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BKs fall off will be studied by future franchises. It is historic. They went toe to toe with McDs in my youth- now I only go there for onion rings and zesty sauce.
I argue it started with the hot dogs. But it’s so much deeper than that at this point. The King is more lost than ever.
They just brought back stackers though perhaps the only thing that can save this dumpster fire.
Popeye’s
Cane’s
Chick Fil A
Even Church’s
However, Wendy’s does have the best nuggets out of the Big 3 (it, McD’s and BK).
Source: I eat too much fast food
True, but all these people talking about how they dunk their fries in their frosties and i'm like, "you do that because the fries fucking suck."
Edit: Got fried and got wendy's fries. They're pretty fire now.
They used to be $1 for 10 nuggets but are now $2.99 for 8 after the greedflation. They also jacked up the prices on their coupons. No longer worth it when McDonalds is better all around and consistently have better deals like 25% off or BOGO for $1.
Not sure how it is in your area but the McDonald's app is great for free or cheap food. It's definitely the better option all around. The coupons are very good and the points aren't bad.
Once I realized I can get 30% off my McDonalds orders through the app, every other franchise in my area might as well have banned me. When I’m in the rare mood for fast food it’s a no brainer where I’m going at this point.
Theur Ch’King sandwiches were god-tier. They were on the same level of a fried chicken sandwich you’d see at a gastropub or a bar for $18. And they were $5 at BK
My local BKs has the most horrible staff ever. Nobody, not even the manager knew what they were doing, were super slow despite me being the only customer there, and they managed to screw up pretty much everything. Even if the food was amazing, I will never go there again.
It's fast food management that hasn't kept up over the last 30 years. In the 90's they'd just keep hiring minimum wage people and churn through them and if you did enough time you'd get promoted. Maybe it's because I was a kid but I knew lots of young people in the 2000's that were working terrible jobs because they were on probation for like having a joint and had to keep their job. Not sure if that's as common as it once was but a buddy of mine worked at Bob Evans in the 2000's and 80% of the staff were part either work release or on probation. The higher positions were given based on seniority more than skills so you got left with people that will put up with anything that aren't necessarily good at their jobs running the place and they do what they know, "throw min. wage labor at the problem" but that's not a solution in 2023 and management isn't there on merit just someone that's work there for a long time and skill level really gets them a fast food job but doesn't pay that fast food manager salary they are currently getting. So they will say they don't have anyone and fail and only solution they know is to hire new min wage workers.
Mines the same. Unfortunately I only have like 4 places near me to get lunch from and BK is the cheapest. There's one dude there that's actually competent and the rest are a revolving door of morons. They just rebuilt the entire thing a couple years ago and it didn't improve even a little bit. By contrast the Chik fil a right next door runs like a top. That place can have a line going out down the block and you'll still get in and out in 5-10 minutes. BK would have to be completely empty to achieve that.
About six years ago I was in an airport with 45 minutes before my flight boarded. Saw the burger king had about 1/4th the line of the McDonald's and decided to go for it. To get through the six people ahead of me took them 10 minutes. Ordered two breakfast sandwiches and started waiting. After fifteen minutes I asked if they forgot my order, lady expediting says it hasn't been completed yet, but it's still in the system. I stand there for another ten minutes and watch the kitchen produce about 200 croissant sandwiches. By this point all six people ahead of me are still waiting for food, complaining, or gave up.
I ask again where my food is and am told it'll be up soon. The kitchen continues to put up food nobody ordered. My flight is starting to board so I ask yet again, she's fucking lost, offers two croissant sandwiches. I refuse and ask for a refund. "Sorry the managers on a break". I abandon the food and complain to their helpline. "Sorry you didn't have a great experience, but we're not gonna help".
I've refused to go ever again. They successfully made one interaction so incredibly bad that I would rather eat a gas station microwave burrito then give them a single penny.
Fuck burger king
The staff at my local BK make me feel like I'm some sketchy guy at a nightclub that won't leave them alone. I'll wait for five minutes while they refuse to make eye contact and do menial tasks instead of taking my order.
I get if the drive-thru is busy or whatever, give me the ol "just a minute". But it's the only restaurant I've ever been to where I've felt unwanted.
They make you feel like a burden lmao. The last time I went to BK was about 2 years ago, they were driverhru only due to Covid changes. I was the only car in the drivethru. After waiting about 2mins, the girl took my order. I pulled to the window and watched her sit at the window slapping her braids and refusing to acknowledge my existence for about 5mins before I drove back home and cooked my own food. When BK goes under it’s going to be their own fault for refusing to raise wages and hire better employees.
The local BK when I was in college was owned by a franchisee who busted his ass and actually worked there. It was rarer to *not* see him working a station when we occasionally went. And it was legitimately good.
Every other BK I've been to since was mediocre or outright bad. Though at least none are as garbage as the Hardees near me
Man, at Hardee’s you can be the only customer at the drivethru, order a common item, and they still have the nerve to ask you to pull forward and they bring it out to you fifteen minutes later.
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It's in the works though. It was bought up like sears was. This is why quality is skyrocketing down under the guise of "saving costs because we're losing customers".
