diarrhea lettuce… you are brave soul for not yoinking that out
Some people need a low cost ozempic
As if literally everyone hasn’t already switched their providers
There’s a non-chain burger place in my town that explicitly states that they are not fast food at the order counter.
Best burgers I’ve ever had in my life.
They are pretty massive burgers!
Promote that shit. Where and name?
Seriously! OP, we talking smash burgers? How close is that place to your house!? Where’s your house.
I don’t get Chick-fil-A.
It’s as expensive as takeout from a real restaurant, for a sandwich with plain dry bread.
The chicken is… fine. Consistent, other than shrinking over the years. Tomato and lettuce are fresh; that’s the highest praise I have.
Shakes are runny. But fine.
Yet people queue like it’s Disney World. Why?
I just don’t get it. Why wouldn’t I go to, like, Raising Cane’s or Chicken Express or Steak and Shake for a better sandwich for less? Or some other place (or my own homemade sandwich) for something actually healthy?
I’ve only been to Chic-Fil-A a few times. When I went, they always said something like “have a blessed day,” giving me cult vibes.
Yeah they’re super jesus-y. They had the whole thing back in 2012 where they fired people for being lgbtq+, their owners fund a number of Christian political organizations, and they aren’t open Sundays. Not sure if they franchise or are all corporate, but I think they might even have rules that franchises can’t be open Sundays. There was another story where they claimed religious discrimination after an airport denied them retail rentals due to them being closed Sundays.
Yet people queue like it’s Disney World. Why?
religious zealotry mostly. it’s a shitty chicken sandwich who’s only redeeming quality is the pickle.
There’s like 3 places within a half mile of my Chick-fil-a I can go to and get a REAL chicken sandwich for the same or less cost.
Real as in slab of chicken and it has that grill taste to it.
And I’m not giving my money to an anti-LGBTQ organization.
Whenever I’ve been in a Chic-fil-a I feel like I’m at some church social event. And there’s cars wrapping around the building and jamming up traffic out into the street. It’s some cult shit.
That’s why I buy fried chicken from Popeyes and bonchon South Korean fried chicken
My twin use to go to chickfila during the dress like a cow thing to get a free meal. My twin is gay. I think they felt it was taking food for free? They haven’t done it in awhile, so guess not even free they’re worth it anymore. I never went, I prefer Popeyes.
The chicken is not fine. It’s soggy and rubbery.
Also on a moral ground, the CEO is extremely anti-lgbtq and still every lgbtq person i know is addicted for some reason (mainly G’s, some L’s and a T)
Why would you go to Disney world?
Me neither. I heard the hype so I went, I love me a good chicken sandwich. It was fine. But I don’t think I’ve gone again. Might if I was hungry and it was nearby. But it always has a line up the door and was packed. These people must see something that I don’t in it.
You were with me until the latter part. People aren’t hitting up a sit down restaurant when they want fast food because they want to get in and get out without having to leave their car.
I have a Chick Fil A literally a 2 minute walk from me. I go often because of convenience. I don’t have to wait in a long line in my car and because it’s one of the few fast food joints that offers healthier alternatives like grilled chicken nuggets, salads, fruit, sides of kale, etc. It’s not a common occurrence to have options like that at a fast food place. The Chick Fil A and Taco Bell are right next to each other, but I end up going to the Chick Fil A 9 times out of 10 over Taco Bell because of this.
I agree that it’s not worth going out of your way over. But it does have some big perks over other fast food joints.
My brother actually likes it there because they are one of the few fast food places that still have a play place for kids.
Edit: Huh, weird. I was trying to respond to the dude who said you should get a better sandwich from a bar instead.
Play place for kids. Odd name for bacteria breeding pool
Lol well you aren’t wrong!
Most Taco Bell items are surprisingly healthy/balanced too though. Like, other than some of the crazier novelty items, pretty much everything on the menu is just protein and veggies wrapped in a tortilla. The bean and rice burrito has some of the best macros of any fast food item, and as a bonus, it’s still relatively cheap, especially compared to Chik fil a.
I mean, the vast majority of menu items are carbs, cheese, and protein. There’s really hardly veggies in there at all. A nominal amount of shredded lettuce is really nothing compared to fruit and a salad.
As a diabetic I have to watch what I eat but I still enjoy fried shit on occasion but I can’t do rice at all. God I miss rice. I honestly don’t know why there are no fast food places that offer diabetic friendly meals.
Nobody offers the low carb high fiber tortillas. Or low carb high fiber bread. Grilled veggies like zucchini and onions with sausage. Even snack places. There are some good low sugar deserts that could be made and ready to sell.
