Many people will agree that fast food sucks. It’s unhealthy for you, the employees don’t care about their jobs and get underpaid to do repetitive tasks. Customers never get enough ketchup or napkins at the drive thru counter or they never get your order right. We can all agree that fast food is not a five star dining experience. Unfortunately, many people work and are pressed for time and that quick burger or sandwich at the strip mall is too hard to pass up. We have come up with our own list of things that suck at fast food joints.

-I was once at a Wendy’s restaurant to get me some delicious spicy chicken sandwich. It was late at night and I hadn’t eaten all day. I walked into the fast food place and proceeded to order the spicy chicken sandwich combo. The Wendy’s server told me…

‘I’m sorry sir but that item is sold out for today’. 

I didn’t see no sign saying anything about it. I then proceeded to order a standard junior cheeseburger from their value menu. Once again, I was told that the item had been sold out. Instead, I went with a grilled chicken sandwich and was asked what side dish I would like. Apparently… the fries and side salads were sold out too! My two options included a baked potato or some chili. I didn’t want either. I was asked what sort of drink I would like. Coca-Cola? Nope. Orange Crush? Nope. All they had was Iced Tea or Diet Coke.

‘Do you have any water’?

I was afraid that might have been sold out also. The server then told me how their inventory was delayed and they were waiting on a fresh shipment of goods by tomorrow morning. That’s fine. But, in this technological age, is it hard to just come out with electronic signs that can simply read ‘sold out’ if an item isn’t available anymore? Movie theaters can do it pretty easily – why can’t fast food joints do the same?
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It’s time for another round of fast food failures. We’ve worked hard to try and find some more unpopular fast food chain decisions and we think that we have enough noticeable failures to bring forward for another edition that will be sure to have you eating at home more often in the future.

-McDonalds has gradually been losing market share to more popular subway sandwich shops over the last decade and corporate headquarters decided that they needed to start coming out with new menu items such as snack wraps and subway sandwiches that had a signature McDonalds twist thrown in to get people talking. Unfortunately, their specialty was burgers and therefore they attempted to take one of their most beloved menu items (Big Mac) and merge it with a snack wrap. Most people who purchased the wraps realized that it was basically just the same ingredients inside a Big Mac without a bun anymore. Now, as we take a look inside we shall witness that there is really slim pickings when it comes to the dollar for value ratio. We realize that these things are less than two dollars but could you have at least thrown in a few more pickles? Anyways, there’s currently a Facebook group with the title ‘Big-Mac Snack Wrap…Eww?’ and if that is how most of your target audience feels then I doubt this item will be sold nationwide anytime soon.
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It’s been a while since we brought to you a new lazy food recipe that you can easily make in your own kitchen. Nutella is a great chocolaty snack that many people love to eat with a spoon or take a knife and smear it on some bread slices. Bacon is a great side dish at breakfast time that can go with eggs or toast. Let’s take out the carbs and the eggs since we already have our own bit of protein with the bacon. Now, we’re left with only the nutella and the bacon. What should we do? Why not combine them both!

Let’s find out how to make this easy recipe at home.

1. Take out a skillet.

2. Take your bacon slices and place them on the skillet. Let them get extra crispy for that real crunchy taste.

3. Take the nutella and place some into a mixing bowl. Put the nutella into the microwave and heat it up for 30-60 sec. until the mixture is very warm.

4. Dunk the bacon in the bowl until all sides are evenly coated. Wait for it to cool down and turn solid once again.

There you have it! A delicious bacon treat that you can have for dessert or as a neat snack.

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If we were to ask a random sample of people in North America about canned foods; most people would come up with an answer such as peas, carrots or everybody’s favorite food – spam. Believe it or not, lots of companies have sold crazier things that just spam at their local supermarket. Before we begin, we should clarify that some of these items are considered delicacies in certain cultures and are a normal meal for some people. On the other hand, we consider some of these food items to be unbelievably disgusting to eat and don’t mind discussing how gross they are if the subject does come up in any future conversations on this topic. So, here’s a list of foods that companies have shoved into a can.

-Most customers consider a burger from their local fast food chain to be a supbar meal. Perhaps they haven’t found this gem at their local supermarket. A company from Switzerland sells a cheesebuger inside a can. We don’t want to take a guess how the meat must taste but the bread would have to be pretty soggy sitting in a can for a long time. Also, if the burger doesn’t have any thousand island dressing on it,we’re not going to eat it no matter how good the burger tastes. One of these burgers will set you back 6$ or you can head down to your local fast food joint and get six similar burgers from their local value menu.
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We had previously given a shout out to Dominos Pizza for their early journey into the online pizza delivery game. We liked to highlight cool fast food joints with unique ingredients or unique ways of doing innovative things with their business model. While Dominos is the first of many pizza joints to join the world of online food delivery, HOTLIPS pizza is a pioneer in sustainability. HOTLIPS has been a family-owned business making pizzas in Portland, Oregon since 1984. Many of Hot Lips’ ingredients are bought from local farmers and farmers’ markets. Also they make all of their packaging compostable and any waste heat from the ovens at their Pearl District location is used to heat the whole restaurant. In 2005, they began producing fresh fruit sodas and have their own soda brewing operation. In addition, if you live within one mile of any of their four locations, you can expect the delivery person to bring your pizza by bike.

If you live further out, you can expect a trendy electric car (that looks life a golf cart) to drop off your pizzas in style. Their pizzas might be a little more expensive than a national chain but the extra money is helping to pump up local businesses around the region and to help keep the environment clean which to that we say kudos!

You can check out more about this pizza joint over at their website at http://www.hotlipspizza.com

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