Every day is a stinkin’ day now. Let’s pick a date at random: May 12. According to NationalToday.com, May 12 is National Limerick Day and World Migratory Bird Day. How about August 4? National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day, National Mustard Day, and U.S. Coast Guard Birthday. Today is International Day For Tolerance,…
Last week, Joseph Carney of Kingston, New York bought some Burger King. Upon opening his Philly King burger, he says, he discovered an undesirable condiment: a cockroach. Gross! Terrible! Nightmare! But Burger King has something to say on the matter, and it can be summarized thus: “Yeah, that’s a total load of crap,…
At this point, even Kanye West’s most benign sentiments can apparently inspire online controversy. After visiting the White House last month, West then claimed that he had been “used to spread messages I don’t believe in” for political purposes and pledged to stay out of politics (also on Twitter: “I am distancing…
So soon after pummeling us with the Nightmare King, Burger King now announces the Philly Cheese King burger, the chain’s riff on a cheesesteak. It offers “a flame-grilled half-pound of beef topped with caramelized onions and American cheese,” as well as a cheese sauce, describes The Philadelphia Inquirer. But look at…
Because our waking life apparently isn’t nightmarish enough, Burger King is out to even rob us of the sweet relief of sleep with its latest Halloween concoction, the Nightmare King. The new burger, which consists of “a quarter pound of flame-grilled beef, a white meat crispy chicken fillet, melted American cheese,…
Hey, who wants some totally silly marketing news? It’s not a kitten video, but it’s something. Mashable reports that Burger King, perhaps taking its cue from that weird Olive Garden bot, has released a series of ads they claim were written by what Mashable describes as a deep-learning algorithm. They’re calling it all…
File this one under “people who need to take a chill pill:” a 73-year-old man called 911 Thursday afternoon after a Burger King in Lakewood, Ohio wouldn’t accept his buy-one, get-one-free Whopper coupon. According to Fox-8, the man also refused to move his vehicle from the drive-thru lane.
Over the weekend, a video of an employee in a Burger King uniform sleeping on the sidewalk made the rounds on social media. The video, shot outside a Burger King in Cheektowaga, New York, shows the woman curled up on a piece of cardboard on the concrete walkway; when the man filming her asks what she’s doing, she…
It’s been a hot, dry summer in Sweden, dangerously increasing the risk for and occurrence of wildfires. In response, the Swedish government imposed a ban on all outdoor grills and camping kitchens. It’s possible that such a ban could be imposed again next summer, and in response, Burger King has decided to offer the…
It’s 2018, and Burger King is now America’s moral compass. The company has taken a stand on net neutrality, has run an anti-bullying campaign, and gave a terminally ill dog free burgers for life. So it would seem like the burger chain’s latest video calling attention to the “pink tax” (when products marketed to women…
Customers who stopped by a Burger King in Jacksonville, Florida this week may have caught glimpse of a woman in street clothing who jumped behind the counter and started cooking. This story, according to CBS affiliate with totally badass URL ActionNewsJax.com, quotes a couple who claims a woman tired of waiting in…
Haha, this cowpoke New Jersey couple has marked every anniversary of their 50 years in holy matrimony at a Burger King—what’s wrong with these people, right? They must have great [air quotes, smirk] taste in food, amiright?! Hello?
Burger King, what are you doing?
The World Cup has invaded Russia, and the home team, ranked 70th on its way in, has actually won its first few games to the surprise of soccer/football fans. In a misguided attempt to help improve that team for future generations, Burger King unleashed an ad in Russia that promised vast rewards for any Russian woman…
Oh look, it’s today’s reminder that corporations that do good things can also be supremely awful. An Associated Press report details a lawsuit being brought against Burger King, one of their franchisees, and a cashier at that franchise by Emory Ellis, a black homeless man who spent more than three months in jail for…
We still can’t watch Burger King’s anti-bullying ad without welling up, so what could the brand possibly pull off for a follow-up? Turns out, an even more ambitious proposition: Explaining net neutrality in simple terms and only a few minutes. Similar to the staged/documentary style of the previous ads (real…
The fast-food fish sandwich is a contentious beast. Beloved by some, maligned by others, it forever occupies a niche spot in menus dominated by the All-American cheeseburger. As such, it is equally marginalized in serious coverage of those same national chains, leading to a situation where the hungry consumer looking…
This week saw the launch of Supper Club, The A.V. Club’s new food section. Given the firestorm of debate that greeted food editor Kevin Pang’s list of the 10 best fast food items, we thought the following question only fair:
Dennis Lee of The Pizzle is back with another venture into the wilderness of fast food, this time to try new offerings from Burger King.
