rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2014/08/25/the-10-meat-mountain-from-arbys-its-exactly-what-it-sounds-like/?tid=sm_fb

http://i.imgur.com/jD1uYzx.jpg

h/t Ned

surely this cannot be ascribed to human ingenuity, as if it were cooked up in a lab by a poindexter wearing meat goggles

the inspiration here is nature's grandeur itself

the science was in the focus group statistical analysis

'do you like it zoomed in THIS much? … or THIS much??'

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

Black hamburgers.

http://dangerousminds.net/comments/burger_king_goes_goth_in_japan_with_their_black_burger

Bela Lugosi's fed!

http://images.dangerousminds.net/uploads/images/gothburger1.jpg

Black Velveeta always is ready to dance.

i'm here to report that cookie dough oreos do exist, are an abomination unto the lord, are delicious

http://www.kfc.co.jp/sp/campaign/colonelsday_thanks3/index.html#campaign3_title

http://i.imgur.com/TntXD37.jpg

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

http://i.imgur.com/QYz2Jwi.jpg

I need all of these promotional toys

Love the drawing of the Colonel under that inexplicable chicken keyboard.

wing wing leg leg k f c wing leg wing k f c wing leg leg breast

wow

wing to the leg leg wing to the head

“Millennials really are the core of our late-night strategy,” Jennifer Kennedy, Jack’s director of innovation and social engagement, told BurgerBusiness.com in an interview. “Whether they’re studying late or working a night shift they’ve been pivotal to the late-night daypart. So we wanted an instant-win game that appealed to them. We know that Millennials like to make a game of things, whether participating in online video games or through social networks or being the first to do or know or own something. We made Jack’s Munchie Peel simple: You peel; you win.”

“We know Millennials are always looking to try something different,” Innovation Manager Katherine Cerrito told BurgerBusiness.com. “The Chick-n-Tater Melt is the kind of savory product you’re craving at midnight and not necessarily something you’d want for your lunch or dinner. Millennials like to try new things and share experiences on social channels. They can say ‘Look what I have: A chicken sandwich with hashbrowns on top and it’s amazing!’”

that's what you boomers don't understand about us millennials, we like to say "Look what I have: A chicken sandwich with hashbrowns on top and it’s amazing!"

fucking millennials with their munchie peels and hashbrowns thanks obama

millennials are annoying so we wanted to create something really annoying that they could hopefully annoy the world with

Why not just call that shit the Tweetburger and get it over with.

It'd be cool of a jack in the box employee had to start a twitter account for my chicken sandwich and tweet in its voice while @ing me up until I ate it

http://twitter.com/JackBox/status/515006720708329472

Yo millenial, I heard you like munchies on your hashbrown peels

http://www.xojane.com/fun/arbys-meat-mountain

http://www.xojane.com/files/IMG_7251.jpg

hey whered my meat mountain go!!

anyway

http://www.motherjones.com/media/2014/09/taco-bell-menu-jurafsky-language-food

this guy sounds like the dumbest professor stanford has ever hired

holy shit, he pointed out that taco bell isn't fine dining. that's going to blow some minds!

real cheese

real taco

wow that guy proved taco bell isn't a fancy restaurant??

not even the fancy taco bell with a skull logo

Cool how the professor explained how an ñ worked. Not sure he knows what a hipster is, either. Or, for that matter, possesses any knowledge not held by anybody older than 14.

knows how to get a book deal

Taco Bell hides secret meanings in its marketing material? No shit

http://i.imgur.com/KQ4yzN6.jpg

Local pizza place has invented the crown pizza. This is the cheeseburger variant, they also have a hot dog one and a few others.

http://www.worldpizzakitchen.com/images/48f13dfc2e85baf44f1a058ea847f141_e13q.jpg

i never notice that taco bell eye thing; that's gonna bother me everytime i see it now

yeah taco bell eye is kinda O_O

That pizza does kinda look like something is crowning

Think it might be an egg cluster for these guys

http://i57.tinypic.com/21loqye.jpg

http://www.burgerbusiness.com/?p=18869

The Janney survey also finds that McDonald’s operators are heavily relying on the current Monopoly promotion to stop the ongoing sales slide. “Everything depends on Monopoly,” one franchisee told Kalinowski.

One franchisee said, “McRib should prevent further declines.”

“We are leaderless,” says one franchisee. “McDonald’s Corp. is scrambling to find answers to their problem,” says another.

The answer = Cheeseburgers with Frito Lays topping

hellp us help usss
sanctuary! sanctuary!

“McDonald’s Corp. is scrambling to find answers to their problem,”

https://c2.staticflickr.com/2/1061/5146218745_2315a7a8ac.jpg

Every year, the monopoly game manages another round. The rules are complicated, the tabs you peel off is printed in Greek hieroglyphics. And yet, craigslist and the print classifieds are filled with the I'VE GOT PARK PLACE, LET'S SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE ads. It's a fast food franchise contest based upon an 80-year-old board game everyone hates. I just don't get it, but hat's off to them.

for years it was rigged too

I know this makes me basically a monster rooting for the end of the world, but McDonald's hotcakes in a styrofoam package like that trigger such fond memories. I almost never ate at McDonald's, but my grandad liked it, so when he was in town that would be the special breakfast out. The sound of the toxic plastic crinkling under your fork as you saw through the syrup-coated cakes is one of those ineffables that future generations will never understand.

an 80-year-old board game everyone hates

sb

http://i.imgur.com/E2HIWV2.gif

doc: i have the exact same super nostalgia when it comes to McD's breakfast!

was that quantum of solace