling in anticipation with drooling mouths and clogged arteries as the giants go head to head, sprucing up menus and trying new tactics to earn that precious, precious cash crop in exchange for delicious, terrible-for-you food stuffs. McDonald’s is charging right into the front lines, promising bone-in wings, seasoned with cayenne and chili powder and accompanied by an assortment of “sauce-y” groupies, all for the amazing price of $2.99. The war seemed won before it could even begin, with McDonlad’s the ever-eternal victor of unhealthy, but stupidly convenient yummies– until, lo and behold, Burger King emerged with unheard of vigor!

    The king’s army marched on to the playing field with something even more stupidly convenient than drive-by wings; a holy messiah, the child between burgers and fries… a french fry burger. Yes, you read that correctly. A burger with french fries on it. With the arrival of this brave new leader in fast food choices comes an era where one will no longer have to choose between a burger or fries, or fear having their fries fall between the seats of their car. Dare this writer be so bold as to say that this burger might harken in an era of peace and simplicity, the likes of which no one might have ever experienced before.

    Burger King refused to stop at this point, however; no, the king’s army could not be content with simply making life simpler for us mere common folk. The king’s heart is too kind to do just that; full of love and grace, the Burger King has announced that the french fry burger will be available to the public at only one dollar’s cost.

    Both the McDonald’s wings and the Burger King french fry burger will become available in September for a limited time, but this writer has no doubt that the french fry burger will be victorious in this cut-throat fast food war. Although, truly, aren’t the real victors those of us who are free to consume copious amounts of terribly unhealthy food for mere dollars as giant chains duke it out for our wages? This writer sure thinks so.

    Image courtesy of Burger King’s official website.

  • McDonald’s Franchisees are Furious About Costs of Doing Business

    McDonald’s Franchisees are Furious About Costs of Doing Business

    A showdown of capital proportions is taking place in the fast food world, as if the constant striking by workers were enough for the industry: McDonald’s franchise owners are alleging that McDonald’s costs are too high, citing rent, remodeling and training fees among other complaints.

    According to a letter sent to Bloomberg News, franchisees have reported a deteriorating understanding between the corporation and its store owners.

    Franchise owners remember a time not too long ago (the mid 1990’s) when McDonald’s Corporation’s desire to expand was greater than its desire to properly manage franchise-owned restaurants. Former McDonald’s owner Dick Adams of San Diego said that while franchisees are upset and morale is not quite as low as in the 1990’s, “we’re getting there again.”

    One of the McDonald’s franchisee’s biggest complaints revolves around the rent and royalties they pay to the company. Bloomberg cites the notes from an April 23 meeting attended by store operators as revealing that some franchisees pay 12 percent of store sales in rent alone.

    In response to this complaint, McDonald’s spokeswoman Ofelia Casillas said in an email to Bloomberg, “Across the country, the rent owner/operators pay for their McDonald’s restaurants is determined by local market real estate costs, as well as the cost of doing business in a particular market… The range for rent has historically varied based on these and other regular business variables.”

    Business Insider notes that the goal of becoming a franchise owner is way out of reach for most Americans. The McDonald’s corporation would “require a minimum of $750,000 of non-borrowed personal resources to consider you.”

    When it comes to customers, all this discussion of what franchise owners want seems to overshadow the effects on average Americans who purchase the food every day. The costs that a franchise might incur could mean financial ruin for its managers. High-rent McDonald’s franchises often find themselves in need of remodeling, which is a high cost activity for McDonald’s. Bloomberg cites Slater-Carter as quoting a McDonald’s renovation as costing at least $800,000; By comparison, Burger King franchisees can get a renovation done for about $300,000.

    Although Burger King and Taco Bell’s remodeling may seem cheap, acquiring a Taco Bell of your own would require you to be sitting on a cool $1 million, while BK pushes it even further at $1.5 million.

  • Burger King Rolls Out The Hands Free Whopper

    So yeah, this actually exists. At least according the Burger King-branded website, HandsFreeWhopper.com. So what would you do if you could eat a Whopper while your hands were free to pursue other activities? It should be noted that while the outcry of “Burger King is making it easier for us to be fat and lazy” is out there, the fast food giant actually is debuting this little promotion in Puerto Rico, which helps explain the Hispanic look and feel of the promotional video. While BK’s Twitter makes no mention of this hands free apparatus, if this story pops–which is almost certain, especially when you consider how good Burger King has been in regards to making Internet news–you can bet they won’t be silent about it for much longer.

