Burger King to offer "Protein-style" burger

Burger Giant Joins Low-Carb March
Salads, Web Information Part Of Trend

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hoping that low carb may translate to high profit,
Burger King is offering Whopper hamburgers minus the bread. And the
fast-food chain plans to introduce salads featuring steak, chicken and
shrimp.

Consumers watching their calories and carbohydrates will also be able
to order Whopper meals that allow substitutions of french fries with
salads and bottled water for soft drinks.

The nation's No. 2 burger chain is suggesting franchises charge the
same for burgers whether including buns. Introduction of low-carb fare
follows a wave of similar moves by other restaurants. CKE Restaurants'
Hardee's and Carl's Jr. chains feature burgers wrapped in lettuce.

McDonald's restaurants in New York City have posters and brochures
advising customers how they can lower their carb intake by modifying
what they order. Wendy's has similar nutritional information on the
web.

Burger King also is debuting a website, www.have-it-your-way.com, with
information on carbohydrates, calories and fat content in its
offerings.

Burger King is owned by a group of investor firms, including Texas
Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
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ky wrote:

Burger King to offer "Protein-style" burger--

As opposed to what, a carbohydrate-style burger? A cardboard-style
burger? (I'd say the latter is what their current fare tastes like)

By including the word "style" does that mean there is in fact no protein
in the burger. Kinda like processed cheese food -- an edible oil product.


--

Jim Marnott
231/194/194 (Hit goal on 22 Nov '03 -- exactly 6 months later)
Atkins since 22 May '03
Gym since 1 sept '03

FYI: Jack in the Box offers salads as a replacement for fries with NO
upcharge. They have been doing this for years.
As for paying *more* for a burger without a bun, no thanks. For example, I
order two or three double cheesburgers ($0.99)at Wendy's, along with a salad
($0.99), and then I strip the burger and cut it up on the salad lid and mix
it in ---- Cheesburger Salad for $2.99.


"ky" wrote in message
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Burger Giant Joins Low-Carb March
Salads, Web Information Part Of Trend

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Hoping that low carb may translate to high profit,
Burger King is offering Whopper hamburgers minus the bread. And the
fast-food chain plans to introduce salads featuring steak, chicken and
shrimp.

Consumers watching their calories and carbohydrates will also be able
to order Whopper meals that allow substitutions of french fries with
salads and bottled water for soft drinks.

The nation's No. 2 burger chain is suggesting franchises charge the
same for burgers whether including buns. Introduction of low-carb fare
follows a wave of similar moves by other restaurants. CKE Restaurants'
Hardee's and Carl's Jr. chains feature burgers wrapped in lettuce.

McDonald's restaurants in New York City have posters and brochures
advising customers how they can lower their carb intake by modifying
what they order. Wendy's has similar nutritional information on the
web.

Burger King also is debuting a website, www.have-it-your-way.com, with
information on carbohydrates, calories and fat content in its
offerings.

Burger King is owned by a group of investor firms, including Texas
Pacific Group, Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners.

Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press.
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It does however show the direction in which fast food companies are heading
because of the demand and we all want easy to shop places that offer as
least a simile of our food fare don't we?
dot

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ky wrote:

Burger King to offer "Protein-style" burger--

As opposed to what, a carbohydrate-style burger? A cardboard-style
burger? (I'd say the latter is what their current fare tastes like)

By including the word "style" does that mean there is in fact no protein
in the burger. Kinda like processed cheese food -- an edible oil product.


--

Jim Marnott
231/194/194 (Hit goal on 22 Nov '03 -- exactly 6 months later)
Atkins since 22 May '03
Gym since 1 sept '03

The term "protein-style burger" typically means a burger wrapped in a large
lettuce leaf, as opposed to a carbohydrate-style burger with a bun. And
even though I am not eating buns any more, I gotta disagree with the
carboard sentiment--the Whopper is one of the best fast food burgers around,
IMHO. I, for one, applaud the move, as none of the burger joints out my way
have any "portable" low carb fare (i.e., all they have are bunless burgers
and salads--not exactly edible while driving).

~Stretch~


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ky wrote:

Burger King to offer "Protein-style" burger--

As opposed to what, a carbohydrate-style burger? A cardboard-style
burger? (I'd say the latter is what their current fare tastes like)

By including the word "style" does that mean there is in fact no
protein in the burger. Kinda like processed cheese food -- an edible
oil product.

Same price, ptooie. There ought to be a small discount because they
don't have to cough up the roll! I can somewhat understand Subway
charging more for the LC wraps because they are actually giving you
something different. But if BK is _taking away_ a component then they
oughta take away a few cents!

Lee
The nation's No. 2 burger chain is suggesting franchises charge the
same for burgers whether including buns.

SuperAlpha wrote:
| FYI: Jack in the Box offers salads as a replacement for fries with NO
| upcharge. They have been doing this for years.
| As for paying *more* for a burger without a bun, no thanks. For example,
| I order two or three double cheesburgers ($0.99)at Wendy's, along with a
| salad ($0.99), and then I strip the burger and cut it up on the salad lid
| and mix it in ---- Cheesburger Salad for $2.99

Only problem with that is, all the cheese sticks to the bun tht you throw
away
--
Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

Lee B. wrote:
| Same price, ptooie. There ought to be a small discount because they
| don't have to cough up the roll! I can somewhat understand Subway
| charging more for the LC wraps because they are actually giving you
| something different. But if BK is _taking away_ a component then they
| oughta take away a few cents!
|
| Lee
|| The nation's No. 2 burger chain is suggesting franchises charge the
|| same for burgers whether including buns.

It's always bewildered me that anything that says "sugar-free," or
"no-sugar added" always costs twice as much as the same product that has
sugar added. Go figure.
--
Peter
website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

I agree. I think BurgerKing does an excellent job with their burgers.
Almost as good as my dad does at home.

In article ,
"Stretch" wrote:

The term "protein-style burger" typically means a burger wrapped in a large
lettuce leaf, as opposed to a carbohydrate-style burger with a bun. And
even though I am not eating buns any more, I gotta disagree with the
carboard sentiment--the Whopper is one of the best fast food burgers around,
IMHO. I, for one, applaud the move, as none of the burger joints out my way
have any "portable" low carb fare (i.e., all they have are bunless burgers
and salads--not exactly edible while driving).

~Stretch~


"Jim Marnott" wrote in message

ky wrote:

Burger King to offer "Protein-style" burger--

As opposed to what, a carbohydrate-style burger? A cardboard-style
burger? (I'd say the latter is what their current fare tastes like)

By including the word "style" does that mean there is in fact no
protein in the burger. Kinda like processed cheese food -- an edible
oil product.



--
Michelle Levin
http://www.mindspring.com/~lunachick

I have only 3 flaws. My first flaw is thinking that I only have 3 flaws.

Don't forget that they are putting it in some sort of plastic bowl with
plastic fork and knife. Probably cost more than a bun does.
dot

"Lee B." wrote in message
...
Same price, ptooie. There ought to be a small discount because they
don't have to cough up the roll! I can somewhat understand Subway
charging more for the LC wraps because they are actually giving you
something different. But if BK is _taking away_ a component then they
oughta take away a few cents!

Lee
The nation's No. 2 burger chain is suggesting franchises charge the
same for burgers whether including buns.