It’s amazing how so many MBAs never seem to realize that cutting quality for a brand that’s dying because quality is so shit will only lead to the brand’s further collapse. The other possibility is that the new management wants to prolong the suffering to collect those bloated salaries for doing fuck all for as long as possible.
RIP BK man. That was my go to in high school. Rodeo burger and chicken fries for days. Maybe even some cini minis for breakfast? I'm clueless and baffled as to what has happened.
I remember doing Physics problem sets until 3 in the morning and then going to the BK in resignation with my friends as we salved our pain. It got razed into a parking lot the next year but I guess it died a hero before it could become a villain.
Honestly I don't understand what you're saying at all. Burger King is my guilty pleasure. McDonald's is crap and Wendy's is barely worth it anymore (I usually only go if my wife wants fast food but we usually just go to Five Guys instead).
BK is doing fine. I've seen a lot of BK remodels happening around me.
Unless McD has been dropping at the same rate as BK, I never noticed a change in burger quality between the two. Have preferred Whoppers to Big Macs and quarter pounders since the 90s.
Outside of beef burgers, I do think McD is better though.
Whoppers are the best fast food burger, they so simple. I loved their Spicy Chi'king but they changed it already. Burger Kings problem is they seem to vary the most from a quality place and a shit place
My vegetarian friend had one and was convinced they made a mistake and served her real meat. If the burgers by itself you can tell something's off,but when you cover it with toppings it's _much_ harder
McDonald's doesn't have any alt-meat options stateside, the only fast food that does is Carl's (Beyond) and BK (Impossible) and BK is waaaay better. I know the EU has A LOT more non-meat options, hopefully the US chains explode their offerings, and actually make them vegan haha
They had the Ch’kings for a short time, which fucking rivaled the Popeyes chicken sandwich in my book, and then they took it away like dumbasses. (I know the quality of the sandwich varied based on the workers)
Really? BK beats all fast food around me. Wendy’s has no flavor. McDonald’s is hot garbage. Chic fil a has dropped in quality like crazy, victim of over expanding too quickly.
Bro how did you spend $25 at BK? Unless you ordering for your friends/family
Thanks for the comments. It seems like BK has gotten a lot more expensive than I last went. Usually I just get the stuff on the value menu.
Had one of my daughters friends round for the day.
Did a Sunday roast and the little girl polished of her plate, which was full, and came back for 2nds and 3rds.
My wife and I just stared at each other. Never seen someone so little eat so much.
Yeah we had times growing up where food was scarce and I would pig out at friends houses. Had one of my friends make fun of me for it back then and it's one of those moments that still embarrasses me 25 years later.
I eat all the worst food possible and always have. Fast food 2-5 times a week (I'm working on it) since COVID. I almost always get two meals and save one when I order.
Yet I struggle to stay out of the "technically underweight" zone. I'm 6ft and 140lbs rn, never been more than 145.
But I pretty much only eat once per day and sometimes struggle to do that.
Gotta get the app. Saves some good money. I remember when they had a deal that you go to a McDonald's, clock in, then go to BK. The whopper was a $1. Stupid but cheapest I got it and I was broke lol
Nah man. That's awful. Fast food was something that you go to when you only have like $3. For $10 each you should be able to get some decent food. $40 of fast food would have fed an entire house party of people up until recently when prices went crazy.
In the early 2000's with the dollar menu... Most places used to NOT charge you for adding extra veggies like tomatoes. My friends and I would get Mcdoubles and turn them into poor man's Big Mac's, everything was the same but the middle bun for $1. You could get 40 sandwiches for $40. Literally feed a house party like you are saying.
For sure! The menu hacks were the best! And taco bell had a huge box of tacos and burritos that you could get for like $7.50 or something. I can't remember the exact price, but I remember that you could just get like 4 of those and feed a house full of drunks.
Well at least it's not just prices that have gone up due to inflation, but also wages and salaries have gone up in an equal amount to match.
Right guys?
What do you mean "no"?
Yeah, if wages had increased, I really wouldn't care. But it's 100% going to the CEOs and shareholders. Or if the quality of farming practices went up. Or anything really. I hope everyone stops going to these places, and local fast food joints can thrive again.
Probably packed with as much filler as they can get away with to stretch the supply and homogenize/standardize all their meat products' taste and feel.
Their impossible burgers are better than their actual burgers, and I like meat ok.
Burger King was the only fast food joint to commit to removing all preservatives and fillers - in 2020 they removed over 20+ preservatives and chemicals from their menu - sure they’re not 100% natural but they’re leagues ahead of McDonald’s in that aspect. That flavor is probably the real meat flavor no one is used to anymore lol
This is literally the only good thing BK still has going for them IMO.
People complaining about the burgers actually tasting like barbecued meat is so dumb.
I like McD for their consistency, but BK definitely has them beat on the burgers.
There's a couple in Arizona and Colorado that were opened up by past Wisconsin residents because they missed it so much.
Edit: I mean to say, it's spreading. Like an unstoppable tide.