I swear if it’s not carbs its fats and sodium. One of these will do me in. I’ve never understood healthy fat vs non healthy and can’t identify it on labels plus cholesterol
My main mid afternoon snacks when I’m hungry is either beef jerky which is expensive as fuck so I really limit that. Peanuts or cheese. Cheese isn’t usually filling though.
I’ve been diagnosed for about 5 years sometimes I do fine. But winter is when I crave carbs the most. I don’t check my sugars often and I’ve never really looked into correct diet. Because I also have a family to feed and making shit just for my self seems to triple the budget
Man I’m sorry to hear. You’re already diabetic so I mean carbs are out…but I mean I feel like fats and sodium aren’t going to be as much of a worry until you also have high cholesterol and high blood pressure. Altho once you do then you’re fucked I guess. Can’t enjoy anything anymore. I’ve heard of salt substitutes, but I don’t know much about them.
I agree with all this.
But it’s expensive. And slow, because it’s so busy.
That changes everything for me. If I’m going to pay a ton for a chicken sandwich and wait for it, that kills the convenience, and I am going to be quite a bit more critical.
My theory is it’s “the best” and a consistent default choice in areas that don’t have good fast food chains.
It’s better lunch than McDonald’s.
…But it doesn’t explain why it’s still so popular in my areas. There are clearly better places to go.
I work in one and I wanna say its the default for many religious people because of how the company associates its self
This. The hatred infused into every bite is addictive to most bigots and zealots.
Every Chick-fil-a I have ever been to was exceptionally clean and staffed entirely by white teenagers, typically girls. They also have a simple menu and good advertising. I can’t put my finger on it, but something about “clean” stores staffed by young white girls appeals to Chick-fil-a’s demographics. White southern religious people love Chick-fil-a.
That… explains a lot.
I figured that’s a component, but it must be bigger than I realize.
I had heard so much about it that when I visited the US years ago I really wanted to make sure I tried it. I was rather disappointed to say the least, as you say, it was fine… nothing special, just fine.
The first one I’ve had recently that has really wowed me was Popeye’s opening in the UK, holy crap that was amazing. Huge bit of chicken, perfectly cooked, so juicy inside and so crispy on the outside. The proper amount of sauce, it even looked like the pictures… I crave that experience again…
Probably gonna have american’s rolling eyes at me waxing lyrical about Popeye’s but I’ve had it before in America and it was really good, but not superlative like the UK one.
Do I think theres something magical about it here? No. My theory is that it is because its new here, expectations and standards are really, really high, they need to establish themselves as worth going to over KFC or the local bossman chicken shops but I have no doubt that the standards and quality will start to drop, corners get cut as more franchises open and it will be back to ‘fine’.
Oh man.
Popeyes is middle tier in the (US) south. It’s dirt cheap and overly salty, but spiced well. I like their shrimp and po-boys.
I’m not rolling my eyes though. Popeyes is good. But real fried chicken is a religious experience in comparison.
Popeyes is great where I live. Popeyes or Publix, I don’t even bother making fried chicken and I make 90% of what we eat from ingredients, including bread. Fried chicken benefits from standardization - Popeyes and Publix are huge and can get chicken pieces that always weigh the same, can keep the oil at a specific temp, I can’t do that.
I like both better than the “real” fried chicken I can do at home. Popeyes has the edge IF the spicy is available. What I am mad about is the discontinued onion rings they were amazing.
I absolutely hated popeyes until the chicken sandwich released. If i go its the only thing i enjoy getting and is crazy how good it ended up being when everything else was meh. I do agree popeyes is mid tier at best because having 1 good item doesnt mean the place is now great, unless your raising canes lol.
Popeye’s is Canadian owned, and it seems to always be great whenever I go there. As we know, the US has lower standards for food quality than we do in the Commonwealth, so maybe it really is just higher quality in the UK.
Weird I have heard of KFC being very lauded in the UK. It always confused me as an American because it always seemed very mid to me. I was wondering if you guys had way better quality KFC than us or something. Now I’m wondering the same for Popeyes.
Overseas KFC is supposedly better than US KFC, conspicuously so.
And Popeyes is actually pretty regional, anyway. Even within the US, I was shocked to find some locations don’t serve shrimp, when that’s the whole reason we went to Popeyes when I was a kid.
KFC is bang average in the UK. Popeyes (UK) blows it out of the water.
Compared to chicken from other fast food restaurants, it’s top of the line. I don’t even like it but it’s so much better than ilk like McD’s, burger thing, windys
Lol no it’s not. I honestly prefer McDonald’s mcchicken over chick fila. Popeyes spicy is the goat for fast food.
