RIP mourn you from daypart to deathpart
http://i64.tinypic.com/2ezmiyq.jpg
― ๐๐๐-BAM-O BAM A โ ๐๐-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 12 January 2017 03:16 (seven years ago) link
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!
― j., Thursday, 12 January 2017 04:41 (seven years ago) link
Bakersfield, California, and Kansas City, Missouri
I wonder how they arrived on this particular combination of test markets?
― mh ๐, Thursday, 12 January 2017 15:09 (seven years ago) link
Well, Bakersfield is oilfields and meth labs
― ๐๐๐-BAM-O BAM A โ ๐๐-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 12 January 2017 19:53 (seven years ago) link
i'm fuckin bummed about burger business
― ้พ, Thursday, 12 January 2017 19:56 (seven years ago) link
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. โBowls are all about seeing things made right in front of you,โ Abbott says.
qsr magazine is here once again with their annual forecast though
2017: YEAR OF THE BOWL
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:11 (seven years ago) link
Want kombucha with that? Most Americans have probably never heard of kombucha, the fermented tea thatโs made by adding a culture of bacteria and yeast to a solution of tea and sugar. But they will in 2017, Abbott says. โThis is a fun, magical, low-cal drink that has lots of beneficial properties,โ she says. Such familiar names as Safeway and Celestial Seasonings already have dabbled in it. It wonโt 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
― mh ๐, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:18 (seven years ago) link
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 whatโs next?โThe Technomic Lifecycle is pushing the envelope by showing us real-time ingredient innovation,โ 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 โchipotle mayoโ. 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.
โThe Technomic Lifecycle is pushing the envelope by showing us real-time ingredient innovation,โ 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 โchipotle mayoโ. 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
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:22 (seven years ago) link
i, too, often find myself "looking beyond flavor" when eating fast food
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:23 (seven years ago) link
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 "ฮแฝฯฮนฯ", 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.
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.
― j., Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
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.
― pplains, Thursday, 12 January 2017 20:33 (seven years ago) link
Going from the basic blahness of everything I've tried from SweetGreen, here's hoping for 'bun.'
― mega pegasus for reindeer (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 12 January 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
what's the appeal of jersey mike's? does anything actually separate it from blimpies or quiznos?
― qualx, Friday, 13 January 2017 02:34 (seven years ago) link
also when i saw that taco bell thing i assumed it was fried chicken skin, which is tbh a great and respectable idea, not literally fried white chicken meat molded into a taco shell shape
― qualx, Friday, 13 January 2017 02:35 (seven years ago) link
Fried chicken skin is a new idea and new ideas are terrifying to the American consumer. Or so the chains think.
And Jersey Mike's has more of an old school sub shop feel, if that makes sense. I don't remember Blimpies but it's definitely more of a pre-Subway taste from what I've had. Which is not much. They do cheesesteaks, which is ultra-rare in this part of SoCal.
― ๐๐๐-BAM-O BAM A โ ๐๐-H US SEIN-U.S.-UNITED STATES (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 13 January 2017 06:09 (seven years ago) link
Blimpie died hard in a lot of areas after some initial success in years after Subway became ubiquitous -- I don't think they differentiated themselves well and actually changed to become more like Subway for a while.
Jimmy John's stuck to bare essentials and offered delivery and seems to be strong here after starting with college areas and then branching out. Subway's main appeal now seems to be ubiquity + "healthy" options + deals. Jersey Mike's and a handful of others (Firehouse Subs, some cheesesteak place) are playing the "it's a bigass tasty sandwich" game without pretending to be healthy or cheap.
― mh ๐, Friday, 13 January 2017 16:58 (seven years ago) link
I hate Quizno's, something about the way they have menu items carefully engineered to sound like they're actually going to taste good and then blergggggh
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 13 January 2017 17:00 (seven years ago) link
lol yeah, quizno's was pretty big around here and then hit the wall a few years back after they reduced their menu to serving variations of the same three sandwiches and the quality dropped
― mh ๐, Friday, 13 January 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
rip pepper bar
does jimmy johns still include condoms with its orders?
― maura, Saturday, 14 January 2017 15:18 (seven years ago) link
need more info to complete this query
― mh ๐, Saturday, 14 January 2017 15:45 (seven years ago) link
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/McDonalds-Rolls-Out-2-New-Big-Mac-Sizes-Nationwide-This-Week-411252195.html
we used to make things in this country
― j., Saturday, 21 January 2017 17:06 (seven years ago) link
make america salivate again
― i don't watch lamestream porn (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 21 January 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/EdVd9ew.png
― ้พ, Thursday, 26 January 2017 20:00 (seven years ago) link
congratulations on your impending lawsuits frito lay
― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, 26 January 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
seems fine
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 26 January 2017 20:27 (seven years ago) link
It took me a while to see anything other than panties in the circle on the left.
Maybe I'm drunk?
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 27 January 2017 00:05 (seven years ago) link
'target acquired'
― j., Friday, 27 January 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
'Lock in for a Frito lay'
― nickn, Friday, 27 January 2017 04:18 (seven years ago) link
Frito breath detected! Abort!
