Then you'll love Burger King

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/burger-king-bets-bacon-sundae-173443889.html

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"NEW YORK (AP) -- Burger King wants to lure customers this summer with a barbecue party — and a bacon sundae. The world's second biggest hamburger chain on Thursday is launching several pork, beef and chicken sandwiches as limited time offers. And for a sweet ending, the company is also offering a bacon sundae — vanilla soft serve with fudge, caramel, bacon crumbles and a piece of bacon — that started in Nashville, Tenn. earlier this year. The salty-sweet dessert clocks in at 510 calories, 18 grams of fat and 61 grams of sugar. The limited-time items are Burger King's latest push to win back customers with a revived menu and reverse sliding market share, an effort that started soon after the company was taken private by the private equity firm 3G Capital in late 2010. Earlier this year, Burger King launched its biggest-ever menu expansion including fruit smoothies, snack wraps and new salads. The items were intended to go after a broader audience of moms and families, a shift from the chain's previous strategy of courting young men with calorie bombs. Core menu items, such as French fries and the Whopper, have also been tweaked as part of the company's efforts to improve food quality. Burger King is trying to underscore its own focus on ingredients with a new tag line, "Taste Is King," which replaces "Have It Your Way." A new ad has been celebrating summer barbecues to highlight the chain's emphasis on fire-grilling burgers. The new summer items will be featured in ads starting Thursday. This month, 3G plans to take Burger King public on the New York Stock Exchange. Wendy's is also revamping its menu to improve ingredients and recast itself as a higher-end burger chain. The makeovers by the hamburger giants come at a time when the traditional fast-food chains are seeing more competition from smaller players such as Five Guys Burgers and Smashburger that offer higher-quality food and alternatives such as Subway. Burger King isn't the only fast-food chain that's trying to draw attention with unusual offerings. Taco Bell earlier this year introduced its tacos with Doritos shells and a "nacho burrito" that includes corn chips. The rest of Burger King's summer menu includes: —Memphis Pulled Pork BBQ Sandwich. —Carolina BBQ Whopper or Chicken Sandwich. —Texas BBQ Whopper or Chicken Sandwich. —Sweet potato fries. —Frozen Lemonade. The items will be available through the summer or while supplies last. "

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 5:55 PM. Reason : bad grammar]

6/12/2012 5:51:19 PM

they will need to get their restaurants/staff up to par to get out of this malaise. their locations on avent ferry and six forks are disgusting. the employees that work there are equally disgusting.

6/12/2012 5:53:06 PM

^^is this seriously the first you've heard of bacon desserts???

if this wasnt BK, i'd say it sounds delicious. i've had bacon donuts and a bacon brownie w/ ice cream, the 2nd of which was one of the best desserts i've ever had.

6/12/2012 8:52:56 PM

^^ BK has as much of a staffing problem as it does a food problem. while the food sucks (most fast food does), the staff at most of these places is by far the worst of any chain, except maybe hardees

6/12/2012 8:55:03 PM

^^^ True. I haven't been to a BK and had a decent hamburger in years. They're always dirty and the employees suck.

[Edited on June 12, 2012 at 8:56 PM. Reason : ^]

6/12/2012 8:55:57 PM

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"they will need to get their restaurants/staff up to par to get out of this malaise"

my sentiments exactly.

6/12/2012 9:03:47 PM

truth itt. god-awful these days, but i used to love it as a kid.

6/12/2012 9:15:40 PM

BK burgers are good when you need to clean out your system....fast...

6/12/2012 9:43:37 PM

BK's chicken sandwich can be decent if you go to the right BK at the right time on the right day

6/12/2012 10:01:49 PM

Lumpy's ice cream sells bacon/ boubon ice cream. its actually pretty good.

6/12/2012 10:10:36 PM

I'll probably end up trying it

6/12/2012 10:12:30 PM

5 lafta bucks says hey now has already tried one

6/12/2012 10:14:06 PM

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"The world's second biggest hamburger chain "

That came at me as somewhat of a surprise.

I don't know anyone who likes BK, but at the same time, I can't think of another large scale burger joint other than McDonald's.

6/12/2012 10:28:21 PM

folks that feign disgust at rich foods are sub-human and at the very root of our current dilemma

6/12/2012 10:56:08 PM

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"^^is this seriously the first you've heard of bacon desserts??? if this wasnt BK, i'd say it sounds delicious. i've had bacon donuts and a bacon brownie w/ ice cream, the 2nd of which was one of the best desserts i've ever had."

My bad, I suppose I should frequent more bacon-based high end restaurants

6/12/2012 11:10:35 PM

OH MY GOD THIS IS SO GROSS HOW OVER THE TOP IS THIS?

6/13/2012 1:02:43 AM

Rip off.



from Denny's.

6/13/2012 2:59:35 AM

And if you've never had bacon, syrup, vanilla ice cream, ontop a warm brownie, then you are missing what heaven tastes like.

6/13/2012 3:00:39 AM

i like BK stackers with pickles added.

mmm

6/13/2012 3:47:00 AM

anyone ever have a bacon cupcake? i know GiGi's makes them.... not too shabby

6/13/2012 7:02:16 AM

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"That came at me as somewhat of a surprise. I don't know anyone who likes BK, but at the same time, I can't think of another large scale burger joint other than McDonald's."

yeah, the only other one in the US that I can see competing might be Carls Jr/Hardees. Then there is the fact (I don't know if it is still the case but at least was) that BK had contracts with the military and you could find one on about every military base that would allow it- that, I could only imagine, would be a stepping stone to get them even more world wide

6/13/2012 7:05:06 AM

6/13/2012 9:43:35 AM

What makes Burger King employees worse than employees in any other fast food chain? You're going to get slack employees no matter which chain you go to. I'd think it varies more from location to location, meaning a specific employee or employees than it would from chain to chain.

Does BK have a top down directive to only hire and keep on the worst of the worst?

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"I don't know anyone who likes BK, but at the same time, I can't think of another large scale burger joint other than McDonald's."

I'd rather have a (non Whopper) burger from BK over anything at all from McDonald's. Maybe having a kid has something to do with that. I want to go to McDonald's x infinity.

Also, on topic:




[Edited on June 13, 2012 at 10:41 AM. Reason : -]

6/13/2012 10:37:10 AM

my roommate just posted this on facebook

6/14/2012 2:08:07 PM

Oh your roommate is black! Now it all makes sense!

6/14/2012 2:09:32 PM

shit i thought she lived with her mom and had some explaining to do

6/14/2012 2:10:26 PM

6/14/2012 2:11:20 PM

I like Sundays, I like bakin'.

6/14/2012 2:11:23 PM

there aren't enough rolly-eyes to describe bk's new ads

6/14/2012 2:13:17 PM

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"Oh your roommate is black! Now it all makes sense!"

lols, yes, and I'm white, it's even funnier if you know our last names.


Aside from her love of bacony sweet treats she's pretty much awesome. I'm starting to appreciate living with a gamer who stays in her room

6/14/2012 2:21:02 PM

Update:

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"It's the most amazing thing ever. It's going to be maid of honor in my eventual wedding Get the sweet potato fries with it - you will not be disappointed."

6/14/2012 2:55:26 PM

You all act like the salty/sweet thing is something new. People have been dipping french fries into Wendy's Frosties as long as I can remember

6/14/2012 2:57:44 PM