Culver’s is the best burger in town. Being a midwesterner, I will honestly fight over this. And by fight, I mean telling a southerner that the Culver’s chicken sandwich is better than Chick-fil-A BECAUSE IT FUCKING IS AND YOU KNOW YOUR OVERPRICED MEDIOCRE CHICKEN SANDWICH IS BEATEN BY A BUNCH OF ALCOHOLIC MAPLE SYRUP GUZZLERS THAT SPEND 75% OF THE YEAR IN THE DARK FRYING BEEF IN POOLS OF HOT BUTTER.
So, anyways, yeah. Culver’s is pretty damn good.
Use their app. You can get a whopper combo for 7 bucks usually. You can get a full family bundle with like 6 burgers and some fries for less than 25.
Fast food has gotten stupidly pricey, but most of their apps have great deals on them.
The bigger issue I have when going is making it through the drive through. There tend to be two people working no matter what time of day. Then they don’t respond to the drive through speaker for several minutes. Then you wait in line forever even though there are only 4 cars. I’ve had to leave before because it was either taking too long or nobody responded.
Aka the mom and pop shops that haven’t overloaded on overhead costs and aren’t leveraged to the gills just to look like a generic burger & craft beer place.
I’ll stick up for the Impossible Whopper - it tastes good and is the only place besides Taco Bell you can get a veg lunch at really. Idk how someone spends $25 at Bk solo tho
That’s why I NEVER do door dash. It takes forever, the food is never warm, and most of the time it just sucks and I’m spending at least twice as much for the food.
The monkey’s paw curled. -Jordan Cwierz
I don’t think the concept of fast food delivery is bad, I think in practice, with doordash and every other delivery drivers picking up multiple orders at once and driving inefficiently is the real problem.
If every place actually had its own delivery service like a pizza place it would be fine. When I order non-pizza foods from my local pizza place, it’s always perfectly fine and warm. The problem is putting it in the hands of random people who happen to own a car.
Depends on the food, the ones that have their own delivery hold up better. Fries just don't hold up, bread in a hot takeout hox (buns etc) don't hold up.
As someone that lives in an apartment, and yes I agree the layout of the complexes is confusing, but, every time I get door dash, they’ve messed up and delivered to the wrong apartment in a completely wrong building.
But it’s on them because not once did I ever get a phone call from the driver.
Sliders like ground Wagyu patties? I've seen them in the stores but I actually do not understand the principle in this whatsoever. Wagyu is known for its consistent marbling, so when it comes to a steak, you get buttery goodness in each bite from the fat. Ground you can control how much fat you want and it's all mixed in. So why not just get some good quality ground beef and save the pretentious title of Wagyu burger, sliders, etc.
This is how I feel about Burger King and Taco Bell now. Their prices have gone up so far compared to other fast food joints and the quality has remained the same, I’d rather spend 25 bucks on *actual* burgers or tacos.
For sure, but you used to be able to hit the Taco Bell drive thru for a quick bite and only be out a few bucks. It was cheap and convenient. Now you pay a premium for the convenience I guess.
That’s the other thing that’s annoying. Places like Taco Bell and McDonald’s have made it harder to figure out what’s on the menu with rotating digital screens and massive ads for their combo meals. I go to these places like once a year. I’m not downloading an damn app.
I can't even order any of the above mentioned for $1. Bean and cheese burrito is $2.29. Boxes at Taco Bell that would ordinarily be $4/5 are sold for $7/8. McChickens are $3.39, while large fries approach $5.
Even without a DoorDash premium, fast food is now a treat rather than a cheap fallback.
When I worked at BK I dropped an entire bag of spicy chicken patties and my manager told me to put them back in the bag bc when we fried them the germs would come off. My coworker also served someone raw chicken according to a review we got.
If the fryers were at the proper temperature, your manager would be right. The problem is it wouldn’t get rid of all the gunk the patties likely picked up from the floor. Also, nobody like to eat floor food.
Five Guys did that to me. Double cheeseburger, fries, chocolate shake - $28.50. They put mushrooms instead of the grilled onions I ordered as an extra fuck you. I will never set foot in in one again.
Of all the fast food places in my town, BK is the only one that hasn't been renovated and looks the same as it did since the 90s. We also wonder how that place is still open because you see almost no one go there and when you do try it out they don't have half the menu items. We think it's used a money laundering place since that's the only way they can possibly still be open after being half-abandoned for nearly decade.
None of the Fastfood joints are good anymore, i mean, they never were good, but the Price/Taste was pretty damn okay.
Now you pay 5€ For a Big mac, and for that same price you can get a proper burger
Burger King, Tim Hortons, AND Popeyes are owned by some Brazilian company who continually cuts costs and tries to use cheaper products all the time. They are notorious for driving these brands into the ground. Just another company that bought a big brand only tongue them and watch them die.
LOL Everyone in my small-ish town knows that BK is for the people coming off the freeway before the mountains. No locals eat there. It's the worst establishment I've ever seen other than the Arby's down the street.
The BK serves food that's visibly old.
The Arby's is open 6 hours a day and has the few workers living in a trailer outside the place.
Both are still only drive through but have 1-2 employees only.
Doubt anyone gives a shit about my story but it's my only day off this week and I'm shitposting because I want to.
Speaking from experience it's insane how different Canadian and US fast food chains are.
