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re: KFC Georgia Gold. . .
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:42 am to Jefferson Dawg
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:42 am to Jefferson Dawg
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Right. That's what I said. Hardees is still around and they don't even try. No chain has ever given less of a frick than Hardees.
I was just pointing out there they actually have a bigger presence than one might think. They really don't seem to try, but then they are also "Carl's Jr." on the west coast. They have consolidated their TV ads and added some nice looking ladies....you can thank me/them later.
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Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:47 am to Jefferson Dawg
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I went to a friend's birthday party at one when I was a kid
How old are you?
Seems I have not seen a store since early 80's which is too bad because they were pretty good.
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It's the fast food ones that can't be killed
Well depends on how you define "killed" as somebody usually buys the chain just to get the locations then kills them off. Long John Silvers went from Jerrico to YUM (and merged with A&W stores) but has been since spun off. Seems the LJS locations are getting closed down and the buildings demolished so they can build new A&W's.
The interesting one are McDonalds as you never see the "old guy with mustache" buildings and they may all be gone. The "golden arches" of the 60's are pretty scarce and the 70's and 80's versions seem to be "converting" where McDonalds will buy property within a block or two of a current restaurant then demolish the old location and sell the land to a competitor like YUM.
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There's even some Hardees is still around.
Yeah but I think it took the Carl's Jr "merger" to keep them alive.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:51 am to S1C EM
This is fricked up. WHy do they use a totally different name and use hot chicks on one coast...then on the other coast call it Hardees and basically the strategy is to have no advertising and instead just go after foot traffic by building in areas where lots of people have suspended drivers licenses?
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:53 am to Cheese Grits
I bet right now as we speak there are lines doubled around every single Chikfila, Zaxby's, McDonalds in America. And every Hardees is less than a quarter full.
This post was edited on 3/16/17 at 10:56 am
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:54 am to Jefferson Dawg
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This is fricked up. WHy do they use a totally different name and use hot chicks on one coast...then on the other coast call it Hardees and basically the strategy is to have no advertising and instead just go after foot traffic by building in areas where lots of people have suspended drivers licenses?
I believe there was a merger that happened between Carl's Jr. and Hardee's some time ago, but I'm not familiar with the details.
That said, they do show these ads here on the east coast, albeit, you don't see them as often as their competitors.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 10:54 am to Jefferson Dawg
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probably haven't eaten at KFC in 15 years. I do remember they had some kind of potato wedges instead of fries back in the day that were the shite.
I am going to try this KFC Georgia Gold one day soon though.
We do KFC very rarely. More of a Popeye's guy. And Publix. Love their fried chicken.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:10 am to DaveyDownerDawg
I read the other week where they found out that the chicken at Subway is less than half parts of actual chicken. But, I bet you the line is out the door at every SUbway you can find as we speak. Something about once a fast food store is franchised it hypnotizes people. Hell, I mean if it turned iout that Zaxby's was only half real chicken, I'd probably still eat there too. WTF is happening to us?!
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:10 am to Jefferson Dawg
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I bet right now as we speak there are lines doubled around every single Chikfila, Zaxby's, McDonalds in America.
Not sure about Zaxby's (seem less "fast food" and more "sit down" like Steak and Shake or Culvers. Some even say Big Boy is "fast food" now but they still have the "sit down" feel. As for Mcd's the "dual line" for ordering is actually a marketing thing to appear more in demand. Some guys that owned some explained it to me when I started seeing it happen more in the past 5-10 years. Somehow it makes service "appear" faster than it actually is.
Seems in the south Hardee's are the go to breakfast crowd for the senior shuffleboard and checkers crowd in the smaller towns. In the college towns they would try and put them next to campus and go to 24 hour operation for the students. Place would be empty most of the day then pack them in after the bars closed and the options were more limited.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:38 am to Jefferson Dawg
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I mean if it turned iout that Zaxby's was only half real chicken, I'd probably still eat there too. WTF is happening to us?!
Depends on who you consider to be "us"
I have not eaten at the following places in the approximate years
KFC / 10 to 15 years (used to eat there at least monthly)
McDonalds / 2008 or 2009 but was never a big fan after they shrunk the Filet o Fish and stopped the quarter back promotion. Old McDonald's with the white mustache guy were pretty damn good tho.
Hardee's / Maybe the 1990's for burgers and maybe a few times a year for breakfast
Starbuck's / Maybe 2 or 3 times in my life and still think the coffee is crap that they cover up by adding fake flavoring
Arby's / used to love them but crappy portion size and pricing has driven me away
Wendy's / Still my go to fast food place but I do miss the salad bar
Checkers - Rally's / Loved them when they started, now would not eat there if it was free
DQ / When downhill in the 1980's when Warren Buffet bought them. Christ, try and get a decent malt or ice cream novelty in that place today
Krystals - White Castle / Still in my wheelhouse but eat there a whole lot less than I did in my youth
Taco Bell was actually good up till the late 70's and early 80's now I hit some local mom and pop taco place with real Mexican coke and lamb tacos on the menu. Before YUM got them the tacos actually had filling more in line with the commercials and they cost 29 cents a taco.
