My Burger King LC experience today

[yossi]

So i went into burger king today, here is the conversation i had with the order taker:

me: Hi, id like to order a grilled chicken salad
her: sure, anything else
me: Yes, can i have two burgers, no pickeles, extra onions, and hold the bun?
her: What?
me: please hold the bun
Her: what do you mean?
me: I want the burger but i dont want the bun
her: but thats not a burger?
Me: I know, but thats how i like it!
her: well i dont know if we can do that
Me: whats the big deal, just make the burger - just dont include the bun
her: hmm, i duno, i have to go back and ask my manager, it mite cost more to do it that way
Me: cost more to leave out a bun??
Her: hold on ill checl

<<returns 2 minutes later>>
her: ok i found out we can them for you that way, but since your ordering two patties packed on a plate together, thats a double burger, so well charge you for a double burger
me: but a double burger is more than two singles, so i want two singles
her: then we have to pack them on seperate plates
meL OK THEN!!

Other than that, the burgers were great lol! Oh, when the manager came to the front to "asses" the situation, she showed me a new option on the ordering screen called "low carb" that will be initiated next week where a customer can order any burger or sandwidch, and ask for it "low carbed" and the bread will be left out

Quite an experience!

[jennie_m]

lol...thanks for the chuckle. i am so glad that it's not just me that has experiences like that!

[DWRolfe]

Here's information about the new low carb menu at Burger King:

By Associated Press
Published January 13, 2004, 9:11 AM CST

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Burger King Corp. is joining the low-carbohydrate parade by offering bunless Whopper hamburgers and, soon, salads featuring steak, chicken and shrimp.

The bunless sandwiches, which will be available nationwide beginning Tuesday, will come in plastic salad bowls, with knife and fork.

Dieters also will be able to order Whopper meals that substitute salads for French fries and bottled water for soft drinks.

Burger King, the nation's No. 2 hamburger chain, suggests that its restaurants charge the same for burgers with or without the bun. Because most of its stores are franchised, the company cannot mandate prices in them.

While bunless burgers will be available in all 8,000 U.S. restaurants immediately, the new salad line will debut in phases. Those featuring chicken and shrimp will roll out in February and March, but steak versions won't appear systemwide until May.

"It took us a little longer to get the quality we wanted," Russ Klein, Burger King's chief global marketing officer, said of the sirloin steak strips option.

Burger King's introduction of low-carb fare follows that of some competitors. CKE Restaurants Inc.'s Hardee's and Carl's Jr. chains feature burgers wrapped in lettuce.

McDonald's Corp. restaurants in New York City have posters and brochures advising customers how they can lower their carbohydrate intake by modifying what they order. Wendy's International Inc. has similar nutritional information posted on the Web.

Burger King also is debuting a Web site, www.haveityourway.com, that shows how many carbohydrates, calories and fat each meal component contains.

One Midwestern Burger King franchisee who asked not to be identified said that customers had been coming into his restaurants for years ordering Whoppers without the buns, "so all we're doing is formalizing a process."

Burger King is owned by a group of investor firms, including Texas Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.

[babydoll23]

i don't think i would be too eager to try shrimp at booger king! but i used to love their chicken salads before they quit carrying them so maybe the new line will be good

[DWRolfe]

i don't think i would be too eager to try shrimp at booger king!

:lol: I totally agree with you on that! But maybe they will get the taste of the steak one right, since they broil. Nice to have some options though when out running around...

Donald

[Trainerdan]

Wow yossi. That's quite an experience. LOL. You are more patient than I am.

DW, good info.