Only been to chick fil a 4 times I’ve never understood the hype and honestly don’t think it’s good. Pretty bland in fact
it’s top of the line.
fucks sake find a better line.
McD’s, burger thing, windys
This is not my fast food environment at all, though.
I guess chains are just kinda regional. But I might go to Chick-fil-A if those three were the only alternatives.
I don’t get it either. You can either pay $12 for a sandwich that’s continuing to shrink and taste funny, or hit up a bar that suddenly has the best chicken sandwich you have ever eaten.
I don’t get the lines either, but I do think I enjoy it more than you do. Ill have it maybe a few times a year and im always satisfied with what i get, but the price is rough. I enjoy the grilled chicken sandwich with pepperjack and bacon. I will then throw a bunch of the chick fil a sauce on top since your right it is very plain. I almost wonder if they leave it plain just so you can do this yourself. Its a decent sandwich with all of that. We just got our first raising canes by us and i agree the chicken is way better, but i cant do the sandwich just the strips since its literally the same thing with less chicken for a little more money.
Never heard of chicken express before. I had steak and shake like 20 years ago when i was in the south and remember it being good as well. Wish i had that as an option.
I do think the popeyes chicken sandwich is still really good for a fast food sandwich. Its huge, tender, and the mayo somehow adds a lot of flavor. They also have deals sometimes which helps. Shake shack chicken sandwich was by far my favorite, but its so small its kind of insulting for the price asked. Its got some dill mayo spread on it thats really good, i wont even order the burger from them anymore. Again it seems like i go a lot but this is only my experience over the years lol, i get one maybe once every 3 to 4 months from some place.
Snaps pic of chicken sandwich , I’ll be needing this for later😈
Staged as fuck too. That chicken is hanging out of the bun entirely.
as if that’s not how they always come lol
Stop going.
Fast food sales have plummeted since covid.
We have stopped going.
Surely another price increase will make up for our terrible products not selling!
I have, and recommend anyone to do the same.
So many reasons to not eat out and especially where that sandwich is likely from. Better to make a good meal with chicken, rice, and veggies for pennies compared.
Or go to a local shop and get a decent sandwich.
Okay but what if you don’t have the time/energy to do that? Still need to eat every day
Try to eat local then if possible. While they’re not immune to this, if I had to eat out I’d rather it go to my local sandwich shop instead of Subway.
Valid
Then acknowledge you’re making a conscious choice to accept the sandwich someone else made
I do though… Doesn’t mean I have to be happy about the fact that portion sizes are shrinking, the cost per sandwich is growing, and the contents of my paychecks remain… let’s call it “aggressively stagnant”. Still, I’d rather spend 5 minutes and $10 on food that’s ready right now as opposed to several hours buying, prepping, cooking, cleaning, etc for myself in most situations.
Edit: I just realized you’re not the guy I first replied to, buuut I think I’ll keep my comment as-is
Wendy’s and Arby’s know what stop going means. Here’s hoping McDonalds enjoys it just as much next year.
You guys think the suppliers don’t hold both you and the restaurants by the balls? They raise your prices just as much as they do the restaurants. You still gotta eat. Voting with your wallet isn’t political action and this problem requires a political solution.
Unfortunately, bookmeat has a point… There is a monopoly brewing on food supply chains and it is only getting worse as the largest restaurant supply company is trying to buy the number 3 (I think) company. Basically, even local hole-in-the-wall type places are being squeezed by one of the 3 options to have food supplied. We need anti-trust and consumer protection laws to start being enforced in this country ASAP.
I noticed that with cookies and one of my favorites, Jezyki cookies is guilty as F!
I agree with you but that first pic is a bit deceiving. Like it’s pushing the meat towards the camera more while squeezing the back to make it look bigger. Trust me, I’m an expert and making meat look bigger in a picture than it actually is!
Lol you’re a good one, BeUnique
The first one looks just like the sandwich I got there last week. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten one like the second pic from there. That looks like it came out of the school cafeteria or something.
I live in Taiwan and the food market here is INTENSE.
My kid loves chicken nuggets from McDonald’s. So when I was visiting America, I noticed that the size of the nuggets are about 20% thinner and noticeably shorter than what we have locally. It wasn’t always like this. I still lived in the US during early pandemic.
In Taiwan, there are so many restaurants and food stalls and online delivery and Line messaging app group buys that everyone is trying to get a tiny slice of the consumers food budget. It’s because the barrier to entry is so low. Less than 1500USD, you can get a food stall and materials to start a food cart.
What that means is that restaurants who pull this shit gets quickly found out and the restaurant is gone pretty quickly.
