Burger King in the UK

pumped full of drugs wrote:

Al Jarvis wrote:

He shoots, He scores! wrote:

Barney Army wrote: Do they have cars in America?

jeez

Now come on...is that really called for???

Answer the question!

he prolly thought that the Bristish might have something better than Burger King... i would take it as a compliment!

i've have not been to the UK, but I had one trip thru some of Western Europe and the main thing i remember about fast food/ more budget food service was that in most places everything was WARM, close to ambient local temperature including all drinks and cooked food, as well as salad. almost no evidence of ice, where is the friggin' ice?.

France was the worst, all drinks were warm and totally flat, including the beer at McDonalds. the only place i could find a cold Pepsi at was at oriental run small groceries...and what was really annoying is that the actual cost was usually about 2 to 2.5 times more than the USA cost, no wonder Americans are so fat and unhealthy...

the rest of the world just has to wait another 20 years, Amercians are consuming themselves into a state of helpless dysfuctional unhealthiness that will be crippling along with the budget deficit and the end of era of cheap oil

never made it Sweden and Finland(the great grandparents were immigrants from Finland)), cause it was suppossed to so expensive, as well as a long train ride eating up time... maybe they have ice up there

I experienced the exact same dilemna in Bavaria when I visited Munich. I recall two instances- lost in the center of a town called Pfaffenhoffen and just outside of an art gallery in Munich near Odeonsplatz I believe. It was christmas time but I ended up being extremely dehydrated at both spots. I remember that at Pfaf. it was probably because of the two lagers and three schnapps I had quaffed with lunch, but for the massive sprawl of the art gallery I was painfully sober.

Anyways, all the soda and beverages were indeed flat and warm, laying unrefrigerated in the middle of every store. Ice was not to be seen in any served beverages, much less in a bagged form. What's even worse was that I didn't want a soda, I wanted some unadulterated water and it seemed that there wasn't a bottle of water in Bavaria that wasn't A) Carbonated B) Lukewarm. And yes, I remember I only found cold drinks being sold at an oriental market.

Oh and if it helps at all, the vast majority of fast food(except more realistic types like In N' Out and Dairy Queen) back up my digestive system and make me physically ill if I try to eat them.

pumped full of drugs wrote:

Al Jarvis wrote:

He shoots, He scores! wrote:

Barney Army wrote: Do they have cars in America?

jeez

Now come on...is that really called for???

Answer the question!

he prolly thought that the Bristish might have something better than Burger King... i would take it as a compliment!

i've have not been to the UK, but I had one trip thru some of Western Europe and the main thing i remember about fast food/ more budget food service was that in most places everything was WARM, close to ambient local temperature including all drinks and cooked food, as well as salad. almost no evidence of ice, where is the friggin' ice?.

France was the worst, all drinks were warm and totally flat, including the beer at McDonalds. the only place i could find a cold Pepsi at was at oriental run small groceries...and what was really annoying is that the actual cost was usually about 2 to 2.5 times more than the USA cost, no wonder Americans are so fat and unhealthy...

the rest of the world just has to wait another 20 years, Amercians are consuming themselves into a state of helpless dysfuctional unhealthiness that will be crippling along with the budget deficit and the end of era of cheap oil

never made it Sweden and Finland(the great grandparents were immigrants from Finland)), cause it was suppossed to so expensive, as well as a long train ride eating up time... maybe they have ice up there

They serv drinks with ice in Sweden, they sure do.

Dunno about Finland though.

I was in Paris 20 years ago, and drank something with crossed ice. Grappa? Well, it was cold anyway.

i once tried yellow snow in prague.

Substance User wrote: i was tried yellow snow in prague.

Rian wrote:

Substance User wrote: i once tried yellow snow in prague.

dont give me grammar errors, swede!!!

Spotnick wrote:

He shoots, He scores! wrote: Jessie asked a question...he didn't know if they have Burger Kings in England...why would one just assume that all American brands have made their ways overseas...

We still don't have any Taco Bell in Quebec ;)

Although some new ones are starting to appear (not only in food), like Little Caesar.

To be honest, I don't mind, the only thing I hate about this american invasion is that they keep their english name.. some of them however do change their name but it's a minority.

Example, McDonald's in Quebec is McDonalds without any apostrophe... Staples is "Bureau En Gros".. but beside that... they do confirm to the law though (because it is a law in here) as their real legal name is "Les restaurants Burger King", but of course, you never see the real business name ;)

And obviously, McDonalds tried to bribe us by putting a maple leaf in their logo

thats what i noticed when i went to Canada, wendy's too replaced their Apostrophe with a maple leaf

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Kevin Smith wrote: Burger King all the way. I had a McD a few weeks back and it reminded me why I don't like them very much. There is something very artificial about McDonalds and I love my double whoppers

Agreed whoppers are nectar...Maccy D's are shite in comparison and until now I thought Burger King was a British firm.Duh! someone once told me so

Boatraceface wrote:

