Whatever Happened to Fixings Bars?
By
Staten Island, NY Posted: 5/26/2015 1:00:00 AM
Have it your way?
We all remember Burger King's jingle... "Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us. All we ask that you let us serve you your way... Have it your way."
It was a huge success for Burger King back in the 70s. It meant that whenever you ordered your burger, you could ask them to subtract anything you didn't like. What could be better than that?
Being able to SUBTRACT whatever you wanted was great... Then one day I ordered a burger at Fuddruckers and it didn't have ANYTHING on it. Nothing. That's when I discovered my first Fixings Bar, where they had more than a dozen things you can ADD to your burger. Suffice it to say, adding to a burger is way better than subtracting.
They had all the basics... lettuce, tomatoes, pickles, onions, ketchup mayo and mustard, but they had things you never would've expected in a fast food burger, like Jalapeños, Cheez Whiz, cole slaw, Pico De Gallo, just to name a few.
When salad bars became popular chains like Wendy's and Roy Rogers jumped on the bandwagon making it easy to actually have a burger "your way". Just when everyone assumed McDonalds would join in the fun and open a salad bar like everyone else... they decided to add salads to their menu too, but they decided to put theirs in a plastic shaker container.
Right after that, salad and fixings bars vanished... and that was the end of the fixings bar. What a shame. I really liked the flexibility of adding whatever I wanted to my burger. Shucks.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
Related Media:
(Reply N/A) (Edit Topic N/A)
(Like Topic N/A) [0 ] 6252 Views
Related Posts
Fast Food(33)Food(59)Restaurants(9)
Top 25 Posts
* Note: The ideas on "Idea of the Day" were posted without any formal research into existing inventions.
In some cases, patents may already exist for these ideas, in other cases, there may not be any existing patents and you are free to develop and explore the viability of developing and patenting the ideas.
The authors make no claim that any of the ideas are safe, practical, or suitable for any particular purpose. You are responsible for the results of trying, developing, patenting or using any of the ideas on this site.
For some people, our ideas are just an interesting read, but our goal is to encourage you to take action. If you see an idea that you like, do something with it... Take action.
- Joe
Idea of the Day!
on...