Yeah the Taiwan food scene is incredibly competitive and everything tastes so amazing. If the good is not good, then you get priced out. There are even Michelin Stared street vendors, although it may not be indicative of the quality.
I had a full meal at a night market for 6 USD including desert.
Now you’re making me want some fried sweet potato balls! Or what’s the new vendor item now?
The free market would be a kid opening a better burger van across the road from Maccas and everyone jumping ship. The reality is you need zoning approval from the local governance, licensing fees, parking fees, etc, before you even have a van or any cooking gear yet. Then everyone goes to Maccas anyway because it’s familiar even if it’s bad.
The price must be lower, right?! right?!
Actually…
Don’t you love how not only is everything so expensive, but they’re also all worse quality 😁
ordinary fast food tacos are probably the worst. ‘crispy’ by name, hardly so once you open the bag and take a bite.
the shells are so thin now, they get soggy in mere seconds. the sad thing is, part of you is actually hoping for that outcome because the alternative is a shell that’s already splintered into numerous pieces just from being wrapped-up and put into the bag.
Hard shell tacos from most places suck eggs. Especially with how greasy the low quality meat they use turns it into dust. I try for soft shells now when I do buy. Or those weird combination ones with an inner hard shell and outer burrito tortilla.
I can’t get crunchy tacos anymore the shells are so thin now they’re always split.
The quality is still the same. Its always been shit.
It’s a good thing tbh. The world used to laugh at America for our portion sizes
It still does. Except now because the portions are tiny, for a price higher than ever. And they somehow maintain the calorie count!
A fool and their money
They’re still ridiculous compared to the rest of the world.
Yeah, well who’s laughing at us now! 🥲
Literally the entire world?!?
Eh… I would be more concerned than anything. America is just the proving ground for corporations. We get to be the lab rats before the corporations export their practices to the rest of the world. There’s a reason why most liberal democracies been sliding further and further right.
I paid for meat mountain, I damn well want meat mountain.
Maaaaaaaan, you don’t want a meat mountain. I got one once at arbys in 2014. I’m 6’0, and the meat mountain was the same length as my wrist to my elbow. I was like “Well, I’ve made a huge mistake…”
The Hy-Vee near me, used to make the best fried chicken sandwich in town. Possibly some of the best fried chicken I’ve had from anywhere. I would regularly get a fried chicken sandwich. It was good because it was a fresh chicken breast, coated and deep fried right there. It wasn’t some Sysco frozen patty. And it was priced pretty well too to be honest.
New Management (I think at the corporate level) from my understanding, it’s not fresh chicken anymore. I would guess it’s maybe a third the weight it was, the price has gone up, and it is most definitely a frozen patty.
The one section that used to do like Cafe options, stop doing spicy tenders. And no longer lets you get anything from the cold section.
So I’ve stopped going. And I’m not the only one. Because the Hy-Vee also did burgers. But the burgers are also smaller and when I swing by and I see that there’s a lot of burgers both chicken and beef just sitting there no one touching them. Quantity and quality went down price went up.
If you dig through archive.org and retireve the nutritional information PDFs over time, you can see the kj levels dropping.
Kj levels?
Metric version of a Calorie.
1 kilocalorie (kcal) = 4.18 kilojoules (kJ)
1 Calorie (with the uppercase C) = 1 kilocalorie
I didn’t even know calories HAD a metric version. I thought “calories” was the unit to measure them.
Just like how lumens is the unit to measure light.
…wait, is there a metric version of lumens too???
As a general rule, everything in the US is measured or notated differently to the rest of the world. Lengths, and weights, food energy, dates, fuel octane, fuel economy, blood glucose. Hell, you guys can’t even do shelf price tags the same.
I didn’t know that one either, I am just somewhat familiar with joules, so I looked it up to see if that was kilojoules, and it was. It looks to be US/Canada that still uses Calories/kcal from what I read. Niagra Falls is the furthest I’ve been out of the US, so don’t assume that’s 100% factual from me, that’s just the one source I read. 😉
Lumens is already a metric (SI) unit, but it’s used in the US as well. It’s when we get into things like lux vs footcandles we go back to metric vs imperial again.
Measuring light gets all funky and I am always forgetting what all the terms mean, so I always have to look them up. That article goes into lumens, lux, candela but the tl;dr is :
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The amount of light emitted is measured in lumens.
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A surface’s luminous flux, measured in lux, is the measure of its brightness.
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The visual intensity of a light source is quantified in terms of candela.
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It’s basically a synonym for “calories”
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Funnily enough, the “small” fries you get at McDonald’s in Germany are the same size as the US medium ones.
