[skinkinthegrass]

Hmmm...more, and more, The people @ the counter can't understand English...you have to repeat the order, twice.

[billorites]

I go to a Wendy's with my kids in Fitchburg, MA when we attend movie matinee's

Nice restaurant with good cheap food and decent service.

However, I find that I have to use my high school Spanish to make my order understood.

My high school Spanish ain't real muy bien.

[Who dat?]

``You've heard me say before, 'I don't like to talk about market share because we don't want to share anything,''' Cantalupo told the analysts.

Ha. That’s pretty good.

Meanwhile, I’m fond of Thai and Vietnamese food. The local joints can dish you up a lunch special for $3.00 that is delicious… never thought about McD’s or BK unless a local Asian joint isn’t available.

And, the young ladies that work there are friendly and personable and cute – though their English isn’t so great… they’re trying though, so I go back…

[Cicero]

I think Burger King made a big mistake coating its french fries with flour. They taste awful.

"Ray Kroc once said, 'If you see a competitor drowning, you stick a hose down their throat.' "

[MonroeDNA]

If BK had good fries, I'd be there.

BK's fries suck.

[lelio]

The WSJ had a good article the other day about BK changing their ad agency for the 4th time in 5 years. Donny Deutsch, famous ad exec, was quoted as saying something like he wouldn't even take their call. BK seems to think that their problem is in advertising when it isn't.

[Louisiana]

Neither are growing at my expense.

[yarddog]

I remember the first McDonald's I ever saw. It was in Ft. Walton Bch. and the hamburgers were 15 cents which was a good buy even in the early 60's.

What really made them a good buy was that they tasted good. I tried one maybe 10 years ago and that hamburger was sort of bland. Not really bad but not very good either. I remember Hardees back in the mid 60's had a large burger called the Husky which was great.

The last good fast food burger I have eaten was about 12 years ago when we stopped at a Burger King near the Mobile airport. Really fine but that was the last good one I have had at a burger place.

[budanski]

I read somewhere that Burger King is actually owned by a European company. British?

[hoagy62]

In the past 6 months alone, I have seen at least 5 BK's close down here in the Seattle area. Before than, there had to have been around 10 BK's close here in the last 2 years.

With their recent ad campaign, I'm wondering if they plan to abandon the West coast to focus on the East.

[Fresh Wind]

Some years back, BK decided to save money by downgrading their buns from bread to something resembling paste. It's a wonder they're doing as well as they are. Yuck!!

[Verginius Rufus]

Cantalupo...interesting surname. Italian lupo = "wolf"; canta = "sings"

The cantaloupe was first grown in Europe at the castle of Cantalupo in Italy, hence its name. I suppose the family takes its name from the castle, not the melon.

[Poundstone]

Make mine a Royale with cheese.