Have you ever heard of a King that visits his subjects’ homes?
You have now.
Apparently, the rules have changed when it comes to fast food royalty. Burger King has rolled out a home-delivery service for its signature Whoppers, fries, and other fast-food fare, starting at a handful of Washington, D.C.–area locations.
Here’s the skinny, so to speak:
- No fountain drinks, coffee or milkshakes.
- No breakfast foods.
- Delivery costs $2 an order.
- You must live within a 10-minute drive of a participating Burger King.
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BK not only guarantees 30-minute delivery — it’s promising the Ultimate Deliver Food Delivery Service: ”Proprietary thermal packaging technology” that will keep your fries crisp and burger “hot and fresh”.
It’s a fat bastard’s dream come true.
Burger King may have lost its spot as the No. 2 U.S. burger chain to Wendy’s, (Inexplicably, McDonald’s is still comfortably No. 1.) but this new plan is the company’s “
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savvy marketing plan to end all savvy marketing plans”. Some are already calling it “an industry changer.”
Others are screaming, “Does a nation facing an obesity epidemic really need a Burger King that delivers?”
Still others are jumping for joy. At least they would be if they could get their fat asses off their couches.
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Sounds delish! We both wrote about fast food today. We must be on the same, fatty wavelength.
Glad to hear it!
I recently moved out of DC, but KFC has toyed with delivery off an on for years there. I personally draw the line at fast food delivery. It’s bad enough, I still can’t resist the pull and indulge periodically!
That’s fine Gillian; you’re allowed a periodic indulgence! It’s the people who can’t afford the health risk who will be adversely affected by this situation.
NOoooooooo!!! That’s the worst thing that can possibly happen in these fat times!
I have to agree….
LOL, wow, we’ve become that lazy!! However, it won’t happen. A few years ago, McDonalds played around with the home delivery service. I believe it lasted for a month or two. Some stuff just isn’t to be/shouldn’t be delivered..
No, it shouldn’t! We’ll see what happens…
I mean fatties can get pizza, and the same ppl who exact self-control now will regardless of it being delivered. Yeah it’s tempting, but so is General Tso’s chicken which is horrible for you as well. I mean I can’t fault Burger King for trying, they are a money making corporation and their goal is to make more of it. They provide a service and ppl can take it or leave it…on the other hand…Now do I think this is good…nope but I don’t think a lot of things are good, yet there are services available. I wonder what will happen though. It seems like it will fail, I can’t readily explain why though…
I think you have a valid point – several in fact!
I have one that is 10 minutes from me, but since I haven’t been to one since I moved here 12 years ago, I don’t think I will be ordering!!
No, you don’t seem the type, Susie!
The King has long said “Have it your way.” I guess they are taking that mantra to a whole new level. I predict this plan will last exactly 5 minutes.
You may be right…
We’ll soon see, won’t we?
Wow. What else will be delivered in the future????
But then again, cannot one get their groceries onlline too?
You certainly can. But groceries are a far cry from BK!
They already have McDonald’s and Burger King’s delivery in European countries, and also in some parts of New York City…But this is just disgusting and revolts me completely. Fast food is horrible! Do you have any idea what kinds of things they put into it? It is like eating garbage, actually…poison, to be exact. For more on how bad fast food is for you, just watch the movie Supersize Me, done by the filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, where he ate nothing but McDonald’s every single day for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Just watch it to see how awful that was for him…By the end of it, his doctor was telling him that he had to stop or he would die, because his liver had swelled and had turned to the consistency of pate! That is truly a shocking movie to watch, and I guarantee that after you watch it you will never want to ever even touch or be NEAR fast food ever again!!!!!!
I believe you! Thanks for the input, young lady. You always bring something meaningful to the table.
It’s hard enough to resist the drive through without it being delivered to my door! It is amazing how much better I feel when I give up fast food, and how easy it is to get right back into the habit of eating it again…
Good for you!
Why didn’t they have this 15yrs ago when I was getting my groove on at Rumours?
You used to rock Rumours? Man, that takes me back…
The easier they make it to get fat food, the more fat people there will be!
That’s the truth, unfortunately!
When I was in college there was a cookie joint that made deliveries until 3am. I don’t know which is worse, people having cookies delivered to their home or Burger King.
BK, definitely!
I hate Burger King. Their buns taste like cake…. which might be a good thing I guess if you’re Paula Deen and make burger breakfast sandwhiches out of Krispy Kreme donuts.
P.S. You should DEFINITELY write about P.D.’s type 2 diabetes next.
We’ll see..
Thanks for the idea, young lady!
The idea of this grosses me out. *shudder*
I feel your pain…
Wow. That’s just terrible. I can see why it made the book.
Definitely!
Omg – lazy Americans!
Hehe great post – brutal and I love it 
Glad to hear it, ConnieMaria!