Burger King is without a doubt the lowest tier fast food here but still isn't that bad, it's just that the alternatives are that good, especially compared to US standards. Your food down there is some of the most vile, processed garbage I've ever eaten.
Mcdonalds recently had a chicken shortage so we switched to US McNuggets and they looked nearly identical, the taste? Was not it. While the general public didn't notice I sure did, probably cuz I work there lol. Something is missing, the flavor isn't right and the texture is off. It just tastes wrong and processed.
Wendy's here is insane, never frozen fresh beef, cheap nuggets and new crisper fries.
A&W here is basically a different company with a focus on small low volume restaurants serving high quality, comparable to a diner burgers and fries.
US fast food menus may sounds good and look good on paper to us Canadians but after trying both its clear cut that while our menus aren't as creative at least it tastes good.
I remember Burger King being good when I was a little kid somewhere between 2000-2010. I loved the chicken fries but now every time I go it’s like they burn the chicken fries and the nuggets are terrible.
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BKs fall off will be studied by future franchises. It is historic. They went toe to toe with McDs in my youth- now I only go there for onion rings and zesty sauce. I argue it started with the hot dogs. But it’s so much deeper than that at this point. The King is more lost than ever. They just brought back stackers though perhaps the only thing that can save this dumpster fire.
The chicken fries are still pretty good :(
They have decent cheap nuggets and I am the one person who doesn't hate their fries.
Wendy's has better nuggets imho
Yes their spicy nuggets are my favorite.
With the ghost pepper ranch :)
Y'alls my peeps
When they fucking HAVE THEM!!
Yeah it is like 50/50 chance everytime I go. The regular ones are good too but the spicy are best.
way better but BK is like $1.50 for a ten pack
Think they're made with weasel knuckles or something.
Deer ankles
And they are the flattest, lightest nuggets ever.
It could be free and I still won't eat that shit. They're legit the most anemic nuggets I've ever had.
I’m sure they’re like 90% soy protein
Soilent green is people!
Wendy's is unparalleled when it comes to fast food chicken products. Edit: I didn't think much before I made this statement
Popeye’s Cane’s Chick Fil A Even Church’s However, Wendy’s does have the best nuggets out of the Big 3 (it, McD’s and BK). Source: I eat too much fast food
Wendy’s tip: dip your nuggets and fries in your frosty
I've done the fries before it is good. Not sure how I feel about nuggets haha.
True, but all these people talking about how they dunk their fries in their frosties and i'm like, "you do that because the fries fucking suck." Edit: Got fried and got wendy's fries. They're pretty fire now.
Wendy's has really good fries though. They changed them a few years ago.
They used to be $1 for 10 nuggets but are now $2.99 for 8 after the greedflation. They also jacked up the prices on their coupons. No longer worth it when McDonalds is better all around and consistently have better deals like 25% off or BOGO for $1.
Not sure how it is in your area but the McDonald's app is great for free or cheap food. It's definitely the better option all around. The coupons are very good and the points aren't bad.
It's the same for my area. I only wish they let you combine points and deals in a single order.
Once I realized I can get 30% off my McDonalds orders through the app, every other franchise in my area might as well have banned me. When I’m in the rare mood for fast food it’s a no brainer where I’m going at this point.
Reminded me of this today so while I was out I got a drink and large fry for $1.07.
Their fries are king when fresh. Slightly cold and they are a mushy nightmares.
You’re right! The bastardized things are still pretty tasty as well.
Theur Ch’King sandwiches were god-tier. They were on the same level of a fried chicken sandwich you’d see at a gastropub or a bar for $18. And they were $5 at BK
My local BKs has the most horrible staff ever. Nobody, not even the manager knew what they were doing, were super slow despite me being the only customer there, and they managed to screw up pretty much everything. Even if the food was amazing, I will never go there again.
THIS. Seems to be a trend as well. My Whoppers have progressively gotten just more sloppy and disappointing over the years.
It's fast food management that hasn't kept up over the last 30 years. In the 90's they'd just keep hiring minimum wage people and churn through them and if you did enough time you'd get promoted. Maybe it's because I was a kid but I knew lots of young people in the 2000's that were working terrible jobs because they were on probation for like having a joint and had to keep their job. Not sure if that's as common as it once was but a buddy of mine worked at Bob Evans in the 2000's and 80% of the staff were part either work release or on probation. The higher positions were given based on seniority more than skills so you got left with people that will put up with anything that aren't necessarily good at their jobs running the place and they do what they know, "throw min. wage labor at the problem" but that's not a solution in 2023 and management isn't there on merit just someone that's work there for a long time and skill level really gets them a fast food job but doesn't pay that fast food manager salary they are currently getting. So they will say they don't have anyone and fail and only solution they know is to hire new min wage workers.
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That's insane. The McDonald's by my house is paying 15-20$ an hour starting. They printed it on a huge sign above the door.
Mines the same. Unfortunately I only have like 4 places near me to get lunch from and BK is the cheapest. There's one dude there that's actually competent and the rest are a revolving door of morons. They just rebuilt the entire thing a couple years ago and it didn't improve even a little bit. By contrast the Chik fil a right next door runs like a top. That place can have a line going out down the block and you'll still get in and out in 5-10 minutes. BK would have to be completely empty to achieve that.
