In a move that absolutely will not backfire and result in viral videos of terrifying clowns menacing the customers of their local fast food franchises, Burger King has come up with the brilliant idea of offering free food to customers who slather on the clown greasepaint this Halloween. [More]
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Burger King Definitely Won’t Regret Offering Free Food To Customers Who Dress Up Like Clowns
By 10.25.17
Burger King Resurrects Spirit Of Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Nuggets
By 10.10.17
It’s like The Mindy Project being cut by Fox only to find a second life on Hulu, or that annoying Verizon guy being dusted off by Sprint to irritate a new generation of TV viewers: Burger King has resurrected the spicy chicken nuggets that were killed off by Wendy’s earlier this year. [More]
Gang Of Ronald McDonald Clowns Storms Burger King, Taunting Workers
By 10.5.17
If the idea of a group of clowns descending en masse on a restaurant sounds terrifies you down to your bones, you may not want to keep reading: A gang of people dressed as Ronald McDonald recently stormed a Welsh Burger King for a bit of good-natured ribbing. [More]
Which Fast Food Chain Do Legal Marijuana Users Prefer When Hunger Hits?
By 9.28.17
When the last joint has been smoked, the vaporizer has run out of oil, and the Munchies Monster is demanding to be fed, where do marijuana users go to feast? [More]
Panera CEO Challenges Fast Food Execs To Eat From Their Kids’ Menus For A week
By 9.20.17
When it comes to verbal throwdowns, Panera CEO Ron Shaich isn’t shy about expressing how he really feels about the chain’s rivals. Now, he’s challenging fast food executives to eat exclusively from their kids’ menus to prove they really like their own offerings. [More]
Two Police Officers Deliver Babies At Same Burger King One Day Apart
By 9.12.17
When a baby is ready to grace this world with its presence, it’s ready — even at a Burger King. At least that was the case last week for not one, but two babies born two days in a row in the parking lot of a New Jersey restaurant.
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Burger King Giving Free Whoppers To Customers Who Admit To Being Fired
By 8.29.17
Getting fired from a job is rarely something you want to declare publicly. But what if it gets you a free Whopper at Burger King?
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Here’s Where To Get Your National Hot Dog Day Deals
By 7.19.17
’Tis the season of hot dogs: from grilling weiners at your weekend barbecue to scooping up an authentic dog at the ballpark. If you’ve been hankering for a hot dog, today might just be the day to satisfy that craving, as it’s National Hot Dog Day, which means free frankfurters are up for grabs. [More]
Burger King, Tim Hortons Vow To Cut Back On Antibiotics In Chicken
By 6.22.17
Amid growing concerns about the overuse of antibiotics in farm animals, Burger King has joined the list of fast food chains that will scale back on the use of drugs that are medically important to human beings.
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Burger King Drops Its Claim To Belgian Throne
By 6.1.17 — Updated: 6.2.17
Just days after Burger King drew the ire of an actual monarch while promoting its soon-to-open location in Belgium, the fast food chain has pulled ads that asked “Who is the king?” and declared that it is not, in fact, a king. [More]
Belgian King “Not Happy” With Burger King’s Effort To Unseat Him
By 5.30.17
Who is more deserving to be the Belgian monarch: A man who was — literally — born to do the job, or a fast food chain? However silly that question might sound, it’s one that the actual King of Belgium would rather Burger King didn’t ask. [More]
Burger King Franchisee Made Employees Hand Out Coupons At Concentration Camp Site
By 5.19.17
Even in this age of nearly omnipresent advertising, there are still some places where it’s in very bad taste to force coupons on the public, like outside the site of a former concentration camp. [More]
Customer Accuses Burger King Of Bogus BOGO Deals
By 5.9.17
Typically, when presented with a “buy-one-get-one” coupon, customers expect to pay the original price for one item and then get the second one free. But one Burger King customer claims the fast food chain actually increases the price on the first sandwich so you’re not truly getting two for the price of one. [More]
Wikipedia Editors Condemn Burger King For Edits Related To Google Home Stunt
By 4.19.17
Not only did a recent Burger King ad try to hijack folks’ Google Home devices to shill for Whoppers, the fast food giant also apparently made marketing-friendly edits to the Whopper’s entry on Wikipedia. That’s a big no-no, and editors on the crowdsourced reference site are flame-broiling BK about it. [More]
McDonald’s Creates Clickbait TV Ad That Mentions Google, Coke, But Not McDonald’s
By 4.18.17
An actress in a yellow dress stands in front of a red curtain. She tells you about Coke and about Google, but it’s not a commercial for either of those things… and you’ll have to search a catch phrase to find out what it is for. It is, apparently, “unbranded marketing” for McDonald’s… but will it work? [More]
Google Blocks Burger King Whopper Ad From Triggering Google Home
By 4.13.17
Well, that was quick: Soon after Burger King launched a new ad designed to force any Google Home devices within range to wake up and spit out a list of the Whopper’s ingredients, Google has apparently disabled the functionality that triggers the devices. [More]
This Burger King Ad Forces Your Google Home Device To Tell You About Whoppers
By 4.12.17
You might think you’re the master of your own home, controlling all the internet-connected devices within it and bending them to your will with the touch of a button or an uttered command. But Burger King is trying to sneak into your home through the TV with a new ad that tries to trigger the voice-activated Google Home. [More]
Burger King Replacing Tendercrisp After Customers Called It “Disgusting”
By 3.2.17
What’s the saying? “If at first people call your food ‘disgusting,’ try, try again.” Sounds about right for Burger King, which is replacing its Tendercrisp chicken sandwich with a new crispy version that it hopes customers will actually want to eat. [More]