Kevin Smith wrote: Burger King all the way. I had a McD a few weeks back and it reminded me why I don't like them very much. There is something very artificial about McDonalds and I love my double whoppers

Agreed whoppers are nectar...Maccy D's are shite in comparison and until now I thought Burger King was a British firm.Duh! someone once told me so

my old flatmate in london was floored when i told him that heinz was an american company. so all those heinz baked beans he was eating were, in fact, part of the great american pasttime of eating anything heinz!

has anyone seen 'super size me'? it's a real testament to the fast-food age in which we live. morgan spurlock gains 20-odd pounds in one month by eating nothing but mcdonalds. the destruction to his body is extraordinary (i don't want to give away too much if you haven't seen it). the irony? his girlfriend is a vegan chef!

for the record: i'm a mcdonald's girl. especially big macs. :D

Boatraceface wrote:

Kevin Smith wrote: Burger King all the way. I had a McD a few weeks back and it reminded me why I don't like them very much. There is something very artificial about McDonalds and I love my double whoppers

Agreed whoppers are nectar...Maccy D's are shite in comparison and until now I thought Burger King was a British firm.Duh! someone once told me so

Burger King did indeed used to be owned by Grand Metropolitan, a uk based company.

Isn't the real issue; what toys are being given away with Happy Meals in your country? We have little dinky puppy dogs in England at present...

AgentWood wrote:

i'm a mcdonald's girl.

especially double cheeseburgers! :p

digitalwaters wrote: Isn't the real issue; what toys are being given away with Happy Meals in your country? We have little dinky puppy dogs in England at present...

aly

Dunno what they give away now, but it's usually shit stuff.

A kids trap!

For a while we had both Burger King and Hungry Jacks, here in Oz. Somekind of franchise problem. Hungry's was here first, and they won out in the end.

Spotnick wrote:

He shoots, He scores! wrote: Jessie asked a question...he didn't know if they have Burger Kings in England...why would one just assume that all American brands have made their ways overseas...

We still don't have any Taco Bell in Quebec ;)

Although some new ones are starting to appear (not only in food), like Little Caesar.

Good for you on the TB front, bad news for you on Little Caesar, probably the worst excuse for "pizza" that I've encountered.

What's everybody got against Taco Bell?

Some facts about McDonald(ignore globalism)

1. The Kroc family who established McDonald's gave tons of dough away to charities.
2. Proceeds from the salad dressings ( Paul Newman's) are given to charties.

Has anybody seen SUPERSIZE ME? A documentary of a guy who goes on a MD's diet for 30 days. Very good. Guy almost destroys his body.

Just reading this topic has given me chest pains and the urge to run to the nearest toilet fast.....

Right here goes, after a little research I have determined:

Grand Metropolitan (a UK company) bought out the Wimpy chain of burger joints and bought a number of international franchises for Burger King (including those in France). So, whether it qualifies(in the UK) as a UK concern or a US one I don't know.Wimpy has since been demerged.

Substance User wrote: Has anybody seen SUPERSIZE ME? A documentary of a guy who goes on a MD's diet for 30 days. Very good. Guy almost destroys his body.

yes. see my above post. ;)

FDISK wrote: Right here goes, after a little research I have determined:

Grand Metropolitan (a UK company) bought out the Wimpy chain of burger joints and bought a number of international franchises for Burger King (including those in France). So, whether it qualifies(in the UK) as a UK concern or a US one I don't know.Wimpy has since been demerged.

Grand Metropolitan was BK's parent company for a while. BK corp has changed hands several times over the years but hasn't been without a parent company for some time now. There was talk of letting it stand on it's own not too long ago, but I'm not certain as to what became of it or who owns it now. BK headquarters is based in Miami.

how come nobody's mentioned white castle?

i haven't been to one in years, although i have purchased their microwave burgers from the supermarket.

bLuE oRdEr wrote: What's everybody got against Taco Bell?

Just a little bit of not feeling so well an hour after I had some, the last two times I was there.

McDonalds might do some good charitable things with their money, but I'm not particularly fond of the food; living across the street from one, I eat there only when I absolutely don't feel like cooking, or the weather's too bad to drive in; either way that amounts to about once every other year now.

AgentWood wrote: how come nobody's mentioned white castle?

i haven't been to one in years, although i have purchased their microwave burgers from the supermarket.

I don't think White Castle is as ubiquitous as McD's and BK; it seems to mostly be in NJ - there are none in Philly or Boston. I've never been to one but I see them all over NJ.

pumped full of drugs wrote:

...and what was really annoying is that the actual cost was usually about 2 to 2.5 times more than the USA cost, no wonder Americans are so fat and unhealthy...

the rest of the world just has to wait another 20 years, Amercians are consuming themselves into a state of helpless dysfuctional unhealthiness that will be crippling along with the budget deficit and the end of era of cheap oil

You can leave us out of that trend, PFD,thankyouverymuch.....

Everyone's gaining.........:)

The BK in my neck of the woods is not fit for human consumption...:barf:

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