Burger King was good but tanked in quality in the 90s'. Do not think I have eaten there in 15 - 20 years but in the old days they still had flame broiled burgers and onion rings
Sonic was good when they were just in small towns and they built one at each end so you could cruise them. Food is bad now but I will occasionally hit the drive thru for a 2 for 1 shake.
Tim Hortons is still my favorite fast food chain but not many of them in the USA. Coffee may be the best in fast food and their service make Chick Fil A look bad by comparison. As for Chick Fil A they are okay except I am not a big fan of chicken. If Chick Fil A was a catfish place I might eat there daily but only been a handful of times in my life.
Subway was good early on but they give a franchise to anybody with a pulse now and quality can vary so widely I stopped eating there.
The big issue is stop rewarding fast foot that has shrunk food quantity, eliminated actual food quality, and sent prices well above inflation in order to justify bigger bonuses. If a place advertises non stop it is probably a food call not to eat their and reward that food cycle. The other thing is to educate kids taste pallets early on to crave more than just sugar and salt because they are cheap ingredients.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:40 am to S1C EM
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They have consolidated their TV ads and added some nice looking ladies.
When they did the Hilton chick you just knew she never actually ate that burger.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:41 am to Cheese Grits
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I hit some local mom and pop taco place with real Mexican coke and lamb tacos on the menu. Before YUM got them the tacos actually had filling more in line with the commercials and they cost 29 cents a taco.
Where is this at?
Posted on 3/16/17 at 11:59 am to DaveyDownerDawg
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Where is this at?
Depends on the state and the city in the south. Usually somebody in town will direct you as you will not find it on the internet. My favorite is one in CKY in an old fast food joint that looks like it has not been painted since they left. The one in CTN is some place in Nashville I have no idea how to get back to. Looked for one in SAV but could not locate it. I am sure it is there because SAV is big enough to have one. Also, UGA has Varsity and that an Waffle House get lots of my business when in GA. Would like to know where 1 is in ATL but my family there never seems to go to neighborhoods where these kinds of places will be found. I love my cousins but appreciating good ethnic food is not their strong suit.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:01 pm to Cheese Grits
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The big issue is stop rewarding fast food that has sent prices well above inflation in order to justify bigger bonuses.
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The other thing is to educate kids taste pallets early
We're mining gold again!
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:03 pm to Jefferson Dawg
When did Burger King stop releasing that fake grilled-burger smell out of their fake chimney? Was it an EPA violation or something?
That was brilliant advertising right there.
That was brilliant advertising right there.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:09 pm to Jefferson Dawg
Burger King used to have the mechanical grill machines on site. Now they "grill" them before shipping then nuke them at the actual store. Tastes like crap now because burgers were not intended to be nuked when grilling was the better option.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:48 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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When did Burger King stop releasing that fake grilled-burger smell out of their fake chimney? Was it an EPA violation or something?
That was brilliant advertising right there.
My first job was at....you guessed it....Burger King. I can assure you, the smoke was real. The one on the west side of Athens and the one in Winder still let off the smoke. I don't think it's fake.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 12:49 pm to Cheese Grits
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Burger King used to have the mechanical grill machines on site.
As far as I know, they still have a "broiler" in every store. I don't think anything in that regard has actually changed. Problem is, they didn't always come out done on the other side. Can't tell you how many of those things we steamed once they came out of the broiler just to keep people from getting rare meat.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 1:02 pm to Cheese Grits
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The other thing is to educate kids taste pallets early on to crave more than just sugar and salt
You clearly don't have children
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:39 pm to S1C EM
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I can assure you, the smoke was real. The one on the west side of Athens and the one in Winder still let off the smoke. I don't think it's fake.
You're right, there's definitely some smoke coming off the burgers. It's just not enough to produce the signature BK smell though.
Did your manager ever have you fill the tray that's mounted about three feet up inside the chimney with those pellet looking things? Those are the smell pellets that produce the signature BK musk.
Heat rises from the broiler and hits the tray wehre it causes the scent pellets to smolder. The musk from the pellets then rises with the escaping broiler heat out through the chimney blanketing the surrounding area with the BK smell. It's pretty brilinat marketing gimmick. There's only a small handful of people that even know about this. And since nobody will probably believe me, I can get away with revealing it here.
Posted on 3/16/17 at 2:48 pm to Jefferson Dawg
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Did your manager ever have you fill the tray that's mounted about three feet up inside the chimney with those pellet looking things? Those are the smell pellets that produce the signature BK musk.
Heat rises from the broiler and hits the tray wehre it causes the scent pellets to smolder. The musk from the pellets then rises with the escaping broiler heat out through the chimney blanketing the surrounding area with the BK smell. It's pretty brilinat marketing gimmick. There's only a small handful of people that even know about this. And since nobody will probably believe me, I can get away with revealing it here.
No, we didn't have that at the one where I worked. Interesting. A new thing, maybe?
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