rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

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The BurgerBrackets measure the loyalty of a burger brand's fans. Just like those other March brackets, this one begins March 17 with 64 competitors, all burger joints, in head-to-head matchups. The brand with the most vote moves on to the next round (see the Schedule below). The (number) next to the name is its seed. Seeding is influenced by pest performance in the BurgerBrackets, social-media strength and whim.

I was so disappointed in the mashed potato burger I forgot to update you guys

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As you can see, uneven mashed potato distribution, terrible build, average taste...

It could have been a beautiful burger

And I'm not ready to give up the mashed potato burger yet

But I'm going to need some time to heal first

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That has the look and feel of something from the powerful conservative images thread.

http://mashable.com/2014/03/19/taco-bell-breakfast-phones/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfY2JyaHp6cGw2ZHBsZG9oOXlsbXAxcXBhdXJfIn0

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"We just wanted to do something that would be really personal," says Tressie Lieberman, director, digital marketing and platforms. "We're calling them every day. You never know when the phone will ring." Taco Bell identified the superfans by their activity in social media and their fealty to the brand.

'lord bell, i am thine servant sworn.'

http://consumerist.com/2014/03/21/taco-bell-sends-food-writers-burner-phones-with-secret-breakfast-missions/

“So far the missions are delivered throughout the day (and night) via pre-recorded messages and revolve around social media,” notes Q, “with prompts like ‘Tweet which Taco Bell breakfast item are you into’ and ‘Where would you rather have a new Taco Bell Waffle Taco a beach in sunny California or in NYC?’ with 4-hours to complete each task.”

sounds like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternate_reality_game

sounds like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia

are they paid? (in money or taco certificates?)

wait wait wait, the entity setting up this strange, manipulative scenario is named Q?

(uesadilla)

this has to somehow be a SPECTRE plot, surely

Would be cool if Del Taco secretly sabotaged the phones so they blow up, wiping out that segment of the blogosphere that has sworn fealty to Taco Bell. Without these crucial social media leaders, their empire will collapse in a matter of weeks.

Somebody get Neil Hamburger on this stat.

Would have been better if it was pagers.

or sunlight passing through an aperture at breakfast time that when refracted through a doritos amulet opened up a passageway to a taco-shaped waffle filled chamber

"Waffles... why did it have to be waffles?"

lol

the flatizza is the saddest thing i've ever eaten

should be called polarizza

http://www.slate.com/articles/life/culturebox/2014/03/taco_bell_breakfast_phones_adventures_with_the_fast_food_chain_s_preowned.html

Moments after I hysterically tweeted, Instagrammed, and Facebooked the pictures of my new status signifier, the phone buzzed to life. It was a call from an 800 number. The moment, my moment, had arrived:

This is Greg, and I’m giving you a call from Capital One. We have a lot of options that have recently become available to you and wanted to discuss them with you. Please give us a call at ...

When I hung up, my breakfast phone chirped again. I had six voice mails waiting for me. Had I already been derelict in my duties? I hadn’t. But someone else had:

Hello, this is the Marie Curie High School, calling to inform you that your child [name withheld] was marked absent from school today. Please send a signed note with your child when he returns to school to verify this absence. Please keep in mind that your child is required by the chancellor of New York City to have 90 percent attendance for promotion, so please send your child to school every day.

the flatizza is the saddest thing i've ever eaten

― coops all on coops tbh (crüt), Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:44 PM (3 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^^^ wife got one of these last time we were driving back from RI; everything just piled in the center of a flat bread and baekd to death; burned and hard and inedible.

Checkers's "Hole-Lotta" ice cream things might potentially be good, but the weird cutaway illustration makes them look really strange and plastic-y. I'm also a little skeptical of the "Monsterella Stix," just because the name seems custom-made to disguise not-really-mozzarella-cheese, although the website suggests it's real. I did try the Brownie Batter shake - okay, but not dramatically different than your basic chocolate shake, not sure what I'm missing.

At least the Monsterella Stix well reflect the fact that the only reason you go to Checkers/Rally's is the coated fries and so they might as well do more with those ingredients. They should try deep-frying their crummy burgers in that stuff, might do 'em good.