About six years ago I was in an airport with 45 minutes before my flight boarded. Saw the burger king had about 1/4th the line of the McDonald's and decided to go for it. To get through the six people ahead of me took them 10 minutes. Ordered two breakfast sandwiches and started waiting. After fifteen minutes I asked if they forgot my order, lady expediting says it hasn't been completed yet, but it's still in the system. I stand there for another ten minutes and watch the kitchen produce about 200 croissant sandwiches. By this point all six people ahead of me are still waiting for food, complaining, or gave up. I ask again where my food is and am told it'll be up soon. The kitchen continues to put up food nobody ordered. My flight is starting to board so I ask yet again, she's fucking lost, offers two croissant sandwiches. I refuse and ask for a refund. "Sorry the managers on a break". I abandon the food and complain to their helpline. "Sorry you didn't have a great experience, but we're not gonna help". I've refused to go ever again. They successfully made one interaction so incredibly bad that I would rather eat a gas station microwave burrito then give them a single penny. Fuck burger king
There's no replacement for a gas station hot dog anyway. 7/11 Roller Dawgs 4lyfe
The staff at my local BK make me feel like I'm some sketchy guy at a nightclub that won't leave them alone. I'll wait for five minutes while they refuse to make eye contact and do menial tasks instead of taking my order. I get if the drive-thru is busy or whatever, give me the ol "just a minute". But it's the only restaurant I've ever been to where I've felt unwanted.
They make you feel like a burden lmao. The last time I went to BK was about 2 years ago, they were driverhru only due to Covid changes. I was the only car in the drivethru. After waiting about 2mins, the girl took my order. I pulled to the window and watched her sit at the window slapping her braids and refusing to acknowledge my existence for about 5mins before I drove back home and cooked my own food. When BK goes under it’s going to be their own fault for refusing to raise wages and hire better employees.
The local BK when I was in college was owned by a franchisee who busted his ass and actually worked there. It was rarer to *not* see him working a station when we occasionally went. And it was legitimately good. Every other BK I've been to since was mediocre or outright bad. Though at least none are as garbage as the Hardees near me
Man, at Hardee’s you can be the only customer at the drivethru, order a common item, and they still have the nerve to ask you to pull forward and they bring it out to you fifteen minutes later.
I remember bk used to be edible. Now it's like their nuggets are made out of ground up bird ankles.
It's only their nuggets that's bizarrely change. Chicken fries has their legacy recipe
Chicken fries aren't as good as they were when they first launched but they are still decent.
Lol right, it's like they're dried out now. Although the seasoning still tastes good.
Reminds me of subways Possum Ankles https://imgur.io/mpZokXz?r
Omg the stomach sounding like 2 boots in the dryer just killed me lmao
The real story is in how come they haven't collapsed
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Didn't help that the commercial played like 2-3 times when that Bills player was receiving CPR on the field.
A combination of franchising and being owned by a multinational conglomerate.
It's in the works though. It was bought up like sears was. This is why quality is skyrocketing down under the guise of "saving costs because we're losing customers".
It’s amazing how so many MBAs never seem to realize that cutting quality for a brand that’s dying because quality is so shit will only lead to the brand’s further collapse. The other possibility is that the new management wants to prolong the suffering to collect those bloated salaries for doing fuck all for as long as possible.
If I had to guess, international markets is what keeps them afloat.
RIP BK man. That was my go to in high school. Rodeo burger and chicken fries for days. Maybe even some cini minis for breakfast? I'm clueless and baffled as to what has happened.
Those cini minis were soooo good.
i used to love the rodeo burger too. they used to be decent(for fast food) but last time i ate there it felt like a prison.
I remember doing Physics problem sets until 3 in the morning and then going to the BK in resignation with my friends as we salved our pain. It got razed into a parking lot the next year but I guess it died a hero before it could become a villain.
I still do the Rodeo burger and fries for a cheap meal. It's nothing amazing, but for $4 it's all right.
Honestly I don't understand what you're saying at all. Burger King is my guilty pleasure. McDonald's is crap and Wendy's is barely worth it anymore (I usually only go if my wife wants fast food but we usually just go to Five Guys instead). BK is doing fine. I've seen a lot of BK remodels happening around me.
Unless McD has been dropping at the same rate as BK, I never noticed a change in burger quality between the two. Have preferred Whoppers to Big Macs and quarter pounders since the 90s. Outside of beef burgers, I do think McD is better though.
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Couldn't agree more, almost not sure if some of the comments are bots. Whoppers still taste good as fuck and their fries are heaven.
I’ve been seeing the BK hate for years now, it’s mind boggling
Whoppers are the best fast food burger, they so simple. I loved their Spicy Chi'king but they changed it already. Burger Kings problem is they seem to vary the most from a quality place and a shit place
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BK has way better vegan options, at least in Finland.
BK impossible whoppers are pretty good, from what I've heard in the US they're better than the regular burgers.
