rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

http://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-franchisees-say-discounting-is-killing-them-2016-10

One franchisee had a creative suggestion for McDonald's corporate office: spice up the fries.

"Do something incredible with our fries," the franchisee wrote. "Like add a sauce: cheese, garlic... something to energize our incredible fries."

this poor franchisee just isn't being listened to

― j., Friday, 28 October 2016 00:32 (four days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's a thing... in Australia (only?)

https://mcdonalds.com.au/loaded-fries

http://candylike.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/chocolate-fries_tx410.jpg

there's something troubling about a venison sandwich from arby's.

are those white chocholate/dark chocolate fries?

yes.

https://g.foolcdn.com/editorial/images/230065/screen-shot-2016-09-26-at-43908-pm_large.png

pumpkin / chocolate version

hmm. i am both troubled and intrigued.

http://i.imgur.com/E1aKfqu.png

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

http://i.imgur.com/Y6WOaJ0.jpg

What the unholy hell am I looking at?

No meat, at least.

i'm not immediately saying no to this

i need details

'hey who left these nuts in here'

as someone who has eaten p much a whole jar of nutella with a spoon i can't claim to be uninterested but it is v weird that this is a thing nonetheless. also does not seem like something you would expect from italy

I guess if the bun's on the sweet side it'd seem kind of like a bastardized Italian pastry? Maybe?

i think i would definitely eat a lot of these

I'd go for a straight up nutella burger why the hell not let's do this

It's literally just Nutella & bread guys of course it's not insanely objectionable

also fries with dessert sauces just make sense, people have been dipping their fast food fries into milkshakes forever

Looks like something BreadTop would make.

not too different from a pain au chocolat

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/las-vegas/best-taco-bell-in-the-world-las-vegas-cantina-has-new-menu-items-djs

does the reese's king size cup with reese's pieces inside belong in this item? i tried one and it was ok although a bit much. put the other in the fridge to see if that helped.

suggest microwave

i don't have one but even if i did, i prefer chilled

have it your way™

That's where Reese's pieces come from. They're harvested from cups.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/restaurantsandnews/the-creator-of-general-tso%E2%80%99s-chicken-has-died/ar-AAl49Q2

thread spiritual forbear

ok that is nuts because this also just happened: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/business/michael-james-delligatti-creator-of-the-big-mac-dies-at-98.html?_r=0

who will be next? ugh, i mean wtf 2016!

http://www.theonion.com/graphic/pizza-hut-unveils-new-cheese-stuffed-delivery-boy-34863

https://i.imgur.com/lKb1t78.png

http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511059052-class-action-des-plaines-mcdonald-s-franchisee-charges-41-cents-too-much-for-cheeseburger-meals

A Des Plaines man has brought a consumer fraud class action against a suburban Chicago McDonald’s franchisee, alleging the restaurant group should be made to pay for allegedly false advertising on its menu, as the group’s pricing of its two cheeseburger “Extra Value Meal” causes customers to pay 41 cents more than they would if they just ordered their two burgers, fries and drink separately.

oh man, that was the big secret on Whopper Wednesday. I always panicked when a customer figured that out b/c voiding everything out and re-ringing it up was NOT easy.

Not America, but in the spirit of the thread... 'smart' KFC with facial recognition ordering system:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jan/11/china-beijing-first-smart-restaurant-kfc-facial-recognition

http://burgerbusiness.com/burgerbusiness-is-closed-thanks-for-coming/#comments

fuck, rip burgerbusiness dot com - upon whom will i rely now to soothsay that the coming year is gonna be the "year of the bun"

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

DDDD:

RIP mourn you from daypart to deathpart

http://i64.tinypic.com/2ezmiyq.jpg

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2017/01/11/taco-bell-fried-chicken-shell-naked-chicken-chalupa/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

nationwide in 15 days!

Bakersfield, California, and Kansas City, Missouri

I wonder how they arrived on this particular combination of test markets?

Well, Bakersfield is oilfields and meth labs

i'm fuckin bummed about burger business

https://www.qsrmagazine.com/consumer-trends/12-fast-food-trends-2017

Bowled over by bowls. To call 2017 the year of the bowl would not necessarily be an overstatement, says Melissa Abbott, vice president of culinary insights at The Hartman Group. Some bowls will be loaded with salad. Others will be filled with grains and veggies. And some will be protein-infused. Chains like Sweetgreen and Cava Grill are already bowl havens. “Bowls are all about seeing things made right in front of you,” Abbott says.

qsr magazine is here once again with their annual forecast though

2017: YEAR OF THE BOWL

Want kombucha with that? Most Americans have probably never heard of kombucha, the fermented tea that’s made by adding a culture of bacteria and yeast to a solution of tea and sugar. But they will in 2017, Abbott says. “This is a fun, magical, low-cal drink that has lots of beneficial properties,” she says. Such familiar names as Safeway and Celestial Seasonings already have dabbled in it. It won’t be long until familiar fast-food and fast-casual chains sell it, too.

oh good

we now have a "jersey mike's subs" closer to work

I am unsure what to think so far

https://www.technomic.com/Pressroom/Releases/dynRelease_Detail.php?rUID=445

As we look beyond flavor, we now wonder which ingredients are emerging on the innovation scale? Chicken and bacon are, by far, the most popular proteins on sandwiches, but what’s next?

“The Technomic Lifecycle is pushing the envelope by showing us real-time ingredient innovation,” says Bernadette Noone, vice president at Technomic. We've noticed with the growth of consumers' desires to remain healthy, that tofu is the leading cutting-edge protein used in sandwiches. Other ingredients like Muenster cheese, truffle aioli and English muffins were also identified as innovators in the sandwich category.

On the other hand, Technomic often finds that ingredients can be mainstream in some meal categories, while being unique and competitive in others. A perfect example would be “chipotle mayo”. When paired with chicken sandwiches, it is often found in the mainstream part of the lifecycle, while adding it to steak sandwiches places it on the introductory and growth scale.

technomic rules

i, too, often find myself "looking beyond flavor" when eating fast food

bernadette noone

After the giant returns in the evening and eats two more of the men, Odysseus offers Polyphemus some strong and undiluted wine given to him earlier on his journey. Drunk and unwary, the giant asks Odysseus his name, promising him a guest-gift if he answers. Odysseus tells him "Οὖτις", which means "nobody"[ 2 ] and Polyphemus promises to eat this "Nobody" last of all. With that, he falls into a drunken sleep. Odysseus had meanwhile hardened a wooden stake in the fire and now drives it into Polyphemus' eye. When Polyphemus shouts for help from his fellow giants, saying that "Nobody" has hurt him, they think Polyphemus is being afflicted by divine power and recommend prayer as the answer.

In the morning, the blind Cyclops lets the sheep out to graze, feeling their backs to ensure that the men are not escaping. However, Odysseus and his men have tied themselves to the undersides of the animals and so get away. As he sails off with his men, Odysseus boastfully reveals his real name, an act of hubris that was to cause problems for him later. Polyphemus prays to his father, Poseidon, for revenge and casts huge rocks towards the ship, which Odysseus barely escapes.

So is the Year of the Bun or the Year of the Bowl?

I'm starving over here until I hear an answer. Don't make me ask Al Stewart.

Going from the basic blahness of everything I've tried from SweetGreen, here's hoping for 'bun.'