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http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5929:ballpark-considering-hot-dog-flavored-cocktail&catid=41:facility-news&Itemid=56

jesus fucking christ

1.5 oz gin (or any spirit you have)
1.5 oz frank consommé
3 dashes Worcestershire sauce
2 oz beer to top
hot dog spear (for garnish)

Add all but the beer to a shaker with ice, shake to chill and strain into a Collins glass over fresh ice. Top with beer and garnish with a hot dog spear that has been cooked or not. It doesn't matter.

Note: To make the frank consommé, cook several hot dogs in boiling water. Reserve the water.

http://bizofbaseball.com/images/frankcollins.jpg

Check the date.

:(

i want 2 believe...

^ Misread your display name as "pepper yourself accordingly"

what the shit is that thing

In college I couldn't remember what I did with my wiener after beer, so that pic makes sense.

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apparently this, from the joe beef cookbook, is very real:

2 ounces vodka
1/2 ounce white vermouth
Dash of canned Vienna sausage juice
Drop of Tabasco sauce
1 canned Vienna sausage

(cc rolling canadian food laboratory inventions thread)

http://kitchenette.jezebel.com/dominos-is-now-marketing-a-pizza-with-a-fried-chicken-c-1563290228

http://gawker.com/america-leads-the-world-in-fast-food-breakfast-innovati-1565524826

these clowns are so far behind the story

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There's been a small trend lately of websites where if you click on "Locations" instead of taking you to an internal site that lists the locations, just takes you a Google Maps search for say, "taco johns" in the area where you are surfing the web.

o taco johns, you were so pure, so fresh, so simple

I ate one of those for lunch

I was sure the thread bump would be for this

Taco Bell is launching a new upscale taco chain.

The restaurant, called U.S. Taco Co. and Urban Taproom, will feature a menu of 10 premium tacos, thick-cut fries, milkshakes, craft beer, and wine, according to Nation's Restaurant News, an industry publication.

The first location is set to open in Huntington Beach, Calif., this summer. Taco Bell declined to elaborate on expansion plans.

Here are some of the menu items, according to NRN.

Winner Winner: Southern-style fried chicken breast with South of the Border gravy, roasted corn, pico de gallo, jalapenos, and cilantro in a flour tortilla.

One-Percenter: Lobster, garlic butter, red cabbage slaw, and pico de gallo on crispy fry bread.

Brotherly Love: Carne asada steak, grilled peppers and onions, roasted poblano queso, and cotija cheese in a flour tortilla.

The side of fries comes with dipping sauces including "ghost chile ketchup" and "roasted poblano crema." One of the beer-spiked milkshakes on the menu, called the "Mexican Car Bomb," has vanilla ice cream, tequila caramel sauce, chocolate flakes, and Guinness.

Tacos will be priced at about $4 each, and the average check size is expected to be roughly $12 with a drink.

Customers won't be able to customize their tacos like at Chipotle, but they will be able to watch their food being made.

"Most dishes will be prepared in-house, in glass-enclosed kitchens that allow guests to see meat grilling or tacos in the works — though a few ingredients will come from outside suppliers, like the Texas smoked brisket or Southern pulled pork," NRN reports.

The new concept is meant to attract a demographic of higher-income edgy foodies who would never step foot inside a Taco Bell.

"We could spend time and money trying to get these people interested in Taco Bell," but they would probably never become regular customers, Taco Bell CEO Greg Creed told Ad Age. "We thought, maybe there's a new brand we can create to address this opportunity."

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@ the least theyll be able to sell tshirts w/ that logo to the ed hardy set

that logo is terrible in its desperation to announce WE'RE AMERICAN

the name "One-Percenter" is dumber than any of Guy Fieri's crimes

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did they make that in Second Life

Sounds kind of like Torchy's Tacos, which is a popular and tasty taco chain here in Austin

"Most dishes will be prepared in-house, in glass-enclosed kitchens that allow guests to see meat grilling or tacos in the works — though a few ingredients will come from outside suppliers, like the Texas smoked brisket or Southern pulled pork," NRN reports.

Nice work.

higher-income edgy foodies

is this the code for low-T dads who have burned their tastebuds out with hot sauce and cut the sleeves off of their Hardy gear.