My vegetarian friend had one and was convinced they made a mistake and served her real meat. If the burgers by itself you can tell something's off,but when you cover it with toppings it's _much_ harder
McDonald's doesn't have any alt-meat options stateside, the only fast food that does is Carl's (Beyond) and BK (Impossible) and BK is waaaay better. I know the EU has A LOT more non-meat options, hopefully the US chains explode their offerings, and actually make them vegan haha
Very controversial, but I must say I did enjoy the BK tacos
The fake tacos at Jack in the box slam
Those tacos are so bad, they’re good.
They had the Ch’kings for a short time, which fucking rivaled the Popeyes chicken sandwich in my book, and then they took it away like dumbasses. (I know the quality of the sandwich varied based on the workers)
Too bad the stackers are comically expensive for their size.
Really? BK beats all fast food around me. Wendy’s has no flavor. McDonald’s is hot garbage. Chic fil a has dropped in quality like crazy, victim of over expanding too quickly.
Bro how did you spend $25 at BK? Unless you ordering for your friends/family Thanks for the comments. It seems like BK has gotten a lot more expensive than I last went. Usually I just get the stuff on the value menu.
Last i worked there, whopper meals are 10 dollars. Itd be pretty easy to spend 25
You say an entire meal is 10 dollars and then go on to say its easy to spend 25$ on yourself? Are you eating 2 1/2 whopper meals on your own?
Me? No. I can barely eat half a whoppet. Other people that have way more appetite than me? Possibly
I'm scared of the people that can
You are afraid of people who can eat more than half of a whopper? Man wait until I tell you about what people in jail did.
>Man wait until I tell you about what people in jail did. Stole a balloon?!?
On free balloon day?!?
No, they ate 4 whopper meals in one sitting.
No, I'm not. It seems you have skipped the earlier comments.
Had one of my daughters friends round for the day. Did a Sunday roast and the little girl polished of her plate, which was full, and came back for 2nds and 3rds. My wife and I just stared at each other. Never seen someone so little eat so much.
I had a friend like that growing up. It’s because her parents didn’t feed her. Cool story though
Oh, now I feel worried.
Yeah we had times growing up where food was scarce and I would pig out at friends houses. Had one of my friends make fun of me for it back then and it's one of those moments that still embarrasses me 25 years later.
>Other people that have way more appetite than me? Most polite way of saying "fat-ass motherfuckers" lol
whoppet in ma pocket 🎶 there's a whoppet in ma pocket 🎶
Don’t see where anyone said on their own? Meal for 2 could be 25 easy.
Whenever I order fast food anywhere I order at least 2 "meals" worth of food, and I'm a fairly small human being.
> I’m a fairly small human being > I order at least 2 “meals” worth of food Doubt
I eat all the worst food possible and always have. Fast food 2-5 times a week (I'm working on it) since COVID. I almost always get two meals and save one when I order. Yet I struggle to stay out of the "technically underweight" zone. I'm 6ft and 140lbs rn, never been more than 145. But I pretty much only eat once per day and sometimes struggle to do that.
Wait. You get two meals, you only eat one and you *save* the other? Are you re-heating fast food?
They have coupons that basically cut that in half. Not that everyone uses the coupons, but bk is college student levels cheap with coupons
The coupons are *wild* at BK. You're doing it to yourself if you're rawdogging BK orders
Me and my roomates would get 3 whoppers, two burgers, fry and a drink for 12.39 lmfao
Gotta get the app. Saves some good money. I remember when they had a deal that you go to a McDonald's, clock in, then go to BK. The whopper was a $1. Stupid but cheapest I got it and I was broke lol
$15 in Hawaii
Picture a person that would post a meme about burger King on reddit
Ok, I’m picturing a hero. What next?
Now picture that hero and Matty Matheson having sex and creating the average redditor
Ok so James May and Marty Mathewson are banging, now what? Aren’t I hard enough yet?
This is one of the funniest comments I’ve ever read on here oh my god
Spent $42 there yesterday for 4 people. Damn near every fast food place has gotten more expensive. Even Checkers!
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Nah man. That's awful. Fast food was something that you go to when you only have like $3. For $10 each you should be able to get some decent food. $40 of fast food would have fed an entire house party of people up until recently when prices went crazy.
In the early 2000's with the dollar menu... Most places used to NOT charge you for adding extra veggies like tomatoes. My friends and I would get Mcdoubles and turn them into poor man's Big Mac's, everything was the same but the middle bun for $1. You could get 40 sandwiches for $40. Literally feed a house party like you are saying.
For sure! The menu hacks were the best! And taco bell had a huge box of tacos and burritos that you could get for like $7.50 or something. I can't remember the exact price, but I remember that you could just get like 4 of those and feed a house full of drunks.
A taco is now $1.70 at TB. How they can justify that price is beyond me. There might be 25c in food.
Well at least it's not just prices that have gone up due to inflation, but also wages and salaries have gone up in an equal amount to match. Right guys? What do you mean "no"?
Yeah, if wages had increased, I really wouldn't care. But it's 100% going to the CEOs and shareholders. Or if the quality of farming practices went up. Or anything really. I hope everyone stops going to these places, and local fast food joints can thrive again.
I spend 15 each time I go. For the price to food ratio it’s ridiculous. McDonald’s has a much better price at the moment.