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 27 January 2017 08:03 (seven years ago) link
http://www.avclub.com/article/kfcs-unholy-fried-chicken-pizza-hybrid-chizza-spre-249916
not gonna lie, the thought of this with, like, a popeye's batter sounds fucking awesome (it also sounds like a parmo, which i'm amazed no fried chicken chain has yet ripped off wholesale)
― the portentous pepper (govern yourself accordingly), Wednesday, 8 February 2017 19:14 (seven years ago) link
In my decade in China I tried many of the bizarre creations McDonald's and KFC came up with for the local market, but these ones released for the 2012 Olympics were particularly memorable, as they were meant to represent British food somehow. http://i.imgur.com/iZGXlPw.png
The one on the left is lettuce with thousand island dressing, bacon, two beef patties, potato salad. It was actually not that bad.The thing in the middle is a wrap with soybeans. The meat inside had a weird spongy consistency, tried it once and didn't finish it.The one on the right is mushrooms with swiss cheese on top of two beef patties. The mushrooms were of the tinned variety. It wasn't good.
Actually these aren't that odd, but took me half an hour to find so might as well post now.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
they sound alright! am jonesing for a windows7 burger now tho
― nxd, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 21:53 (seven years ago) link
The mushrooms were of the tinned variety
this is the only authentically british part of any of that
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 22:43 (seven years ago) link
Meanwhile, in the Philippines...
https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/16507961_570044773193210_4105434898609702_n.jpg?oh=8bc49ca5ff413599b3627ec710265f2b&oe=590D9D5E
http://laughingsquid.com/philippines-restaurant-serves-burgers-with-colorful-lego-brick-shaped-buns/
― nickn, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 22:57 (seven years ago) link
no chance they're getting away with "Darth Burger"
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:04 (seven years ago) link
I believe he was the hero of Lucas's rejected sequel trilogy, actually
― Number None, Wednesday, 8 February 2017 23:05 (seven years ago) link
the only new thing that was going to help enforce US-style copyright elsewhere was the trans-pacific partnership and that ship has apparently sunk
hail the darthburger
― mh ๐, Thursday, 9 February 2017 02:13 (seven years ago) link
Darth Burger clearly the most appealing of those also.
― tales of a scorched-earth nothing (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:54 (seven years ago) link
where are the other 6 jaw-dropping variants
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 9 February 2017 04:00 (seven years ago) link
lego buns would do pretty well in america tbh someone get on that
― qualx, Thursday, 9 February 2017 04:42 (seven years ago) link
i should mention, because it is the patron saint of this thread, that i had a doritos locos taco for the first time
it wasn't great
― qualx, Thursday, 9 February 2017 04:43 (seven years ago) link
brick menu for the interested (disney, lego lawyers not allowed)
― Einstein, Kazanga, Sitar (abanana), Thursday, 9 February 2017 05:09 (seven years ago) link
I want to eat those
I want to snap 'em together and eat those
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 February 2017 05:09 (seven years ago) link
LORD BUSINESS
― Anthology of Literature's Finest Penis Descriptions (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Thursday, 9 February 2017 05:11 (seven years ago) link
i'd do anything for you
― j., Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:43 (seven years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/06/business/lorenzo-servitje-a-founder-of-the-worlds-biggest-bakery-dies-at-98.html
Mr. Servitje succeeded with a multipronged strategy. He marketed his cellophane-wrapped, mass-produced bread as healthful and dependable, in contrast to the traditional French rolls, or bolillos โ common at Mexican breakfasts โ that were unavailable intermittently during frequent labor disputes and that sometimes originated in unhygienic bakeries.In the early 1950s, sales of his white bread still lagged behind those of tortillas and bolillos, so he introduced Mexican consumers to other American-style products, like hot dog and hamburger rolls and doughnuts. (Grupo Bimbo became the countryโs sole supplier of buns to McDonaldโs.)And after diversifying into candy and chocolate โ controlling the entire process from production to delivery โ Grupo Bimbo fended off potential competition by acquiring the Mexican rights to Wonder Bread. The company then broadened its distribution, expanding its market penetration in the United States beyond the South and buying companies abroad.It became the biggest baking company in the United States in 2009 after acquiring Weston Foods; two years later, it became the worldโs biggest after scooping up competitors in Spain, Portugal and Argentina.
In the early 1950s, sales of his white bread still lagged behind those of tortillas and bolillos, so he introduced Mexican consumers to other American-style products, like hot dog and hamburger rolls and doughnuts. (Grupo Bimbo became the countryโs sole supplier of buns to McDonaldโs.)
And after diversifying into candy and chocolate โ controlling the entire process from production to delivery โ Grupo Bimbo fended off potential competition by acquiring the Mexican rights to Wonder Bread. The company then broadened its distribution, expanding its market penetration in the United States beyond the South and buying companies abroad.
It became the biggest baking company in the United States in 2009 after acquiring Weston Foods; two years later, it became the worldโs biggest after scooping up competitors in Spain, Portugal and Argentina.
― j., Thursday, 9 February 2017 17:45 (seven years ago) link
So this guy almost singlehandedly turned Mexico into a fatter country than the US. My friend said when he lived there it was almost impossible to find bread that wasn't sugar-saturated white bread.
― รฉcorchรฉ (S-), Thursday, 9 February 2017 23:52 (seven years ago) link
Also the photo for Mexico from here...
http://gazettereview.com/2016/06/top-10-fattest-countries-in-world/
http://gazettereview.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/mexico-fat-150x150.jpg
― รฉcorchรฉ (S-), Friday, 10 February 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link