    According to reports, the campaign was created with the help of ad agency, DLC/Ogilvy & Mather, which makes one wonder whether this is just a promotional stunt or an item Burger King actually plans on releasing to consumers. The fact that a video of the 3D printing process of the hands free device being created lends credence to the idea it will actually be available:


    So, is this another sign of the human race’s impending doom, via fast food and obesity, or is this just Burger King looking for a new way to remain relevant in this trend-following world?

  • Burger King Delivery Expands to Chicago, L.A., and San Francisco

    Gone are the days where food delivery consisted only of pizza or Chinese food. Restaurants over the past decade have begun offering a wide selection of cuisines that can be delivered right to customers’ doors.

    Now, even fast food restaurants, which have relied on drive-thru service for decades, are getting in on the delivery act. Burger King today announced that it is expanding its delivery service, racing ever closer to the day that “did somebody order a Whopper?” will become a porn cliche.

    Burger King will now deliver in Chicago, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. The fast food restaurant already delivers in New York, Miami, Houston, and Washington D.C.

    “‘BK Delivers’ is already performing well in New York, Miami, Houston and greater Washington, D.C.,” said Alex Macedo , president of the North America division at Burger King Worldwide. “As its popularity has grown, we have seen an increasing demand for the program in other markets. Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago have some of our most loyal guests and the Burger King brand is excited to offer them the opportunity to enjoy the food they love, delivered to them in the comfort of their home, dorm, or office.”

    Burger fans in those cities can order Burger King delivery by phone or through the BK Delivers website. Those who aren’t in the current delivery cities can request that delivery come to their zip code on the same website.

  • Anonymous Hacked By Rival Hacker Collective

    Over the past few days, a number of high profile brands and people have had their Twitter accounts hacked. Burger King was the first to fall victim to the hacks with Donald Trump’s personal account following a day later. Now the latest victim is connected with the group responsible for the hacks.

    BBC News reports that the popular Anonymous Central Twitter (@Anon_Central) was hacked by a rival hacker group known as Rustle League. The Twitter feed was forced down, and now the account is starting from scratch.

    While this was going on, most of the dramas was taking place on the fellow @Anon_Central Twitter. Some were saying that a fight between rival hacker collectives was wonderfully entertaining, but most were asking the two groups to work together instead of fighting amongst themselves.

    Of course, some people find the idea of Anonymous getting hacked to be scary in and of itself:

    It should be noted that not all hackers are related to Anonymous, and some really hate Anonymous. In this case, it seems that Rustle League was in it for the “lulz.” There might be cases in the future, however, where rival hacker collectives take things to serious new levels by posting personal information on those involved in each group. For hackers veiled in anonymity, that would be the worst possible thing.

  • Burger King Twitter Hack: No Schadenfreude from McDonald’s End

    Burger King Twitter Hack: No Schadenfreude from McDonald’s End

    If you run the Twitter account for a major international business, take this as a cautionary tale.

    It’s been a pretty bad day for whoever is in charge of fast-food chain Burger King’s Twitter account. Earlier this afternoon, the account was hacked and began suggesting that the company had been sold to McDonalds. The hackers even changed the logo and header photos to enrich the joke.

    Four nearly a half an hour, the hackers maintained control of the account, sending out some nonsensical/obscene tweets, links to rap videos, and the like. As of right now, the account has been suspended.

    Other tweets included “Try our new BK Bath Salt 99% Pure MDPV! Buy a Mig Mac, get a gram free!” and “We caught one of our employees in the bathroom doing this,” which linked to a picture of a guy shooting up.

    Early on, online hacktivist group Anonymous took responsibility for the hack, called it #OpMadCow. The motivation behind the attack, if there actually was any besides #lulz, is currently unknown.

    McDonald’s has issued a statement via Twitter, in which they say that they “empathize” with Burger King. McDonald’s, as you may know, is no stranger to having bad days on Twitter.

    We’re not so sure about Taco Bell, however:

  • Burger King Employee Puts His Nasty Feet in Your Lettuce, Posts Image Online

    True story: I stopped eating a Burger King over four years ago following a peculiar incident with one of the company’s drive-thru employees. Upon stopping at the first window to pay for my order, I was greeted by a woman who appeared to be having an extremely bad day. Being the kind and considerate individual that I am (shut up), I asked the lady how she was doing. What I received in response was a diatribe about the company’s seemingly archaic break schedule, which she felt was a little strict considering she was currently on her period. Yes, I learned all about a perfect stranger’s menstrual cycle on that fateful day, which has kind of soured me on the whole Burger King experience. No offense to the company intended.