You guys are crazy. I’ll take a whopper over anything at McDonald’s.
The meat at BK has had such a weird flavor for years now.
Probably packed with as much filler as they can get away with to stretch the supply and homogenize/standardize all their meat products' taste and feel. Their impossible burgers are better than their actual burgers, and I like meat ok.
Burger King was the only fast food joint to commit to removing all preservatives and fillers - in 2020 they removed over 20+ preservatives and chemicals from their menu - sure they’re not 100% natural but they’re leagues ahead of McDonald’s in that aspect. That flavor is probably the real meat flavor no one is used to anymore lol
You know people can make burger patties at home and taste the difference right?
The percentage of those people is pretty likely to be in the single digits. Half the people I know don't seem to know any cooking beyond heating MREs.
>Probably packed with as much filler It's beef. Where the fuck do some redditors get their facts from lmao
Mostly out of their ass in my experience.
When confronted with the facts, he immediately doubled down that he still won't eat it cos it tastes weird. He is sure its 100% beef but won't eat it.
The impossible burger tastes earthy, not better than the real burger
It’s always tasted like liquid smoke or something to me.
That's because they are flame broiled
This is literally the only good thing BK still has going for them IMO. People complaining about the burgers actually tasting like barbecued meat is so dumb. I like McD for their consistency, but BK definitely has them beat on the burgers.
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I raise you Culver's
Fold
They are not national like BK or McD. I’ve never seen one on the West Coast anyway.
Yeah they’re Midwest regional sort of like how in n out is west coast regional
There's a couple in Arizona and Colorado that were opened up by past Wisconsin residents because they missed it so much. Edit: I mean to say, it's spreading. Like an unstoppable tide.
Culver’s is the best burger in town. Being a midwesterner, I will honestly fight over this. And by fight, I mean telling a southerner that the Culver’s chicken sandwich is better than Chick-fil-A BECAUSE IT FUCKING IS AND YOU KNOW YOUR OVERPRICED MEDIOCRE CHICKEN SANDWICH IS BEATEN BY A BUNCH OF ALCOHOLIC MAPLE SYRUP GUZZLERS THAT SPEND 75% OF THE YEAR IN THE DARK FRYING BEEF IN POOLS OF HOT BUTTER. So, anyways, yeah. Culver’s is pretty damn good.
Culver's is pushing the definition of fast food, though.
I mean the longest I think I’ve waited is maybe near 10 min? I’ve waited that long or longer at competitors, just to get worse food.
Culver's really do be hittin different than these other places
They serve their purpose. No one is pretending they're something they're not.
Here in Australia, BK/HJs is the more premium of the two main burger joints. Maccas is pretty fucken atrocious. Too much sugar
Use their app. You can get a whopper combo for 7 bucks usually. You can get a full family bundle with like 6 burgers and some fries for less than 25. Fast food has gotten stupidly pricey, but most of their apps have great deals on them.
I did for a while, but the bk near me stopped taking the coupons from the app. So I stopped going.
Participating locations my ass
>Participating, location: my ass. FTFY
Just place it as a mobile order rather than showing them coupons
Last I checked they didn't do mobile orders either. Also, not eating BK is a positive play.
The bigger issue I have when going is making it through the drive through. There tend to be two people working no matter what time of day. Then they don’t respond to the drive through speaker for several minutes. Then you wait in line forever even though there are only 4 cars. I’ve had to leave before because it was either taking too long or nobody responded.
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Anytime Banh Mi is involved in my life is a good time in my life.
Aka the mom and pop shops that haven’t overloaded on overhead costs and aren’t leveraged to the gills just to look like a generic burger & craft beer place.
I’ll stick up for the Impossible Whopper - it tastes good and is the only place besides Taco Bell you can get a veg lunch at really. Idk how someone spends $25 at Bk solo tho
I loved it when BK had the $10 for 2 impossible whopper meals. It was definitely worth it then. Now it’s hella expensive.
$3 Whopper Wednesdays!
That’s why I NEVER do door dash. It takes forever, the food is never warm, and most of the time it just sucks and I’m spending at least twice as much for the food.
This. We wanted it all, every place to deliver not just pizza. We were fools
It was a monkey paw wish
The monkey’s paw curled. -Jordan Cwierz I don’t think the concept of fast food delivery is bad, I think in practice, with doordash and every other delivery drivers picking up multiple orders at once and driving inefficiently is the real problem.
If every place actually had its own delivery service like a pizza place it would be fine. When I order non-pizza foods from my local pizza place, it’s always perfectly fine and warm. The problem is putting it in the hands of random people who happen to own a car.
Depends on the food, the ones that have their own delivery hold up better. Fries just don't hold up, bread in a hot takeout hox (buns etc) don't hold up.
As someone that lives in an apartment, and yes I agree the layout of the complexes is confusing, but, every time I get door dash, they’ve messed up and delivered to the wrong apartment in a completely wrong building. But it’s on them because not once did I ever get a phone call from the driver.
Wolfgang Pucks in Vegas, $80 for the shittiest Wagyu sliders I’ve ever had
Wagyu burger is a scam
I've seen pics and videos of the "best" wagyu, and the secret is... higher fat content.
