rolling new food laboratory inventions for american chain restaurants thread

yeah quick google says introduced in japan 2006

it's revolting obviously. i mean pizza hut pizza just to start with is bad enough

Japan, home of the mayonnaise pizza (and variants like mayo+potatos+corn), wins all contests for grotesque variants on pizza.

lol i really dig their hot dog stuffed crust pizzas

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/02/burger-king-takes-on-mcdonalds-with-a-range-of-unhappy-meals.html

Burger King has launched a range of burger meals that focus on “real” moods.

The fast-food chain introduced a range of boxed deals it’s calling “Real Meals,” including the Pissed Meal, Blue Meal, Salty Meal, Yaaas Meal and DGAF (Don’t Give a F---) Meal as part of Mental Health Awareness Month in May. The deal includes a Whopper sandwich, french fries and a drink.

“Burger King restaurants understands that no one is happy all the time. That’s why they’re asking guests to order a Whopper meal based on however they might be feeling,” an online release stated Wednesday.

my god

if I leave the house again it will be too soon

The deal includes a Whopper sandwich, french fries and a drink.

dang, you don't even get extra salt with the salty meal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjxRUEA0Tdo
angry about an unfair world and hobbled by clinical depression? have you considered suckling at the teat of a massive international corporation?

Who pissed in your Piss Meal?

shit that sounds like an onion rings article

- "Great presentation. However, do you think it's a good idea to associate the word 'piss' with one of our food products?"

- "We don't use the word 'piss,' Roger. We use the word 'pissed.'"

* 1,000-year staredown commences*

the salty meal: it’s sodiyummy!

pissburger penetrating multiple ilx threads, brilliant marketing

77 Meal imminent

I guess this is one way to counteract the "wine is for snobs" trope.

https://scontent-lax3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/56835499_1262146663952295_6191946581323808768_o.jpg?_nc_cat=102&_nc_oc=AQmif-W_ALUheV5a6638qi0-4HSZBFYYlT18RTPUhpbVmQdSa80LvJRmhCjt_0Fpti8&_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.xx&oh=4adaaded525744ed619aec8f004bc137&oe=5D7220A8

Nice thing about a pull tab aluminum can as the anti-snobbism vehicle, compared to a screw-top bottle or box wine, is that you can't reseal it. It's 12 fl. oz. down the hatch every time.

🚨IHOP/IHOb is launching a burger with the pancake in the middle https://t.co/5bIfv4oCs4 🚨 pic.twitter.com/MkeHXvTLBq

— Kate Taylor (@Kate_H_Taylor) June 3, 2019

would eat of shame

no reason not to use the pancakes as a bun tbqh, what a missed opportunity

yeah, that is a senseless crime

I'm certain that was tested rigorously in the lab

I imagine there were some structural issues

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canadian-entrepreneur-behind-garfieldeats-wants-to-disrupt-fast-food/

“I haven’t seen anything quite like this, but I like what he’s doing,” said Robert Carter, an industry adviser for the food-service sector with The NPD Group. The “entergagement” strategy, Mr. Carter said, could help GarfieldEATS avoid the sluggish 1-to-2-per-cent annual growth of the traditional restaurant industry in Canada, and play in the much more competitive digital-delivery marketplace, which he said has more than 20-per-cent annual growth. “The battle is: How do you get consumers more engaged?” Mr. Carter said. “This is pretty playful.”

entergagement

Wait, this is going to be about the cat?

I thought it was some rebranding of these depressing places to get soused at in the mall:

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

They're like a Farrell's... without the fun!

When I was younger, I used to do taste tests for Ruby Tuesday. You would basically get a free lunch (testing the food), then get a $50 gift card to boot. Sadly, I never got to taste any truly innovative food laboratory inventions though.

I did get to taste test a horrendously bad shrimp scampi that still today stands as the single oiliest thing I've ever eaten.

somedays, man, i sure do miss BurgerBusiness

I kind of miss the days I worked at the Olive Garden in high school. I learned a lot about life. I should've poisoned P4t Robertson when I had multiple chances.

Yes

Oops. (NYC Burger King has been passing off beef as Impossible Whoppers)

https://thetakeout.com/nyc-burger-king-beef-burgers-impossible-whoppers-1835324674?fbclid=IwAR3cO1ZgCLKi01MLrDk4hiUp-BLVj5UeYkvXmNldrnFOWhE01gaD4wHGEJ0

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20190610005219/en/KRISPY-KREME%C2%AE-Opening-Times-Square-Flagship-2020

Krispy Kreme announced today that it will open the first-of-its-kind flagship in Times Square, delighting New Yorkers and tourists alike with the most awesome doughnut experience imaginable. Opening in early 2020, the shop will serve more guests annually than any other Krispy Kreme location in the world.

Within the shop’s 4,500-square-foot retail space, Krispy Kreme will bring its iconic doughnut theater experience to life on the world stage. From the mixing of raw ingredients to the iconic glaze waterfall, Krispy Kreme Times Square Flagship will showcase the end-to-end doughnut making process, creating a wondrously delightful customer experience that is surpassed only by the first bite of Krispy Kreme’s melt-in-your-mouth Original Glazed® Doughnuts just minutes later. And guests can take that first bite while sitting in the world’s largest Krispy Kreme doughnut box with stadium-style seating, offering the perfect view of the doughnut theater across the shop.

"iconic doughnut theater experience"

if the family donut stores from California could expand across the US not a Krispy Kreme would be left standing

Our latest doughnut place is Hurts Doughnut, out of Missouri:

https://i.imgur.com/AFZI9PS.jpg

More stoner "Let's add Froot Loops to Nestle Quik" cuisine. I'm certain they'll be selling Doritos-powdered doughnuts by 2020.

https://i.imgur.com/ZTx41q8.jpg

They've got some good branding though: https://www.wannahurts.com/donuts

xxp are family donut stores in CA somehow different from those elsewhere in the country?

i can't really answer that because all of the other places i've lived have been donut monocultures (Dunkin or Krispy). in California they tend to be run by immigrant families (often Cambodian, there are articles about the phenomenon if you search for Ted Ngoy + donuts) and their menus, while all more or less the same, are generally far more diverse and tasty than corporate places.

Interesting. The prevalence of Cambodian shops may be unique to CA but certainly in the mid-Atlantic and New England there are tons of great small donut shops amid the ubiquitous Dunkin'

xp to the hot-dog crust pizza

https://i.imgur.com/YYLZa.gif

Barbecue beef: New McDonald's burger available in the U.K. draws criticism from some who say it's not a real "Kansas City Stack." https://t.co/WcaYPAFCrR

— AP Central U.S. (@APCentralRegion) June 20, 2019

o no

i am shocked, SHOCKED

Special announcement: I am finger lickin’ thrilled to bring the KFC Cheetos Sandwich to KFC locations nationwide on July 1. pic.twitter.com/ENL0F8aKDC

— KFC (@kfc) June 20, 2019

president xi, please fire at will

dear lord

can I get that with funyuns

Someday. It's also a PepsiCo/Yum! Brands/Frito-Lay brand.

Not chain restaurant oriented, but Laura Shapiro's book Something From The Oven may be interesting to thread-readers - a history of the development and especially the marketing and adoption of postwar frozen/powdered/otherwise "convenience" foods.

RUSSIA’S SEXIEST POKER STAR ELECTROCUTED BY HAIRDRYER (bizarro gazzara) at 10:56 20 Jun 19
president xi, please fire at will