While we have our share of shenanigans over here at Consumerist HQ, our benevolent benefactors at Consumer Reports get the fun task of eating french fries and calling it work. They’ve already bent their minds and mouths to the task of tasting and reviewing Burger King’s new lower-calorie Satisfries (and we’re kind of bummed we weren’t there for it). How did they do? [More]
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Satisfries “Fairly Similar” To Regular BK Fries, But That’s “Not Necessarily A Good Thing”
By 9.26.13
Burger King Unveils New Lower-Calorie French Fries: “Satisfries” (Get It?)
By 9.24.13
The thing about french fries is that they’re pieces of potato, fried in oil, dipped in whichever substance you choose (ketchup, mayo, chocolate ice cream, oh my) and gobbled up by fry-loving Americans across this great land. But what if they packed less of a caloric punch? Burger King thinks it has what you want with its new “Satisfries.” [More]
Burger King To Offer $1 “French Fry Burger” Because Why Not
By 8.27.13
Because customers were apparently too tired — or had never thought — to lift up the bun on their hamburgers and insert a few french fries for added fun and flavor, Burger King has announced it will begin selling a $1 “French Fry Burger” starting Sept. 1. [More]
Magical Vending Machine Makes Fries For You In 90 Seconds
By 8.23.13
Want a snack? Vending machines that cook various foods for you are existed for years, but outside of a grocery store in Brussels, there is a machine that cuts and cooks French fries for you in only 90 seconds. The fries cook in beef fat and vegetable oil, since Belgium is the land where French fries were invented and anything not cooked in beef fat is a waste of perfectly good potatoes. [More]
McDonald’s Outdoes Itself With Highest-Calorie Menu Item Ever: The Mega Potato
By 5.23.13
Yes, the people in Japan want fries with that — lots and lots and lots of fries, apparently, as McDonald’s is serving up its (reportedly) highest-calorie count item ever: A 1,142 calorie container of fries double the size of a regular large fries, dubbed The Mega Potato. What, not the McMega Potato or Mega McPotato? [More]
Restaurants Making Big Money Off Diners’ Decisions To Eat Healthy
By 2.8.13
“Do you want fries with that?” used to be sort of a no-brainer question because, yes, of course, we all want fries with that, no matter what “that” is because fries are delicious. They’re what you eat at a fast food joint, right? Not so much anymore. Sure, people still love fries, but they also love healthier items and non-sugary drinks. And that’s actually profitable for fast food chains, so everyone’s happy. [More]
Consumer Reports: New Burger King Fries Are Better, But Still Not As Good As Wendy's
By 12.19.11
Last Friday, Burger King launched some new fries – offering free samples while supplies lasted. Our scientific sisters at Consumer Reports jumped in the car and headed to two Burger King locations near our shared Yonkers, NY, headquarters to see if they could detect any changes. [More]
McDonald's To Make Apple Slices Mandatory In Happy Meals
By 7.26.11
With at least one lawsuit pending and some municipalities trying to ban Happy Meals and other fast food kids’ meals that offer some sort of prize or gift, McDonald’s has announced that it wants to healthy-up your kids’ food by making some menu tweaks, like automatically including apple slices in Happy Meals. [More]
Police Called Over McDonald's French Fry Dispute
By 12.28.10
People can get particular when it comes to ordering food — no salt, extra pickles, hold the bun. This was a lesson learned the hard way by employees at a McDonald’s in Ohio who felt the wrath of a customer who demanded fresh fries. [More]
Students Served Dog Biscuits With McDonald's Fries, Then Banned From Restaurant For Complaining
By 11.24.10
Some students at Westfield State University in Massachusetts are barking mad after they claim they received a serving of dog biscuits with their fries during a visit to their local McDonald’s. And to make matters worse, they were told to scram and never return when they complained to employees about it. [More]
Wendy's Ready To Take "Natural" Fries National
By 11.10.10
In August, we wrote about how Wendy’s had begun testing a new kind of French fry made from skin-on potatoes and seasoned with sea salt. It looks like the tests were successful because the fast food chain is about to put the fries on the menu nationwide. [More]
Wendy's Testing "Natural" Fries In Some Areas
By 8.25.10
Perhaps unhappy with the fourth place finish of its french fries in the annual Zagat fast food survey, Wendy’s has recently begun testing a new recipe for fries that goes along with the company’s new emphasis on “real” ingredients. [More]
Jack In The Box To Give Out New Fries Friday
By 4.12.10
Jack in the Box has whipped out a new fry recipe and wants to hook you by offering the first hit for free. Go to any participating location and you can get a small fry, no purchase necessary. The offer is limited to one bag per customer, which means you’ll need to bring your usual stash of disguises in order to get enough fries to make a meal of it. [More]
Chili’s Texas Cheese Fries Named Worst In America
By 2.28.10
The killjoys at Men’s Health are out with their list of the worst French fries in America — based on how toxic they are, rather than on relative yumminess — and have crowned Chili’s Texas Chese Fries the deadliest. We suppose it has something to do with the cheese, ranch dressing and bacon that accompany the fries. [More]
Consumer Reports Declares Wendy's & McDonald's Have Scientifically Superior French Fries
By 7.27.09
Our sister-publication Consumer Reports tested new trans-fat free french fries from Wendy’s, BK and McDonald’s and have declared that… yeah they basically taste the same as they used to only they don’t have trans fats.
Freedom Fries Refrogified On House of Representatives Menu
By 8.3.06
House of Representative Republicans will just have to choke down the greasy taste of semantic defeat: the ludicrous ‘Freedom Fries’ debacle is over.