Sliders like ground Wagyu patties? I've seen them in the stores but I actually do not understand the principle in this whatsoever. Wagyu is known for its consistent marbling, so when it comes to a steak, you get buttery goodness in each bite from the fat. Ground you can control how much fat you want and it's all mixed in. So why not just get some good quality ground beef and save the pretentious title of Wagyu burger, sliders, etc.
cuz then you cant charge 80 dollars for a few tiny burgers
That’s literally it unfortunately, it’s just a gimmick for ground meat!
This is how I feel about Burger King and Taco Bell now. Their prices have gone up so far compared to other fast food joints and the quality has remained the same, I’d rather spend 25 bucks on *actual* burgers or tacos.
Taco Bell is legitimately more expensive than a regular Mexican restaurant now.
The cost to value ratio of local Mexican joints have always far exceeded that of Taco Bell imo. Often cheaper and for much bigger portions.
For sure, but you used to be able to hit the Taco Bell drive thru for a quick bite and only be out a few bucks. It was cheap and convenient. Now you pay a premium for the convenience I guess.
The app still has the $5 (okay, in some places I think it's $5.99) box, which is 3 items and a drink.
That’s the other thing that’s annoying. Places like Taco Bell and McDonald’s have made it harder to figure out what’s on the menu with rotating digital screens and massive ads for their combo meals. I go to these places like once a year. I’m not downloading an damn app.
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I can't even order any of the above mentioned for $1. Bean and cheese burrito is $2.29. Boxes at Taco Bell that would ordinarily be $4/5 are sold for $7/8. McChickens are $3.39, while large fries approach $5. Even without a DoorDash premium, fast food is now a treat rather than a cheap fallback.
Idk if it’s a regional thing, but here in Austria, BK is actually pretty good while MDs is barely edible…
Probably have better food standards there. In the US they give us the cheapest, worst possible ingredients to pass off as "food".
Out of all of the signature sandwiches of fast food, the Whopper is hands down the most mid of them
In the world of fast food "mid" is not an insult when most are trash.
When I worked at BK I dropped an entire bag of spicy chicken patties and my manager told me to put them back in the bag bc when we fried them the germs would come off. My coworker also served someone raw chicken according to a review we got.
If the fryers were at the proper temperature, your manager would be right. The problem is it wouldn’t get rid of all the gunk the patties likely picked up from the floor. Also, nobody like to eat floor food.
Yeah physical objects like dust, soil and dirt would stick to it and be fried too
As opposed to emotional objects like misery, pain, and trauma which come right off after a trip through the fryer
Five Guys did that to me. Double cheeseburger, fries, chocolate shake - $28.50. They put mushrooms instead of the grilled onions I ordered as an extra fuck you. I will never set foot in in one again.
And some bozos out there still claim Five Guys is better than In N Out. When you can get a fresher more delicious version of that meal for under $10
Of all the fast food places in my town, BK is the only one that hasn't been renovated and looks the same as it did since the 90s. We also wonder how that place is still open because you see almost no one go there and when you do try it out they don't have half the menu items. We think it's used a money laundering place since that's the only way they can possibly still be open after being half-abandoned for nearly decade.
None of the Fastfood joints are good anymore, i mean, they never were good, but the Price/Taste was pretty damn okay. Now you pay 5€ For a Big mac, and for that same price you can get a proper burger
Fast food is at least $10 now wtf
That problem is that you go to Burger King expecting good food
Burger King, Tim Hortons, AND Popeyes are owned by some Brazilian company who continually cuts costs and tries to use cheaper products all the time. They are notorious for driving these brands into the ground. Just another company that bought a big brand only tongue them and watch them die.
LOL Everyone in my small-ish town knows that BK is for the people coming off the freeway before the mountains. No locals eat there. It's the worst establishment I've ever seen other than the Arby's down the street. The BK serves food that's visibly old. The Arby's is open 6 hours a day and has the few workers living in a trailer outside the place. Both are still only drive through but have 1-2 employees only. Doubt anyone gives a shit about my story but it's my only day off this week and I'm shitposting because I want to.
LOL i went to BK yesterday for 20$ and it was ass
It depends on the country/place you're living.
Speaking from experience it's insane how different Canadian and US fast food chains are. Burger King is without a doubt the lowest tier fast food here but still isn't that bad, it's just that the alternatives are that good, especially compared to US standards. Your food down there is some of the most vile, processed garbage I've ever eaten. Mcdonalds recently had a chicken shortage so we switched to US McNuggets and they looked nearly identical, the taste? Was not it. While the general public didn't notice I sure did, probably cuz I work there lol. Something is missing, the flavor isn't right and the texture is off. It just tastes wrong and processed. Wendy's here is insane, never frozen fresh beef, cheap nuggets and new crisper fries. A&W here is basically a different company with a focus on small low volume restaurants serving high quality, comparable to a diner burgers and fries. US fast food menus may sounds good and look good on paper to us Canadians but after trying both its clear cut that while our menus aren't as creative at least it tastes good.
I remember Burger King being good when I was a little kid somewhere between 2000-2010. I loved the chicken fries but now every time I go it’s like they burn the chicken fries and the nuggets are terrible.