Move over, Jared.
Subway's got a new guy in town, and his name is
Michael Phelps. The mega-medal Olympian continues to score endorsements faster than his swimming records.
Since many of you will be traveling over the holidays, fast food may be your only option while on the road. In order to give you a little insight before ordering, take this quiz to check your calorie-count smarts. I'll give you the name of a food and a calorie amount and you tell me if it contains more or less calories.
Number two fast food chain
Burger King has been testing
a new line of premium items. This includes ribs and thicker burgers, made with grills, batch broilers, and other costly new kitchen equipment.
The fast food chain's decision to move in the direction of higher-price items comes at a time when the
casual restaurant industry is struggling.
Today
Subway has announced that, beginning next Monday, it
will offer flatbread as an option for any of its existing sandwiches, and will also introduce two new sandwiches, Chicken Florentine and a Steak & Bacon Melt, made with flatbread.
In a departure from Subway's signature fresh-baked bread philosophy, the flatbread dough will be baked off premises, then supplied to Subway franchises and finished off in on-site ovens.
With this launch, Subway is attempting to make headway in a tight market that includes other chains such as
Dunkin' Donuts and
Quiznos, which both already carry flatbread sandwiches.
Healthier Burgers You Custom Build I am not in the habit of eating at fast-food joints regularly, but when traveling sometimes I just can't avoid them. Next time I'm on the road, I will be looking to feed my family at The Counter.
Next month, number one
fast-food giant
McDonald's will unveil a
redesign of all its food products around the world. In what the corporation calls "the most comprehensive rollout in the brand's history," all 118 countries with McDonald's restaurants will launch new designs that advertise the chain's high-quality ingredients. The packaging, developed by UK marketing firm
Boxer, draws attention to fresh ingredients and preparation: The new
Big Mac box includes images of an onion, slices of cheese, a head of lettuce, and a freshly made hamburger, with the words "100 percent beef" and "all-beef patties" inscribed on the box.
Last week, fast-food chain
Pizza Hut launched an online ordering system on the social networking site
Facebook. Now those of you who are addicted to social networking can order dinner without having to exit Facebook! For extra-quick reordering, the application also remembers your favorites.
I am not in the habit of eating at
fast-food joints regularly, but when traveling sometimes I just can't avoid them. Next time I'm on the road, I will be looking to feed my family at
The Counter. New on the fast food scene, The Counter is going to revolutionize the way we eat burgers.
Top fast food chain
McDonald's announced its third-quarter earnings today, and made reassurances that it would continue its efforts to be "recession-resistant."
The corporation made sure to squash swirling rumors that its
dollar menu may become a thing of the past. There will, in fact,
still be a dollar menu.
When it comes to the World Series, it seems everyone is rooting for a different team, but there's one thing that all of America can get behind: free
tacos.
Mexican fast food chain
Taco Bell's "Steal a Base, Steal a Taco" campaign is
back again this year. The promotion, which the
fast food chain first launched last year, gives out free Crunchy Seasoned Beef Tacos to all customers if and when a player from any team during any game captures the first stolen base of the 2008 World Series.
