rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

lolll can't believe for a second that is real but great job whoever did it

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1970/02/14/kentucky-fried

lol his secret recipe and his fast-frying process produce fried chicken of a quality unknown in New York restaurants

Then, in 1939, the Colonel made what is regarded in chicken circles as a historic breakthrough.

Late in 1963, after less than eight years in the business, the Colonel had more than six hundred franchised outlets for his chicken in this country and Canada, which put him well ahead of the other fried-chicken operations, such as Chicken Delight and Chicken in the Rough.

If I ever get access to a time machine, going back to 1963 and sampling Chicken Delight and Chicken in the Rough will be pretty high on my list of priorities

chicken circles

Ever had Kenny Rogers' Roasters?

Scores of competitors have appeared in recent years (Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken, Maryland Fried Chicken, Daniel Boone Fried Chicken)

Rest In Peace to Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken

Oh my goodness did I just find a new burgerbusiness? http://www.franchisetimes.com/November-December-2014/Rick-Ross-raps-about-Wingstop-music-and-being-the-boss/

http://i.imgur.com/xsSuQJu.jpg

The Cover Rick Ross Doesn't Want You To See

i hope he actually freestyled all of his responses

The blog posts are hyperbolic. “Health Kwest: A Major Inexcusable Embarrassment for Genghis Grill,” reads one by Pearson Hurst, a Virginia man who said he was at first excited to be chosen for the contest.

Disturbed by the happenings at Genghis Grill

innaresting map: http://www.genghisgrill.com/locations/

I've been thinking about Miami Subs lately. It is a pink and seafoam green decorated philly cheesesteak franchise that somehow had one of its few non-Florida locations in Indiana.

I had no idea Rick Ross was a wingstop franchise owner

Wing Game/Crack Game

“What’s rich to you? To me it’s being in a place of fulfillment,” says Rick Ross, owner of nine Wingstop restaurants open.

Yeah, Genghis Grills could easily belong on the racist ad thread (if we've got one.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cQM6suFbcA

Or did I misspell "rapist"? Who's to say.

they literally set up a location in mongolia btw

Genghis Kahn is by far the greatest hero of Mongolia. They erected one of those gigantic statues of him there and they're extremely proud of his world-conquering exploits. But in the USA he's a human cartoon character.

Again, I'm fine with a wacky cartoon version of a Kentucky Colonel strutting around since that company was actually founded by a weird white guy with a goatee.

However, hero or not, I'm not as forgiving of the intentions of whatever Western corporate office who came up with Mongolians plodding around a buffet line, grunting at each other.

I got the the Chipotle Quesarito yesterday

it made me think a LOT about American gluttony and overindulgence and while it was quite delicious it's hard for me to come to terms w/ ingesting something this gargantuan and unhealthy. I just finished the leftovers and I want to cry into a lovely kale salad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lkaIoH6Um60

http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2014/12/02/pizza_hut_subconscious_menu_don_t_think_just_order_with_eye_tracking_software.html

I wonder like for how many marketing departments on your first day of the job they just hand you a bluray of the Minority Report

Genghis Kahn is by far the greatest hero of Mongolia. They erected one of those gigantic statues of him there and they're extremely proud of his world-conquering exploits. But in the USA he's a human cartoon character.

― oh no! must be the season of the rich (Aimless), Monday, 24 November 2014 21:40 (1 week ago)

that noted judaeo-mongol genghis kahn

Subconscious menu is a great idea, people will end up ordering pizzas stacked high with bizarre and unfamiliar toppings at which they stared in puzzlement, trying to decipher their shapes and colors. Also lots of combinations of shit they like but that goes horribly together.

"here is your pizza topped with naked pictures of your ex-girlfriends"

I am pretty sure how some late night pizza by the slice places operate

http://33.media.tumblr.com/3118d30cca16786987394b931599f9de/tumblr_nfdvq1wSfA1rgh197o1_400.gifhttp://33.media.tumblr.com/3118d30cca16786987394b931599f9de/tumblr_nfdvq1wSfA1rgh197o1_400.gifhttp://33.media.tumblr.com/3118d30cca16786987394b931599f9de/tumblr_nfdvq1wSfA1rgh197o1_400.gif

that's not laboratory science, that's magic

that's sewage

you misspelled "sausage".

http://www.mccormick.com/Flavor-Forecast-2015

http://www.businessinsider.com/taco-bell-fritos-taco-2014-12

http://i.imgur.com/xTNHKbT.jpg

h/t LL

lol
i had to look up dayparts because i thought it said ladyparts at first and then i realized wtf is a daypart

i hereby propose renaming ILX "Innovation Across All Dayparts" and renaming the top eight sub-boards after these bullet points

Taco John's has Fritos chips in some products along with Flamin' Hot Cheetos. I wonder if there are chip/taco exclusives to be negotiated here

http://www.baumwhiteman.com/2015Trends.pdf

this is incredible

Forget cronuts and negronis. Forget quinoa and kale. Short of putting food into our mouths,
technology is upending the way dining out works. Electronic wizardry once hummed quietly in
the background ... but now we're immersed in "front-facing technology" or "guest-facing
technology": all sorts of devices and programs that interface directly with the consumer. More
restaurant companies experiment with tablets ... letting guests order food and drink from their
tables; play games while they're waiting; then pay with smartphones ... meeting a waiter when
an order is delivered, or when it's time for a refill from the bar, or for upselling desserts.

Forget cronuts and negronis.

lolololol

i'll never get over cronuts and negronis
http://www.impdb.org/images/thumb/6/6a/Airplane!_TedFlashback.png/500px-Airplane!_TedFlashback.png

2014 was the year I started really enjoying negronis only to find out they'd baconed

oh shit seriously

http://www.beautifulbooze.com/2014/06/05/negroni-creamsicle/

gin and dairy, together at last

ah well. on to the bijou i guess *tips straw boater*

negroni and cronuts are funny together because they have the same /ow/ diphthong as bone, groan, moan, joan, stone (and alone, grown, known, cone)
also when you order a negroni you have to say "groany" and that's funny

:D