Pin Itemailprint The french fry wars are heating up. Burger King, the nation’s second largest fast food chain, has changed its french fry recipe for the first time since 1998 amid increasing competition. BK said it made the new fries thicker, reduced sodium, and added a special coating that makes them more crisp and keeps [...]
The bikini-clad woman who went postal in a Panama City Burger King has been busted. Her name is Nekiva Vonte Hardy, but she actually tried giving cops a fake name before her true identity was discovered. Last week, a cell phone video showing Nekiva Hardy flipping out and busting up a Burger King went viral [...]
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Another day, another brawl in a fast food joint. This time the action took place at a Burger King in Panama City during Spring Break. Here, we get a little bit of everything, utensils flying, a girls climbing up onto the counter, and a woman bashing an employee in the head with a water jug. [...]
MySpace is still here and is still relevant. At least that’s the message that was conveyed at today’s joint MySpace / Facebook announcement. Earlier today, Michael Arrington of TechCrunch predicted that this would basically be MySpace’s formal surrender to Facebook. He was wrong. Yet, he was also right. MySpace held a webinar for the media [...]
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Burger King’s been bought for billions. That’s right, The King now has a new owner. The fast food giant announced on Thursday that it has agreed to be acquired by 3G Capital for about $4 billion. 3G Capital, which is based in New York, will buy the Burger King for $24 per share. That comes [...]
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We have finally done it. We’ve figured out what’s been causing all the meltdowns we’ve been seeing at fast food joints lately (see here: Fast Food Freakout). The photo below explains it all!… (Thanks to Blippitt reader Rich in Rhode Island for sending this in to us.) Incoming search terms:fast food ads vs realityads vs [...]
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Microsoft’s marketing department has been putting in some overtime this month, it seems. The company has taken a bizarre approach to promoting Windows 7 in Japan. Burger King locations there have launched the “Windows 7 Whopper“. To match the software theme, the Windows 7 Whopper features seven patties stacked in a Whopper bun and measures [...]
A barefoot baby and her mother were ousted from a Burger King in Missouri after the manager accused them of violating the health code. The manager threatened to call the authorities if mother, Jennifer Frederich, and baby didn’t leave. The mother complied, then returned after putting socks on the baby’s feet but that still didn’t [...]
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Burger King has finally gone off the deep end. A new advertising campaign pairs Burger King up with SpongeBob and women with square butts. It hasn’t exactly gone over well with parents and conservatives. In the ad, the already creepy (IMHO) Burger King “King” sings “I Love Square Butts” surrounded by women shaking square butts, [...]
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Yes, Burger King has issued a Cease & Desist order via Twitter. This comes just days after an Australian judge ruled that Facebook could be used to server a home owner foreclosure legal documents. Okaaaaay. The official Burger King Twitter account has apparently sent such a notice to the account “WhopperVirgins“, which seems to have [...]
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