    Today adds yet another strike against the restaurant and their very unusual employees. According to the website Clevescene, an area Burger King employee thought it would be impossibly hilarious to post a picture of himself standing in two bins of lettuce to the popular website 4Chan. The caption positioned beneath the photograph read, “This is the lettuce you eat at Burger King.” Given that fast food lettuce already looks and feels like someone rubbed it vigorously against their unclothed backside for hours on end, this image doesn’t exactly get my mouth watering for a Burger King sandwich.

    Outraged, several users on 4Chan decided to take action against the troublemaker. Using GPS information located within the picture file, the offended folks managed to pinpoint Mayfield Heights, Ohio as the location of this alleged food-soiling incident. The impromptu investigation apparently only took 15 minutes to complete. Ah, the endless marvels of technology and the fools who think they’re doing things online with anonymity.

    Clevescene reportedly called the restaurant to see if any steps were being taken to oust the loser who defiled the company’s beloved lettuce supply. “Whoever this is is getting fired,” the breakfast shift manager explained. “And whoever the manager was at the time will be fired, too.”

    Burger King’s corporate offices have weighed in on the subject, as well, issuing the following statement to FOX8 Cleveland. “We are aware of the photo that was allegedly posted by an employee at a BURGER KING® restaurant in Ohio and are taking the issue very seriously,” the company said. “Food safety is a top priority for BURGER KING® restaurants and the company has strict policies regarding its food handling procedures. We are investigating the matter and will take appropriate action as necessary.”

    Unless that “appropriate action” is kicking the freak onto the sidewalk, I’d say my time with Burger King is officially over and done with. Besides, I can’t seem to disassociate the restaurant with that poor woman’s menstrual cycle. Some things simply cannot be forgotten or forgiven.

    Then again, I guess I asked for it.

  • Only In Japan Can You Order A Whopper With 1,000 Slices Of Cheese

    People like to make fun of Americans for being fat and eating very unhealthy things. It’s a fair jab as a lot of us do like to give into temptation and order 20 McDoubles as a light snack. One thing people tend to forget, however, is that the Japanese are right up there with us eating the most unhealthy of foods. Case in point: a Whopper with 1,000 slices of cheese.

    Japan’s Rocket News pulled a stunt a while back that had their reporter, Mr. Sato, consuming a Burger King Whopper loaded with 1,050 strips of Bacon. If you want to watch that, be my guest. Just know that it’s pretty disgusting. Unfortunately for him and us, he’s back with another stunt as he attempts to down a Whopper with 1,000 slices of cheese.

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    The local Burger King in Japan agreed to make this monster of a burger. The cheesepocalpyse had to be stored inside of a custom box made out of plastic trays and the burger itself was wrapped in multiple sheets of wrapping paper taped together. I’m still surprised that was able to hold the 25lb burger from hell.

    I don’t think I would be able to even eat a bite of this, but Sato proved that he is more of a man than I’ll ever be. He was able to down 350 slices of cheese before giving up only saying that he wouldn’t have room for dinner if he ate anymore.

  • Burger King Bacon Sundae: Twitter Reacts

    Burger King Bacon Sundae: Twitter Reacts

    Burger King’s bacon sundae doesn’t sound like something that is fit for human consumption. Although I’m a huge fan of bacon on just about anything, the idea of combining it with my dessert isn’t immediately appealing, though, apparently, there’s a market for such a dish. Burger King is set to unleash its latest menu item on Thursday, which should sit nicely next to the health-conscious fruit smoothies and salads it debuted earlier this year.

    The bacon sundae is a 500-calorie monstrosity consisting of vanilla soft serve topped with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles, and a whole piece of bacon for good measure. Once consumed, your body will be the proud recipient of 8 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar. If you’re on the cusp of becoming a diabetic, I’m sure this baby will gleefully kick you across the proverbial line and directly into the abyss. I’m sure you’ll be smiling all the way down.

    This deranged concoction isn’t the only new item available on Burger King’s summer menu. In addition to the bacon sundae, adventurous fast food fanatics can indulge in a Memphis pulled-pork BBQ sandwich, Carolina BBQ Whopper or chicken sandwich, Texas BBQ Whopper or chicken sandwich, sweet potato fries, and, last but certainly not least, frozen lemonade. At some point during the next few months, I may indulge in a little calorie bombing of my own. Of course, I may ultimately regret the decision moments after the last bite has been consumed, but I’m sure the experience will be heavenly until that point.

    What do Twitter users think about Burger King’s bacon sundae? You can find a sampling of their thoughts and opinions below. Who knows? Maybe the dessert is the greatest gift the company has ever bestowed upon the populous. Perhaps I’m missing out on something truly remarkable. I suppose I’ll just have to deal with the loss as I’m pounding a BBQ sandwich into my gaping maw.